Yoav (musician)

Yoav's father was a Jewish architect who lived through World War II in his native Romania, before moving to Israel (where Yoav was born) and then relocating to South Africa with Yoav's opera singer mother.{{cite web|url=http://artists.letssingit.com/yoav-5sgdk/biography |title=Yoav Biography |access-date=March 13, 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/yoav-sadan-pop-hits-on-tap-808581.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/yoav-sadan-pop-hits-on-tap-808581.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Yoav Sadan: Pop hits on tap |publisher=independent.co.uk |date= April 1, 2008|access-date=May 15, 2008 | location=London}}{{cbignore}}

Yoav was raised on classical music, with "light" music being forbidden within his household. He gained exposure to pop music through friends, and was heavily influenced by the bands OMD and Wham!{{cite web|url=https://laut.de/Yoav|title=Biography: Yoav|website=laut.de|language=De|access-date=18 February 2025}}

Yoav's debut album Charmed and Strange was released in early 2008. His music features his own vocals and accompaniment by an acoustic guitar, which he uses to create electronica-style beats with his hands. He has also released two singles, "Club Thing" and "Beautiful Lie", the former having some success and charting in countries around Europe. His song "Adore Adore" was also featured in "Redwood", an episode of The Mentalist. He also had a version of his cover song of "Where Is My Mind?" featured in the 2011 film Sucker Punch, which starred actress and singer Emily Browning. The song was subsequently included on the soundtrack.

Since Charmed and Strange, Yoav has sold out headline shows in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. He also embarked on a North American tour with Tori Amos, on which he sold over 9,000 copies of his album in three months. Yoav has also been featured as a "Single of the Week" artist on iTunes Canada. He also achieved a No.1 song in Russia, where he also received a special RAMP award (Rock Alternative Music Prize) in recognition of his achievements. After only one radio session in Denmark, Charmed and Strange climbed to number one on that country's iTunes album chart within 24 hours.

Yoav and Jabulile Majola collaborative studio album Unyazi, was released on June 28, 2024.{{cite web|date=2024-06-28|work=Front Page|access-date=2024-07-25|url=https://frontpage.co.za/jabulile-majola-yoav-release-new-album-unyazi/|title=Jabulile Majola & Yoav Release New Album "Unyazi"

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• Charmed and Strange (2008)
• A Foolproof Escape Plan (2010)
• Sucker Punch (2011) duet with Emily Browning covering Pixies's "Where Is My Mind?"
• Blood Vine (2012)
• Multiverse (2018)

• Unyazi (Yoav, Jabulile Majola) (2024)

• Dopamine (2014)

• Yoav opened for Tori Amos during her 93-show American Doll Posse World Tour in 2007, as well as her South African tour in 2011.
• Yoav opened for Underworld in February 2008 at the Roundhouse in London.
• Embarked on his own Charmed and Strange World Tour in 2008–2009, and A Foolproof Escape Plan World Tour in 2010.
• Yoav opened for Imogen Heap during the Ellipse tour in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2011.
• Yoav opened for Katie Melua during her tour in France, in 2011.

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• [http://www.yoavmusic.com Yoav official website]
• [http://www.myspace.com/yoavmusic Yoav MySpace page]
• [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yoav/6006171475 Yoav Facebook page]
• [http://www.yoav.ru Yoav Russian Fan-Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510174106/http://www.yoav.ru/ |date=May 10, 2019 }}
• [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Yoav---Charmed-and-Strange/5484.htm Yoav's Album: Charmed & Strange Review]

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Israeli male singers

Category:Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent

Category:Israeli pop singers

Category:Musicians from Tel Aviv