D'elles
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D'elles is the title of Céline Dion
's French-language album
, released between May 18 and June 1, 2007 in certain European countries, on May 22, 2007 in Canada, and February 27, 2008 in Japan. It is her 23rd French album and 35th if counting all longplays. Unlike Dion's previous French studio albums, D'elles was not released in the United States, Australia, or New Zealand.
. Both can be translated as About Them or From Them, with D'elles being specifically the feminine version.
The lyrics were written by ten prominent female writers from Quebec (Jovette Alice Bernier, Janette Bertrand, Denise Bombardier
, Marie Laberge, Lise Payette
) and France (Nina Bouraoui
, Françoise Dorin, Nathalie Nechtschein, Christine Orban, George Sand
). Jean-Jacques Goldman
made a lyrics selection. Music was composed by David Gategno, who worked with Dion for the first time, and by Jacques Veneruso, Erick Benzi
and Gildas Arzel, who worked with her before. One of the tracks was also composed by Marc Dupré
and Jean-François Breau. Dupré recorded a duet with Dion in 2005, called "Tout près du bonheur
." Tracks were produced by Gategno, Veneruso, Benzi, Tino Izzo, Patrick Hampartzoumian and Thierry Blanchard.
Seven out of thirteen songs planned for the album were recorded on December 20-21, 2006 at the Piccolo Studios, Montreal. The second version of "A cause
," called "On s'est aimé à cause
" was recorded in New York, in early February 2007. Other tracks were recorded in Las Vegas.
The song "La diva" includes fragment of "Si, mi chiamano Mìmì" from the opera La bohème
performed by Maria Callas
in 1956. The song is to pay tribute to Maria Callas, for her dedication to Opera
. At the end of the song, Celine Dion sang "Si, mi chiamano Mìmì" with Maria.
D'elles was released in three formats: standard CD; double digipack (includes CD, "making of" DVD titled Céline parle d'elle(s), a booklet of Dion photos, and a booklet including song lyrics and Dion's personal notes about each song); and collector's edition (includes CD, "making of" DVD titled Céline parle d'elle(s), a mini-booklet of Dion photos and her personal notes about each song, a mini-booklet with song lyrics, and 4 postcards).
"Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)
" was the first and only single from this album released on a CD. The song became a hit entering the French Singles Chart at number 1. Sony BMG released other songs as radio singles only: "Immensité
" (France, Belgium, Quebec), "Le temps qui compte
" (Poland), "On s'est aimé à cause" (Quebec), and "A cause" (France).
The album was nominated at the Juno Award
s in categories: Album of the Year and Francophone Album of the Year.
On September 26, 2008 D'elles was released as a 2CD set with D'eux in France, Switzerland and Belgium.
, and if D'elles is a bit too careful musically, it nevertheless is unified as an album and shows some serious artistic ambition."
in France, and another for TVA
in Canada. The taping took place in Montreal on May 11-12, 2007.
During the first taping for TF1, Dion sang live several songs with French singers: "Stayin' Alive
" with Vitaa
, Shy'm
and Amel Bent
, "Hymne a l'amour
" with Maurane
and Johnny Hallyday
, "Blueberry Hill
" with Johnny Hallyday, "The Show Must Go On
" with Christophe Maé
and David Hallyday
, "My Heart Will Go On
" with Lââm
and Amel Bent, "Caroline" with MC Solaar
and Nolween Leroy, "Être à la hauteur" with Merwan Rim and Christophe Maé, "Caruso
" with Florent Pagny
and then she sang three songs from D'elles: "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)
," "A cause
" and "Immensité
."
During the second taping for TVA, Dion sang many new songs: "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)," "Immensité," "Je cherche l'ombre," "Berceuse," "La diva," "Le temps qui compte
" and "On s'est aimé à cause
." They also showed the recording sessions for "Femme comme chacune," "Lettre de George Sand à Alfred de Musset," "Si J’étais quelqu’un" and few footages taken from the Live in Las Vegas - A New Day...
DVD.
The TVA special, telecast on May 21, 2007, was the most-watched television program in Quebec, with 1,508,000 viewers. The TF1 special on June 9, 2007 was also one of France's most-watched shows, with 4,987,440 viewers.
During her visit in France in November 2007, Dion performed "Immensité" in few TV shows. Later, "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" became a part of the Francophone set list of the Taking Chances Tour
.
