Sibel began her musical education at the
TRT Istanbul Children's Choir. During her secondary school years she joined the
Youth Choir of TRT where she met
Gökçen Koray,
Cenan Akın and
Hikmet Şimşek. She showed an interest in pop and rock music during her years at
Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi, culminating in a third-place finish in a Song Contest among high-school students in Turkey. In 1988, she enrolled in
Istanbul University's famous Music Conservatory. In 1990, she entered Eurovizyon Şarkı Seçmeleri with the song Kime ne, to choose Turkey's song for Eurovision - She came 9th. In 1991, she decided to pursue a professional musical career, signing up with the
Raks Müzik label. Her first solo album
Ah Biz Kızlar was released in 1992. The next year was spent on an exhaustive tour. After working with
Robert Bricknell in
London for a while, she returned to Turkey and released her second album,
Nefes Keser Aşklar in 1995. This too was extremely successful, proving that her debut was no flash in the pan. After completing a 1997 tour of Europe, Sibel started her own production company Arinna Muzik'. She produced her album
Hayat Buysa Ben Yokum Bu Yolda ("If This Is Life, I'm Not In") end released it in 1998; it contained eight songs with lyrics written by Sibel. She scored a hit with "Yine Yalnızım" in 2002. By 2003, she released her fifth album,
Kırmızı (Red). Her sixth album,
Kıpkırmızı (
Crimson) which included
Greek versions and remixes of songs of
Kırmızı. Sibel Tüzün represented Turkey at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 which was held in
Athens with the song
Süper Star (
Superstar). She also recorded
English and
Greek versions of the song. In 2010, Tuzun returned with the album Saten, in which every song on the EP had a music video made for it. In support of the Saten album, Tuzun performed a tour throughout Turkey, and eastern Europe. == Discography ==