Dana International
| Dana International | |
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Dana International performing in 2009.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as |
Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל) |
| Born |
2 February 1972 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Hed Arzi Music |
| Website | danainternational1 |
Sharon Cohen (Hebrew: שרון כהן), professionally known as Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל), is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever. She is best known as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva".
Assigned male at birth, Sharon discovered that she was transsexual at an early age, and came out as a trans girl when she was 13, in 1985. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1993 and in that year released her first album, Danna International, basing her subsequent stage name on it. After consolidating her initial commercial success with the albums Umpatampa (1994) and Maganuna (1996), she was selected in 1998 to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva". Placing first at the international competition, she came to public attention throughout Europe.
Dana following up this success with the albums Free (1999), Yoter VeYoter (2001), HaHalom HaEfshari (2002) and Hakol Ze Letova (2008), she represented Israel in Eurovision a second time in 2011, this time with the song "Ding Dong", which failed to make it into the final. The same year, she became a judge on the Israeli television music talent contest Kokhav Nolad.
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