Editing Ofra Haza (section)

==International artist==
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She represented [[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983]], with the song [[Hi (Ofra Haza song)|"Chai"]], finishing second with 136 points. Her major international breakthrough came in the wake of the album ''Shirei Teiman'' ("Yemenite songs"), which she recorded in 1984. The album consisted of songs that Haza had heard in childhood, using arrangements that combined authentic Middle Eastern percussion with classical instruments.<ref>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/haza-ofra Ofra Haza] in the "Jewish Women's Archive"</ref> Further recognition came with the single "[[Im Nin'alu]]", taken from the album ''[[Shaday]]'' (1988), which won the New Music Award for Best International Album of the Year.<ref name="Jpost" /> The song topped the Eurochart for two weeks in June that year and was on heavy rotation on MTV channels across the continent. In the annals of classical hip-hop this song would be extensively re-released, re-mixed and sampled, for example on [[Coldcut]]'s remix of [[Eric B. & Rakim]]'s "[[Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song)|Paid in Full]]". The single reached the UK top twenty and became a dance floor favorite across Europe and the US, topping the German charts for nine weeks. Subsequent singles were also given the dance-beat / MTV-style video treatment, most notably, ''Galbi'', ''Daw Da Hiya'' and ''Mata Hari'', but none quite matched the runaway success of her first hit. ''Im Nin'alu'' would go on to be featured on an in-game radio playlist of the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'', released in 2005 and featured on Panjabi MC's album "Indian Timing" in 2009.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Haza also received critical acclaim for the albums ''[[Fifty Gates of Wisdom]]'' (1984), ''[[Desert Wind (album)|Desert Wind]]'' (1989), ''[[Kirya (album)|Kirya]]'' (1992) and ''[[Ofra Haza (album)|Ofra Haza]]'' (1997).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In 1992, ''Kirya'' (co-produced by [[Don Was]]) received a Grammy nomination.<ref name="Jpost">{{cite web |title=Ofra Haza: From Hatikva to Hollywood |url=http://info.jpost.com/2000/Supplements/OfraHaza/article2.html |date=24 February 2000 |publisher=Jerusalem Post online |access-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013042343/http://info.jpost.com/2000/Supplements/OfraHaza/article2.html |archive-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1994, Haza released her first Hebrew album in seven years, ''Kol Haneshama'' ("The Whole Soul"). Though not an initial chart success, the album produced one of her biggest hits to date, ''Le'orech Hayam'' ("Along The Sea"), written by Ayala Asherov. The song did not have any substantial chart success upon its release to radio but became an [[anthem]] after Haza performed it on the assembly in memorial to deceased Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]], a week after he was assassinated. Radio stations around the country began to play it. Its lyrics became even more symbolic following Haza's own death in 2000.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}