Humaine

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Humaine
Humaine cover
Studio album by Hélène Ségara
Released March, 2003
Recorded France
Genre Pop, Ballad
Label Warner Music France
Producer Orlando
Hélène Ségara chronology
Hélène
(2002)		 Humaine (2003) Le Best of
(2004)
Singles from Humaine
  1. "L'Amour est un soleil"
    Released: April 11, 2003
  2. "Encore une fois"
    Released: July, 2003
  3. "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec"
    Released: November, 2003
  4. "Humaine"
    Released: 2004
  5. "On ne dit pas"
    Released: July, 2004

Humaine is the name of the third studio album recorded by the French singer Hélène Ségara. It was released in March 2003, and had a smash success in France, Belgium (Wallonia) and Swizerland, reaching the top five in these countries.

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[edit] Background

For this third album, Ségara was surrended by several songwriters and composers that had already worked for her on the two previous studio albums, such as the Nacash brothers and Christian Loigerot. Gioacchino Maurici, French singer Calogero's brother, participated in the music of "Regarde", Patrick Juvet composed that of "Je rêve", while Pierre Souchon, son of Alain Souchon, made that of "On ne dit pas". The song "Je n'oublie que toi" was entirely composed by famous French singer and songwriter Maxime Le Forestier.

Four of the five singles from this album were released as CD singles. "L'Amour est un soleil" (#2) and the duet with Laura Pausini "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" (#3) were certified Gold disc, while "Encore une fois" (#32) and "On ne dit jamais" (#26) were less successful.[1]

[edit] Chart performances

In France, the album went straight to #1 on March 15, 2003, and styed there for another week. Then it dropped slowly on the chart until #49, but reached again the top 20 on August 3. It totaled 11 weeks in the top ten, 52 weeks in the top 50, 57 weeks in the top 50 and 68 weeks in the top 200.[2] Certified double platinum,[3] it was ranked #9 on the 2003 French Albums Chart.[4] The album was also charted for two weeks on the French Mid Price Albums Chart, peaking at #24 on June 3, 2005.[5]

In Belgium (Wallonia), Humaine started at #8 on March 22 and climbed to #3 the week after. It remained for six weeks in the top ten and dropped quiclky after its tenth weeks, but manage to stabilize in the low positions. It fell off the top 40 after 20 weeks.[6] It was the 22th best-selling album of 2003.[7]

In Switzerland, the album featured on the chart (Top 100) for 16 weeks, from March 23 to July 13, 2003, including three weeks in the top ten and ten weeks in the top 50, and a peak at #5 in its second week.[8]

For the first and last time in Ségara's career, one of her albums was charted in Finland : indeed, Humaine was #16 in later 2003 and remained for 16 weeks in the top 40.[9]

[edit] Track listing

# Title[10] Length
1. "Humaine"
(S.Lebel / C.Loigerot)
5:28
2. "Encore une fois"
(M.Nacash - A.Nacash / M.Nacash)
3:30
3. "L'Amour est un soleil"
(L.Plamondon / R.Musurrama - R.Zaneli)
4:06
4. "Elle rentrait de l'école"
(S.Lebel / C.Loigerot)
4:14
5. "Regarde"
(L.Florence / G.Maurici - Michel Garamon)
3:49
6. "On ne dit pas"
(H.Ségara / P.Souchon)
3:36
7. "L'Île de nous"
(S.Lebel / C.Loigerot)
4:15
8. "Petite Vie"
(H.Ségara - J.Daroy / C.Loigerot)
4:15
9. "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" (Duet with Laura Pausini)
(B.Grimaldi - G.Capaldi - A.Angelelli / B.Grimaldi - G.Capaldi - A.Angelelli)
5:05
10. "Ma Vie tient en deux mots"
(M.Jourdan / N.Kaniel - M.Jourdan)
3:09
11. "Je n'oublie que toi"
(M. LeForestier)
3:10
12 "Petites Douleurs"
(H.Ségara / T.Geoffroy)
3:29
13 "Tant bien que mal"
(C.Vié / E.De Lucas)
3:28
14 "Je rêve"
(H.Ségara - M.Goudeau / P.Juvet)
3:57

