Ishtar


There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Ishtar is a pseudonym of Arabic-Israeli pop / worldbeat singer Eti Zach (Hebrew: אישתאר, aka Ishtar Alabina, born 10 Nov 1968, Kiryat Ata, Israel), who sings in Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Bulgarian and English. She is best known as Alabina's lead vocalist and for solo pop hits, e.g. C'est la vie, Last Kiss and Habibi (Sawah). Zach began performing in 1982 (at fourteen years old), made her recording début on Alabina's Alabína album (Nov 1996, Atoll) and her latest original is the solo album Je sais d'où je viens (Oct 2005, Atoll - best known as Ishtar Alabina's Je sais d'où je viens). Once she moved to France, Ishtar began working as a back up vocalist for several flamenco type acts. It was here she was discovered by Charles Ibgui who, enamored with her voice, introduced her to Los Niños de Sara. She joined the group as a lead vocalist and together they performed under the name Alabina. Alabina soon became a world wide success charting in the top 10 and top 40 several times in the US alone. Alabina had found success mixing Flamenco, Arabic, Pop, and Dance sounds. Los Niños de Sara usually sang in Spanish while Ishtar would sing in Spanish, Arabic, French, Hebrew, or a mix of the languages - several songs were sung in Spanish and Arabic. Despite Alabina's success after two albums Ishtar decided to do a solo project of her own (though still a member of the group); Los Niños de Sara also began to release CDs of the...

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