Au nom d'une femme

Au nom d'une Femme
Studio album by Hélène Ségara
Released January, 2000
Recorded France
Genre Pop
Label Warner Music France
Producer Orlando
Hélène Ségara chronology
Cœur de verre
(1996)		 Au Nom d'une Femme (2000) En concert à l'Olympia
(2001)
Singles from Au Nom d'une Femme
  1. "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment"
    Released: November 1999
  2. "Elle, tu l'aimes..."
    Released: 18 April 2000
  3. "Parlez-moi de nous"
    Released: September 2000
  4. "Tu vas me quitter"
    Released: January 2001
  5. "Au Nom d'une Femme"
    Released: June 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Au Nom d'une Femme is the name of the second studio album recorded by the French singer Hélène Ségara. It was released in January 2000, and achieved a great success in France, Belgium (Wallonia) and Switzerland, remaining to date Ségara's most successful album in terms of sales.

Contents

Background

Second album, Au Nom d'une Femme was composed by various famous artists : as for the previous album, Loigerot, Geoffroy and Marc Nacash worked on several songs, and for the first time in Ségara's career, French singer Calogero composed one of her song, "Au Nom d'une Femme" (afterwards, he also wrote "Regarde").

In France, there were five singles from this album. The first four one were very successful: "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment", whose release precedeed that of the album, was number one and achieved Platinum status, "Elle, tu l'aimes..." hit number three and was also Platinum, "Parlez-moi de nous" (number 15) and "Tu vas me quitter" (number seven) were both certified Silver. "Au nom d'une Femme", the last single, was not a success (number 44).[2]

In December 2000, the album was included in a box set also containing the first album, Cœur de verre, and peaked at number 41 on French Albums Chart.

In 2001, Au Nom d'une femme won a NRJ Music Awards in the category 'Francophone album of the year'.

Chart performances

The album had very long chart trajectories in the three countries where it was released. In France, although it was unable to dislodge Louise Attaque's album Comme on a dit, it managed to enter the chart at number two on 29 January 2000, and stayed for four consecutive weeks at this place. It remained for 33 weeks in the top ten, 105 weeks in the top 100 and 109 weeks in the top 200,[3] and hit Platinum status.[4] It featured respectively at number four and number 22 on 2000 and 2001 charts.[5][6] In 2002 and 2003, the album charted for ten weeks on the French Mid Price Chart, peaking at number nine on 26 December 2003.[7]

In Belgium (Wallonia), the album went to number 28 on 5 February 2000, jumped to number three, then reached number two for two weeks, and finally topped the chart for three not consecutive weeks. It was charted for 33 weeks in the top ten and 75 weeks in the top 40.[8] It was the best-selling album of 2000,[9] and the 23rd one of 2001.[10]

In Switzerland, Au Nom d'une Femme peaked at number nine in its second week, on 13 February 2000, remaining for 20 weeks in the top 50 and 59 weeks in the top 100, which is rather rare for a French artist in this country.[11]

Track listing

# Title[12] Length
1. "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment"
(C.Vié / T.Geoffroy)
4:25
2. "Mrs Jones" (new version)
(C.Vié - C.Loigerot)
3:30
3. "Il attend la pluie"
(C.Vié / T.Geoffroy)
4:20
4. "Elle, tu l'aimes..."
(F.Brito / F.Trinidade)
5:05
5. "Parlez-moi de nous"
(H.Ségara / M.Nacash - N.Godsend)
4:01
6. "Sempre, sempre"
(G.Morra - H.Ségara / M.Fabrizio)
4:09
7. "Tu vas me quitter"
(L.Deck / C.Loigerot - T.Geoffroy)
4:06
8. "Au Nom d'une Femme"
(J.D'Aimé / Calogero)
3:39
9. "Tu peux tout emporter"
(H.Ségara / G.Mango / A.Mango / P.Panella) Adep. P.Videcoq / É.Gruninger
3:56
10. "Je te perdrai"
(H.Ségara / C.Loigerot)
4:32
11. "Dites-moi qui je suis"
(H.Ségara / M.Nacash - N.Godsend)
3:56
12 "Rebelles"
(H.Ségara - A.Belatach / M.Wells - S.Abaldonata)
4:46