. It marked Dion's tenth number 1 album in the SoundScan era, and her eighth to debut at the top position. D'elles spent two weeks at number 1 and it was eventually certified 2x platinum in Canada.
The album debuted also at number 1 in France, selling 55,244 copies, and spent two weeks at the top position. It was certified platinum.
In Belgium, D'elles has sold 15,000 copies in just few days after the release, and it was certified gold. It reached the top of the albums chart for three weeks in Belgium Wallonia. In Switzerland, the album peaked at number 3 and was awarded gold. It was also certified gold in Russia.
On the European Top 100 Albums
, D'elles reached number 10. It charted also in many non-Francophone countries, peaking at number 10 in Cypriot, number 17 in Estonia, number 18 in Belgium Flandres, number 26 in Poland, number 27 in Greece, number 35 in Italy, number 50 in the Netherlands, number 52 in Germany, and number 64 in Hungary.
The album has shipped half a million units worldwide on the first week of sales, and to date has sold over 1 million copies.
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
's French-language album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, released between May 18 and June 1, 2007 in certain European countries, on May 22, 2007 in Canada, and February 27, 2008 in Japan. It is her 23rd French album and 35th if counting all longplays. Unlike Dion's previous French studio albums, D'elles was not released in the United States, Australia, or New Zealand.
Album information
D'elles is a concept album that celebrates womanhood. The title is a spin-off of Dion's 1995 album D'euxD'eux
D'eux is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 27, 1995. It was re-named The French Album in the United States. It is Dion's 17th French-language album and 20th in total...
. Both can be translated as About Them or From Them, with D'elles being specifically the feminine version.
The lyrics were written by ten prominent female writers from Quebec (Jovette Alice Bernier, Janette Bertrand, Denise Bombardier
Denise Bombardier
Denise Bombardier, CQ is an esteemed yet controversial journalist, novelist, essayist, producer, and media personality who worked for the French-language television station Radio Canada for over 30 years....
, Marie Laberge, Lise Payette
Lise Payette
Lise Payette, is a Quebec politician, feminist, writer and columnist. She was a Parti Québécois minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion....
) and France (Nina Bouraoui
Nina Bouraoui
Nina Bouraoui is a French writer born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, of an Algerian father and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of her life in Algiers, then Zürich and Abu Dhabi...
, Françoise Dorin, Nathalie Nechtschein, Christine Orban, George Sand
George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant , best known by her pseudonym George Sand , was a French novelist and memoirist.-Life:...
). Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...
made a lyrics selection. Music was composed by David Gategno, who worked with Dion for the first time, and by Jacques Veneruso, Erick Benzi
Erick Benzi
Erick Benzi is a French musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.He is the former member of group Canada . Benzi is one of biggest and the most requested Francophone producers...
and Gildas Arzel, who worked with her before. One of the tracks was also composed by Marc Dupré
Marc Dupré
Marc Dupré is a Canadian French musician. He is a singer, songwriter , and guitarist, who has performed with Céline Dion on tour and on other occasions. She appears in the music video for Marc Dupré's single "Tout près du bonheur", which was filmed "in early May 2006 in the Nevada desert"...
and Jean-François Breau. Dupré recorded a duet with Dion in 2005, called "Tout près du bonheur
Tout Pres Du Bonheur
"Tout près du bonheur" is a duet between Marc Dupré and Céline Dion, released as a music download on April 11, 2006 in Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth single from Dupré's debut album Refaire le monde, released on October 18, 2005."Tout près du bonheur" was composed in 2000 by Céline Dion for Marc...
." Tracks were produced by Gategno, Veneruso, Benzi, Tino Izzo, Patrick Hampartzoumian and Thierry Blanchard.
Seven out of thirteen songs planned for the album were recorded on December 20-21, 2006 at the Piccolo Studios, Montreal. The second version of "A cause
A cause
"A cause" is the third and last single released in France from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It was sent to the radio stations on January 21, 2008. At the same time "Alone" was released to promote Dion's English album Taking Chances...
," called "On s'est aimé à cause
On s'est aimé à cause
"On s'est aimé à cause" is the third and last single released in Quebec from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It was sent to the radio stations on August 20, 2007....
" was recorded in New York, in early February 2007. Other tracks were recorded in Las Vegas.
