Ivri Lider (Hebrew: עברי לידר‎, born February 10, 1974) is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter. He is considered one of the biggest selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, who has won the "Male Singer of the Year" honor on major Israeli national and local radio stations since his breakthrough into the Israeli music scene in the late 90's. Many of his singles topped the Israeli Singles Chart and his sales stand at over 200,000 albums.

Born in 1974, Lider took his first musical steps whilst still in high school, when he joined a group called Kach Ossot Kullan ("Everyone Does It This Way"), whose gigs included a performance at the legendary "Roxanne" club in Tel Aviv.

A commission to compose music for "Kisses" and "October" for Anat Danieli's dance ensemble was followed by an invitation from Ohad Naharrin to compose the music for "Kaamos" which Naharrin choreographed for "NDT", the renowned Dutch dance company. Ivri subsequently composed the music for "Z\NA", for the Batsheva Dance Company, considered his greatest achievement in composing music for dance companies. In parallel, Ivri signed a recording contract with Helicon Records and began work on his first album.

His self-penned debut album, "Melattef Umeshakker" ("Caressing And Lying"), produced by Yo'ad Nevo, was released in 1997. The singles "Leonardo" and "Tamid Ahava" ("Always Love") were chart toppers and the album went platinum, selling over 40,000 copies in Israel.

His second studio album, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at" ("Better Nothing Than Almost"), was released two years later. Written entirely by Ivri, who also co-produced it with Nevo, the album included hit singles such as "Hultzat Passim" ("Striped Shirt"), "Hakos Ha'khula" ("The Blue Glass") and the title track, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at". The album has gone platinum.

Ivri's second concert tour, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at", ran for 150 shows and won many prestigious awards including "Performer of the Year", awarded at the Israeli Music Industry's "Tamuz 2000" ceremony.

The success of his first two albums and his tours, established Lider as an important singer-songwriter of the younger generation.

In 2001, Ivri produced Sharon Haziz's third album, "Panassim" ("Headlights"),and wrote the title song, which features them singing together.

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