N°23 YAEL NAIM - PARIS

I had no suggestions from either one of my readers so I've chosen a song about one of the most romantic capitals in Europe: Paris. Maybe you don't like the very much because it's in Hebrew but then again you should have helped me find another one. Anyway I could have chosen a Paris Hilton song as well so I think this isn't a bad choice after all.

The song is in Hebrew because Yael Naim was born in Paris to Tunisian parents. At the age of 4 she moved to Israëln her Jewish home country where she spent the rest of her childhood and where she started to play the piano. During her teenagers years she started composing her own songs and after serving for the Israëlian Millitary for two years she started her own band called The Anti Collision. She's asked in Paris to sing at a benefit where she get's spotted by one of the biggest record labels: EMI.

EMI released her first album in 2001 'In a Mans Womb' and the following years she's being casted for musicals and soundtrack releases. A new album in 2007 calles after herself is an instant succes in France and Israël and win's the World Music Album Of The Year in 2008 in the French Victoires de la Musique award. She'd win a second award at the same contest 3 years later winning the Best Female Singer award. In between she got nominated a few times.

In January 2008 her song New Soul got released to support the MacAir Book; a utility created by Apple. The song caught world fame ending up in different billboards. It even reached number one in Belgium for 2 weeks.

Her third album was only released last year, in 2010 and was called She Was A Boy releasing the single Go To The River. It didn't make it to the Belgian Billboards but I'm sure it got picked up elsewhere.

She's inspired by the voice of Aretha Franklin and her piano interests developed after seeing the movie Beethoven (no not the movie with the dog !). She also had a little role in The Simpsons as the voice of the niece of an Israeli tour guide in the episode The Greatest Story Ever D'ohd.

The video is not the official shoot. It's a compilation of photo's taken by someone who visited Paris and combined it with Yael's lovely song and voice, Enjoy,