Shlomi Shabat is a popular Israel

Israel

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i singer, musician

Musician

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, and artist

Artist

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 who sings in the oriental Mizrahi

Mizrahi music

Mizrahi music refers to the music integration that combines elements from Europe, the West, and Middle Eastern/North African countries transported to Israel by migrating Jews. It is usually sung in Hebrew, literary Hebrew and Arabic slang...

 style. He comes from a sephardic family that immigrated

Aliyah

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 from Turkey

Turkey

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, and sings in Hebrew, Turkish

Turkish language

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, and Spanish

Spanish language

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Musical career

His recent CDs are Friends and Live in Caesaria, on which he sings with other Israeli artists, including his sister Lea Shabat, Shiri Maimon

Shiri Maimon

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, and Lior Narkis

Lior Narkis

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In 2002 he was nominated for the Tamuz Award of Israel's Best Male Artist, along with David D'Or

David D'Or

David D'Or is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" and "Best Vocal Performer" awards. He was also chosen to represent Israel in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, at...

, Arkadi Duchin

Arkadi Duchin

Arkadi Duchin is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musical producer.-Early life:Duchin was born in Babruysk, Belarus. He immigrated to Israel at the age of 15.-Music career:...

, Yuval Gabay, and Yehuda Poliker

Yehuda Poliker

Yehuda Poliker is an Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter.-Early life:Poliker was born in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa, Israel to a Greek Jewish family. Poliker is the son of Holocaust survivors deported to Auschwitz from Salonika, Greece.-Music career:Poliker's music combines rock...

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In 2006 Shabat released a CD which contains duets and is named Friends 2. It was his 9th solo album, and was made in the same style as the first Friends duets album from 2001.

Shabat sang a duet with David D'Or on D'Or's CD, Kmo HaRuach ("Like the Wind"), which was released on March 27, 2006.

Select discography

• I've Returned From the Dark - 1987 - מן החושך חזרתי
• Because of the Wind - 1989 - בגלל הרוח
• Don't Go Too Far - 1991 - אל תלכי רחוק מדי
• An Hour Together - 1993 - שעה אחת ביחד
• Shlomi Shabat - 1998 - שלומי שבת
• Friends - 2001 - חברים
• Golden Hits - 2001 - להיטי זהב
• Time of Love - 2003 - זמן אהבה
• Shlomi Shabat in Cesarea - 2005 - המופע המשותף בקיסריה
• Friends 2 - 2006 - חברים 2