| Sertab Erener | |
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Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sertab Erener |
| Born | 4 December 1964 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | DMC, Motéma Music |
| Website | http://www.sertab.com/ |
Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop music singer and also a cross-over soprano with a vocal range that extends to high F. She is one of the most successful female Turkish pop singers in her homeland, and is considered one of the divas of Turkish pop music. In Europe, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003[1] with her hit song "Everyway That I Can", although she has had many other achievements outside Turkey.
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A native of Istanbul, Erener studied history of music in a university in the city before beginning her musical career working with Turkish music icon Sezen Aksu.
She released her first album, Sakin Ol, in 1992, and followed it with four more Turkish-language albums over the next decade. Her album Lâ'l was included by Sony Music in its "Soundtrack For A Century" collection.
After competing unsuccessfully in two national Eurovision Song Contest finals in 1989 and 1990, she was internally selected in 2003 and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, representing Turkey with the song "Everyway That I Can", co-written by Demir Demirkan. The song went on to top charts in countries all over Europe, including Sweden and Greece.
In the wake of her Eurovision success, Erener released her first English-language album, No Boundaries, in 2004. Her renditions of "Here I Am" and Bob Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee" were used in international movie soundtracks. "One More Cup of Coffee" was used in the soundtrack to Masked and Anonymous a semi-biopic of Bob Dylan.
In 2005, Erener released a Turkish-language album named Aşk Ölmez, promoted with songs such as "Aşk Ölmez, Biz Ölürüz" ("Love Doesn't Die, We Do") and "Satılık Kalpler Şehri" ("City of Hearts For Sale"). She also appeared on the movie soundtrack album of Fatih Akın's Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, with a lauded rendition of Madonna's song "Music".
On 22 October 2005, Erener appeared on Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, a competition to choose the best Eurovision song of all time, performing the final verse and chorus of "Everyway That I Can". The song finished ninth in a field of fifteen. At the same event Erener revealed she was to release another English language album.
In 2009, Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan created a band called Painted on Water[2] and they released a self-titled album in the United States on the Motéma Music label.
| Year | Single | Charts | Album | |||||||||||||
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| TUR | SWE | GRE | SPA | BEL (Vl) | NL | AUT | GER | SUI | HUN | LAT | IRE | UK | RUS | |||
| 1999 | "Zor kadın" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sertab |
| 2000 | "Utanma" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bu Yaz |
| 2001 | "Kendime yeni bir ben lazım" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yeni |
| 2003 | "Everyway That I Can" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 35 | 75 | — | No Boundaries |
| "Here I Am" | 1 | 58 | 6 | — | 41 | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | 106 | ||
| 2004 | "Leave" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 112 | |
| "I Believe (That I See Love in You)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | ||
| 2005 | "Aşk ölmez, biz ölürüz" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aşk ölmez |
| "Satılık kalpler şehri" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Kim haklıysa" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Beni bağışla" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 266 | ||
| 2007 | "I Remember Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drum |
| 2008 | "Hayat beklemez" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hayat beklemez |
| 2009 | "Bu böyle" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bu böyle |
| "Açık adres" | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Açık adres | |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Marie N with "I Wanna" |
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 |
Succeeded by Ruslana with "Wild Dances" |
| Preceded by Buket Bengisu & Group Safir with "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" |
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 |
Succeeded by Athena with "For Real" |
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