Histoires Naturelles

Histoires Naturelles
Studio album by Nolwenn Leroy
Released December, 2005
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop, World
Length 47:55
Label Universal International
Mercury France
Producer TF1
Nolwenn Leroy chronology
Nolwenn
(2003)		 Histoires Naturelles
(2005)		 Histoires Naturelles Tour
(2007)

Histoires Naturelles is Nolwenn Leroy's second album. It was released on the 5th December 2005 in France. Most of the songs were written by the French singer Laurent Voulzy and Nolwenn Leroy herself. The title track was written by Yasmin Shah and Arnaud Rosenthal,and "Mélusine" by Yasmin Shah. "London Fantasy" was co-written by members of English down-tempo band Sundae Club.

The album reached #3 on the French charts soon after its release and has achieved platinum status. The first single from "Histoires Naturelles", "Nolwenn Ohwo!", reached #1 and the second extract "Histoire Naturelle" was #30. The third single released was "Mon Ange"; it managed to peak at #14 on the French Download Singles Chart. "J'aimais Tant L'Aimer" was only a promotional single.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" — 4:34
  2. "L'Enfant cerf-volant" — 3:38
  3. "Reste encore" — 3:44
  4. "Mon Ange" — 4:22
  5. "Histoire Naturelle" — 3:53
  6. "Rien de mieux au monde" — 3:29
  7. "Mystère" — 3:54
  8. "Les chimères" (instrumental) — 0:51
  9. "Le Rêve des filles" — 5:07
  10. "Endormie" — 2:27
  11. "London Fantasy" — 3:53
  12. "Mélusine" — 3:56
  13. "J'aimais tant l'aimer" — 4:40

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[1] Platinum December 20, 2006 200,000 141,739 in 2005[2] + 92,114 in 2006[3]

Charts

Chart (2005-2007) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 7
French Digital Chart[5] 2
French Albums Chart[6] 3
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 44
End of the year chart (2005) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 62
French Albums Chart[9] 51
End of the year chart (2006) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[10] 69
French Albums Chart[11] 70

References

  1. ^ 2006 certifications in France Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
  2. ^ 2005 best-selling albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
  3. ^ 2006 best-selling albums in France Fanofmusic (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
  4. ^ Histoires Naturelles, in Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 29, 2008)
  5. ^ French Digital Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 29, 2008)
  6. ^ Histoires Naturelles, in French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 29, 2008)
  7. ^ Histoires Naturelles, in Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved May 29, 2008)
  8. ^ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
  9. ^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
  10. ^ 2006 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
  11. ^ 2006 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 28, 2008)
Nolwenn Leroy
Albums
Nolwenn (2003) · Histoires Naturelles (2005) · Histoires Naturelles (2006) · Le Cheshire Cat & Moi (2009) · Bretonne (2010)
Hit singles
"Cassé" (2003) · "Nolwenn Ohwo !" (2006)
Labels
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