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{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Template:Translation) is the twentieth studio album and twelfth French-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music on 13 October 2003. {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} features thirteen songs written and arranged by Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, and Gildas Arzel, and produced by Benzi. The first single from the album, "Tout l'or des hommes", reached the top ten in Francophone countries, including number one in Quebec and number three in France. It was followed by "Et je t'aime encore" and the promotional single "Contre nature".

{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} received favourable reviews from music critics, some of whom noted it as a highly anticipated record for many Dion fans. It was also commercially successful, topping the charts in Canada, France, Belgian Wallonia, and Greece, and reaching top ten in Switzerland, Poland, Finland, and Belgian Flanders. {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was certified 2× platinum in France, platinum in Canada, Belgium, and Switzerland, and gold in Finland.

Background

Dion started working on her upcoming French-language album on 8 October 2002 in Paris when she met with four well-known French songwriters and producers: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, and Gildas Arzel. After four days of rehearsals, Dion met with them again in Las Vegas in May 2003, during her break from performing in her residency show A New Day.... The songs were recorded between 2 and 11 May 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 11 August 2003, Dion's official website announced that the release of a new French album, titled {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (meaning 1 girl & 4 guys), was set for 13 October 2003 in Europe and 14 October 2003 in Canada.<ref name="cd1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dion worked on this project with "4 guys" only: Goldman, Benzi, Veneruso, and Arzel.<ref name="cd1"/> Goldman, who had written and produced the best-selling French-language albums of all time, D'eux and S'il suffisait d'aimer, guided {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} as artistic director.<ref name="fillepress">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first single, "Tout l'or des hommes", was sent to radio on 27 August 2003.<ref name="cd1"/><ref name="fillepress"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was written by Veneruso, who had penned Dion's 2001 number-one hit, "Sous le vent", a duet with Garou.<ref name="fillepress"/> The music video for the song was serviced to video outlets in September 2003, and the CD single was scheduled for release on 6 October 2003 in France, Switzerland, and Belgium; on 7 October 2003 in Canada; and a few weeks later in Germany.<ref name="fillepress"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The behind-the-scenes from the video for "Tout l'or des hommes" and the making of the album was posted in the video section on celinedion.com on 28 September 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was also scheduled for release in the United States on 11 November 2003, in Japan on 17 December 2003, in Sweden on 9 February 2004, and in Spain on 19 April 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Content

On 14 September 2003, the album's track listing was posted on Dion's website.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 23 September 2003, it was revealed that {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} would be released in three different versions.<ref name="cd2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While the standard edition was available from all retailers, a deluxe edition with special photos and a DVD was sold in Europe and exclusively in Archambault stores in Canada.<ref name="cd2"/> Finally, a limited edition with a special 45-page booklet was made available in France's Carrefour stores.<ref name="cd2"/> After the album was released, it turned out that it contained a hidden track, "Valse adieu". The songs were written and arranged by Goldman, Benzi, Veneruso, and Arzel, and produced by Benzi. Goldman's brother, J Kapler, co-wrote "Et je t'aime encore" and wrote "Valse adieu". Goldman, Benzi, Veneruso, and Arzel also played instruments and sang lead and background vocals on the record. The album contains three covers: "Retiens-moi", recorded by Nanette Workman for her 1996 album, Une à une; "Tu nages", recorded by Anggun for her 2000 album, Désirs contraires; and "Rien n'est vraiment fini", recorded by Leyla Doriane for her 2000 album, Libre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Et je t'aime encore" is a French-language version of the song "Je t'aime encore", from Dion's One Heart, which was released in March 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Promotion

