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Tal

Tal during the NRJ Music Awards in 2014

Background information
Birth name
Tal Benyerzi
12 December 1989 (age 25)
Born
Israel
Genres
Pop, R&B
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, musician, dancer
Instruments
Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active
2009 present
Labels
Warner Music France
Alize, L'Algrino, Canardo, Sean
Associated acts
Paul, M. Pokora, Flo Rida, Little Mix
Website
www.tal-officiel.com
Tal Benyerzi[1] (born in Israel in 12 December 1989), professionally known by her
mononym Tal, is an Israeli-born French singer-songwriter and occasional dancer. She is
currently signed to Warner Music France.

Contents

1 Career

2 Discography
o 2.1 Albums

o 2.2 Singles

3 Awards and nominations

4 References

5 External links

Career

Tal's family immigrated to France when Tal was just under a year old. Her name
translates roughly as "morning dew" in Hebrew. She was born into a veritable musical
home. Her Moroccan-Jewish father was a guitar player, her Yemeni-Jewish mother a
professional singer under the name Sem Azar.[2] Her brother is a songwriter and her aunt
and cousin singers.[3]
At the age of 3, Tal began to learn to play piano and guitar and enrolled in dance lessons
and modern jazz. She also took part in a theater group called "Les Sales Gosses". She
started playing in piano bars making interpretations of classics and contemporary songs.
As a fan of Michael Jackson, she and her brother improvised moves on a collection of
his songs. Her first song and music video was with "La Musique mon ange".[4]
Her meeting with songwriter and producer L'Aura Marciano developed her career and
after a collaboration of 2 years, she released her debut album Le droit de rver[5] with
pop melodies, urban rhythm and at times classical arrangements. Collaborations
included Sean Paul in "Waya Waya"[6] mixed by Veronica Ferraro,[7] L'Algrino in a
remake "Le sens de la vie" and John Hanes as sound engineer.
Her first single from the album was "On avance"[8] reached #29 in SNEP, the official
French Singles Chart. That was followed by "Waya Waya". Her biggest hit was "Le sens
de la vie" taken from the album. It reached #4 in the French charts.[9] The album also
contains a bonus version of the song featuring French-Algerian L'Algrino as a bonus
track.[7] Her songs deliver a message of hope and peace, without religious or cultural
barriers, and a French music without boundaries.

Tal in the Salon du Chocolat with a chocolate dress.

Tal remains involved in charity. She was the spokesman for MTV's campaign for
support of the French AIDS charity Sidaction.[10]
In 2013, Tal joined the Les Enfoires charity ensemble. Tal also won her first NRJ Music
Award in 2013, as the Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.
In September 2013, she joined the 4th season of Danse avec les stars (French Dancing
with the Stars), with dance partner Yann-Alrick Mortreuil.
Her second album L'infini, released in September 2013 includes a collaboration with X
Factor (UK series 8) winning girlgroup Little Mix, who met her during a social network
event in Paris 5 months earlier, and US Rapper Flo-Rida[2]

Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Certifications[11]

Peak positions
Year

Album

2011 Le droit de rver

2013 l'infini
Live albums

[12]

BEL
(Vl)

BEL
(Wa)

[13]

[14]

4
3

156

12
4

FR

SUI
[15]

76
45

Certifications[16]

Peak positions
Year

Album

2014 l'infini Live Tour

[12]

BEL
(Wa)

11

36

FR

[14]

SNEP: 3x Platinum
SNEP 3x Platinum

SUI
[15]

Singles
Peak positions
Year

Single

2010 "La musique est mon ange"

"On avance"
2011 "Waya Waya"
(feat. Sean Paul)
"Le sens de la vie"
"Je prends le large"
2012 "Envole-moi"
(M. Pokora and Tal)

"Rien n'est parfait"

"Danse"
(feat. Flo Rida)
" l'International"
2013 "Pas toi"
"Le pass"
"Maintenant ou jamais"
(credited to Dry/Tal)

2014 "Marcher au soleil"

Album

FRA

BEL

SUI

[17]

[14]

[15]

29

41

72

65

4
39

1
44

39

Gnration Goldman

22

27

Le droit de rver

33

29

24
39
36

46
59
35

58

79

124

Non-album release

Le droit de rver

l'Infini

"" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

2012: "Le sens de la vie" (Tal featuring L'Algrino) (charting separately from the solo
version in France)

Featured in
Peak positions
Year

Single
"On a le droit de rve"

2012

(Black Kent feat. Tal)

"M'en aller"
(Canardo feat. Tal)

BEL

FR
[17]

46

12

Album
Black Kent's album
Vendeur de rves
Canardo's album
A la youv

Awards and nominations

In 2012, she was nominated to "Francophone revelation of the Year" at the NRJ
Music Awards.[18]

In 2014, she won the "Francophone Female Artist of the Year" at the NRJ Music
Awards.[19]

References

1.

Let's Sing It: Tal biography page

2.

Sem Azar YouTube page

3.

Le Parisien: Tal, sur les traces de Shy'm (French)

4.

L'EuroMag: Tal - "La musique est mon ange" (French)

5.

IdoleMag: Interview de Tal (in French)

6.

La Minute de Mlanie: Dcouverte - En Studio avec Tal (in French)

7.

Charts in France: Tal chante "Le sens de la vie": son nouveau single (in
French)

8.

IdolMag: Tal, nouveau clip ("On avance") (in French)

9.

aCharts.us: Tal page

10.

Programme TV: La chanteuse Tal, marraine de MTV pour l'opration

Sidaction (French)

11.

"SNEP 2012 Certifications - 2X Platinum (Albums)". SNEP. Retrieved

05/02/2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

12.

"Tal discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September

2013.

13.

"Tal discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20

September 2013.

14.

"Tal discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September

2013.

15.

"Tal discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

16.

"SNEP 2012 Certifications - 2X Platinum (Albums)". SNEP. Retrieved

05/02/2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

17.

LesCharts.com: Tal discography

18.

NRJ Music Awards 2012 : les nomins sont (French)

19.

[1] (French)

External links

Official website

Facebook

Twitter

TalTV on YouTube

[hide]

Danse avec les Stars (season 4)

Alize

Brahim Zaibat

Ltitia Milot

Keen'V

Laurent Ournac

Tal

Laury Thilleman

Titoff

Damien Sargue

Nomie Lenoir

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1989 births

Living people

French female singers

French Jews

French people of Moroccan-Jewish descent

French people of Yemeni-Jewish descent

Israeli Jews

Israeli emigrants to France

Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent

Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent

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