No Boundaries (Sertab Erener Album)
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''No Boundaries'' is the seventh album from Turkish popstar
Sertab Erener 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 1990 ...
. It has been credited with introducing her music to mainland Europe upon its release in 2004, having previously been a huge domestic success in her native country. This album was released in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Israel, Russia, Japan and some other countries.


Background

Although not her first album (preceded by ''Sakin Ol!'', ''Lâ'l'', ''Sertab Gibi'', ''Sertab Erener'', ''Sertab'', and ''Turuncu''), ''No Boundaries'' was Sertab Erener's first English language album. It was compiled and released by record company Columbia after Erener's Eurovision win in 2003, with the song " Every Way That I Can". The songs on the album are composed and arranged mainly by Demir Demirkan, although some have co-writing credits for Erener, for example "Storms". "
Everyway That I Can "Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 sung in English by Sertab Erener for . The song was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop ...
" was included on the album, as the original Turkish release rather than the Eurovision edit, although it is licensed now to Turkish radio and Television and the EBU, rather than Sony. The next single released was "Here I Am", a song not dissimilar to the Eurovision winner, and then "Leave", an operatic song in which Erener travels five octaves to the soprano range. Both were quite large hits in Turkey and Eastern Europe although they could not come close to the mammoth success of "Every Way That I Can." The final single, "I Believe (That I See Love in You)", was written by France-based Indonesian singer
Anggun Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; born 29 April 1974), better known as Anggun C. Sasmi or more often mononymously as Anggun, is an Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she began performing at the age of sev ...
. The album was given exposure in May 2004 when a medley of "Here I Am", "Leave", and "Everyway That I Can" were performed as the
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Eurovision opening act by Sertab. In June the track "I Believe" was released and it was the final release taken from the album. Other songs on the album include "Back to the Beach" which was regarded as the album's low point, and "Got Me like Oh", which was later covered in 2006 by American singer Gia Farrell. The album was very well received by critics otherwise, who admired the Turkish music-pop combination. Sales of the album have been Erener's best figures yet, both in Turkey and outside.


Track listing

# " Here I Am" # "Breathe in Deeper" # "
Everyway That I Can "Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 sung in English by Sertab Erener for . The song was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop ...
" # "Got Me like Oh" # "I Believe" (That I See Love in You) # "Leave" # "It Takes More" # "Back to the Beach" # "Storms" # "Love Bites" # "The One" # "Here I Am" ason Nevins Radio Remix


Chart positions of releases

*"No Boundaries (Album)": Turkey No. 1 Greece No. 2 *"Everyway That I Can": June 2003: No. 1 TUR, No. 1 SWE, No. 1 GRE, No. 6 BEL, No. 7 NED, No. 10 AUS, No. 12 GER, No. 17 SUI, No. 35 IRE, No. 75 UK *"Here I Am": September 2003: No. 1 TUR, No. 6 GRE, No. 41 BEL, No. 58 SWE, No. 64 SUI {{DEFAULTSORT:No Boundaries (Sertab Erener Album) 2004 albums