Sertab Erener
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Sertab Erener 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
with her hit song "Everyway That I Can
", although she has had many other achievements outside Turkey
.
, 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 soundtrack
s. "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 and they released a self-titled album in the United States on the Motéma Music
label.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
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
Turkish pop music
Turkish pop music had its humble beginnings in the late 1950s with Turkish cover versions of a wide range of imported popular styles, including rock and roll, tango, and jazz...
. In Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
with her hit song "Everyway That I Can
Everyway That I Can
"Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest sung in English by Sertab Erener.-Everyway That I Can:"Everyway That I Can" was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan...
", although she has had many other achievements outside Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
Career
A native of IstanbulIstanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Erener studied history of music in a university in the city before beginning her musical career working with Turkish music icon Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
.
She released her first album, Sakin Ol, in 1992, and followed it with four more Turkish-language
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
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
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
finals in 1989 and 1990, she was internally selected in 2003 and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
, representing Turkey with the song "Everyway That I Can
Everyway That I Can
"Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest sung in English by Sertab Erener.-Everyway That I Can:"Everyway That I Can" was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan...
", co-written by Demir Demirkan
Demir Demirkan
Demir Demirkan is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started his music life when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college...
. The song went on to top charts in countries all over Europe, including Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
In the wake of her Eurovision success, Erener released her first English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
album, No Boundaries
No Boundaries (Sertab Erener album)
No Boundaries is the seventh album from Turkish popstar Sertab Erener. It has been credited with introducing her music to mainland Europe upon its release in 2004, having previously been a huge domestic success in her native country...
, in 2004. Her renditions of "Here I Am" and Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's "One More Cup of Coffee" were used in international movie soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s. "One More Cup of Coffee" was used in the soundtrack to Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Larry Charles, who is better known for his writing on successful TV sitcoms, Seinfeld and Mad About You and for executive producing episodes of The Tick and Dilbert. The film was written by Larry Charles and Bob Dylan, the latter under...
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
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akın is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent.- Personal life :Akın was born in 1973 in Hamburg to parents of Turkish ethnicity...
's Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul is a 2005 film/documentary directed by Fatih Akın. The film is a journey through the music scene in modern Istanbul, Turkey as well as portraying its cultural life. It was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.It features German...
, with a lauded rendition of Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's song "Music".
On 22 October 2005, Erener appeared on Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
Congratulations (Eurovision)
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. It took place at Forum,...
, a competition to choose the best Eurovision song of all time, performing the final verse and chorus of "Everyway That I Can
Everyway That I Can
"Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest sung in English by Sertab Erener.-Everyway That I Can:"Everyway That I Can" was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan...
". 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
Demir Demirkan
Demir Demirkan is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started his music life when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college...
created a band called Painted on Water and they released a self-titled album in the United States on the Motéma Music
Motéma Music
Motéma Music is an American record label focused on jazz and world music, as well as other creative projects by virtuosic musicians who also compose. It was founded by Jana Herzen in 2003, and is now based in Harlem, New York City...
label.
Studio Albums
- Sakin Ol! - (Calm Down) - (1992)
- LâlLalLal is derived from the Indo-Iranian word meaning 'Red'. It is a middle name used by many Indo-Aryan clans. Lal is also used as a final element of a compound personal name, such as Amir lal , Dost Lal , Rani Lal and Padshah Lal Qamar...
- (Ruby) - (1994) - Sertab Gibi - (Like Sertab) - (1996)
- Sertab Erener - (1999)
- Turuncu - (Orange) - (2001)
- No BoundariesNo Boundaries (Sertab Erener album)No Boundaries is the seventh album from Turkish popstar Sertab Erener. It has been credited with introducing her music to mainland Europe upon its release in 2004, having previously been a huge domestic success in her native country...
- (2004) - Aşk Ölmez - (Love Does Not Die) - (2005)
- Rengarenk - (Colorful) - (2010)
Compilation Albums
- Sertab (2000) (Europe-only; re-released in 2003)
- The Best of Sertab Erener (2007)
Painted on Water (Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan)
- Painted on Water (Motéma MusicMotéma MusicMotéma Music is an American record label focused on jazz and world music, as well as other creative projects by virtuosic musicians who also compose. It was founded by Jana Herzen in 2003, and is now based in Harlem, New York City...
, 2009)
Singles and EPs
- "Zor kadın" (Difficult Woman) (1999)
- "Bu yaz" (This Summer) (EP) (2000)
- "YeniYeniYeni is a city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, located 216 miles from Yangon, towards the northern end of the division, with mountain ranges to both east and west.It's also the northern edge of the Bago Region. After Yeni, the Mandalay Region starts....
" (New) (2001) - "Everyway That I CanEveryway That I Can"Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest sung in English by Sertab Erener.-Everyway That I Can:"Everyway That I Can" was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan...
" (2003) (winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003Eurovision Song Contest 2003The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
) - "Here I Am" (2003)
- "Leave" (2004)
- "Aşk ölmez, biz ölürüz" (Love Doesn't Die, We Do) (2005)
- "Satılık kalpler şehri" (City of Hearts for Sale) (2005)
- "Kim haklıysa" (Whoever the Right Is) (2005)
- "I Remember Now" (2007)
- "Hayat beklemez" (Life Doesn't Wait) (2008)
- "Bu böyle" (That's the Way It Is) (2009)
- "Açık adres" (Open Address) (2009)
Charts
| Year | Single | Charts | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUR | SWE | GRE Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
SPA Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
BEL (Vl) Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... |
NL Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
GER | SUI | HUN Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
LAT Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... |
IRE Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
RUS | |||
| 1999 | "Zor kadın" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sertab |
| 2000 | "Utanma" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bu Yaz |
| 2001 | "Kendime yeni bir ben lazım" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yeni |
| 2003 | "Everyway That I Can Everyway That I Can "Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest sung in English by Sertab Erener.-Everyway That I Can:"Everyway That I Can" was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan... " |
1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 35 | 75 | — | No Boundaries No Boundaries (Sertab Erener album) No Boundaries is the seventh album from Turkish popstar Sertab Erener. It has been credited with introducing her music to mainland Europe upon its release in 2004, having previously been a huge domestic success in her native country... |
| "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 |
See also
- Sezen AksuSezen AksuSezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
- List of Turkish pop music performers
- Music of TurkeyMusic of TurkeyThe music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from Central Asian folk music and has many copies and references of Byzantine music, Greek music, Ottoman music, Persian music, Balkan music, as well as more modern European and American popular music influences...
- Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
- CongratulationsCongratulations (Eurovision)Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. It took place at Forum,...