1. Early life

2. Musical career

3. In popular culture

4. Personal life

5. Discography
    Albums  Greatest hits album  Other  DVDs 

6. Charts

7. See also

8. References

9. External links

Early life

Hadad was born as Sarah Hudadatov (Hebrew: שרה חודדטוב) in the town of Afula, Israel to Mountain Jewish parents who had made aliyah from Dagestan in 1976. Hadad is the youngest of seven children: she has three brothers and three sisters.^[2] In 1980, her family moved to Hadera. When she was ten years old, she participated in a contest for young talent, where she performed on the piano. She also played the organ, guitar, accordion, and darbuka.

Musical career

Hadad comes from a musical family and was recognized as a child prodigy.{{citation needed|reason=Child prodigy according to who?|date=June 2016}} She began performing at the age of eight. Apart from classical piano, she taught herself to play the organ, guitar, accordion, and a Middle Eastern drum known as the darbuka. At the age of 15, she joined the Hadera Youth Band. When she was 16 she was discovered by Avi Gueta, who is still her manager.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

Hadad's career as a pop singer has been highly successful, with many of her songs topping the Israeli charts.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} 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.^[3][4]

In 2004, she collaborated with David D'Or to record the DVD Pets in Tunes.

In December 2006, Hadad drew crowds in New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles with her "Sing with Sarit" tour. In July 2007, Madonna revealed that she is a fan of Hadad, and enjoys listening to her music when dining at a kosher restaurant near her home.^[5]

Hadad typically performs Mizrahi music, often employing Arabic lyrics.

Hadad does not generally perform on Jewish holidays or on the Jewish Sabbath ("Shabbat")

Sarit Hadad sings in multiple languages including English, Arabic, Georgian, Turkish, Greek and Hebrew. She was the first Israeli to perform (professionally) in Jordan.^[6]

In popular culture

Sarit Hadad is a judge in the inaugural season of The Voice Israel on Israeli television.

Personal life

On 21 September 2017, Hadad gave birth to a baby girl named Noya.^[7][8]

Discography

Albums

1. Spark of life – ניצוץ החיים – 1995
2. Live in France – הופעה חיה בצרפת – 1996
3. The Road I Chose – הדרך שבחרתי – 1997
4. Singing in Arabic – שרה בערבית – 1997
5. Law of Life – חוק החיים – 1998
6. Like Cinderella – כמו סינדרלה – 1999
7. Live at Heichal Hatarbut – ההופעה בהיכל התרבות – 1999
8. Doing What I Want – לעשות מה שבא לי – 2000
9. Sweet Illusions – אשליות מתוקות – 2001
10. Girl of Love – ילדה של אהבה – 2002
11. Only Love Will Bring Love – רק אהבה תביא אהבה – 2003
12. Celebration – חגיגה – 2004
13. Miss Music – 2005 – מיס מיוזיק
14. Princess of Happiness (for children) – 2006 – נסיכה של שמחה
15. The One Who Watches Over Me – 2007 – זה ששומר עליי
16. The Beat Collection – 2008 – האוסף הקצבי
17. The Smooth Collection – 2008 – האוסף השקט
18. The Race of Life – 2009 – מרוץ החיים
19. The Race of Life, Live at Caesarea 2009 – 2010 – שרית חדד בקיסריה, מרוץ החיים 2009
20. 20 – 2011
21. Days of joy – Part One – 2013 – 'ימים של שמחה – חלק א
22. Sarit Hadad – 2015 – שרית חדד
23. Sara Sings - 2017 -שרה שרה

Greatest hits album

• The compilation – 2008 – האוסף
• The Best – 2012 – המיטב

Other

• Mega Mix-Like Cinderella – 1999 – מגה מיקס
• Light a Candle - 2002 - נדליק ביחד נר
• Once in a Lifetime (in Bloomfield Stadium) 2014

DVDs

• 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)
• DVD – Princess of Joy (For Kids)
• DVD – The Race of Life, Live at Caesarea 2009 (in Caesarea)
• DVD - Once in a Lifetime (in Bloomfield Stadium)

Charts

See also

• Mizrahi music

References

External links

• Official Website
• {{IMDb name|id=1185062}}

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