Alabina years At the age of 23, Ishtar moved to France and began to sing in clubs. She had her own group named Alef. She also performed as a backup vocalist for several famous artist and French singers such as
Julien Clerc. In France, she was discovered by a producer who loved her voice. He 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 worldwide success Ishtar continued to tour the world with
Alabina for the next few years as she worked on her second album,
Truly Emet, which was released in August 2003 this time with most of the songs being in
Hebrew. However she decided to sing more songs in mixes of
Arabic and
Hebrew to show that there could be harmony between the two cultures.
Truly Emet was again a dance floor success especially with the songs ''C'est La Vie
, and Last Kiss''. A few more performances were done with
Alabina, though as of 2005, the group had seemed to disband by no longer actively performing or releasing new music. Ishtar's third album, ''Je Sais D'où Je Viens (I know where I come from)
was released in November 2005. This time the music was still Oriental pop, however much less dance. More hip hop-type beats were stirred in with the Arabic music. Most of the songs were sung in Arabic, four were sung in French, and a few in English, while Spanish and Hebrew could be found throughout the album. Again she found dance success with such singles as Habibi (Sawah)'', which for the first time in her career featured a rapper JMI Sissoko. Shortly after a greatest hits CD,
The Alabina Years, was released, featuring a mix of Ishtar's solo hits, her Alabina hits, and some new English tracks as well. e. In 2005, Ishtar joins a gypsy band called CHANELAS and together they release an album called RAGGA BOOM which contains two international hits. Ragga Boom, and another hit in which she reprises the song SAWAH by Egyptian singer Abd El Halim Hafez in a reggae style in which she collaborates with rapper Jimmy Sissoko. A song that entered the charts in the Arab world from the first week and maintained its position in first place for 3 months on the ROTANA music channel. In 2007, Ishtar gives birth to her twins Shira and Levi and takes a one-year break from the stage. In 2009, she released a duet with Kobi Peretz called "Together", which won To great success and the Big Apple Music Award. In 2011, she performs the version of the song together in Russian with the tenor singer NICOLAI BASKOV, a song that becomes a success in countries such as Russia, Uzbekistan, Dagestan and Azerbaijan. Ishtar is invited to perform in these countries and achieves great success. That year, she released a song called "The Light", which she herself was also a co-composer of and is coming to tour Israel. Ishtar played a central role in Benny Torati's film, "Ballade for the Weeping Spring" which was released in 2012. In it, she plays a disabled singer and performs the film's theme song. Ishtar continues to perform in the United States and collaborates on stage with well-known stars such as Lionel Richie and David Foster. In 2012, Ishtar records her album 7, which features the American super producer SEVEN AURELIUS, who is responsible for producing the song Lady revolver. In 2014, she participated in In the series "6 Mothers" alongside other celebrities. In 2016, Ishtar signed a collaboration with the television and production company TF1, which led to the production of the album "baila" and its first single is "A PARIS", written by Doron Medley. The album was a success and reached number 5 on the French charts within a week. In 2018, Ishtar returned to live in Israel with her family. In 2024, for the first time in 6 years, Ishtar released the song "Child (L'Enfant)". The song, which is a mix of Hebrew and French, was written and composed by Ishtar, Or Milstock and Omri Kasten[1]. And was written inspired by October 7. A song that expresses hope and rebuilding. In 2025, Ishtar remade the song FROZEN by MADONA in the Arabic version called ENTA. . Selected discography Albums: • ALABINA Single 1996 • 1997 The album Alabina • 1998 SAHARA 1999- L’ESSENTIEL 2000 : ISHTAR La Voix D' Alabina 2003: Truly (Emet) 2005: Je Sais d'où Je Viens 2006 RAGGA BOOM. 2007: The Alabina Years 2009: Best of Ishtar Alabina 2012: 7 2016: Baila • 2025 single ENTA Ishtar writes a cover of Madonna's song FROZEN in Arabic. ==Discography==