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== Mert ==
Mert Bilir ; (born March 1, 1994) is a Turkish singer and songwriter. After rapper Hasan discovered him through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2015 and signed to Roc Nation, Mert released his debut album, Start All Over in October 2016. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album Start All Over has peaked at #4 on BB Hot 100. It has sold 1.1M copies worldwide.
Following his debut album, he had his first headlining tour, the LittleBoy Tour, and the 3D biopic-concert film Mert: Never Say Never.
After months, he released his 2nd album Good Kid Gone Bad in November 2016. It peaked at #4 on BB Hot 100. He earned his first Top 3 single in USA with Snappin (feat. Hasan), which has peaked at #2 in the country. The album has spawned 7 singles and it has sold over 1.8M copies worldwide.
He didn't go on a tour to promote his 2nd album, because of his sickness at the time. After that, he began to work on his upcoming 3rd album. He said that the album's name is going to be; Monster. He released 6 singles off his 3rd album.
After living in the streets, Mert is living his life much happier than ever. He recieved too many achievement during his career. He achieved international success after singles that he released for his 3rd album.
== Early Life ==
He was born in March 1, 1994. (In Turkey) His mother is 39 and his father 43 right now. He has only 1 sister. The pop singer Melis is his twin sister.
== 2015 - Career beginnings and Start All Over ==
When searching for videos of a different singer, Sean Mendes, a former marketing executive of Roc Nation, clicked on one of Bieber's 2012 videos by accident. Impressed, Braun tracked down the theatre Mert was performing in, located Mert's school, and finally contacted Mallette. At 14, Bieber went to Atlanta, Georgia, with Mendes to record demo tapes. Bieber began singing for Hasan one week later.
He recorded some demo songs for Hasan. Demos were called Mista DJ, Pushin' Me Away and See You Again (it re-released as official single for Start All Over) He listened the demos to Hasan and he liked it. After that, Mert signed to Roc Nation in June 2015.
He started to work on his first studio album in January 2016. He released his first official single I Do, in June 1, 2016. It released to the radio while he was working on his project. It peaked at #37, it was his first top 40 single in the country.
He released Start All Over as 2nd single. It peaked at #31 at USA. It was also his first song to chart in Canada (peaked at #93) 
He achieved his first top 20 single with his 3rd single, Gold Digger (feat. Eddie Mason) peaked at #18 on BB Hot 100. And he achieved his first top 10 single with See You Again (which was one of his demos).
He released 3 promotional singles for the album. [Here I Go Again, What's Left On Me and Feelin' Good]
After finishing the recording of the album, Mert announced that SAO will be released in October'16. He released the album and the album gained 'too much attention'. He achieved international success at this young age. Album charted only in USA and Canada. In USA. Start All Over has debuted at #9 with sales of 28k copies. After the promotings, the album reached to #4 spot on BB 200 in its 3rd week. As 2017, it has sold 641k copies in USA. The album has sold 1.2 million copies worldwide.
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