Yael Naim (album)

Yael Naim is the self-titled second studio album by Yael Naim, released on 22 October 2007 worldwide and on 18 March 2008 in North America. It features the single "New Soul", which gained widespread popularity after being featured in Apple's MacBook Air video advertisement. Some editions credit the album to both Naim and co-producer David Donatien,^[3] with some also adding Donatien's name to the cover in smaller text below Naim's.

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Release

The album was released in Naim's native France in October 2007. It was made available as an iTunes digital download worldwide but only gained widespread popularity in February 2008 when the song "New Soul" was featured in advertisements for the MacBook Air computer. Largely due to the popularity of the advert and the substantial airplay of the song, the album debuted at number 15 in Canada and 55 in the United States when it was released in March 2008.

Singles

"Toxic" (Britney Spears cover) – No. 35 Spain
"New Soul" – No. 1 Belgium, No. 2 France, No. 4 Germany, No. 7 United States, Canada and Spain
"Too Long" – No. 17 Belgium Ultratip^[4]

Commercial performance

The self-titled album Yael Naim debuted at number 55 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on the week of April 5, 2008, eventually rising to number 50.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yael Naim, except where noted

*Yael Naim* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Paris"		3:07
2.	"Too Long"		4:42
3.	"New Soul"		3:45
4.	"Levater"		3:24
5.	"Shelcha"	Yael Naim & Clement Verzi	4:38
6.	"Lonely"	Yael Naim & Anne Warin	4:06
7.	"Far Far"		4:20
8.	"Yashanti"		3:53
9.	"7 Baboker"		3:33
10.	"Lachlom"		4:22
11.	"Toxic"	Cathy Dennis, Henrik Jonback, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg	4:27
12.	"Pachad"		4:27
13.	"Endless Song of Happiness"		3:00

Personnel

Ilan Abou – double bass
Jean-Philippe Audin – cello
Noam Burg – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Laurent David – bass guitar, electric guitar
Cathy Dennis – composer, lyricist
David Donatien – arranger, artistic director, bass, drums, electric guitar, engineer, kalimba, organ, percussion, producer, programming, string concept, synthesizer, udu, ukulele
Julien Feltin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
S. "Husky" Höskulds – mastering, mixing
Henrik Jonback – composer
C. Karlsson – composer, lyricist
Kid with No Eyes – vocals
Alexandre Kinn – Weissenborn
Sebastien Llado – trombone
Yael Naim – vocals, arranger, composer, producer, lyricist, engineer, programming, bass, bells, choir / chorus, drawing, Fender Rhodes, flute, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, melodica, organ, piano, string arrangements, string concept, synthesizer
Yoed Nir – cello, string concept
Virna Nova – acoustic guitar
Fanny Rome – trombone, violin
Laurent Seroussi – artwork, photography
Stanislas Steiner – violin
Xavier Tribolet – drums
Clement Verzi – composer, lyricist
Anne Warin – composer, lyricist
Petter Winnberg – composer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for *Yael Naim*
Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[7]	75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[8]	2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	15
European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)^[10]	27
French Albums (SNEP)^[11]	6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	24
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[13]	27
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[14]	17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	18
US Billboard 200^[5]	50

Year-end charts

2007 Year-end chart performance for *Yael Naim*
Chart (2007)	Position
French Albums (SNEP)^[16]	55

2008 Year-end chart performance for *Yael Naim*
Chart (2008)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[17]	10
French Albums (SNEP)^[18]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[19]	61

Certifications

Certifications for *Yael Naim*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)^[20]	Gold	15,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[21]	Gold	15,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.