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Enes Meral
Mero in 2019
Background information
Born	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 24) Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany
Genres	Hip hop trap pop rap
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2018–present
Labels	Groove Attack TraX

Enes Meral (born 28 July 2000), known professionally as Mero, is a German rapper. He rose to prominence in 2018 with the release of his debut single "Baller los", which debuted at the top of the German and Austrian single charts. His follow-up singles "Hobby Hobby" and "Wolke 10" also topped the German and Austrian charts. In 2019, he was featured in the hits "Ferrari" by Eno and in "Kein Plan" by Loredana both topping the German chart. Mero has released three albums: Ya Hero Ya Mero and Unikat in 2019 and Seele in 2020.

Life and career

Enes Meral was born and raised in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany and is of Turkish descent. His family comes from the Kelkit district of Gümüşhane province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. He started posting videos filmed on a mobile phone where he is rapping on Instagram in 2016. He built a large following and was later signed by rapper Xatar and Groove Attack. His debut single "Baller los" was released on 22 November 2018. The single became an immediate success and reached the top of the German and Austrian single chart. His second single "Hobby Hobby" was released on 17 January 2019 and became the first German rap track to reach the Spotify 200. It again reached the top of the German single charts in end of January 2019. It broke the records for most streams in one day and one week. He released his first album Ya Hero Ya Mero on 15 March 2019 which has 12 tracks and his second album Unikat on 27 September 2019 which has 14 tracks.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

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3. "Mero: "Baller Los" geht von null auf eins" [Mero: "Baller los" goes from zero to one] (in German). Laut.de. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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21. "Mero – Hobby Hobby (Official Video)" (in German). Groove Attack TraX. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019 – via YouTube.
22. "Mero – Wolke 10 (Official Video)" (in German). Groove Attack TraX. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019 – via YouTube.
23. "Mero – Olabilir (Official Video)" (in Turkish). Groove Attack TraX. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via YouTube.
24. "MERO – Mein Kopf (Official Video)". YouTube. 25 July 2019.
25. "MERO – OLÉ OLÉ ft. BRADO (Official Video)". YouTube. 8 August 2019.
26. "MERO – No Name (Official Video)". YouTube. 22 August 2019.
27. "MERO – Meine Hand (Official Video)". YouTube. 19 September 2019.
28. "MERO – Bogota (Official Video)". YouTube. 28 May 2020.
29. "MERO – Ohne Dich (Official Video)". YouTube. 25 June 2020.
30. "MERO – Perspektive (Official Video)". YouTube. 13 August 2020.
31. "MERO – Désolé ft. NIMO (Official Video)". YouTube. 15 October 2020.
32. "MERO – Ben Elimi Sana Verdim (Official Video)". YouTube. 29 October 2020.
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42. "THESE ARE THE WINNERS OF 2021! – Music Moves Europe Talent Awards". 15 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

• 2000 births
• German male rappers
• Living people
• German people of Turkish descent
• German lyricists
• German male songwriters
• People from Gümüşhane