Amir (singer)

Amir at the Eurovision Song Contest, May 2016

Chart placements (preliminary) Explanation of the data

Albums

Au coeur de moi   CH 36 05/08/2016 (23 weeks)   FR 6th  × 3 Triple platinum 07/05/2016 (100 weeks) Addictions   CH 17th 05.11.2017 (18 weeks)   FR 4th  × 3 Triple platinum 04/11/2017 (80 weeks) Addictions / Au cœur de moi   FR 144 06.09.2019 (5 weeks)

Singles

All of Me   FR 122 05/17/2014 (2 weeks) Oasis   FR 101 07/11/2015 (2 weeks) J'ai cherché   DE 80 05/20/2016 (1 week)   AT 58 05/27/2016 (1 week)   CH 59 05/22/2016 (1 week)   FR 2  platinum 05.03.2016 (51 weeks) On dirait   FR 15th  platinum 09/03/2016 (29 weeks) Etats d'amour   FR 92  gold 04/11/2017 (14 weeks) Longtemps   FR 46  platinum October 20, 2018 (26 weeks) La fete   FR 158 08/07/2020 (...  where.)

Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad ( Hebrew עמיר חדד, born June 20, 1984 in Paris ) is an Israeli - French singer . He represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm .

life and career

Amir grew up in Sarcelles north of Paris and is of Jewish origin ; his parents come from the Maghreb states (Tunisia and Morocco). He has been deaf in his right ear since birth.

At the age of eight, the family moved to Israel, where he began his musical career in 2008 by participating in the talent show Kochav Nolad , but did not achieve long-term success in the music business. His breakthrough came back in France with his third place on The Voice: la plus belle voix in 2014. On July 7, 2014, he married his long-term friend Lital in Israel.

On February 29, 2016, the French broadcaster France 2 announced that Haddad had been selected internally from the submissions of a public tender to compete at the ESC 2016 with the song J'ai cherché (English: I was looking). He was allowed to appear in the final on May 14, 2016, because France, as a member of the so-called Big Five , did not have to qualify through the semi-finals. Amir finished sixth - the best result for France since 2002.

Discography

Albums

• 2011: Vayehi (in Hebrew)
• 2016: Au cœur de moi
• 2017: Addictions

Singles

• 2014: All of Me
• 2015: Oasis
• 2016: J'ai cherché
• 2016: On dirait
• 2017: Au cœur de moi
• 2017: No Vacancy (feat. One Republic)
• 2017: États d'Amour
• 2018: Les rues de ma peine
• 2018: Anja
• 2018: Longtemps
• 2019: 5 minutes avec toi
• 2020: La fête

Web links

Commons : Amir Haddad  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.amirofficiel.com/ (Official Website)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: France Germany Switzerland
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR FR2
3. ↑ Eurovision 2016 - Amir Haddad: 5 things to know about the finalist “The Voice”
4. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/news/Amir-startet-mit-Jai-cherche-fuer-Frankreich,frankreich784.html
5. ↑ http://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/amir-the-voice-3-a-epouse-lital-sa-compagne-de-longue-date-540381
6. ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=amir_haddad_is_the_french_choice_for_stockholm