Live à Paris

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For the video, see Live à Paris (video).

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Live à Paris (meaning Live in Paris) is a live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on October 22, 1996. It's her 3rd live album, 18th French album and 22nd in total.

Content

After having the best-selling Francophone album of all time - D'eux, Dion released Live à Paris, which contains ten out of twelve songs from D'eux. The concert was recorded at Le Zénith in 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

AllMusic said that the album "has more of a rock feel than any of Dion's other live or studio albums" and "Dion raises the roof and proves just as adept with harder material as she is with adult contemporary ballads." According to them "this good live album from one of the biggest stars of our time serves to showcase her not only as a balladeer, but as a first-rate rock star."[2]

Chart performance

Following the successful D'eux, Live à Paris has sold 2 million copies in Europe alone, where it was certified 2x Platinum by the IFPI.[3]

After selling 686,700 copies in France and 280,000 copies in Canada,[4] it was certified 2x Platinum in both countries.[5][6] The album was also certified Platinum in Belgium[7] and Switzerland.[8] In non-Francophone countries, like the Netherlands and Poland, Live à Paris achieved Gold status.[9][10]

The album topped the charts for eight weeks in France, for four weeks in Belgium Wallonia and one week in Switzerland. In Belgium Flanders, it peaked at number 6, and in Canada at number 7. Live à Paris also charted in many non-Francophone countries, reaching number 9 in the Netherlands, number 24 in Austria, number 25 in New Zealand, number 46 in Italy, number 53 in the United Kingdom and number 63 in Germany. On the European Top 100 Albums, Live à Paris peaked at number 6.

On November 1, 1996, 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).

Awards

Live à Paris won a Juno Award for Best Selling Francophone Album and two Félix Awards for Best Selling Album and Best Pop Rock Album.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "J'attendais"   Jean-Jacques Goldman Claude "Mégo" Lemay 4:58
2. "Destin"   Goldman Lemay 4:11
3. "The Power of Love"  
Lemay 4:45
4. "Regarde-moi"   Goldman Lemay 3:49
5. "River Deep, Mountain High"  
Lemay 3:29
6. "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)"  
Lemay 5:03
7. "Les derniers seront les premiers" (duet with Jean-Jacques Goldman) Goldman Lemay 3:52
8. "J'irai où tu iras" (duet with Jean-Jacques Goldman) Goldman Lemay 3:46
9. "Je sais pas"  
Lemay 4:25
10. "Le ballet"   Goldman Lemay 10:33
11. "Prière païenne"   Goldman Lemay 4:55
12. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"   Goldman Lemay 5:10
13. "Quand on n'a que l'amour"   Jacques Brel Lemay 4:41
14. "Vole"   Goldman Lemay 4:03
15. "To Love You More" (bonus track)
Foster 5:28

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Belgium (BEA)[32] Platinum 50,000
Canada (Music Canada)[33] 2× Platinum 280,000[4]
France (SNEP)[34] 2× Platinum 686,700[35]
Netherlands (NVPI)[36] Gold 50,000
Poland (ZPAV)[37] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[38] Platinum 50,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[39] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Europe October 22, 1996 Sony Music, Columbia CD COL 488806 2
Canada October 29, 1996 80238

See also

References

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