To promote the album, Dion taped a television special at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on 1 October 2003.<ref name="tvspec">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The footage from this show was used to create two television specials, one for Canada and the second for France.<ref name="tvspec"/> During the television special for Canada, titled 1 fille & 4 types à Las Vegas, Dion was interviewed by Julie Snyder, and short clips of performances form the Colosseum at Caesars Palace were shown, including "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" (duet with Henri Salvador), "Je lui dirai", "Apprends-moi", "Mon homme", "Quand on n'a que l'amour" (duet with the winner of Star Académie), "Sous le vent" (duet with Garou), "Contre nature", "Toi et moi" (duet with Charles Aznavour), "Tout l'or des hommes", "Et je t'aime encore", "Ne bouge pas", and "Le vol d'un ange".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The show was broadcast on 19 October 2003 on TVA and attracted 1,536,500 viewers, becoming the most watched program in Quebec that day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The second television special, for France, titled Céline!, was hosted by Flavie Flament and included the full performance of the following songs: "Tout l'or des hommes" (with the "4 guys"), "On ne change pas", "Toi et moi" (with Charles Aznavour), "Et je t'aime encore", "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (duet with Florent Pagny), "Le vol d'un ange", "Apprends-moi" (with the "4 guys"), "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" (with Henri Salvador), "Sous le vent" (with Garou), "S'il suffisait d'aimer" (with Patrick Fiori, Florent Pagny, and Roch Voisine) and "Valse adieu" (with the "4 guys"). The show also included solo performances by special guests Roch Voisine, Garou, Florent Pagny, Patrick Fiori, Michael Jones, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Charles Aznavour, Gérard Darmon, Martin Fontaine, Henry Salvador, and Ricky Martin.<ref name="cd3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="cd4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The show was broadcast on 18 November 2003 on TF1 and became the most watched program of the French prime-time by attracting 6,131,800 viewers and getting a 31,1% share of the audience.<ref name="cd3"/><ref name="cd4"/>

On 15 October 2003, Dion returned to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to perform her show, A New Day...<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Singles

The first single, "Tout l'or des hommes", was released on 6 October 2003 and reached number one in Quebec, number two in Canada, number three in France, number five in Belgian Wallonia, and number ten in Switzerland;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> it was certified Silver in France. The second single, "Et je t'aime encore", was sent to radio on 11 December 2003, and the limited-edition CD single was released on 23 February 2004;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the music video premiered on 8 March 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Et je t'aime encore" reached number two in Quebec, number fourteen in Belgian Wallonia, number sixteen in France, and number thirty-one in Switzerland.<ref name="cd6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The cover art for the next promotional-only single, "Contre nature", was released to TeamCeline members on 6 March 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song was sent to radio in France on 18 March 2004 and in Canada on 12 April 2004.<ref name="cd6"/><ref name="cd5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The music video, directed by Didier Kerbrat in Las Vegas, premiered on 30 April 2004.<ref name="cd5"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song reached number two in Quebec. "Je lui dirai" was later included on Dion's next album, Miracle, and released as a promotional single in October 2004.

Critical reception

The album met with favourable reviews from music critics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A reviewer from the Montreal Gazette called it the "most sympathetic and intimate work of her career". The French newspaper Le Parisien rated it as excellent, while the Swiss newspaper Le Matin wrote, "It's solid Dion, square and effectively devilish". Rob Theakston from AllMusic wrote that {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "is a record that many Dion fans were hoping would arrive one day. Her voice values dynamics over acrobatics and the band is stripped down to its bare essentials, taking Dion into relatively unfamiliar territories such as country-pop and folk, and she proves herself more than up to the task of delivering top-notch performances every time. This stripped-down, back-to-basics attitude is only further reinforced within the album's packaging: Dion in several fashionably rugged poses that could have come straight from an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog complete with photos of a rugged life 'on the road,' including a shot of her with the band all lying on a bed together with her hair up in a towel and the air conditioner apparently not working during the summertime. It's completely premeditated and no diva in her right mind would stand for such living conditions, but this only reinforces how far away Dion wants to distance herself from her image this time around. The pop songs are equally as infectious as they are hummable".<ref name="allmusic"/> Entertainment Weekly editor David Browne wrote a mixed review: "The presentation cries out empress of overkill goes alt-rock, but the truth is much less engaging" and said that the album "does stand as a marked departure from her usual fare. Forsaking orchestras and pop gloss, she and her guys offer up reverby twang in "Tout l'or des hommes," a slide-guitar romp in "Ne bouge pas," and enough mopey, semi-unplugged arrangements to make you think they just discovered Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love". For her part, Dion sounds more restrained than on her English-language extravaganzas. The album falls victim to the same bathetic love songs that cripple every Dion project, and the quasi-adventurous production gives way to drippy folk-pop balladry".<ref name="entertainment"/>