The song "La diva" includes fragment of "Si, mi chiamano Mìmì" from the opera La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
performed by Maria Callas
Maria Callas
Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts...
in 1956. The song is to pay tribute to Maria Callas, for her dedication to Opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
. At the end of the song, Celine Dion sang "Si, mi chiamano Mìmì" with Maria.
D'elles was released in three formats: standard CD; double digipack (includes CD, "making of" DVD titled Céline parle d'elle(s), a booklet of Dion photos, and a booklet including song lyrics and Dion's personal notes about each song); and collector's edition (includes CD, "making of" DVD titled Céline parle d'elle(s), a mini-booklet of Dion photos and her personal notes about each song, a mini-booklet with song lyrics, and 4 postcards).
"Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)
Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)
"Et s'il n'en restait qu'une " is the first hit single from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It premiered on the radio in France, Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium on February 14, 2007 and was released as a music download on the same day...
" was the first and only single from this album released on a CD. The song became a hit entering the French Singles Chart at number 1. Sony BMG released other songs as radio singles only: "Immensité
Immensité
"Immensité" is the second single from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It premiered on the radio in France and Quebec on April 23, 2007 and was released as a music download on May 14, 2007. However, the physical single was not issued...
" (France, Belgium, Quebec), "Le temps qui compte
Le temps qui compte
"Le temps qui compte" is the only single released in Poland from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It was sent to the radio stations on May 14, 2007....
" (Poland), "On s'est aimé à cause" (Quebec), and "A cause" (France).
The album was nominated at the Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
s in categories: Album of the Year and Francophone Album of the Year.
On September 26, 2008 D'elles was released as a 2CD set with D'eux in France, Switzerland and Belgium.
Critical reception
The album met with positive reviews. Allmusic said that "this is Dion's most ambitious project in a long time, if not ever — really, the only rival is that musically adventurous 1 fille & 4 types1 Fille & 4 Types
-Charts:-Certifications:-Release history:...
, and if D'elles is a bit too careful musically, it nevertheless is unified as an album and shows some serious artistic ambition."
Promotion
Céline Dion taped two TV specials dedicated to the issue of her album D'elles: one for TF1TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
in France, and another for TVA
TVA (TV network)
TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
in Canada. The taping took place in Montreal on May 11-12, 2007.
During the first taping for TF1, Dion sang live several songs with French singers: "Stayin' Alive
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. The song was written by the Bee Gees and produced by the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It was released on 13 December 1977, as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever...
" with Vitaa
Vitaa
Vitaa is a French pop singer.-Biography:She was discovered by DJ Kost, who organized a duet with Dadoo...
, Shy'm
Shy'm
Tamara Marthe better known as Shy'm , born on 28 November 1985, is a French pop chanteuse. She released her debut album, Mes Fantaisies, in 2006 which rose to #6 in the French chart...
and Amel Bent
Amel Bent
Amel Bent is a French singer.- Biography :Amel Bent grew up in the French commune of La Courneuve with her Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister...
, "Hymne a l'amour
Hymne à l'amour
"Hymne à l'amour" is a popular French song originally performed by Édith Piaf. The lyrics were written by Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot. She first sang this song at the cabaret Versailles in New York on September 14, 1949. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French...
" with Maurane
Maurane
Maurane, real name Claudine Luypaerts, is a Belgian singer. She lives currently in Schaerbeek.Maurane was born at Ixelles. Her father was director in the Académie de Musique de Verviers, and when she was a teenager she took part in several musical contests...
and Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
, "Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill (song)
"Blueberry Hill" is a popular song published in 1940 best remembered for its 1950s rock n' roll version by Fats Domino. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Al Lewis. It was recorded six times in 1940...
" with Johnny Hallyday, "The Show Must Go On
The Show Must Go On (Queen song)
"The Show Must Go On" is a song by English rock band Queen, featured as the twelfth and final track on their 1991 album Innuendo. It is credited to Queen, but written primarily by Brian May. The song chronicles the effort of Freddie Mercury continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his...
" with Christophe Maé
Christophe Maé
Christophe Maé is a French pop singer.-Career:Maé learned to play the violin at age 6, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he was immobilised from a chronic illness. He has stated that this was the time when he became inspired by Stevie Wonder...
and David Hallyday
David Hallyday
David Hallyday is a French singer/songwriter and amateur sports car racer. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and is the son of the French singers Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday....
