Avi Benedi

{{short description|Israeli singer and songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Avi Benedi

| image = Avi Benedi.png

| native_name = אבי בנדי

| native_name_lang = he

| birth_name = Avi Benedi

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Israel

| origin =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop-folk, Pop music, Disco}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|Guitar|Drums|piano}}

| years_active = 2001 – present

| label = Payner Music

| associated_acts = Diamond Band, Philipp Kirkorov, Ishtar, Anelia, Emilia, Maria, Gamzata, Ani Hoang, Sonya Nemska, Galena, Subliminal, Tzvetelina Janeva, Jasmin, Shahzoda, Jazz Gitti, Alex Artur Magariyan, Andreana Čekić, Sona Sarkisyan, Sarit Hadad

| website = http://avi-benedi.com/

}}

Avi Benedi ({{langx|he| אבי בנדי}}; born 2 April 1980) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He has released three albums: Avi Benedi & Diamond Band in 2001 (in Austria), We Met Late (Встретились поздно) in 2012 (in Russia). and Loco in 2017.

Personal life

Avi Benedi was born in Israel on 2 April 1980, to a Bukharian Jewish family. When he was four years old, his family moved to Vienna, Austria. His father, Eduard Babadost,https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5271966/, [http://www.wina-magazin.at/?p=9833 Wina – Das jüdische Stadtmagazin] {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date= March 2022}} is a famous tenor in Austria, and his grandfather was a folk artist in Tajikistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbm5c3T8KDU|title=Eduard Babadost Die grosse Chance|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}} Benedi has two brothers: one is a jewelry and fashion designer, and the other is the music video director Lior Babadost.

Benedi speaks and sings in Hebrew, English, German, Russian, Bulgarian, several dialects of Persian (including Bukhori, Western Farsi, Juhuri), Slovakian and Romanian.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZ83DI5fsY|title=Avi Benedi i Emilia - Koi shte mu kazhe/Boi tegali li [COOLT Interview Btv]|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}}

Career

= Career beginning: 1999–2013 =

Benedi graduated from the College of Photography and Film Arts in Vienna. From 1999 until 2008, he worked as operator-in-charge at the Austrian TV channel ATV.{{cite web|url=http://bulgarianavsegda.com/avi_benedi|website=bulgarianavsegda.com|title=Ави Бенеди. Певец и композитор. Биография. Болгария навсегда! {{pipe}} Avi Benedi Biography |accessdate=2017-12-28}}

He began writing his own music and working professionally with his band, which was called Diamond Band. Together, they became very popular and, in the period 2003–2006, performed many concerts across the world. In Israel, Avi Benedi and the Diamond Band had their breakthrough hit with the song Live Like In A Movie, which was at the top of the music charts for four weeks.

In 2006, Benedi launched his solo career in Russia, where he moved to live for several years working together with Philipp Kirkorov on several projects.

= Payner Music: 2014–present =

Since the beginning of 2014, Benedi has been working with the Bulgarian record label Payner.{{cite web|url=http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=37308|title=Ави Бенеди официално в "Пайнер", подготвя нов дует с Емилия - Попфолк|website=Signal.bg|accessdate=2017-12-28}} As a singer and composer, he became well-known in Bulgaria for his two collaborations with the singer Emilia: "Кой ще му каже" ("Boi Tegali Li") and "Balkania".{{cite web|url=http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=39533|title=Дуетна песен 2014: "Кой ще му каже" - Попфолк|website=Signal.bg|accessdate=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112217/http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=39533|archive-date=2017-12-29|url-status=dead}}

After the success of his two duets with Emilia, Benedi gained popularity in Bulgaria and has been a special guest at concerts broadcast by the TV channel Planeta and on many TV shows. His duets with Emilia also led to his involvement in the Planeta Summer 2014 national tour.{{cite web|url=http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=42143|title=Звезда на "Пайнер" изпя беквокалите в новото парче на Ави Бенеди - Попфолк|website=Signal.bg|accessdate=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052346/http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=42143|archive-date=2017-12-29|url-status=dead}} In February 2015, Who Will Tell Him won the Best Duet of 2014 prize at Planeta’s Annual Music Awards.

