D'eux

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D'eux
Studio album by Céline Dion
Released	March 27, 1995 (1995-03-27)
Recorded	November-December 1994
Genre	Pop
Length	47:16
Label	Columbia, Epic
Producer	Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Céline Dion chronology
À L'Olympia (1994) D'eux (1995) Falling into You (1996)

D'eux (meaning "of them" or "about them," a play on deux, "two") 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.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Chart success 3 Track listing 4 Chart performance 5 Awards 6 Release history 7 References

[edit] Album information

The album was written and produced by popular French singer and songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. D'eux includes successful singles "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" and "Je sais pas," as well as a song called "Vole," dedicated to Karine, Dion's niece who had died of cystic fibrosis. All these songs were recorded in English as "If That's What It Takes," "I Don't Know" and "Fly" respectively, and included on Dion's next album Falling into You.

D'eux was promoted in April 1995 with one-hour TV special. Céline Dion did also the D'eux Tour to support the album. The show at the Zenith Theatre in Paris was recorded and released as Live à Paris.

D'eux and the leadoff single "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" won many awards, including Juno Awards, Félix Awards, Victoires de la Musique. Dion received also the Medal of Arts and Letters from France’s Minister of Culture Recognizing her Status as the Best Selling French-language Artist in History.

Many songs from D'eux were featured on singer's 2005 greatest hits album On ne change pas. Dion's 2007 album's title D'elles refers to D'eux, being the specifically feminine version.

[edit] Chart success

D'eux is the best-selling French album in history. It has sold over 8 million copies wirldwide, including 4.4 million copies in France alone.

The album spent 44 consecutive weeks at the top of the French chart and 2,5 year on the whole chart, breaking all records. Dion's next album Falling into You released one year later, entered the chart in France at second place, since the first one was still occupied by D'eux.

In Belgium Wallonie no other album spent as long as 37 weeks at number 1, nor 131 weeks on the chart. D'eux was also number 1 in Switzerland (for five weeks) and Netherlands (two weeks). Although a French record, it charted on many non-French speaking countries like the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 7 (a record for a French release in the UK). D'eux became the first French-language album ever to be certified gold in UK as well.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 4:14
2. "Le ballet" (Goldman) – 4:25
3. "Regarde-moi" (Goldman) – 3:56
4. "Je sais pas" (Goldman, J. Kapler) – 4:33
5. "La mémoire d'Abraham" (Goldman) – 3:49
6. "Cherche encore" (Erick Benzi) – 3:24
7. "Destin" (Goldman) – 4:15
8. "Les derniers seront les premiers" (Goldman) – 3:32
9. "J'irai où tu iras" (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) (Goldman) – 3:27
10. "J'attendais" (Goldman) – 4:24
11. "Prière païenne" (Goldman) – 4:12
12. "Vole" (Goldman) – 2:58

[edit] Chart performance

Chart	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Austrian Albums Chart[1]	35
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[2]	1	6x platinum	300,000[3]
Belgium Wallonie[4]	1
Canadian Albums Chart[5]	31	7x platinum	700,000[6]
Danish Albums Chart[7]	5
Dutch Albums Chart[8]	1	Platinum	100,000[9]
European Albums Chart[10]		8x platinum	8,000,000[11]
Finnish Albums Chart[12]	23
French Albums Chart[13]	1	Diamond	4,420,000[14]
German Albums Chart[15]	69
Italian Albums Chart[16]	38
Japanese Albums Chart[17]	50		20,000[18]
New Zealand Albums Chart[19]	17	Gold	7,500[20]
Polish Albums Chart[21]		Platinum	100,000[22]
Swedish Albums Chart[23]	9
Swiss Albums Chart[24]	1	4x platinum	200,000[25]
UK Albums Chart[26]	7	Gold	250,000[27]
U.S. Billboard 200[28]			240,000[29]

[edit] Awards

Year	Award show	Award
1995	Félix Awards	Pop/Rock Album of the Year – D'eux
1995	Félix Awards	Most Popular Song of the Year – "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
1995	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province of Quebec
1996	World Music Awards	World’s Best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Year
1996	MIDEM Awards	Award for Sales of Over 4 Million Units Worldwide for the Album - D'eux
1996	Juno Awards	Best Selling Francophone Album of the Year – D'eux
1996	Juno Awards	Best Selling Album of the Year – D'eux
1996	Félix Awards	Best Selling Album of the Year – D'eux
1996	Félix Awards	Female Artist of the Year
1996	Félix Awards	Performance of the Year
1996	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province of Quebec
1996	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success in Any Language Other Than French
1996	Victoires de la Musique	Best Francophone Artist
1996	Victoires de la Musique	Best Song of the Year – "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
1996	Trophée Radio France Internationale	Conseil Francophone de la Chanson – "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
1996	Medal of Arts and Letters	From France’s Minister of Culture Recognizing Céline Dion's Status as the Best Selling French-language Artist in History

[edit] Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
France	March 27, 1995	Columbia	CD	4802862
Canada	March 28, 1995	Columbia	CD	80219
United States	May 16, 1995	Epic	CD	67107
UK	October 2, 1995	Epic	CD	4802862
Japan	October 2, 1996	Epic	CD	ESCA-6541

[edit] References

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