Yael Naim (Hebrew: יעל נעים, born 6 February 1978) is a French-born Israeli singer and actress.

She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air.

[1] Yael Naim was born in Paris, France to Maghrebi Jewish immigrants from Tunisia.

[2] She began her singing career with a part in the musical Les Dix Commandements[3] and her first solo album, In a Man's Womb (recorded in Los Angeles with Kamil Rustam), was released in 2001.

[7] In January 2008, Apple featured her song "New Soul" in its debut commercial for the MacBook Air laptop.

[8][9][10] Owing to high U.S. digital sales, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week of 16 February 2008, at No.

In 2016, she won her second Female Artist of the Year award at Victoires de la Musique, the French equivalent of the Grammys.