31 Facts About Sertab Erener

Sertab Erener was born on 4 December 1964 and is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer.

Sertab Erener won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Everyway That I Can", marking Turkey's first victory in the competition.

Sertab Erener has been praised for her music style and is one of the most successful artists who were discovered by Sezen Aksu.

Sertab Erener was born on 4 December 1964 in Istanbul as the second child of Nizamettin and Yucel Erener.

Sertab Erener took music lessons form Serif Icli and worked as a soloist on Istanbul Radio for one month.

Sertab Erener grew up with her father's passion for Turkish classical music.

Sertab Erener joined Sezen Aksu's birthday party in 1987 at Memduh Pasa Mansion as a soloist.

Sertab Erener was chosen by the organizer of the party to perform at the event.

Sertab Erener's name began to be heard in the early 1990s with Sezen Aksu's help.

In December 1992, Sertab Erener performed at TRT 1 and Kanal 6's New Year programs.

In between her surgeries Sertab Erener began preparations for her second studio album La'l, which was released on 14 October 1994.

Sertab Erener later joined the campaign "Come on Southeast", and gave a concert on 26 August 1996 as a part of "Southeast Education Mobilization Concerts".

Sony and Columbia released Sertab Erener's self-titled album in March 1999, which included works such as the poem "Makber" by Abdulhak Hamid Tarhan and Mozart's "Der Holle Rache".

Sertab Erener was scheduled to perform at Efes Pilsen's 13th establishment anniversary on 16 August, which was set to be followed by a tour inside Turkey, but the concert was cancelled due to the 1999 Izmit earthquake.

Hurriyet wrote that with this duet Sertab Erener successfully earned a reputation in Greece.

In January 2003, TRT announced that Sertab Erener would represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.

Sertab Erener met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a reception was organized to celebrate her victory.

Sertab Erener was given the State Medal of Distinguished Service.

Sertab Erener received two Honorary Awards at the 1st MU-YAP Music Awards and 10th Kral TV Video Music Awards.

Sertab Erener later performed Bob Dylan's song "One More Cup of Coffee" for the film Masked and Anonymous which was released in July 2003.

Sertab Erener was re-released in Europe with new additions and sold 500,000 copies as of August 2003.

In January 2005, Sertab Erener performed at a fundraising concert for people who lost their homes at the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

In January 2007, it was announced that Sertab Erener would perform at a jazz concert on 1 February 2007, but the event was cancelled as she fell ill with pneumonia.

The album became one of the best-selling albums of the year and Sertab Erener won the Best Female Pop Artist award at the Kral TV Video Music Awards.

In 2010, Sertab Erener's name appeared in the textbooks for Contemporary Turkish and World History courses at the fourth grades of high schools.

Thanks to the album, which included 15 old classical Turkish songs, Sertab Erener won the "Best Female Classical Turkish Music Soloist" award at the Golden Butterfly Awards.

In July 2015, Sertab Erener married her boyfriend Emre Kula in Seferihisar, Izmir, after 6 months of dating.

Sertab Erener's voice possesses a 3-octave vocal range and is of coloratura soprano type.

Sertab Erener's songs are in "a range of Middle Eastern melodies to club songs".

Sertab Erener spent her childhood listening to her father's performances of classical Turkish songs.

Sertab Erener has named Barbra Streisand as the "woman of [her] life".