"Cassé" is

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's debut single from her album '' Nolwenn''. It was released in 2003 in

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and

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and achieved a great success in these countries, topping the French and Belgian charts.

Lyrics, music and video

"Cassé" was written and composed by Lionel Florence and Francis Maggiulli, and produced by

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and David Gategno. It is the first track on the album, '' Nolwenn''. The music video of "Cassé" begins with Nolwenn walking towards a studio. While singing, she gets prepared for a photoshoot and then poses in front of a camera with different outfits. During the last part of the video, she is seen playing various musical instruments such as cello, piano and violin."Youtube.com - Music Video of ''Cassé''"
(Retrieved 4 May 2008)

Chart performances

"Cassé" was number 1 on the French Singles Charts in its first week of release and stayed at this position for two successive weeks. The single managed to stay in the top 5 for another 4 weeks before dropping very quickly until leaving the chart on 6 July, after 17 weeks of attendance."Cassé",

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SNEP Singles Char
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(Retrieved 23 December 2007) It was ranked #25 on Annual Chart.2003 French Singles Char
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(Retrieved 20 April 2008)
The song may be considered as

's most successful single to date. It was also her first and only single to reach #1 on the

SNEP Singles Charts until "Nolwenn Ohwo!" in 2006. In Belgium Wallonia, the single went straight to #2 on 29 March 2003, then topped the chart for two weeks. It was then #2 for two weeks and #3 for four weeks. After that, it kept on dropping on the chart and totaled ten weeks in the top ten, and 13 weeks in the top 40.

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(

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...

) Ultratop 40 Singles Char
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(Retrieved 22 December 2007) It achieved

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statusBelgian certification
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(Retrieved 12 May 2008) and was the ninth best-selling single of the year in this country.2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Char
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(Retrieved 20 April 2008)

Track listing

; CD single # "Cassé" (4:30) # "Ce qu'il nous faudrait" (3:34)

Certification

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casse Nolwenn Leroy songs Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles SNEP Top Singles number-one singles 2003 songs Songs written by Lionel Florence 2003 debut singles Mercury Records singles Universal Music Group singles