Eyal Golan

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Eyal Golan

Eyal Golan in 2006
Background information
Birth name Eyal Biton
Born April 12, 1971(1971-04-12)
Origin Rehovot, Israel
Genres Mizrahi, Pop
Occupations Musician
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1994–present
Website EyalGolan.co.il
Eyal Golan
Personal information
Full name Eyal Biton
Date of birth April 12, 1971 (1971-04-12) (age 40)
Place of birth Rehovot, Israel
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1981-1988 Israel Hapoel Marmorek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988-2005 Hapoel Marmorek
2005-2006 Maccabi She'arayim
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Eyal Golan, (Hebrew: אייל גולן‎; born April 12, 1971), is a popular Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. He is from a Yemenite and Moroccan Jewish family. Golan is one of the most successful singers of the Mizrahi genre in Israel. Except for his debut album, all of his studio albums became platinum albums, and most were sold in hundreds of thousands of copies, Eyal Golan's channel on YouTube has garnered over 89 million views as of March 2012[1] with 21 of his videos having garnered over a million views, and seven have garnered over 3 million, and 2 over 4 million views, making him one of Israel's most clicked artists.

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[edit] Biography

Eyal Golan was born on April 12, 1971 to Ronit Jamil and Daniel (Dani) Biton, in the neighborhood of "Kfar Marmorek" in Rehovot, where he lived until 2010. Today he lives in a luxury building in Tel Aviv.

[edit] First Stage: 1995 - 1996

Golan started performing in nightclubs at the age of 16. His first album, "Whisper in the Night" was released in 1995. In 1996 he put out another album, called "Performing Live," which included songs from famous Israeli singers such as Shlomo Artzi.

[edit] Collaboration with Ethnix: 1997 - 2000

In 1996 the members of the Ethnix Band Zeav Nechama & Tamir Kliski were searching for a Mizrachi Singer to whom they will produce a Music album. The two saw Golan in a concert in the "Chava" Club in Petah Tikva, and decided Golan is the right candidate for such album.

[edit] After Collaboration with Ethnix: 2000 - 2007

Eyal was managed for a long time by producer Ishai Ben Zur, who was responsible for the success of many of Eyal's albums. However, because of a money dispute, they are currently not working together any more.

[edit] Greatest Success: 2008 and on

In 2008 Golan put out the album "Hallucinating You Infront of Me" in less than 2 months over 145,000 albums were sold.

[edit] Television

On February 20, 2011 Eyal Golan introduced a new reality show on channel 24 called "Eyal Golan Calls You" where he is searching for the next Mizrachit Music Singer together with Yosi Gispan, Adi Leon & Yaron Elan. On April 12, 2011 The same day Golan celebrated his 40th Birthday the season finalle took place In Oman 17 Club where Moran Mazor was announced the winner.

[edit] Personal life

On September 12, 2002 Golan married the Miss Israel of 2001 Ilanit Levi. The couple's eldest son Liam was born in 2003, and their youngest daughter Alin was born in 2006. In October 2008 the couple decided to divorce.

On August 13, 2009 Golan decided to expand and go beyond his musical career by introducing a cologne after his initials called "EGO".

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio Albums

  • "A Whisper at Night"-"Lehisha Balyla" (1995)
  • "Performing Live"-"Be'Hofa'a Haya (1996)
  • "Without You"-"Biladaich" (1997)
  • "Soldier of Love"-"hayal shel ahava" (1998)
  • "Look at me"-"Histacli Elai" (1999)
  • "Sound of String"-"Tzlil Meitar" (2001)
  • "and I'm Calling You"-"Ve'ani Kore Lach" (2002)
  • "Dreams"-"Halomot" (2003)
  • "a Different Reality"-"Metzi'ot Aheret" (2005)
  • "I was made for you"-"Bishvilech Notzarti" (2007)
  • "Hallucinating You Infront of Me"-"Hoze Otach Muli" (2008)
  • "This is me"-"Ze Ani" (2009)
  • "Road for life"-"Derech Lahaim" (2010)
  • "a Part of my Life"-"Helek Mehiai" (2011)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ EyalGolanOfficial (2009-08-25). "Kanaal van EyalGolanOfficial". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/EyalGolanOfficial?feature=chclk. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
      2.http://www.eyalgolan.co.il/Bio-Eng.html
      3.http://tbk.mako.co.il/tag/%D7%98%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94/all
      4.http://www.celebs2u.com/Article/64/

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