

A native of Istanbul, Erener studied 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 soundtracks. "One More Cup of Coffee" was used in the soundtrack to Masked and Anonymous a semi-biopic of Bob Dylan.

On October 22, 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.
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 such as Desmond Child, Anggun, and Belgian band Voice Male.

Albums:
Sakin Ol! (1992)
Lâ'l (1994)
Sertab Gibi (1996)
Sertab Erener (1999)
Sertab (2000)
Turuncu (Orange) (2001)
Sertab (2003)
No Boundaries (2004)
Aşk Ölmez (2005)
The Best of Sertab Erener (2007)
Sertab Goes to the Club (Remix album) (2007)
Painted on Water (2009)

"Zor Kadın" (Difficult Woman) (1999)
"Bu Yaz" (This Summer) (EP) (2000)
"Yeni" (New) (2001)
"Everyway That I Can" (2003 - Eurovision 2003 Winner)
"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 Is Right) (2005)
"I Remember Now" (2007)
"Hayat Beklemez" (Life Doesn't Wait) (2008)
"Bu Böyle" (2009)
"Açık Adres" (2009)