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Yael Naïm or Yaël Naïm (aka Yael Naim and יעל נעים, Hebrew), is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter.

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 . She served in Israel Defence Forces as a soloist in Israel 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 and a touch of , with mysterious and evocative words sung with a delicate and intentionally slightly husky voice.
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  • Stone_Birds

    All of her music on itunes is published as Yael Naïm, so it's the correct form of her name. Yael Naim is just a mistake that Americans make because we can't accept the fact that they're are other letters in the world besides the ones in our alphabet. Yaël Naïm is also incorrect although i think possibly when you translate the hebrew name into her french name is should come out this way she goes by Yael Naïm.

    11 days ago

  • MatheusFellix

    1.196.560 execuções (121.977 ouvintes) good *--*

    March 2012

  • dhizumaki

    v

    February 2012

  • petitprincep

    wich one is the correct one Yael Naim or Yael Naïm? I guess it's Yael Naim without the ¨ thing

    August 2011

  • vaughnvhalen

    :":":":":":":":":":":":":":" Words and song Great & Fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    June 2011

  • italophilee

    Far Far <3

    May 2011

  • hayleyspringer

    looove her toxic cover

    December 2010

  • dougrf

    CORRECT THE SPELLING! Just look at the CD cover and her official site, she spells “Naim” with one point in the “i”

    November 2010
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See Yael Naim in New York on 10/27!

24 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/yaelnaim

Yael Naim will playing a show at Webster Hall in New York City on Monday 27th October. Do you have your ticket yet? Click here to buy! Don't miss this show!

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