[edit] Credits

[edit] Technical personnel

  • Arrangements : Pierre Jaconelli (2-4, 7, 9, 10), Khalil Chahine (1, 8, 12, 13), Calogero and Gioacchino (5), Jean-Felix Lalanne (11), Régis Ceccarelli (6), Gérard Capaldi (14)
  • Keyboards programmation : Sébastien Cortella (2-4, 7, 9, 10), Celmar Engel (1, 8, 12, 13), Christophe Voisin (5), Jean-Félix Lalanne (11), Gérard Capaldi (14)
  • Recording and mixings : Stéphane Briand at Studio Guillaume Tell (1, 5, 6, 8, 11-14); Peter Schwier at Studio Mega C / Studio Guillaume Tell (2-4, 7, 9, 10); Gabriele Gigli at Logic Studio, Milan (Pausini's voice on 9)
  • Assistants : Vincent Chevalot, Pierre Brien, Élise Chambeyron (Mega)
  • Mastering : Tony Cousins Metropolis (London)
  • Chargés of production : Sébastien Pernice, Philippe Tessier
  • Photos : Klaus Roethlibsberger (D.Taranto for Jet Set)
  • Design : Henry Neu for COM'N.B
  • Make up : Morgan Quere
  • Hairdresser : Gaby Baldinho
  • Artistic director : Antoine Angelelli
  • Production : Orlando for BG

[edit] Musicians

  • Guitars : Pierre Jaconelli (2-4, 7, 9, 10), Claude Engel (1), Manu Galvin (8, 12, 13), Olivier Marly (5), Jean-Félix Lalanne (11), Basile Leroux (6), Sébastien Chouard (14)
  • Drum kit : Ian Thomas (2-4, 7, 9, 10), Thierry Chauvet-Peillex (8, 12, 13), Loïk Ponthieu (5), Marquito (11), Régis Ceccarelli (6), Laurent Coppola (14)
  • Percussion : Denis Benarrosh (2-4, 7, 9, 10), Sydney Thiam (8, 12, 13)
  • Strings direction : David Sinclair Whitaker (2-4, 7, 10), Khalil Chahine (1, 8, 9, 12, 13), Sébastien Surel (5), Gérard Capaldi and Henri Cavalier (14)
  • Violins : Christophe Guiot (2-5, 7, 9-11, 14), Élisabeth Pallas (11)
  • Piano : Jean-Christophe Soullier (8, 12, 13)
  • Bass : Dominique Bertram (8, 12, 13), Laurent Verneray (5), Bernard Paganotti (11), Guy Delacroix (6), Jean-Marc Haroutiounian (14)
  • Keyboards : Dominique Bertram (8, 12, 13), Julien Schulteis (6)
  • Viola : François Gneri (11)
  • Cello : Jean-Philippe Audin (11)
  • Banjo : Jean-Yves Lozaëh (6)

[edit] Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[3] 2 x Platinum 2003 300,000 461,000[11]

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003-2004) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[6] 3
Finnish Albums Chart[9] 16
French Albums Chart[2] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 5
End of the year chart (2003) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[7] 22
French Albums Chart[4] 9
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 92
End of the year chart (2004) Position
French Albums Chart[13] 130
Preceded by
Nolwenn by Nolwenn Leroy		 French (SNEP) number-one album
March 15, 2003 - March 22, 2003 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
One Heart by Céline Dion

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hélène Ségara's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  2. ^ a b Humaine, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  3. ^ a b Hélène Ségara's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
  4. ^ a b 2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  5. ^ Chart trajectories of albums in France See : "Les Chart Runs" => "Hélène SEGARA" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  6. ^ a b Humaine, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  7. ^ a b 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  8. ^ a b Humaine, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  9. ^ a b Humaine, Finnish Albums Chart Finnishcharts.com (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  10. ^ Humaine, track listing amazon.fr (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  11. ^ Sales and chart trajectories of various albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  12. ^ 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
  13. ^ 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved June 7, 2008)
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