Tal (singer)

Tal Benizri (Hebrew: טל בניזרי‎; born 12 December 1989), professionally known by her mononym Tal, is an Israeli-French singer, songwriter and dancer. She is currently signed to Warner Music France.

Tal
Tal during the NRJ Music Awards in 2014
Background information
Birth nameTal Benizri
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989
Hadera, Israel
OriginFrance
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active2009–present
LabelsWarner Music France
Associated acts
Websitewww.tal-officiel.com

Biography
Tal performing in Lille, 2014

Tal Benyerzi was born in Haderah, Israel.[3] Her family immigrated to France before her first birthday. Her name means "morning dew" in Hebrew. She was born into a musical home. Her father was a guitar player, her mother a professional singer under the name Sem Azar.[4] Her brother is a songwriter and her aunt and cousin are singers.[5]

At the age of 3, Tal began to study piano and guitar and enrolled in dance lessons and modern jazz. She also took part in a theater group called Compagnie Les Sales Gosses. She started playing in piano bars making interpretations of classics and contemporary songs. Her first song and music video was with "La Musique mon ange".[6]

After two years of collaboration with songwriter and producer L'Aura Marciano, Tal released her debut album Le droit de rêver[7] with pop melodies, urban rhythm and at times classical arrangements. Collaborations included Sean Paul in "Waya Waya"[8] mixed by Veronica Ferraro,[9] L'Algérino in a remake "Le sens de la vie" and John Hanes as sound engineer.

Her first single from the album was "On avance"[10] which reached No. 29 in SNEP, the official French singles chart. That was followed by "Waya Waya". Her biggest hit was "Le sens de la vie" from the album. It reached No. 4 in the French charts.[11] The album also contains a bonus version of the song featuring French-Algerian L'Algérino as a bonus track.[9]

Tal at Salon du Chocolat

Tal remains involved in charity. She was the spokesman for MTV's campaign for support of the French AIDS charity Sidaction.[12]

Discography

Albums
Studio albums
Year Album Peak positions Certifications[13]
FRA
[14]		 BEL
[15]		 SWI
[16]
2011 Le droit de rêver 4 12 76 SNEP: 3× Platinum
2013 À l'infini 3 4 45 SNEP: 3× Platinum
2016 Tal 4 11 53 SNEP: Platinum
2018 Juste un rêve 2 12 33

Live albums

Year Album Peak positions Certifications[13]
FRA
[14]		 BEL
[17]
2014 À l'infini Live Tour 11 36 SNEP: Platinum

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
FRA
[18]		 BEL
[17]		 SWI
[16]
2010 "La musique est mon ange" – – – Non-album release
2011 "On avance" 29 41 – Le droit de rêver
"Waya Waya"
(feat. Sean Paul)		 72 65 –
2012 "Le sens de la vie" 4 1 –
"Je prends le large" 39 44 –
"Envole-moi"
(M. Pokora and Tal)		 5 7 39 Génération Goldman
"Rien n'est parfait" 22 27 – Le droit de rêver
2013 "Danse"
(feat. Flo Rida)		 33 29 – À l'Infini
"À l'International" 24 46 –
"Pas toi" 39 59 –
"Le passé" 32 35 –
2014 "Maintenant ou jamais"
(feat. Dry)		 79 58 –
"Marcher au soleil" 124 56 –
2016 "Are We Awake" 38 38 – Tal
"Le temps qu'il faut" 34 47 –
"Back in Time" – – –
"Ma Famille"
(feat. Fetty Wap)		 – – –
2017 "Des fleurs et des flammes" – – –
"D.A.O.W (Dance All Over the World)" – – –
"Slow Down the Flow" 126 – –
2018 "Mondial" 19 – – Juste un rêve
"Juste un rêve" – – –
"ADN" 142 – –
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other releases
Featured in
Year Single Peak positions Album
BEL
 FRA
[18]
2012 "On a le droit de rêve"
(Black Kent feat. Tal)		 – – Black Kent's album
Vendeur de rêves
"M'en aller"
(Canardo feat. Tal)		 46 12 Canardo's album
A la youv

2014 - Une autre person with Little Mix (Salute album, deluxe edition for France).

Philanthropy

Tal has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2013.[19]

Awards and nominations
  • In January 2013, she was nominated for "Francophone revelation of the Year" at the NRJ Music Awards.[20]
  • In December 2013, 2014 and 2016, she won "Francophone Female Artist of the Year" at the NRJ Music Awards.[21]

References
  1. "Biographie de Tal surmusicme". musicme.com. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. "Biographie de Tal sur le site de la Fnac". Fnac. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. Let's Sing It: Tal biography page
  4. Sem Azar YouTube page
  5. Le Parisien: Tal, sur les traces de Shy'm (in French)
  6. L'EuroMag: Tal – "La musique est mon ange" (in French)
  7. IdoleMag: Interview de Tal (in French)
  8. La Minute de Mélanie: Découverte – En Studio avec Tal (in French)
  9. Charts in France: Tal chante "Le sens de la vie": son nouveau single (in French)
  10. IdolMag: Tal, nouveau clip ("On avance") (in French)
  11. aCharts.us: Tal page
  12. Programme TV: La chanteuse Tal, marraine de MTV pour l'opération Sidaction (in French)
  13. "SNEP 2012 Certifications – 2X Platinum (Albums)". SNEP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  14. "Tal discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  15. "Tal discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  16. "Tal discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  17. "Tal discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  18. LesCharts.com: Tal discography Archived 1 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  19. "Tal" (in French). Enfoires.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  20. NRJ Music Awards 2012 : les nominés sont… (in French)
  21. Archived 11 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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