Emine Nâlân Tokyürek was born on 15 November 1973 in Eskişehir. She is the third daughter of a police officer father and a housewife mother; His father is from İnegöl and his mother is from Gaziantep. When he was three years old, the family moved to Istanbul and he started his primary education there; Due to his father's job, he completed primary school in Afyonkarahisar.
In 1984, he enrolled in the Instrument Education department of Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory to study qanun and at the same time started taking classical Turkish music lessons in the voice department. During his university years, he formed a band with his classmates and went on stage at Beşiktaş Sokak Bar, where he experienced live performance.
Nâlân, who performed at Ataköy Regatta and Twins Bar in 1993, attracted the attention of Garo Mafyan when he was looking for a soloist for an album project. After listening to his voice, Mafyan included it in his album and thus took an important step in his musical career. The artist, who made a name for himself by releasing his first solo album called "Of Aman" in 1994, then expanded his repertoire with works such as "Cansuyum", "Usul Usul", "Sök Kalpini", "Nalan2002", "CayırCayır", "AdresiBilsun", "TürkSinemasıKlasileri", "Demode", "Aşk" and "AşkSeninNeyine". has enriched it.
While he interpreted classical pieces with a modern approach with his album "TürkSinemasıKlasilerini" in 2007, he dazzled with his album "Demode" and the video clip "Yaradım" in 2009. In the same year, he included the song "UnutBeniKalbimdekiHicranlaYalnızKalalım" in the album dedicated to Şükrü Tunar. He continues his music career with the EP "Nalan'danSevgiyle" and the single "YolcuYolundaGerek" in 2014, the songs "DeliAşk" and "Rüya" in 2022, and the song "KıskanırımSeniBen" with EmelŞenocak in 2023. He is known as an artist who writes and composes his own compositions and brings them to the stage.