Live à Paris explained

Live à Paris
Type:live
Artist:Celine Dion
Cover:Live à Paris.jpg
Recorded:October 1995
Venue:Le Zénith (Paris, France)
Genre:
Length:73:37
Label:
Producer:
Prev Title:Falling into You
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Let's Talk About Love
Next Year:1997

Live à Paris (English: "live in Paris") is the third live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 21 October 1996 by Sony Music. It features primarily French-language songs, mainly from D'eux (1995), but also includes "The Power of Love", "River Deep, Mountain High" and a studio version of "To Love You More" as a bonus track. Live à Paris topped the charts in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec, and was certified 2× Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, denoting sales of over two million copies in Europe.

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

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".[1]

Commercial performance

Live à Paris has debuted at number one in France, selling 200,000 copies in its first week.[2] On 1 November 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 chart simultaneously in the French Top 20. That week, Live à Paris entered the chart on top position (her 3rd number 1 album in France that 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).[2]

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

After selling 810,000 copies in France and 280,000 copies in Canada,[4] it was certified 2× 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 and Quebec.[11] 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.

Accolades

See main article: List of awards and nominations received by Celine Dion. 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.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996–1997)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 122
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] 7
European Albums (Music & Media)[14] 6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[15] 4
Quebec (ADISQ)[16] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)! scope="col"
Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[17] 72
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18] 95
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 10
Chart (1997)Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 25
Canadian Albums (SoundScan)[22] 83
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[23] 41
European Albums (Music & Media)[24] 57
French Albums (SNEP)[25] 31

All-time charts

Chart! scope="col"
Position
Canadian Artists Albums (SoundScan)[26] 90

Release history

Release history for Live à Paris! Region! Date! Label! Format! Catalog
France[27] 21 October 1996Columbia486606
United Kingdom[28] 28 October 1996Epic4836062
Canada[29] 29 October 1996Columbia80238
Japan[30] 22 January 1997SMEJCDESCA-6637
Australia[31] February 1997Epic486606

See also

Notes and References

  1. Live à Paris review
  2. Book: Taylor, Chuck. 550's Celine Dion Takes Stardom to Next Level. 9 November 1996. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 15. en.
  3. Web site: IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 2004 . . 1 March 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004335/http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_news/plat2004.html . 13 July 2011.
  4. Tragically Hip, Celine Dion Top Juno Award Scores. Larry LeBlanc. Billboard. 9. 22 March 1997. 11 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Certifications albums double platine - année 1998 . https://archive.today/20120724075353/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml?year=1998&type=13 . dead . 24 July 2012 . . 13 April 2014 .
  6. Web site: Gold & platinum certification searchable database. Canadian Recording Industry Association. 13 January 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722040846/http://www.musiccanada.com/GoldPlatinum.aspx. 22 July 2012. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Awards 1997 . Ultratop. 27 March 2010.
  8. Web site: Edelmetall 1996 . Swiss Music Charts. 13 April 2014.
  9. Web site: Goud/Platina Muziek . . 13 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090910023734/http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461 . 10 September 2009 . dead .
  10. Web site: Gold certification awards . ZPAV . 3 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014040536/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php . 14 October 2013 .
  11. Web site: Compilation des ventes d'albums par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes. BAnQ. fr. 12 March 2019.
  12. Web site: Celine Dion ARIA chart history (albums 1991-2019), received from ARIA in May 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 12, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  13. Hits of the World. Billboard. 68. 23 November 1996. 10 May 2015.
  14. Web site: European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 13. 7 December 1996. 4 May 2019.
  15. Web site: Top National Sellers: Portugal. Music & Media. 14. 7 December 1996. 4 May 2019.
  16. Web site: Palmarès des ventes d'albums au Québec. BAnQ. fr. 12 March 2019. 27 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230127210358/http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/.
  17. Web site: Top Albums/CDs - Volume 64, No. 18, December 16 1996. RPM. 16 December 1996. 28 July 2014.
  18. Web site: Jaaroverzichten - Album 1996. Hung Medien. nl. 28 July 2014.
  19. Web site: Tops de l'année - Top Albums 1996. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 11 June 2020.
  20. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1997. Ultratop. nl. 28 July 2014.
  21. Web site: Rapports annueles 1997. Ultratop. fr. 1 July 2014.
  22. Web site: Albums : Top 100 of 1997 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010320221621/http://www.jamshowbiz.com:80/JamMusicCharts/ALBUMS_1997.html . 20 March 2001 . dead . Jam!. 15 August 2023.
  23. Web site: Jaaroverzichten - Album 1997. Hung Medien. nl. 28 July 2014.
  24. Web site: Year in Focus. Music & Media. 7. 27 December 1997. 2 May 2019.
  25. Web site: Tops de l'année - Top Albums 1997. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 11 June 2020.
  26. Web site: Prophètes en leur pays. fr. Le Journal de Montréal. Marc-André Lemieux. 8 July 2017. 8 July 2017.
  27. Web site: Celine Dion - Live à Paris. Amazon France. 27 September 2018.
  28. New Releases. Music Week. 28. 26 October 1996. 29 December 2022.
  29. Web site: Celine Dion: Music - Live à Paris. celinedion.com. 26 September 2018.
  30. Web site: パリ・ライブ. Amazon Japan. 27 September 2018. ja.
  31. Web site: Celine Dion - Live à Paris (AU). Discogs. 27 September 2018.

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