Tal (singer)

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TALOULA
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Tal during the NRJ Music Awards in December 2013
Background information
Birth nameTal Benyezri
Also known asTAL
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)
Hadera, Israel
Origin Paris, France
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2009–present
Labels Warner Music France

Tal Benyezri (born 12 December 1989), also mononymously known as TAL, is an Israeli-French singer. She was signed to Warner Music France from 2011 to 2018. In 2021, she changed her artist name to TALOULA and became an independent artist.

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Biography

Tal Benyezri was born in Hadera, Israel. [3] Her family immigrated to Paris (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, her aunt Ronit is a world music/percussionist singer in Miami and her cousin Mor is a jazz singer in New-York.

Her mom was pregnant on stage with her. Tal therefore believes she was singing before she was born. At the age of 12, Tal began to play piano and guitar as a self-taught and enrolled in hip-hop dance lessons and modern jazz for 5 years. She also took part in a theater group called Compagnie Les Sales Gosses until her 16 years old. At 19 years old, she started playing in piano bars in her town Paris, making interpretations of classics Soul/R&B songs.

At 19, Tal met a songwriter and producer Laura Marciano, [5] who signed her to Sony Music for 2 years. She released one single "La musique est mon ange". in 2011, Tal signed with Warner Music France and released her debut album Le droit de rêver [6] with pop melodies, urban rhythm and at times classical arrangements. Collaborations included Sean Paul in "Waya Waya" [7] mixed by Veronica Ferraro, [8] 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" [9] 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. [10] The album also contains a bonus version of the song featuring French-Algerian L'Algérino as a bonus track. [8]

Tal remains involved in charity. She was the spokesman for MTV's campaign for support of the French AIDS charity Sidaction. [11]

She has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2013. [12]

Discography

Tal en concert Lille Grand palais Novembre 2014 14.JPG
Tal en concert Lille Grand palais Novembre 2014 27.JPG
Tal performing in 2014

Albums

Studio albums
YearAlbumPeak positions Certifications [13]
FRA
[14]
BEL
[15]
SWI
[16]
2011 Le droit de rêver 41276 SNEP: 3× Platinum
2013À l'infini3445SNEP: 3× Platinum
2016Tal41153SNEP: Platinum
2018Juste un rêve21233

Live albums

YearAlbumPeak positions Certifications [13]
FRA
[14]
BEL
[17]
2014À l'infini Live Tour1136SNEP: Platinum

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
FRA
[18]
BEL
[17]
SWI
[16]
2010"La musique est mon ange"Non-album release
2011"On avance"2941 Le droit de rêver
"Waya Waya"
(feat. Sean Paul )
7265
2012"Le sens de la vie"41
"Je prends le large"3944
"Envole-moi"
(M. Pokora and Tal)
5739 Génération Goldman
"Rien n'est parfait"2227Le droit de rêver
2013"Danse"
(feat. Flo Rida )
3329À l'Infini
"À l'International"2446
"Pas toi"3959
"Le passé"3235
2014"Maintenant ou jamais"
(feat. Dry)
7958
"Marcher au soleil"12456
2016"Are We Awake"3838Tal
"Le temps qu'il faut"3447
"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"19Juste un rêve
"Juste un rêve"
"ADN"142
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other releases
Featured in
YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
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)
4612Canardo's album
A la youv

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

Awards and nominations

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