On 29 October 2014, Benedi launched his first solo project: "Боже, пази" ("God Help Them"). It was dedicated to the human tragedy resulting from the catastrophic floods in Bulgaria in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://planeta.tv/news/view/Avi-Benedi-vpechatli-bulgarite-s-Boje-pazi|website=planeta.tv|title=Avi Benedi впечатли българите с "Боже, пази" |accessdate=2017-12-28}}

In 2015 he released two more solo songs "За теб, Любов" ("Forou, Love"), written by him and the poet Doni Vasileva, and "Хубав е Живота" ("Life is Beautiful") with Anelia performing the backing vocals.{{cite web|url=http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=40819|title="За теб, любов" на Ави Бенеди с премера днес - Попфолк|website=Signal.bg|accessdate=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052418/http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=40819|archive-date=2017-12-29|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=42743|title=Промо/ Ави Бенеди - Хубав е животът - Попфолк|website=Signal.bg|accessdate=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052400/http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=42743|archive-date=2017-12-29|url-status=dead}} He announced his new song "Истинска Жена" ("True Woman") together with Maria and Gumzata. Benedi wrote the Hebrew part of the song and the Bulgarian part was written by Marieta Angelova. The video was released on 15 February 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.slusham.com/avi-benedi-mariya-i-gamzata-istinska-zhena-video-hit-i-tekst|title=Ави Бенеди, Мария и Гъмзата–Истинска жена, видео хит и текст с онлайн видео и снимки|website=slusham.com|accessdate=2017-12-28}}

In May 2016, Benedi released a new song featuring the young Armenian star Alex, "Ekel em Yerevan" ("Ekel in Yerevan").{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlzcW4mTD4A|title=Avi Benedi & Alex - Ekel em Yerevan [OFFICIAL VIDEO];|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}}

In June 2016 Benedi wrote the music for and arranged three songs. For Serbia, Andreana Cekic presented "300 svatova",{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmrkb-N2-ZY|title=Andreana Cekic - 300 svatova [NEW SERBIAN HIT - HD]|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}} and her colleague Jelena Paunovic presented the song "Zeni Me".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHyJzYsADQ|title=Jelena Paunovic - Zeni Me [OFFICIAL VIDEO]|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}} For Israel, rapper Subliminal presented "Tzeva Lahaim",{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx_GM7L9zv8|title=‫סאבלימינל - צבע לחיים Subliminal‬‎|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}} which became a hit in just a few days.

Benedi began 2017 by releasing a new single, "Войната в мен" ("The war within me") on 4 January, written by Anastasiya Mavrodieva, with the video directed by his brother, Lior Babadost.{{cite web|url=http://musicshop-bg.com/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD/|website=musicshop-bg.com|title=Ави Бенеди – Войната в мен|accessdate=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219014657/http://musicshop-bg.com/%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b8-%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b8-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%b2-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd/|archive-date=2017-02-19|url-status=dead}}

