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Native of Istanbul, Sertab Erener began her musical career with the help of Turkish pop singer Sezen Aksu. She released her first album, Sakin Ol (Calm Down), in 1992, and followed it with four more Turkish-language albums over the next decade. Her album Lal was included by Sony Music in its "Soundtrack For A Century" collection.She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, representing Turkey with the song Everyway That I Can, co-written by Demir Demirkan. The song climbed the 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.In 2005, Erener released a Turkish-language album named Ask Ölmez (Love Is Immortal), promoted with songs such as "Ask Ölmez, Biz Ölürüz" ("Love Is Immortal, We Aren't") and "Satilik Kalpler Sehri" ("City of Hearts For Sale"). She also appeared on the movie soundtrack album of Fatih Akin's Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, with a rendition of Madonna's song "Music".On March 15 2007 Sertab released a best of album. In addition to her Eurovision winner song, "The Best of Sertab Erener" features samples from the singer's extensive repertoire with songs in Spanish, Greek and English and duets with other singers.Erener has sung duets with Ruslana, José Carreras, Ricky Martin and Greek singer Mando. She has also worked with musicians Desmond Child, Anggun, and Belgian band Featuring Voice Male.
