Dana International

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dana International
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 2, 1972(1972-02-02)
Age	52
Birthplace	Tel Aviv
Country	Israel
Birth City	Tel Aviv District
Horoscope	Aquarius

Dana International Biography

Dana International is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on February 2, 1972 in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel. Israeli singer who performed the pop song “Diva” made her the winner in The 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.

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In 1995, Dana attempted to fulfill her childhood dream of performing in the Eurovision Song Contest. She entered the Eurovision qualifying contest in Israel with a song entitled “Layla Tov, Eropa” (“Good Night Europe”) which finished second in the pre-selections, but became another hit single.

In 1996, Dana released her third album, Maganuna. Although this album was less successful than her previous efforts, it still reached gold record sales in Israel and included the hits “Don Quixote”, “Menafnefet” (Waving) and the club favorite “Cinque Milla.” In 1997, Dana collaborated with the Israeli artist Eran Zur on his album Ata Havera Sheli, and together they sang the duet “Shir Kdam-Shnati (Sex Acher)” (“Pre-Bed Song (A Different Kind of Sex)”) which became a huge hit.

The girl was raised in Tel Aviv to a family that was of Romanian and Yemenite origins.

Dana International Net Worth

Dana International is one of the richest Pop Singer from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dana International 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her name is Yaron Cohen. She discovered her transgender identity in her early years as a young girl. When she was thirteen she accepted her transgender identity.

The stage name she chose was, Dana, out of reverence for her acquaintance, Daniel, who had passed away in an accident with a car.

In late 1995, Dana released an E.P. called E.P. Tampa with three new songs and four remixes and special versions of her earlier songs.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Dana International Dating?

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In 2001, after a break, Dana released her seventh album Yoter Ve Yoter (More and More). The album put her career in Israel back on track and provided two hits called “Ani Nitzachti” (I Won) and “Achrei HaKol” (After All), which eventually both went gold.

Facts & Trivia

Dana Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Dana International celebrates birthday on February 2 of every year.

A few years later, in 2005, Dana participated in the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Copenhagen, after “Diva” was selected as one of fourteen songs considered to be the best Eurovision songs. The song did not make it into the final top five. Dana got the chance to perform both “Diva” and an old Eurovision favourite of hers, Baccara’s 1978 entry “Parlez-Vous Francais?”. She also recorded the song “Lola” (sung in French), to which she released a video. This video can be found on the CD Hakol Ze Letova, released in 2007 as a bonus CD-rom video.

Top Facts about Dana International

1. Dana International is an Israeli pop singer.
2. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1972.
3. Her birth name is Sharon Cohen.
4. She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998.
5. Her winning song was “Diva”.
6. She became the first transgender winner of Eurovision.
7. Dana has released 11 studio albums to date.
8. She has sold over 5 million records worldwide.
9. In 2011, she was awarded the title of Honorary Ambassador of Israel Tourism.
10. Dana continues to perform and tour internationally today.

Where is Dana International from?

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

How old is Dana International?

53 years (February 2, 1969)

Who won Eurovision in 1998?

Dana International

Did Dana win Eurovision?

In Amsterdam on 21 March 1970, Ireland won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘All Kinds of Everything’, written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith, and sung by Dana (Rosemary Brown) , an eighteen-year-old girl from the Bogside in Derry.

What age was Dana when she won Eurovision?

Dana was born Rosemary Brown. As an 18 year old schoolgirl, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970 with the charming song “All Kinds of Everything” which went on to become a huge hit all over Europe.