Manifest

manifest is a six-member pop group from Turkiye, comprising Esin Bahat, Hilal Yelekçi, Lidya Pınar, Mina Solak, Sueda Uluca, and Zeynep Sude Oktay.

The group was formed in February 2025 following the Big5 competition organised by Hypers New Media. Their debut single “Zamansızdık” made an immediate impact before the release of their first album Manifestival, in June 2025.

Released alongside a dedicated visual film project, Manifestival reached 5 million YouTube views and 4 million Spotify streams within its first 24 hours. All 11 tracks from the album simultaneously entered Turkiye’s Top 50 streaming chart. The album later reached 40 million streams on Spotify, becoming the third most-streamed girl group album globally in 2025, and ranked 24th on The Genius Community’s “Best Albums of 2025” list.

manifest have quickly become a leading name in Türkiye’s contemporary music scene, breaking the attendance record in Istanbul Festival history and appearing as one of the first groups from Turkiye to be featured by Rolling Stone. The group has also shared the stage with two iconic names in Turkish pop music, Ajda Pekkan and Kenan Dogulu, delivering duet performances.

Recognised as the group bringing girl group culture back into the mainstream in Türkiye, manifest drew attention with their Harbiye concert, whose tickets sold out in a short time only five months after their debut. Since the Manifestival era, the group has risen to No. 1 on Spotify’s Daily Top Artists Turkey chart and has become one of the rare Turkiye-based groups to be mentioned in global girl group statistics.

With its festival concept, manifest has created a new-generation girl group model that not only performs concerts, but also builds its own universe. The group has also succeeded in creating a strong and organised fandom on social media in a short time.

manifest’s collaborative single with Ajda Pekkan, “Hileli”, created major buzz after reaching millions of streams within its first 24 hours. The song became one of the fastest-rising projects among global female artist collaborations and entered Spotify’s Debut Global chart at No. 1. Their track “Arıyo” was also accepted for consideration in the “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” category at the 68th Grammy Awards.

To date, manifest has won numerous awards, including the Ticketmaster Awards, Powertürk Music Awards, Sabancı University EİK Awards and Istanbul University Mavi Elma Awards, Altın Geyik Awards, Kristal Marmara Awards.