# Bahar Kizil

Bahar Kizil (Turkish: Bahar Kızıl; born 5 October 1988) is a German singer and songwriter of Turkish descent, best known as one of the founding members of the girl group Monrose, which won the fifth season of the German version of Popstars.

## Early life

Born in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Kizil is from a Turkish family from Bayburt, and her first name, Bahar, means "spring" (the season) in Turkish. At age 12, she started with ballet. In her town, she sang with four different bands prior to the Popstars casting.

## Career

Kizil is one of the three winners of the fifth German Popstars season and was a member of the resulting group Monrose, together with Senna Gammour and Mandy Capristo. After their break-up in 2011, she started her solo-career in 2013 and premiered with her song "Drank" featuring SpaceBoyz. In the same year, her song "Medusa" featuring Nitro came out. In 2015, she released her debut album Bullets of Love, which did not peaked the Official Charts. In 2017, she participated on the German dance show Dance Dance Dance and teamed up with No Angels singer Sandy Mölling.
After a long music break, Kizil came back in 2019 as a lead vocalist in the pop group Traumfrequenz. In the same year, she released her solo songs "What Eyes Cannot See" and "C'est ma vie". In 2020, she decided to sing in German and released the songs "Die Fremde", "Blaue Stunde", and "NOS" on YouTube and Spotify. She is currently working on her second album.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | SWI |
| Bullets of Love | Released: 30 January 2015 Label: Membran Media GmbH Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | — | — | — |

### Compilation

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | SWI |
| Die 10 Gebote (Musical by Dieter Falk, Michael Künzel) | Released: 1 September 2009 Label: Gerth Medien GmbH Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | — | — | — |

### As solo artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | GER BC | AUT | SWI | Album |
| "Memories" (feat. Cristóbal Gálvez Moreno) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | Memories (CD single) |
| "Drank" (feat. SpaceBoyz) | 2013 | — | 3 | — | — | Bullets of Love |
| "Medusa" (feat. Nitro) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | Bullets of Love |
| "Love Bullet" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | Bullets of Love |
| "Gossip Bitch" | 2014 | — | 11 | — | — | Bullets of Love |
| "Revo" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | Bullets of Love |
| "Bulletproof" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Bullets of Love |
| "What Eyes Cannot See" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "C'est Ma Vie" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Die Fremde" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Blaue Stunde" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "NOS" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Flieder" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Genug" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Zaman" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory. |||||||

### With Traumfrequenz

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | AUT | SWI | Album |
| "Ohne dich" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hunderttausend" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Mon chéri" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory. ||||||

### Other appearances

| Year | Song | Album |
| 2011 | "Daheim" | Non-album single |
| 2011 | "Königinnen" | Hanni und Nanni 2: Original Soundtrack |
| 2012 | "Marching Over You" | Non-album single |
| 2016 | "Ist dein kleines Herz noch für mich frei?" (with Whiskydenker) | Wir bleiben hier |

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Promi Shopping Queen | Herself | Participant; 1 episode |
| 2017 | Dance Dance Dance | Herself | Participant |