Yael Naim (album)

Yael Naim is the self-titled second studio album by Yael Naïm. It contains the single "New Soul", which gained widespread popularity due to being featured in Apple's MacBook Air video advertisement.

Track listing

1. "Paris" - 3:08
2. "Too Long" - 4:43
3. "New Soul" - 3:34
4. "Levater" - 3:25
5. "Shelcha" - 4:39
6. "Lonely" - 4:06
7. "Far Far" - 4:21
8. "Yashanti" - 3:54
9. "7 Baboker" - 3:33
10. "Lachlom" - 4:23
11. "Toxic" - 4:27
12. "Pachad" - 4:28
13. "Endless Song of Happyness" - 3:00

Release

In Naïm's birth country of France her self-titled album was released on October 22, 2007. On iTunes the album was available as a digital download world-wide but did not gain much popularity until February 2008 when Apple advertisements for the MacBook Air laptop which featured her song "New Soul" as the soundtrack began to be broadcast.

In the United States and Canada the album was released in stores on March 18, 2008. Largely due to the popularity of the song "New Soul" being featured on the advertisement and receiving substantial play as its soundtrack, it debuted at #15 in Canada and #55 in the United States.

Yael Naim was Mixed and Mastered by S. Husky Höskulds at Groundlift Studios, Reykjavik and Los Angeles.

Singles

• "Toxic" - Britney Spears cover. #35 SPA.
• "New Soul" #1 BEL, #2 FRA, #4 GER, #7 USA, CAN, SPA.
• "Too Long" #17 Belgium Ultratip^[3]

Charts

Yael Naim debuted at #55 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart on the week of April 5, 2008.

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