Aleyna Tilki (born March 28, 2000) is a Turkish singer and songwriter.
Tilki was born in Konya on March 28, 2000. Her father is also from Konya. Her paternal family is of either Turkic or Caucasian descent who immigrated from Caucasus. Her mother is from Of, Trabzon. Her sister Ayça Tilki is a singer and actress.
At the age of fourteen, she was a semi-finalist on the sixth season of Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye (Turkish version of the Got Talent series). She caught public attention because of Turkish folk song "Gesi BaÃÂlarñ" was covered as Anatolian rock, which fuses Turkish folk music and rock, on the show. Aleyna Tilki has received critical acclaim for her voice style like pop singers Sertab Erener, Gülçin Ergül, Burcu Güneà Â, , Atiye, Hadise, Aynur Aydñn, and à Âebnem Keskin.
She achieved national recognition after the release of her song "Cevapsñz ÃÂñnlama" along with its music video, which has more than 580 million views on YouTube. It is considered the most viewed Turkish music video on YouTube. The song went up to No. 2 on the Turkey's Trending List. Aleyna Tilki released her first solo single "Sen Olsan Bari" in July 2017 which became number 1 in Turkey's charts. The music video currently has over 510 million views on YouTube.
Tilki temporarily left Turkey to complete English language training and settled in Los Angeles in November 2017. In November 2019, it was announced that she was in negotiations with Warner Music for producing a new album and four singles. This would make her the first Turkish singer ever to work with this company.
In 2020, she agreed on a series of projects on the digital platform Exxen, owned by Acun Ilñcalñ. The series shares the similar name as her song "ðà Âte Bu Benim Masalñm". She shared the lead roles with in the series, which premiered in 2021.