D'eux
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D'eux is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

, 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. D'eux is the best-selling French-language album of all time, with sales of 10 million copies worldwide.

D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition CD/DVD was released on November 18, 2009 in Finland, on November 27, 2009 in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, and on December 1, 2009 in Canada. In the United States and Japan it is available as an import. Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

 issued it to celebrate the upcoming 15th anniversary of D'eux album. (see the details) The digital version of D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition contains audio tracks only, without the DVD content. It was released in most European countries on November 24, 2009 and in Canada on December 1, 2009.

Album information

The album was written and produced by popular French singer and songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

. D'eux includes successful hit singles: "Pour que tu m'aimes encore
Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" is the first hit single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on March 13, 1995 in Francophone countries and in September 1995 in other European countries. In Canada it was a radio only release. The song was also released in Japan in October 1996...

" and "Je sais pas
Je Sais Pas
"Je sais pas" is the second and last commercial single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on October 2, 1995 in Francophone countries and in December 1995 in selected European countries...

." A song called "Vole" was dedicated to Karine, Dion's niece who had died of cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine...

. These three songs were recorded later 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
Falling into You
Falling into You is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 8, 1996. It is her fourth English-language album and twenty-first overall...

.

D'eux was promoted in April 1995 with one-hour TV special. Céline Dion did also the D'eux Tour
D'eux Tour
The D'eux Tour is the sixth concert tour by Celine Dion. The tour was organized to support the highly successful French language album D'eux.-History:After 5 concerts in Quebec City, Canada, Céline Dion toured Europe for 4 months...

 to support the album. The show at Le Zénith in Paris was recorded and released as Live à Paris
Live à Paris
Live à 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.-Album information:...

.

A promotional copy of the album was issued with alternate artwork in France. Differences included the way the text was presented on the cover and a different photo on the rear of Dion and Goldman with an overhead microphone. The catalog number of this very rare disc is SAMP2604.

D'eux and the leadoff single "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" won many awards, including Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

s, Félix Award
Félix Award
The Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...

s and Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la musique , is an annual French award ceremony that recognizes the best musical artists of the year.- Male artist of the year :*1985 : Michel Jonasz*1986 : Jean-Jacques Goldman*1987 : Johnny Hallyday...

. 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 the 2005 greatest hits album On ne change pas
On ne change pas
On ne change pas is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, which sums up twenty five years of her French career. It's her first official French language 'best of' album in almost twenty years. On ne change pas is Dion's 22nd French album and 34th if counting all longplays...

. Dion's 2007 CD title D'elles
D'elles
D'elles is the title of Céline Dion's French-language album, released between May 18 and June 1, 2007 in certain European countries, on May 22, 2007 in Canada, and February 27, 2008 in Japan. It is her 23rd French album and 35th if counting all longplays...

refers to D'eux, being the specifically feminine version.

Critical reception

Allmusic said that the album "is a well-constructed and entertaining adult pop record" and that "on the whole, it sounds quite nice."

Chart success

D'eux is the best-selling French-language album of all time, with sales of 10 million copies worldwide. In France, D'eux was certified diamond and after selling over 4,412,100 copies, it became the best-selling album ever in that country. It spent 44 consecutive weeks at the top of the French chart and 137 weeks on the chart in total, breaking sales records. When Dion's next album, Falling into You
Falling into You
Falling into You is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 8, 1996. It is her fourth English-language album and twenty-first overall...

was released in 1996 it debuted at number 2 on the French chart, since the first slot was still being occupied by D'eux. Dion was also the most-played act on the French radio in 1995, as well as the best-selling recording artist.

In Belgium Wallonia, no other album has spent as long as 37 weeks at number 1, nor 131 weeks on the entire chart, since D'eux. In Switzerland, it topped the chart for five weeks, and in Belgium Flanders for 4 weeks. D'eux was certified 7x platinum in Canada, 6x platinum in Belgium, and 4x platinum in Switzerland.

Although a French-language album, D'eux charted and was certified also in many non-French speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 7, setting a record for a French release. It has sold 250,000 copies there and Dion became the first and only artist who achieved UK gold certification with a French-language recording. Later, she repeated this success with S'il suffisait d'aimer
S'il suffisait d'aimer
S'il suffisait d'aimer is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on September 7, 1998. It's her 19th French album and 24th in total...

. Even in the United States the album has sold 242,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...

.

D'eux was also certified platinum in the Netherlands, Poland, and gold in New Zealand. Other top 10 positions in non-Francophone countries include: number 1 for two weeks in the Netherlands, number 2 in Portugal, number 5 in Denmark, and number 9 in Sweden. On the European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...

, D'eux reached number 3 and was certified 8x platinum by the IFPI.

D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of D'eux, Legacy Recordings released in November/December 2009 in Europe and Canada D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition. It includes the CD with original album versions plus three demos out of personal archives of Jean-Jacques Goldman ("Pour que tu m'aimes encore," "Le ballet," "J'irai où tu iras") and two instrumental versions of "Vole" and "Pour que tu m'aimes encore." It also contains an opendisc access to unpublished photographs of the cover sessions and listen to an alternate version of "J'attendais" with different lyrics by Goldman.

