Sertab Erener

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sertab Erener
Occupation	Opera Singer
Date Of Birth	Dec 4, 1964(1964-12-04)
Age	60
Birthplace	Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Sertab Erener Biography

Sertab Erener is one of the most popular and richest Opera Singer who was born on December 4, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey. The cross-over soprano is well-known for her vocal range and became one of the diva’s of Turkish Pop music. Her first album Calm Down in 1992. It was followed by nine more albums like 2013’s Sade.

The cover version to “One More Cup of Coffee” by Her cover of “One More Cup of Coffee” by Bob Dylan was included on the soundtrack for Masked and Anonymous, the comedy-drama film Dylan co-wrote in 2003. was included on the soundtrack to Masked and Anonymous, the comedy-drama film Dylan co-wrote in 2003.

Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu’s help she released her first studio album in the 1990s. Because of her education in classical music, she initially had difficulties in performing pop music. Although she did experimental works from time to time, she eventually preferred to focus on making pop music instead of making avant-garde works, in order to make her music heard by a larger audience. In some of her works, she combined Western music and Eastern music, and benefited from operas as well as classical Turkish music together with ethnic elements. With her entrance to Europe’s market in the early 2000s, many of her works were also sold in Turkey as well as European countries.

Erener’s voice possesses a 3-octave vocal range and is of coloratura soprano type. She is a pop music artist. Her songs are in “a range of Middle Eastern melodies to club songs”. In the 1980s, she was involved in opera when she was first introduced to music, but when she couldn’t find the success she was expecting in the opera, she decided to make pop music instead. She later talked about the experience: “It didn’t turn out the way I thought or imagined. Maybe it was another [type of] opera that I created within myself. How can I know? There was no such scholarship to go abroad, it didn’t exist. Later I said to myself that I’ll sing jingle. That way I make money. It’s best to do something on my own.” She had a lot of difficulties with changing her style from opera to pop music. Semih Günver of Milliyet wrote about Erener in her article in 1994: “What a colorful, sweet voice. This young woman is a great singer. A real soprano performer.” Tolga Akyıldız also wrote about her in an article for Hürriyet: “Sertab is one of the first brands of Turkish popular music with the power of both sound and song selection.” Before becoming famous she performed in English for years, and as a result, in some parts of her first album Sakin Ol! she sang “things she didn’t know the meaning of”, and got tired with the efforts to figure out how to say and pronounce some words. In her second album, Lâ’l, she realized this problem and worked on the songs with more interest and stopped dealing with only the technical part of the project. With her third album, Sertab Gibi, she started songwriting and composing. Although she was more focused on the musical aspect of her works, her voice still stood out on the foreground. She later described Sertab Gibi as an experiment and said: “It [the album] might have failed commercially at the time, but in terms of my career I came to the point where everyone said ‘Wow, look at this woman!’ With this experience, I realized that I have to say what I want through music, and Turkish people’s appreciation can be won little by little, and I have to walk with them step by step and make the music. Otherwise, I have the capacity to produce completely avant-garde things, but it is something that only my friends would listen to. Yet I want to appeal to a wider audience. In this case, I believe that pop music is the right language to send the message and go one step further together.”

Her family was raised in Istanbul.

Sertab Erener Net Worth

Sertab Erener is one of the richest Opera Singer from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sertab Erener 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her smash hit “Every Way That I Can,” helped her win first place at The Eurovision Song Contest 2003.

She co-created the band Painted on Water, with She co-created the band, Painted on Water, with Demir Demirkan in 2009. in 2009.

