Yael Naim is the self-titled second studio album by Yael Naïm. It contains the single "New Soul", which gained widespread popularity due to being featured in Apple's MacBook Air video advertisement.

Release

In Naïm's birth country of France her self-titled album was released on October 22, 2007. On iTunes the album was available as a digital download world-wide but did not gain much popularity until February 2008 when Apple advertisements for the MacBook Air laptop which featured her song "New Soul" as the soundtrack began to be broadcast.

In the United States and Canada the album was released in stores on March 18, 2008. Largely due to the popularity of the song "New Soul" being featured on the advertisement and receiving substantial play as its soundtrack, it debuted at #15 in Canada and #55 in the United States.

Singles

*"Toxic" - Britney Spears cover. #35 SPA.

*"New Soul" #1 BEL, #2 FRA, #4 GER, #7 USA, CAN, SPA.

*"Too Long" #17 Belgium Ultratip

Charts

Yael Naim debuted at #55 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart on the week of April 5, 2008.

References

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Artist/Band Information

Yael Naïm () (born February 6, 1978 in Paris, France), is a French-Israeli singer-songwriter.http She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Biography

Yael Naïm was born in Paris, France to Jewish parents coming from Tunisia. At the age of four, she moved with her family to Ramat HaSharon, Israel, where she spent the rest of her childhood. She served in the Israel Defense Force as a soloist in the Israel Air Force Orchestra.

She began her singing career with a part in the musical Les Dix CommandementsYael Naïm – News httpSee also French Wikipedia site at http and her first solo album, In a Man's Womb (recorded in Los Angeles with Kamil Rustam), was released in 2001. She also sang the song "You Disappear" by Bruno Coulais for the film Harrison's Flowers. In her early work, she was credited simply as Yaël. She also performed a duet with Din Din Aviv titled "Mashmauyot".

Naïm joined with percussionist David Donatien and, over a period of two years, they arranged and recorded thirteen of Naïm's songs in a studio in her apartment in Paris.YAEL NAIM & David Donatien http These were released as her second album, Yael Naïm, on 22 October 2007, on the Tôt ou tard label. The songs are in French, English and Hebrew and received critical acclaim. The album entered the French album chart at #11 the week after its release. Her 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 husky voice.Yael Naïm — Chanson http

In January 2008, Apple featured her song "New Soul" in its debut commercial for the MacBook Air laptop. Steve Jobs himself picked the song "New Soul" for the launch of the MacBook Air. 100 And Single, Idolator. Accessed 12 February 2008 Owing to high U.S. digital sales, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week of February 16, 2008, at #9, becoming Naïm's first U.S. top ten single, and making her the first Israeli solo artist to ever have a top ten hit in the United States. "New Soul" moved up to #7 the following week. The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the movie The House Bunny.

Her third album was released in November of 2010. The first single from this new record is "Go to the River".

Discography

Studio albums

* 2001 - In a Man's Womb

* 2007 - Yael Naïm

* 2010 - She Was a Boy

Singles

* 2001 - "You Disappear"

* 2001 - "Do I Do"

* 2001 - "Avril"

* 2007 - "Toxic"

* 2008 - "New Soul"

* 2008 - "Too Long"

* 2009 - "Far Far"

* 2010 - "Go to the River"

Awards and nominations

TV

Naïm's voice was used in a Season 21 episode of The Simpsons, entitled "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed". Naïm voiced Dorit, the niece of an Israeli tour guide named Jakob (voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen).

References