, "My Heart Will Go On
My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song/love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Simon Franglen, James Horner and Walter Afanasieff ,, it was recorded by Céline Dion...
" with Lââm
Lââm
Lââm is a French female singer of Tunisian descent. She has sold more than 500,000 albums and more than 2 million singles.-Biography:...
and Amel Bent, "Caroline" with MC Solaar
MC Solaar
MC Solaar is a francophone hip hop and rap artist. He is one of the most internationally popular and influential French rappers....
and Nolween Leroy, "Être à la hauteur" with Merwan Rim and Christophe Maé, "Caruso
Caruso (song)
"Caruso" by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla in 1986. It is dedicated to Enrico Caruso, an Italian tenor.-Unclear meaning of the song:Controversially, the song simply tells about the pains and longings of a man who is about to die while he is looking in the eyes of a girl who was very dear to...
" with Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny is a French musician. He has also acted in many French films. He records work in French, Italian, Spanish and English, and his greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser" and "Caruso" .As of 2008, he has sold 4,268,980 copies of singles,...
and then she sang three songs from D'elles: "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)
Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)
"Et s'il n'en restait qu'une " is the first hit single from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It premiered on the radio in France, Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium on February 14, 2007 and was released as a music download on the same day...
," "A cause
A cause
"A cause" is the third and last single released in France from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It was sent to the radio stations on January 21, 2008. At the same time "Alone" was released to promote Dion's English album Taking Chances...
" and "Immensité
Immensité
"Immensité" is the second single from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It premiered on the radio in France and Quebec on April 23, 2007 and was released as a music download on May 14, 2007. However, the physical single was not issued...
."
During the second taping for TVA, Dion sang many new songs: "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)," "Immensité," "Je cherche l'ombre," "Berceuse," "La diva," "Le temps qui compte
Le temps qui compte
"Le temps qui compte" is the only single released in Poland from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It was sent to the radio stations on May 14, 2007....
" and "On s'est aimé à cause
On s'est aimé à cause
"On s'est aimé à cause" is the third and last single released in Quebec from Céline Dion's French album D'elles. It was sent to the radio stations on August 20, 2007....
." They also showed the recording sessions for "Femme comme chacune," "Lettre de George Sand à Alfred de Musset," "Si J’étais quelqu’un" and few footages taken from the Live in Las Vegas - A New Day...
Live in Las Vegas - A New Day...
Live in Las Vegas: A New Day... is Céline Dion's eighth home video, released on DVD between December 7–10, 2007 in Europe, on December 11, 2007 in North America, December 15, 2007 in Australia and December 19, 2007 in Japan. It includes the record-breaking show A New Day... at Caesars Palace in Las...
DVD.
The TVA special, telecast on May 21, 2007, was the most-watched television program in Quebec, with 1,508,000 viewers. The TF1 special on June 9, 2007 was also one of France's most-watched shows, with 4,987,440 viewers.
During her visit in France in November 2007, Dion performed "Immensité" in few TV shows. Later, "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" became a part of the Francophone set list of the Taking Chances Tour
Taking Chances Tour
Taking Chances World Tour is the ninth concert tour by Canadian singer Céline Dion, in support of her 2007 studio albums, D'elles and Taking Chances. The tour marked the return of Dion after performing her groundbreaking show A New Day... in Las Vegas for five years. The tour visited Africa, Asia,...
.
Chart success
D'elles shot to the top of the Canadian albums chart, selling 72,200 copies (including 69,285 in Quebec) in its first week, making it the biggest debut of the year, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScanNielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
. It marked Dion's tenth number 1 album in the SoundScan era, and her eighth to debut at the top position. D'elles spent two weeks at number 1 and it was eventually certified 2x platinum in Canada.
The album debuted also at number 1 in France, selling 55,244 copies, and spent two weeks at the top position. It was certified platinum.
In Belgium, D'elles has sold 15,000 copies in just few days after the release, and it was certified gold. It reached the top of the albums chart for three weeks in Belgium Wallonia. In Switzerland, the album peaked at number 3 and was awarded gold. It was also certified gold in Russia.
On the European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...
