Tal

Biography

Tal Benyezri (born 12 December 1989), also mononymously known as TAL, is an Israeli-French singer. She was signed to Warner Music France from 2011 to 2018. In 2021, she changed her artist name to TALOULA and became an independent artist.

Biography

Tal Benyezri was born in Hadera, Israel. Her family immigrated to Paris (France) before her first birthday. Her name means "morning dew" in Hebrew. She was born into a musical home. Her father was a guitar player, her mother a professional singer under the name Sem Azar. Her brother is a songwriter, her aunt Ronit is a world music/percussionist singer in Miami and her cousin Mor is a jazz singer in New-York.
Her mom was pregnant on stage with her. Tal therefore believes she was singing before she was born. At the age of 12, Tal began to play piano and guitar as a self-taught and enrolled in hip-hop dance lessons and modern jazz for five years. She also took part in a theater group called Compagnie Les Sales Gosses until her 16 years old. At 19 years old, she started playing in piano bars in her town Paris, making interpretations of classics soul and R&B songs.
At 19, Tal met a songwriter and producer Laura Marciano, who signed her to Sony Music for 2 years. She released one single "La musique est mon ange". in 2011, Tal signed with Warner Music France and released her debut album Le droit de rêver×Le Droit de rêver19 March 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1On avance3:012Waya Waya2:313Le Sens de la vie3:294Oublie3:335Rien n’est parfait3:076Le Droit de rêver2:427Je prends le large2:588Renaître3:239Allez, laisse‐toi aller3:0110Au‐delà3:0411Toutes les femmes3:2712La Liberté3:0713Le Sens de la vie3:47 with pop melodies, urban rhythm and at times classical arrangements. Collaborations included Sean Paul in "Waya Waya" mixed by Veronica Ferraro, L'Algérino in a remake "Le sens de la vie×Le sens de la vie30 January 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Le sens de la vie3:29" and John Hanes as sound engineer.
Her first single from the album was "On avance×On avance1 July 2011 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1On avance3:09" which reached No. 29 in SNEP, the official French singles chart. That was followed by "Waya Waya". Her biggest hit was "Le sens de la vie" from the album. It reached No. 4 in the French charts. The album also contains a bonus version of the song featuring French-Algerian L'Algérino as a bonus track.
Tal remains involved in charity. She was the spokesman for MTV's campaign for support of the French AIDS charity Sidaction.
She has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2013.

Singles

Other releases
2012: "Le sens de la vie×Le sens de la vie30 January 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Le sens de la vie3:29" (Tal featuring L'Algérino) (charting separately from the solo version in France)
Featured in

2014 - Une autre person with Little Mix (Salute album, deluxe edition for France).