It's hard to imagine a dry eye in the house whenever this emotionally supersized pop-Arabesk star takes the stage. Born in Istanbul in 1974, bewitching Ebru Gündeş is a singer, actor, TV personality and gossip magnet. She first unleashed the tragic magic of her swooping, soaring voice on her 1992 debut, Tanrı Misafiri (God's Guest), and she typically buttresses her voice with string orchestra, folk instruments and the occasional sitar (for Bollywood-esque tunes). Heartbreak has rarely sounded so enchanting.