, D'elles reached number 10. It charted also in many non-Francophone countries, peaking at number 10 in Cypriot, number 17 in Estonia, number 18 in Belgium Flandres, number 26 in Poland, number 27 in Greece, number 35 in Italy, number 50 in the Netherlands, number 52 in Germany, and number 64 in Hungary.
The album has shipped half a million units worldwide on the first week of sales, and to date has sold over 1 million copies.
Track listing
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Flanders Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
18 |
| Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
1 |
| Cypriot Albums Chart Cypriot Albums Chart The Cypriot album charts track the weekly album sales in Cyprus. They function under the supervision of the worldwide music organisation IFPI.They were first put together in 1992 and were presented by All Records music company until December 2006... |
10 |
| Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
50 |
| Estonian Albums Chart | 17 |
| European Albums Chart European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100... |
10 |
| French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
1 |
| German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
52 |
| Greek Albums Chart IFPI Greece International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of... |
27 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
64 |
| Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
35 |
| Polish Albums Chart Polish Music Charts The Polish Music Charts are two official album charts and seven singles charts in Poland, provided by ZPAV, the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . The first, the Top 100, is a monthly chart based on data received from the album companies... |
26 |
| Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
3 |
Certifications
| Country | Certifications |
|---|---|
| Belgium Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
Gold |
| Canada Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... |
2x Platinum |
| France Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
Platinum |
| Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Gold |
| Switzerland | Gold |
Personnel
- Michel Aimé – Guitar
- Carla Antoun – Violoncello
- Gildas Arzel – Guitar, Arranger, Basse
- Scott Barnes – Make-Up
- Christophe Battaglia – Engineer
- Eric Benzi – Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Programming, Engineer, Choeurs, Realization
- Thierry Blanchard – Clavier, Realization, Sound Recording, *Synthesizer Programming
- Hubert Bougis – Orchestration
- Cécile Brillard – Alto
- Nathalie Carlucci – Alto
- Herve Cavelier – Violone
- Caroline Collombel-Damas – Violone
- Laurent Coppola – Drums
- Chistopher Deschamps – Drums
- Delphine Elbe – Choeurs
- Daniela Federici – Photography
- Sandrine François – Choeurs
- David Gategno – Arranger, Programming, Clavier, Introduction, Realization
- Humberto GaticaHumberto GaticaHumberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....
– Engineer, Mixing - Emmanuel Guerrero – Piano, String Arrangements
- Cyril Guignier – Alto
- Patrick Hampartzoumian – Arranger, Programming, Realization, Sound Recording
- Jean Marc Haroutounian – Basse
- Florence Hennequin – Cello
- Annie Horth – Stylist
- Tino Izzo – Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Arranger, Programming, Clavier, Engineer, Realization, Basse
- Adam Klemens – Direction
- Cenda Kotzmann – Assistant
- Francis Lalonde – Assistant
- Caroline Lasfargues – Violone
- Gwenaëlle LeCorre – Illustrations
- Vincent Lépée – Assistant
- Claire Lisiecki – Violone
- Didier Lizé – Engineer
- Gildas Lointier – Arranger, Engineer, Assistant
- Vito Luprano – Executive Producer
- Vlado Meller – Mastering
- Vanessa Menneret – Alto
- Simon Mercure – Assistant
- Nicolas Yvan Mingot – Guitar
- Serge Normant – Hair Stylist
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Prague – Realization
- Paris Pop Orchestra – Strings
- Petr Pycha – Contractor
- Stanislas Renoult – Arranger, String Arrangements, Direction, Dirigida
- Zizou Sadki – Basse
- Constance Schacher – Alto
- Mario Telaro – Drums
- Jacques Veneruso – Guitar, Arranger, Choeurs, Realization
- Florence Veniant – Violone
- Laurent Vernerey – Basse
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | May 18, 2007 | Sony Music, Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
88697047962 |
| CD/DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... |
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| CD/DVD/Postcard Postcard A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope.... s |
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| Canada | May 22, 2007 | CD | 88697047962 | |
| CD/DVD | 88697069102 | |||
| Japan | February 27, 2008 | Sony Music Japan, Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... |
CD | EICP-952 |
| Europe | September 26, 2008 | Sony Music, Columbia | 2CD (with D'eux D'eux D'eux is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 27, 1995. It was re-named The French Album in the United States. It is Dion's 17th French-language album and 20th in total... ) |
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