Born on October 26, 1986 in Jerusalem, but raised in Amsterdam. He wrote an email to world-renowned producers Martin Terefe and Sacha Skarbek, asking if they could help him with his music career. Less than a week later, Dotan was allowed to go to London to work with producers, who previously worked on albums by Adele, Coldplay and James Morrison, among others.

He always did all this without the help of a record company, but in early 2010 he signed a contract with EMI Group.