Sertab Erener was born on 4 December 1964 in Istanbul as the second child of Nizamettin and Yücel Erener. She spent her childhood in Eyüp, Istanbul. Her mother’s family is from Yugoslavia but moved to Ayvalık, Balıkesir, due to the war in Eastern Europe. Her mother Yücel, had studied painting at Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy and graduated in 1957, but did not continue her career after marriage. Her paternal family were from Eastern Anatolia Region. Her paternal grandfather was from Muş, while her paternal grandmother was of Arab descent and was from Siirt. Her father Nizamettin, was born in Diyarbakır. He took music lessons form Şerif İçli and worked as a soloist on Istanbul Radio for one month. Despite his interest in music, he eventually preferred to become a lawyer. Sertab’s elder brother is Serdar, who had a great influence on her during her childhood. Sertab Erener grew up with her father’s passion for Turkish classical music. Due to his fondness of the song “Ey Şûh-i Sertab”, her father decided to name her Sertab, meaning the “main light (radiance)”. After finishing her primary school, she got the permission to enroll in Liceo Italiano di Istanbul, but her father sent her to Işık High School instead. During those years, she suffered from jaundice and at the age of 11 was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Due to her colitis, she was hospitalized numerous times during her high school years. While she was at the second grade of high school, she became immensely interested in music and due to her fondness of opera music, she enrolled in Istanbul University State Conservatory to study opera. After taking singing lessons for a while, she continued her studies at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She studied at Mimar Sinan University, Opera Major Arts and Concert Singing Department, but left the school before completing her studies. Although she was taking classical music lessons at the time, she decided to continue her career with opera, however, since she was not able to obtain what she expected from opera in her student years, she started to work as a stage soloist. At the age of 21, she got married and this marriage lasted for three years.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Sertab Erener height 5 ft 1 in Sertab weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Sertab Erener Dating?

According to our records, Sertab Erener married to Emre Kula , Levent Yüksel. As of December 1, 2023, Sertab Erener’s is not dating anyone.

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In between her surgeries Erener began preparations for her second studio album Lâ’l, which was released on 14 October 1994. Most of the songs in the album were written by Sezen Aksu and it sold 640,000 copies. The album’s lead single was prepared for the documentary 12 Mart: İhtilalin Pençesinde Demokrasi and dedicated to Deniz Gezmiş. It was later included in Sony Music’s Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century millennium set. Sertab Erener shot music videos for the songs “Sevdam Ağlıyor” and “Rüya” from this album. Sezen Aksu wrote the song “Rüya”, inspired by Erener’s illness and the sufferings that she endured following her surgeries. To promote Lâ’l, Erener gave a concert at the Bostancı Show Center, during which she performed “Der Hölle Rache” from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Later, she said that she wanted to turn opera into a popular genre among the people. In March 1995, she won the Best Female Artist award at the 1st Kral TV Video Music Awards. In April, she performed at the Miss Turkey competition. In September, she joined the campaign “We Go To the East with 1000 Artists”, which was organized by Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and gave concerts in Eastern parts of Turkey.

Facts & Trivia

Sertab Ranked on the list of most popular Opera Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Sertab Erener celebrates birthday on December 4 of every year.

In 1996, Kim magazine ranked Erener 6th on its list of the Frumpish Dressed Women. On 18 June 1996, Erener and her husband Levent Yüksel divorced. The couple later said that the reason behind their divorce was that “Our 13-year love turned into sibling or parental feelings. We decided to obtain a divorce because we thought that marriage wouldn’t work out without love.” In the same year, Erener voiced the character of Esmeralda in the Turkish version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She also started working with Mezarkabul’s guitarist Demir Demirkan. At the end of the year, preparations for her third studio album began. For the first time, she included songs that were written by herself in the album. She later talked about how she started songwriting: “I’ve tried to tell you what I live and feel as well as I can. Even if I didn’t write it myself, I gave it to other songwriters to turn it into lyrics. I just acted as a commentator in my previous albums. This time, I work as a composer and songwriter.” For her third studio album Erener signed a $100,000 contract with Sony Music and released Sertab Gibi in February 1997 under the labels of İmaj and Sony. Demir Demirkan also worked on the album. Hürriyet’ s Lale Barçın İmer wrote that with Sertab Gibi Erener had taken an important step in her career. The songs “Aslolan Aşktır”, “Seyrüsefer”, “İncelikler Yüzünden”, “Aaa” and “Yara” were turned into music videos and Sertab Gibi sold 147,000 copies by August 1997.

Top Facts about Sertab Erener

1. Sertab Erener is a Turkish pop singer and songwriter.
2. She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003.
3. Erener has released 14 studio albums to date.
4. Her music combines traditional Turkish sounds with modern pop elements.
5. She has sold over 3 million records worldwide.
6. Erener has collaborated with international artists such as Ricky Martin and José Carreras.
7. In addition to singing, she also composes music for films and TV shows.
8. Erener was awarded the title of State Artist of Turkey in 2010.
9. She is known for her powerful vocals and dynamic stage presence.
10. Erener continues to be one of Turkey’s most popular musicians today.