Commercial performance

With the release of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Dion rocketed to the top of Canadian charts for the second time in less than seven months.<ref name="jam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album accomplished the feat with first-week sales of 44,532 copies, including 42,500 units sold in Quebec alone.<ref name="jam"/><ref name="ledroit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It marked her sixth number-one album in the SoundScan era and her fourth to debut at the top position.<ref name="jam"/> Her previous album, One Heart, entered the chart at number one in April 2003, selling 97,000 copies.<ref name="jam"/> {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} stayed at number one for the second week, selling 19,300 units.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the third week, it fell to number seven, with sales of 8,300 copies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The record sold over 100,000 units in Canada in 2003.<ref name="cantotal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It also debuted at number one in Quebec and stayed at the top for three weeks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was certified platinum in Canada.

In France, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} debuted at number one, selling 123,600 copies, and remained at the top for four non-consecutive weeks.<ref name="ledroit"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 18 December 2003, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was certified 2× platinum for shipping 600,000 copies, and it became the fifth best-selling album of 2003.<ref name="snep">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="snepend">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has sold over 750,000 copies in France.<ref name="frtotal"/>

{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} also reached number one in Belgian Wallonia for two consecutive weeks and peaked at number one in Greece, number two in Switzerland, number seven in Poland, number nine in Belgian Flanders and Finland, and eventually reached number nine on the European Top 100 Albums. It was certified platinum in Belgium and Switzerland and gold in Finland.<ref name="ultratop">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="swiss">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="finland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Accolades

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In December 2003, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was nominated for the NRJ Music Award in the Best French-Language Album of the Year category.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February 2004, Dion received four nominations at the Juno Awards, including Francophone Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Fan Choice Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In September 2004, she received three nominations at the Félix Awards, including Best-Selling Album of the Year and Female Artist of the Year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

All tracks produced by Erick Benzi. Template:Track listing

Personnel

• Gildas Arzel – arranger, guitars, harmonica, lead vocal, background vocals
• Christophe Battaglia – arranger
• Erick Benzi – producer, arranger, engineer, programming, synthesizers, lead vocal, background vocals
• Yvan Cassar – strings director and arranger
• Laurent Coppola – drums
• Humberto Gatica – engineer, mix
• Jean-Jacques Goldman – artistic director, arranger, guitars, lead vocal, background vocals
• Patrick Hampartzoumian – arranger, programming, synthesizers
• Yannick Hardouin – bass
• Thomas Ivaldy – engineer's assistant
• Steve Kadison – engineer's assistant
• Dimitri Kurts – engineer's assistant
• François Lalonde – engineer's assistant
• Gildas Lointier – engineer
• Vito Luprano – executive producer
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Nicolas Mingot – guitars
• Simon Rhodes – engineer
• Bruno Le Rouzic – flutes, uilleann pipes
• Jacques Veneruso – arranger, guitars, lead vocal, background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	9
Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Quebec (ADISQ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12
Belgian Francophone Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8
Finnish Foreign Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12

Chart (2004)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	86
Belgian Francophone Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	40
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	85

Release history

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Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Europe<ref name="release">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13 October 2003	Columbia	Template:Hlist	Template:Hlist
	CD/DVD			513481 5
Canada<ref name="release"/>	14 October 2003	CD		CK 80984
		CD/DVD		513481 5
United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11 November 2003	Epic	CD	EK 90755
Australia	14 November 2003	513481 2
Japan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17 December 2003	SMEJ		EICP-321
Worldwide<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1 September 2017	Columbia	LP	8 89854 50261 4

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2003 (Canada)
• List of number-one singles of 2003 (France)

External links

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