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Live à Paris (meaning Live in Paris) is a live album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 22, 1996. It's her 3rd live album, 18th French album and 22nd in total.
[edit] Album information
After having the best-selling Francophone album of all time - D'eux, Céline Dion released Live à Paris, which contains ten out of twelve songs from D'eux. The concert was recorded in Zenith Theatre, Paris in October 1995, during the D'eux Tour. The CD contains also few English songs, including studio recording of "To Love You More," which became a smash hit in Japan.
The disc does not contain the full show. All songs can be found on the Live à Paris home video, released also in 1996.
Live à Paris won one Juno Award and two Félix Awards in 1997.
[edit] Chart success
Live à Paris followed the successful D'eux and topped the charts for eight weeks in France, four weeks in Belgium and one week in Switzerland, selling 2 million copies in Europe and 3 million in total.
On November 1, 1996, Céline Dion wrote a new page in the record book of French music industry, becoming the very first artist to have three of her albums in the French top 20. That week, Live à Paris entered the chart on top position (her 3rd number 1 album in France this year), while Falling into You (seven months after it entered the chart) was still at the 6th position and D'eux was still at number 16 (a year and a half after its release).
[edit] Track listing
- "J'attendais" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 4:58
- "Destin" (Goldman) – 4:11
- "The Power of Love" (Candy DeRouge, Gunther Mende, Mary Susan Applegate, Jennifer Rush) – 4:45
- "Regarde-moi" (Goldman) – 3:49
- "River Deep, Mountain High" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 3:29
- "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" (Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger) – 5:03
- "Les derniers seront les premiers" (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) (Goldman) – 3:52
- "J'irai où tu iras" (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) (Goldman) – 3:46
- "Je sais pas" (Goldman, J. Kapler) – 4:25
- "Le ballet" (Goldman) – 10:33
- "Prière païenne" (Goldman) – 4:55
- "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Goldman) – 5:10
- "Quand on n'a que l'amour" (Jacques Brel) – 4:41
- "Vole" (Goldman) – 4:03
- "To Love You More" (studio recording) (David Foster, Junior Miles) – 5:28
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart |
Peak
position |
Certification |
Sales/shipments |
| Austrian Albums Chart[1] |
24 |
|
|
| Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[2] |
6 |
Platinum |
50,000[3] |
| Belgian Wallonie Albums Chart[4] |
1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[5] |
8 |
2x platinum |
200,000[6] |
| Dutch Albums Chart[7] |
9 |
Gold |
50,000[8] |
| European Albums Chart[9] |
|
2x platinum |
2,000,000[10] |
| French Albums Chart[11] |
1 |
2x Platinum |
670,000[12] |
| German Albums Chart[13] |
63 |
|
|
| Italian Albums Chart[14] |
46 |
|
|
| New Zealand Albums Chart[15] |
25 |
|
|
| Polish Albums Chart[16] |
|
Gold |
50,000[17] |
| Swiss Albums Chart[18] |
1 |
Platinum |
50,000[19] |
| UK Albums Chart[20] |
53 |
|
|
| U.S. Billboard 200[21] |
|
|
11,000 |
[edit] Awards
| Year |
Award show |
Award |
| 1997 |
Juno Awards |
Best Selling Francophone Album – Live à Paris |
| 1997 |
Félix Awards |
Album of the Year (Pop Rock) – Live à Paris |
| 1997 |
Félix Awards |
Album of the Year (Best Seller) – Live à Paris |
[edit] Release history
[edit] References
