Sertab Erener Concerts Setlist

From Istanbul, Turkey, Sertab Erener is a pop and Turkish music star very famous in Turkey and Europe. Starting with Sezen Aksu, she released albums like "Sakin Ol!" and "Sertab Erener" in the 1990s. She won Eurovision in 2003 with "Everyway That I Can" and continued with albums such as "No Boundaries" and "Rengârenk". Her return to a 1990s style in 2016 with "Kırık Kalpler Albümü" was praised in Turkey.

As for her childhood, her mother's family moved from Yugoslavia to Ayvalık due to the Eastern Europe war. Her father, originally from the Eastern Anatolia Region, pursued music briefly but became a lawyer. Erener's elder brother Serdar influenced her significantly. Named after a song her father loved, "Ey Şûh-i Sertab," meaning "main light," she attended Işık High School after finishing primary school. She battled health issues like jaundice and ulcerative colitis during her teenage years. Fascinated by opera, she enrolled in Istanbul University State Conservatory and later studied at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Erener married at 21, a union that lasted three years.

In the early 1990s, Sertab Erener gained prominence with support from Sezen Aksu and other musicians, who helped prepare her debut studio album. Released in 92, "Sakin Ol!" propelled Erener to fame with its lead single of the same name, featuring Aksu and Heparı in its music video. The album quickly sold 300k copies within 25 days of release, later reaching 750k copies, solidifying Erener's place in Turkish pop music with hits like "Aldırma Deli Gönlüm" and "Ateşle Barut".

In 2005, Sertab Erener performed at a charity concert for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, raising around ₺126k (around 22k USD) for medical aid. She personally delivered the funds to Sri Lanka in February, describing it as a profound experience. In May, her seventh studio album "Aşk Ölmez" was released, topping D&R's Best-Selling Albums list and selling 160k copies.

In 2010, Sertab Erener released her eighth studio album "Rengârenk" with DMC. The songs "Açık Adres" and "Rengârenk" both had music videos that topped Türkçe Top 20 charts. Sertab Erener also received the Best Female Pop Artist award at the Kral TV Video Music Awards in 2010. Her Eurovision victory was noted in Turkish high school textbooks for Contemporary Turkish and World History, recognizing it as a landmark achievement for Turkish pop music internationally.

A fun fact is that she was named in Hürriyet's "91 Symbols of the 91st Anniversary of the Republic" in 2014, she also briefly taught music at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Erener, married three times, received multiple Kral TV Video Music Awards and Golden Butterfly Awards during her career.

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