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D'eux (meaning Of Them or About Them or From Them) is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, 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 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. D'eux includes successful hit singles: "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" and "Je sais pas." A song called "Vole" was dedicated to Karine, Dion's niece who had died of cystic fibrosis. 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.

D'eux was promoted in April 1995 with one-hour TV special. Céline Dion did also the D'eux Tour to support the album. The show at Le Zénith in Paris was recorded and released as Live à Paris.

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 Awards, Félix Awards and Victoires de la Musique. 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. Dion's 2007 CD title D'elles 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 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, 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. Even in the United States the album has sold 242,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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

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 except where noted.

Charts and certifications

Charts

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart !Peakposition |- |align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart |align="center"|35 |- |align="left"|Belgian Flanders Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Canadian Record Albums Chart |align="center"|31 |- |align="left"|Canadian RPM Albums Chart |align="center"|29 |- |align="left"|Danish Albums Chart¹ |align="center"|5 |- |align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|European Albums Chart |align="center"|3 |- |align="left"|Finnish Albums Chart |align="center"|23 |- |align="left"|French Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|German Albums Chart |align="center"|69 |- |align="left"|Italian Albums Chart |align="center"|38 |- |align="left"|Japanese Albums Chart |align="center"|50 |- |align="left"|New Zealand Albums Chart |align="center"|17 |- |align="left"|Portuguese Albums Chart |align="center"|2 |- |align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart |align="center"|9 |- |align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|UK Albums Chart |align="center"|7 |- |}

Certifications

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

Release history

{|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- |rowspan="1"| France |rowspan="1"| March 27, 1995 |rowspan="2"| Sony Music, Columbia |rowspan="5"| CD | 4802862 |- |rowspan="1"| Canada |rowspan="1"| March 28, 1995 | 80219 |- |rowspan="1"| United States |rowspan="1"| May 16, 1995 |Epic | 67107 |- |rowspan="1"| United Kingdom |rowspan="1"| October 2, 1995 |Sony Music, Epic | 4802862 |- |rowspan="1"| Japan |rowspan="1"| October 2, 1996 |Sony Music Japan, Epic | ESCA-6541 |- |rowspan="1"| Europe |rowspan="1"| November 18, 2009 |rowspan="2"| Sony Music, Legacy |rowspan="2"| CD/DVD |rowspan="2"| 88697559222 |- |rowspan="1"| Canada |rowspan="1"| December 1, 2009 |}

References

Category:Celine Dion albums Category:1995 albums