Credits

Editions

Personnel

General
  • Studios : Mega, Guillaume Tell
  • Photos : François Darmigny, Jean-Jacques Datchary, Patrick Causse
  • Cover : Barejo
  • Make up : Fathia Maghraoui
  • Hairdresser : R.Solde / Alexis
  • Design : Hélène Busuttil
Tracks 1-3, 5, 8, 11
  • Progammation, production, conductor : Michel Coeuriot
  • Mixing : Stéphane Briand at Studio Guillaume Tell
  • Drum kit : Laurent Faucheux
  • Bass : Laurent Vernerey
  • Guitar : Thomas Coeuriot
  • Synths programmations : Celmar Engel
  • Keyboards : Michel Coeuriot
  • Strings directed by Anne Gravoin
  • Violins : Anne Gravoin, Hélène Blazy, Françoise Perrin, Jean-Philippe Kuzma, Annie Morel, Daniel Dato, Véronique Engelhard, Arnaud Nuovolone, Anne Villette, Jean-Lou Deschamps, Thomas Tercieux
  • Violas: Fanny Coupe, Christophe Gaugue, Christine Jaboulay, Setrag Koulakserian
  • Cellos : Mathilde Sternat, Frédéric Lagarde, Jean-Claude Auclin
Tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
  • Programmation and production : Sandro Abaldonato
  • Mixing : Thierry Rogen, Studio Mega
  • Assistant : Xavier Poissonier
    • Except 10, 12 : Bertrant Châtenet, Studio Mega
    • Except 9 : Stéphane Briand, Studio Guillaume Tell
  • Keyboards : Sandro Abaldonato
  • Spanish guitar (tracks 4, 6, 7, 10) : Serge Eymar
  • Electrical guitar (track 12) : Hugo Ripoll
  • Drum kit (track 6) : Loïck Ponthieu
  • Bass (track 6) : Laurent Verneret

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2000/02) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 1
French Albums Chart[3] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[11] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[9] 1
French Albums Chart[5] 4
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 51
Chart (2001) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[10] 23
French Albums Chart[6] 22

Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
Belgium[14] Platinum 50,000
France[4] Platinum 2000 750,000 1,326,200+[15]

Chart successions

Preceded by
Comme on a dit by Louise Attaque		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one album (first run)
4 March 2000 - 11 March 2000 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Enfoirés en 2000 by Les Enfoirés
Preceded by
Enfoirés en 2000 by Les Enfoirés		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one album (second run)
13 May 2000 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
25ème Anniversaire by Mike Brant
Awards
Preceded by
Innamoramento by Mylène Farmer		 NRJ Music Awards
Francophone album of the year
2001		 Succeeded by
Marcher dans le sable by Gérald De Palmas

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Hélène Ségara's discography and peak positions in France" (in French). Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=H%E9l%E8ne+Segara. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Au Nom d'une Femme, French Albums Chart" (in French). Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=3178&cat=a. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Certifications Albums Platine - année 2000" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=2000&type=12. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "2000 French Albums Chart" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2000&type=2. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "2001 French Albums Chart" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2001&type=2. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  7. ^ "Chart trajectories of albums in France See : "Les Chart Runs" => Hélène SEGARA"" (in French). Infodisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_Runs.php. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  8. ^ a b "Au Nom d'une Femme, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?key=3178&cat=a. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  9. ^ a b "2000 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000&cat=a. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  10. ^ a b "2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2001&cat=a. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  11. ^ a b "Au Nom d'une Femme, Swiss Albums Chart" (in German). Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=3178&cat=a. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  12. ^ "Au Nom d'une Femme, track listing". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r566465. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  13. ^ "2000 Swiss Albums Chart" (in German). Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2000. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  14. ^ Belgium certifications Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 19, 2007)
  15. ^ "Les Albums Diamant" (in French). Infodisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_D.php?debut=100. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
Hélène Ségara
Studio albums
Cœur de verre (1996) · Au nom d'une femme (2000) · Helene (2002) · Humaine (2003) · Quand l'éternité... (2006) · Mon pays c'est la terre (2008) · Parmi la foule (2011)
Other albums
Hit singles
"Je vous aime adieu" (1996) · "Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)" (1997)  · "Les vallées d'Irlande" (1999)  · "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment" (1999) · "Elle, tu l'aimes..." (2000) · "Parlez-moi de nous" (2000)  · "Tu vas me quitter" (2001) · "Au nom d'une femme" (2001)  · "Donner tout" (2002)  · "L'amour est un soleil" (2003)  · "Encore une fois" (2003)  · "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" (2003)  · "Humaine" (2004)  · "On ne dit pas" (2004)
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