Sarit Hadad

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Sarit Hadad

|150.px|Sarit hadad, 2004
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Sara Hodedtov
Born = Birth date and age|1978|9|20|mf=y
Died =
Origin = Hadera, Israel
Genre = Mizrahi, Pop
Years_active = 1992-present
Label = Avi Guetta Records
URL = [http://www.sarit-hadad.com Sarit-Hadad.com]

Sarit Hadad ( _he. שרית חדד) (born September 20, 1978) is a popular Israeli singer. She comes from a musical family and was recognized as a child prodigy.

Sarit Hadad (born Sara Hodedtov) _he. שרה חודדטוב) was born to Mountain Jews from Azerbaijan. She began performing at the age of eight. She played the piano at a local club without telling her parents. Fact|date=May 2008 Apart from classical piano, she taught herself to play other instruments, among them organ, guitar, accordion and a Middle Eastern drum called the darbuka. At the age of 15, she joined the Hadera Youth Band.

Her career as a pop singer has been highly successful, with many of her songs topping the Israeli charts. Israeli Television selected her to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The song, "Nadlik Beyakhad Ner (Light A Candle)" in Hebrew: נדליק ביחד נר), came in 12th place.

In December 2006, Sarit Hadad drew crowds in New York, Miami and Los Angeles with her "Sing with Sarit" tour. [ [http://www.singwithsarit.com singwithsarit.com ] ]

In July 2007, Madonna revealed that she is a fan of Sarit Hadad, and enjoys listening to her music when dining at a kosher restaurant near her home. [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3421676,00.html America goes kosher - Israel Culture, Ynetnews ] ]

Discography

Albums

*Spark Of Life – ניצוץ החיים – 1995
*Live In France – ּהופעה חיה בצרפת – 1996
*The Road I Chose – הדרך שבחרתי – 1997
*In Arabic – ּבערבית – 1997
*Law Of Life – חוק החיים – 1998
*Like Cinderella – כמו סינדרלה – 1999
*Live at Heichal Hatarbut - הופעה חיה בהיכל התרבות תל אביב – 1999
*Doing What I Want – לעשות מה שבא לי – 2000
*Sweet Illusions – אשליות מתוקות – 2001
*Child Of Love – ילדה של אהבה – 2002
*Only Love Will Bring Love – רק אהבה תביא אהבה – 2003
*Celebration - חגיגה – 2004
*Miss Music - 2005 - מיס מיוזיק
*The One Who Watches Over Me - 2007 - זה ששומר עליי
* The Beat Collection - 2008
* The Smooth Collection - 2008

DVD

*DVD - The Show (Like Cinderella)
*DVD - In the Temple (Doing What I want)
*DVD - In Caesarea (Sweet Illusions)
*DVD - Child of Love (in Caesarea)
*DVD - Only Love Will Bring Love (in Caesarea)
*DVD - Celebration (in Caesarea)
*DVD - All the Happy People (in Caesarea)

Charts

Album

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/v/IVaHaisVTiA

References

* [http://www.sarit-hadad.com/ Sarit Hadad's Official Website (Hebrew and English)]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sarithadad Sarit Hadad's MySpace Profile]
* [http://www.kikar-israel.com/ Kikar-Israel.com] - Latest news in English