The bonus DVD includes the Sonia Benezra's TV special Spécial Dimanche from 1995, distributed exclusively in Quebec, where Dion interprets "Je sais pas," "J'irai où tu iras" in duet with Goldman, "Les derniers seront les premiers," "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" and "Vole." In between the songs, there are interviews with Dion and Goldman. It also includes four music videos: "Pour que tu m'aimes encore," "Les derniers seront les premiers," "J'attendais" and "Je sais pas."

D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition also includes a booklet of 40 pages in a double digipack. It includes two previously unpublished texts by Goldman, one of 1995 to launch the album, and the other he has done specially for D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition. There are also unpublished photographs of the sessions for the cover, and reproduction of the text manuscript of Goldman's "Pour que tu m'aimes encore."

The digital version of D'eux – 15th Anniversary Edition contains audio tracks only and was released in most European countries on November 24, 2009 and on December 1, 2009 in Canada.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

 except where noted.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart
Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...

35
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

1
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

1
Canadian Record Albums Chart
The Record (magazine)
The Record was a Canadian music industry magazine that featured record charts, trade news and opinions. David Farrell launched the publication in mid-1981, continuing its printed version until August 1999 when The Record continued as a website-based publication...

31
Canadian RPM Albums Chart
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

29
Danish Albums Chart
Tracklisten
Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...

1
5
Dutch Albums Chart
MegaCharts
MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...

1
European Albums Chart
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...

3
Finnish Albums Chart 23
French Albums Chart
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique
The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...

1
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

69
Italian Albums Chart
Federation of the Italian Music Industry
The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....

38
Japanese Albums Chart
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

50
New Zealand Albums Chart
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

17
Portuguese Albums Chart
Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa is currently the only recording industry association in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV and UNEVA ....

2
Swedish Albums Chart
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....

9
Swiss Albums Chart
Swiss Music Charts
The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...

1
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

7


Certifications

Country Certifications2
Belgium
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

6x Platinum
Canada
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...

7x Platinum
Europe 8x Platinum
France
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique
The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...

Diamond
Netherlands
NVPI
The NVPI is the Dutch tradeassociation of the entertainment industry...

Platinum
New Zealand
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

Gold
Poland Platinum
Switzerland 4x Platinum
United Kingdom
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

Gold



1The chart is available only since January 1997.

2Most certifications are under old criteria, with higher certifications levels than the current ones.

Personnel

  • Beckie Bell – Choir, Chorus
  • Eric Benzi – Arranger, Programming
  • Sylvain Beuf – Saxophone
  • Chistopher Deschamps – Drums
  • Arnaud Dunoyer de Segonzac – Piano
  • Celine Dion – Vocals
  • Carole Fredericks – Choir, Chorus
  • Claude Gassian – Photography
  • Humberto Gatica – Mixing
  • Jean-Jacques Goldman – Arranger
  • Emmanuel Goulet – Assistant Engineer
  • Yannick Hardouin – Bass
  • Neil Jason – Bass
  • Yvone Jones – Choir, Chorus
  • Denis Leloup – Trombone
  • Basil Leroux – Guitar
  • Vito Luprano – Executive Producer
  • Christian Martinez – Trumpet
  • Christophe Negre – Saxophone
  • Frédéric Perrinet – Assistant Engineer
  • Roland Romanelli – Piano
  • Antoine Russo – Trumpet
  • Patrice Tison – Guitar
  • Brian Vibberts – Assistant Engineer

Awards

Year Award show Award
1995 Félix Award
Félix Award
The Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...

s
Pop/Rock Album of the Year – D'eux
1995 Félix Awards Most Popular Song of the Year – "Pour que tu m'aimes encore
Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" is the first hit single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on March 13, 1995 in Francophone countries and in September 1995 in other European countries. In Canada it was a radio only release. The song was also released in Japan in October 1996...

"
1995 Félix Awards Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province of Quebec
1996 World Music Awards
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...

World’s Best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Year
1996 MIDEM Awards
Midem
-MIDEM:Short for Marché International du Disque et de l'Edition Musicale, MIDEM is the world's largest music industry trade fair, which has been held annually at and around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, since 1967...

Award for Sales of Over 4 Million Units Worldwide for the Album – D'eux
1996 Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

s
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
Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la musique , is an annual French award ceremony that recognizes the best musical artists of the year.- Male artist of the year :*1985 : Michel Jonasz*1986 : Jean-Jacques Goldman*1987 : Johnny Hallyday...

Best Francophone Artist
1996 Victoires de la Musique Best Song of the Year – "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
1996 Trophée Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France, and replaced the Poste Colonial , Paris Mondial , Radio Paris , RTF Radio Paris and ORTF Radio Paris...

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

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
France March 27, 1995 Sony Music, Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

CD, LP
LP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

, cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

4802862
Canada March 28, 1995 80219
United States May 16, 1995 Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

67107
United Kingdom October 2, 1995 Sony Music, Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

4802862
Japan October 2, 1996 Sony Music Japan, Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

ESCA-6541
Europe November 18, 2009 Sony Music, Legacy
Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

CD/DVD 88697559222
Canada December 1, 2009
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