Yael Naim
-
Search on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
2,774,106 plays (218,554 listeners)
Yaël Naïm 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 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. According to a Songfacts interview with her, it disappointed Yael, who decided she would be much happier giving up her dreams of stardom and making music on her terms.
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.
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. According to a Songfacts interview with her, it disappointed Yael, who decided she would be much happier giving up her dreams of stardom and making music on her terms.
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.
Shouts:
305 shouts
Top Albums
Shoutbox
-
ELenaLena96 wrote:
Lonely ♥ [2]
-
maru_ec wrote:
Toxicccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc <3
-
Re-nan wrote:
Cute voice.
-
pauloravi wrote:
Every possible mistake ♥
-
Pharaohh wrote:
wonderful voice
-
lovertriphoper wrote:
Amazing
-
xirino wrote:
New Soul is great¡¡¡
-
RedMythic wrote:
love Far Far
-
Opmerkzame wrote:
For all Belgian & Dutch fans: http://www.last.fm/event/3111007+Yael+Naim+in+Antwerp+%28De+Roma%2C+Borgerhout%29
-
vanilakofi wrote:
she served in the israel defense forces? more like israel occupying forces. such a shame that an artist would sing for injustice and not against it.
-
anaferrera wrote:
Far Far ♥
-
wanderlustatul wrote:
She was a Boy is such a perfect album. i am addicted to her voice.
-
AneliyaFlos wrote:
Toxic is great cover!
-
piwiiid wrote:
very very perfect voice
-
fatal_vital wrote:
just found her, this is definitely "the discovery of the year" for me. perfect voice.
-
passinAfternoon wrote:
Linda, Linda, acabei de conhecer estou apaixonada pelo som.
-
AltArithmetic wrote:
Still loving New Soul. Posted it up on our music page recently, if you're interested please drop by and check it out :) www.facebook.com/AltitudeArithmetic
-
SaymonS wrote:
Lonely ♥
-
IanAR wrote:
@petitprincep: 'Cause it's not exclusively her's, it's under 'Yael Naim & David Donatien’, see "She Was A Boy" :D
-
petitprincep wrote:
why isn't her new album "She was a boy" in the albums?
Videos
See more
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
Pyz_ka
Top Listener
-
aguirredavid
Top Listener
-
TheMarchHare202
Top Listener
-
thejackanory
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
dtcw, reginasspectre, dianasaurus16 and 88 other people added Yael Naim to their libraries. 7 hours ago
-
immmergruen tagged Yael Naim with alternative, female vocalists, indie and one other tag. last month
-
immmergruen, silvija94, akakillalady and 2 other people added Yael Naim to their libraries. last month
-
A deleted user created the wiki page for Best Of 2008. January 2009
Related Journals
-
Concerts vus
by herrbap |
30 Sep 2011
-
top hundred tracks (100-91)
by IronShy |
30 Aug 2011
-
Songs with "la la la"
by paulina1406 |
29 Aug 2011
| 25 comments
Groups (22)
-
London Scene
1,723 members
-
Alison Goldfrapp
273 members
-
Irresistible
131 members
-
France Inter
103 members
-
Anja Garbarek
100 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
- Other spellings