On 8 March 2017 Benedi promoted his new single "La Vida Amiga" with a video directed by Ivaylo Petkov, and announced that a Spanish album was in production.{{cite web|url=http://hotnews.bg/n/avi-benedi-podgotvyam-tsyal-ispanski-album.119918.html|website=hotnews.bg|title=Ави Бенеди: Подготвям цял испански албум|accessdate=2017-12-28}} The song itself{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRe99pr0JZQ|title=Avi Benedi - La Vida Amiga|website=YouTube|accessdate=2017-12-28}} became a hit in Germany, trending on YouTube Germany, MTV Germany and Switzerland and Viva Germany. On 9 June 2017 he realised his new single "Oye Señorita" written by Benedi and Sevdalina Dyakova with a video directed by Lior Babadost; a week later the song was released to the Bulgarian public.{{cite web|url=http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=49239|title=Ави Бенеди представя европейски хит на българска сцена - Поп / Рап / Рок|website=Signal.bg|accessdate=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025914/http://signal.bg/view_article.php?article_id=49239|archive-date=2017-11-07|url-status=dead}} His Spanish album was released in late 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.bgonair.bg/okolosvetsko/2017-11-22/avi-benedi-za-noviya-si-ispanski-album|title=Ави Бенеди за новия си испански албум|website=bgonair.bg|author=Велислав Филипов|date=22 November 2017| accessdate=2017-12-28}} and the song "La Vida Amiga" is reported to have attracted the attention of Universal Music.

Music videos

Song	Air date	Director
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"Встретились поздно" (feat Lora Safonova)	29 Feb 2012	rowspan=7\| Lior Babadost
"Кой ще му каже"/"Boi tegali li" (feat Emilia)	21 Feb .2"014
Балкания" (feat Emilia and MC Brian)	20 Jun 2014
"Боже, пази"	29 Sep 2014
"За теб, любов"	8 May 2015
"Хубав е животът"	19 Aug 2015
"Истинска жена"/"Zug yonim" (feat Maria and Gumzata)	15 Feb 2016
"Идем В Армения"/"Ekel em Yerevan" (feat Alex)	16 May 2016	rowspan=1\| Zara Nazaryan
"Войната в мен"	4 January 2017	rowspan=1\| Lior Babadost
"La Vida Amiga"	8 March 2017	rowspan=1\| Ivaylo Petkov
"Oye Señorita"	9 June 2017	rowspan=1\| Lior Babadost
"Bailame Asi"	22 March 2018	rowspan=1\| Lior Babadost
"Nyakoi Den"	6 June 2018	rowspan=1\| Niki Skerlev
"Bratan" \|23 November 2018  \|Avi Benedi
"Million, Million" \|25 October 2019 \|
Група "Трик" feat. Avi Benedi feat. Jessica - Baile Fervoroso \|3 September 2019 \|
Kolko oshte \|7 August 2020 \|
ЛЮБОВЬ МЕЛОДРАМА \|14 February 2020 \|
IZOLIRAN \|8 May 2020 \|
AVI BENEDI & IVY & JOKER - VAKSINA \|23 December 2020 \|
POSLEDEN TANTS \|30 April 2021 \|
JOKER ft. AVI BENEDI - INTRIGANTI \|31 March 2021 \|
AVI BENEDI & DJ JIVKO MIX ft. YANITSA-DA GARMIM \|1 Jule 2021 \|
IVY, AVI BENEDI & JOKER - TIGRE, TIGRE \|3 June 2021 \|
Avi Benedi & Sasha SANDRA - Грешната любов \|10 February 2023 \|
Avi Benedi - Ti zhe znaesh \|23 November 2022 \|
Avi Benedi - Bukharian Popuri \|2 April 2023 \|
Avi Benedi - ЭРИ БИРОРМЭ ГЕРМАН ЗАХАРЬЯЕВ \|7 Jule 2023 \|
Avi Benedi - Королева \|15 March 2023 \|
Avi Benedi - Gole sangam \|19 June 2023 \|

Studio albums

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scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width: 15em;"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width: 20em;"\| Album details ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width: 11em;"\| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width: 14em;"\| Certifications
scope="row" \| Avi Benedi & Diamond Band \| Released: 2001 Label: Avi Benedi Music Productions Formats: Cassette, CD, LP \| \|
scope="row" \| We Met Late (Встретились поздно) \| Released: 2012 Label: Avi Benedi Music Productions Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP \| \|
scope="row" \| Loco \| Released: 2017 Label: NJoy Media Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP \| \|

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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width: 15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width: 20em;"| Album details

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scope="row" | Avi Benedi & Diamond Band