Yael Naim
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She was born in Paris in 1978 to Jewish-Tunisian parents. At the age of four, she moved with her family to Ramat HaSharon, Israel, where she learned Hebrew and trained as a pianist. She served in the Israel Defence Forces as a soloist in the Israeli Air Force Orchestra. She began her singing career with a part in the musical “Les Dix Commandements,” and her first solo album, In A Man’s Womb, was released in 2001. She also sang the song “You Disappear” by Bruno Coulais for the film Harrison’s Flowers directed by Elie Chouraqui. For her early work she was credited simply as Yaël.
Naïm joined forces with percussionist David Donatien, and over a period of two years they arranged and recorded thirteen of Naïm’s songs in a studio in Naïm’s own appartment in Paris, and these were released as her second album, Yael Naim, in the fall of 2007 on the Tôt Ou Tard label. The songs are in French, English, and Hebrew and received critical acclaim, and the album entered the French album chart at #11 the week after its release. The style has been described as having a touch of folk and a touch of jazz, with mysterious and evocative words sung with a delicate and intentionally slightly husky voice.
In January 2008, her song “New Soul” was featured in the debut commercial for the MacBook Air laptop. The song gained fame from being featured in the ad, and it has peaked, as of February 1 2008, at #2 on the iTunes Top 100 Downloaded Songs.
Discography
* 2001: In A Man’s Womb
* 2007: Yael Naim
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guidoranieri wrote:
(Désolé pour mon mauvais français) Votre spectacle au Brésil était très bon! Beaucop, hiper!!!!!! Elle est très belle, très vivante, a une voix qui touche l'âme et le meilleur sens de l'humour que j'ai jamais vu. Si vous avez une chance, voir un spectacle de lui. Est inoubliable, incroyable!
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Allaaan wrote:
Doce!
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Zeuq wrote:
Love+Peace
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TeenCreddyJem wrote:
Nattram she's not tunisian.. she's french-israelian
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Starbury126 wrote:
<3
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dzozdzoz wrote:
nice
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mat0k0 wrote:
lived for me.
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sibelledantas wrote:
Que voz suave...
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musicchief wrote:
beautiful
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ze_zar wrote:
In Buenos Aires! November!
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Nattram wrote:
She's tunisian like me :)
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zaione wrote:
Sua música me deu a porta de entrada para conhecer outras cantoras tão incríveis quanto ela.
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djmasky wrote:
Faço das musicas dela "chill out" de tão relaxantes que são
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fairytale-x wrote:
beautiful voice :)
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peterbucky wrote:
A voz dela me transmite tanta paz. Her voice is so peaceful
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Felipetorre wrote:
Curti
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JJLikesHisIndie wrote:
shes amazinnnng
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awesome_crane wrote:
i really loved too long song!!talented singer!
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andrezzam wrote:
i'm in love with 'far far'!
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zoe_tiao wrote:
lhyndo
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ThatSchmuck created the wiki page for Best Of 2008. January 2009
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