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Keren Ann
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french singer”. Today it says “israeli”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli-Dutch singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and audio engineer Musical artist”. It now reads “Israeli and Dutch singer Musical artist”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Keren Ann (born Keren Ann Zeidel in Cesarea, Israel , on March 10 1974 ) is a French singer. She lived in the Netherlands until she was eleven years old and went to France. She keeps a Dutch passport. In 1998 she participated in the group Shelby. In 2000 she started a solo career with an album written together with Benjamin Biolay . The same year they jointly wrote another album for Henri Salvador .1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french singer”. Today it says “israeli”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli-Dutch singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and audio engineer Musical artist”. It now reads “Israeli and Dutch singer Musical artist”. Read the current article and compare.
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french singer
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israeli
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