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{{Short description|Israeli singer (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Lior Narkis
| image             = File:Lior Narkis.jpg
| caption           = 
| native_name       = ליאור נרקיס
| native_name_lang  = he
| birth_name        = Lior Narkis
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1976|11|8}}
| birth_place       = [[Holon]], Israel
| origin            = 
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| death_place       = 
| instrument        = Vocals
| genre             = [[Mizrahi music|Mizrahi]], pop
| occupation        = Musician
| years_active      = 1992–present
| website           = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010702163748/http://www.lior-narkis.com/ lior-narkis.com]}}
}}

'''Lior Narkis''' ({{langx|he|ליאור נרקיס}}; born November 8, 1976, in [[Holon]], [[Israel]]) is an Israeli singer.

==Biography==
Lior Narkis was born in [[Holon]]. His father, David Narkis, was of [[Babylonian Jews|Babylonian Jewish]] origin. His mother Hanna Narkis, was of [[History of the Jews in Serbia|Serbian-Jewish]] descent and also had [[Sephardic Jews|Greek-Tunisian-Jewish]] ancestry. Narkis speaks Hebrew, Serbian and French. He is married to Sapir Vanunu, who is thirteen years his junior. They have two sons and a daughter, and live in [[Savyon]].

==Music career==
Narkis dreamed of becoming a singer since childhood. He released his first album, ''Tfilat Chayay'' (''The Prayer of My Life'')<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102333/http://www.lior-narkis.com/disco.php Lior Narkis]}} official website</ref> at the age of 16. A few years later during his military service in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF), Narkis joined Tamir Tzur to form the first [[Mediterranean]] musical group.

His sixth album, ''Rak Itakh'' (Only with You), which includes the hit "Lekhol Ekhad Yesh" (Everyone Has), placed Narkis at the center stage of Israeli music. This song was also chosen as the "Song of the Year" in [[Israel]], and was very popular among [[association football|football (soccer)]] fans. In 2001, Narkis released his album ''Ze Mehalev'' (''Straight from the Heart''). As with his previous albums, this was a great success and many of its songs became hits.

In 2003, the song "[[Words for Love]]" ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Milim La'Ahava" [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew script]]  מילים לאהבה) won at the national finals organized by the [[Israeli Broadcasting Authority]] ("IBA") television channel, Channel One, against three other songs for the right to represent Israel in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2003]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010|isbn=978-1-4457-8415-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfuBF7fOnyoC&q=%22Birgitta+Haukdal%22&pg=PA116|author=Simon Barclay|date=June 17, 2010|access-date=February 6, 2011|page=116}}</ref> The song ended up 19th out of the 26 Eurovision finalists.

At the age of 26, Narkis released his eighth album ''Milim La'Ahava'' (''Words for Love''), named after his [[Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision]] entry.

Narkis performed at the Opening Ceremonies of the [[2017 Maccabiah Games]] on July 6, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/1.798377|title=Maccabiah Games: Your Guide to Celebrating the 'Jewish Olympics' in Israel|date=2017-06-28|work=Haaretz|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===
*Prayer of My Life (1994)
*The World Is Like a Wheel (1995)
*{{Ill|You Are the Star|he|את הוא הכוכב}} (1997)
*{{Ill|Signs (Lior Narkis album)|lt=Signs|he|סימנים (אלבום)}} (1998)
*{{Ill|Life for Love (album)|lt=Life for Love|he|חי לאהבה}} (1999)
*{{Ill|Only with You (album)|lt=Only with You|he|רק איתך}} (2000)
*{{Ill|This is From the Heart|he|זה מהלב}} (2001)
*{{Ill|Words of Love (Lior Narkis album)|lt=Words of Love|he|מילים לאהבה}} (2003)
*{{Ill|Street Cat (album)|lt=Street Cat|he|חתול רחוב}} (2005)
*{{Ill|Words you Didn't Say|he|מילים שלא אמרת}} (2006)
*Sleepy (2008)
*{{Ill|Good Evening (Lior Narkis album)|lt=Good Evening|he|ערב טוב}} (2010)
*If You Want (2012)
*Diamond (2014)
*We Made History (2016)

===Singles===
*"Lekhol Ekhad Yesh" (Everyone Has)
*2003: "[[Words for Love]]" ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Milim La'Ahava" [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew script]] מילים לאהבה)

==See also==
* [[Mizrahi Music]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141217105325/http://lior-narkis.com/ Lior Narkis Official site]}}

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  before=[[Sarit Hadad]]<br>with ''[[Nadlik Beyakhad Ner (Light A Candle)|Light A Candle]]'' |
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[[Category:Israeli pop singers]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Holon]]
[[Category:21st-century Israeli male singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Israeli male singers]]
[[Category:Jewish Israeli singers]]
[[Category:Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Israeli people of Serbian-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Serbian-language singers]]
[[Category:English-language singers from Israel]]
[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants]]