Melek (Angel) is the fifth studio album by Turkish singer Candan Erçetin. It was released on 17 June 2004 by Pasaj Müzik. It was Erçetin's first album released by this music company. The preparations for Melek began immediately after the release of Neden in May 2002. It is a pop album with six of its songs being written by Erçetin herself. The album was produced by Rıza Erekli. Melek contains two classical Turkish songs, previously performed by Zeki Müren. It consists of 14 songs in total, and musician Ceza was featured on the eighth song "Şehir". The album's lead single "Melek", was released together with a music video. The second music video was made for the song "Meğer". Both of these videos were directed by the album's art director Bozkurt Bayer. Candan Erçetin, who is known for producing her own works, received generally positive reviews from critics who stated that her music addressed a wide range of people. Melek ranked first on D&R's list of best-selling albums in Turkey and kept that position for five weeks. By selling 406,000 copies in 2004, it received a gold certification from MÜ-YAP. The remixed version of the album's songs were later released in her 2005 album Remix'5. Background and content After the huge commercial success of her 2000 album Elbette, Erçetin stopped working with Mete Özgencil for her next studio album Neden (2002), and wrote and composed most of the songs by herself. For her 2003 album, Chante Hier Pour Aujourd'hui, she performed a number of French chansons and received positive reviews from the critics. Erçetin started working on her next studio album right after releasing Neden in May 2002. As with Çapkın (1997), Elbette and Neden, the recordings for the album were done at the Erekli & Tunç studio. At the end, 14 songs were produced for the new album. On 17 June 2004, Erçetin's fifth studio album Melek was released by Pasaj Müzik "from an excited huge team for those who love each other, love new works, and love music." This was her first album published by Pasaj Müzik, after she ended her contract with Topkapı Müzik. Produced by Rıza Erekli, the album contained 11 new songs (for this album 25 different songs were prepared, out of which 11 were chosen), 2 cover songs ("Bir Yangının Külünü" and "Gökyüzünde Yalnız Gezen Yıldızlar" originally performed by Zeki Müren) and 1 different version