The song topped the Eurochart (Europe's equivalent to the American Billboard charts) for two weeks in June that year and was on heavy rotation on MTV channels across the continent. Her greatest international recognition came with the single 'Im Nin'Alu', taken from the album Shaday (1988), which won the New Music Award for Best International Album of the Year. Public response was so overwhelming, she went on to release two more volumes (in 19). Later that year, Haza released Shirey Moledet which consisted of her renditions of well-known Israeli folk songs. Haza was voted 'Female Vocalist Of The Year' four years in a row, from 1980 through 1983. Additional hits from the album included 'Amen Lamilim' (Amen For Words) and 'Sof Hakayitz' (End Of Summer). As the contest was held in Munich, Germany, the scene of the 1972 Olympic's massacre, there was considerable patriotism involved with the Israeli entry. Author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History that Haza's performance of this song was highly symbolic as it contains the lyric 'Israel Is Alive'. Her 1983 album, Chai, became her biggest-selling album to date and the title track was voted the #1 song of the year. Her popularity in Israel reached enormous heights. At the Eurovision Song Contest, she came in a close second to the Luxembourg entry with the song 'Chai' (Alive). In 1983, Haza's career jumped to a new level of success and popularity.
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