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Retiens-moi
(English: "1 girl & 4 guys") is the twentieth studio album and twelfth French-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music on 13 October 2003. 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 top ten in all Francophone countries, including number one in Quebec and number three in France. It was followed by "Et je t'aime encore" and "Contre nature". received favourable reviews from music critics, some of whom noted that it is a record many Dion fans were hoping would arrive one day. On the commercial level, the album also became a success. It topped the charts in Canada, France, Belgian Wallonia, and Greece, and also reached top ten in Switzerland, Poland, Finland, and Belgian Flanders. was certified 2× Platinum in France, Platinum in Canada, Belgium, and Switzerland, and Gold in Finland. Backgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erick Benzi
Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille. He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arzel). Since the 1990s, Benzi has produced albums for a variety of artists, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, Celine Dion, and Anggun. In 2007, Benzi became a member of the band El Club, with Arzel, Christian Seguret (:fr:Christian Seguret, fr), and Michael Jones (Welsh-French musician), Michael Jones. Production discography Albums * 1992: ''Rester vrai'' (Florent Pagny) * 1993: ''Rouge (Fredericks Goldman Jones album), Rouge'' (Fredericks/Goldman/Jones) * 1995: ''D'eux'' (Celine Dion) * 1995: ''Lorada'' (Johnny Hallyday) * 1996: ''Une à une'' (Nanette Workman) * 1996: ''Bienvenue chez moi'' (Florent Pagny) * 1996: ''Springfield (album), Springfield'' (Carole Fredericks) * 1997: ''Snow on the Sahara'' (Anggun) * 1997: ''En passant (Jean-Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had a Cultural impact of Celine Dion, significant impact on popular music. Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion was discovered by her future manager and husband, René Angélil, and emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She gained international recognition by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, represented Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Dion went on to release Celine Dion albums discography, twelve English-language albums. ''The Colour of My Love'' (1993), ''Falling into You'' (1996), ''Let's Talk About Love'' (1997), and ''All the Way... A Decade of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contre Nature
"Contre nature" (meaning "against nature") is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her twentieth studio album, '' 1 fille & 4 types'' (2003). It was written by Jacques Veneruso and produced by Erick Benzi. "Contre nature" was released as a promotional single on 18 March 2004. It entered the airplay charts in Francophone countries, reaching number two in Quebec. The music video premiered on 30 April 2004. Background and release Dion started working on her next French-language album on 8 October 2002 in Paris where she met with four 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 A New Day.... The songs were recorded between 2–11 May 2003. Goldman, who wrote and produced Dion's best-selling French-language albums of all time, ''D'eux'', guided '' 1 fille & 4 types'' as the artistic director. "Contre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Colosseum At Caesars Palace
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is a theatre, theater located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is the main entertainment venue for Caesars Palace. The venue opened in 2003 and has an estimated seating capacity of 4,100 spectators. Its design is inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome along with aspects of contemporary architecture. The cost of the theater was $108 million, becoming the most expensive entertainment venue in Las Vegas at the time, beating the O (Cirque du Soleil), "O" Theater at the Bellagio (resort), Bellagio Las Vegas. Deemed the ''Home of the Greatest Entertainers in the World'', the Colosseum has hosted numerous concert residency, concert residencies by Celine Dion, Madonna, Elton John, Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn, Usher (entertainer), Usher, Rod Stewart, Cher, Bette Midler, Shania Twain, Mariah Carey, and Adele. Celine Dion has had the longest residency (1,141 shows as of June 8, 2019) at the venue grossing a total of $650 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''The New York Times'' as "Wikipedia-like". While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created." As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings. History Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo .... It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirs Contraires
''Chrysalis '' (English version) / ''Désirs contraires'' (French version) is the second international studio album by Indonesian French singer Anggun. It was released by Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment in over fifteen countries in Europe and Asia, with the English version being first released in Japan on 30 August 2000 and the French version premiering in France on 2 October 2000. A major departure from her non-Indonesian Snow on the Sahara, debut album's world music composition, ''Chrysalis'' features electropop sounds with elements of contemporary R&B, R&B and ambient music. The album was again produced by Erick Benzi and featured some of Anggun's own compositions. She also co-wrote the entire material on the English version. ''Chrysalis'' debuted at number 66 on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s European Top 100 Albums chart. It became Anggun's second top-ten album in Italy and was certified Gold one week after its release. In Indonesia, ''Chrysalis'' received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anggun
Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; (born 29 April 1974), known mononymously as Anggun, is an Indonesian-French singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she began performing at the age of seven and recorded a children's album two years later. She rose to fame in 1989 as a teenage rock star and by 1993 she had released five Indonesian-language studio albums and a soundtrack album to the Indonesian film ''Si Roy'' (1989). ''Rolling Stone'' listed her single " Mimpi" as one of the 150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time. Anggun left Indonesia for England in 1994 to pursue an international career. She later moved to France and recorded her first international album, '' Snow on the Sahara'' (1997). It was released in 33 countries by Sony Music and sold more than one million copies worldwide. Since then, Anggun has released another six studio albums—in English and French—and a soundtrack album to the Danish film '' Open Hearts'' (2002). Her singles " Snow on the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Workman
Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945, Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a singer-songwriter, actress and author, who has been based in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada, during much of her career. She holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada. She was raised by musician parents in Jackson, Mississippi, where she began her first performances. Although raised as an English speaker, she mainly performs in French. She has recorded with well-known musicians in the U.S., Canada, UK and France and has been recognized in Mississippi by being elected to that state's Musicians Hall of Fame and having a Francophone house named after her at the state university."Nanette Workman" ''The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''. Workman's Biography, Discography, and Bibliography Bio ...
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Robert Goldman (songwriter)
Robert Goldman (born 1953) is a French songwriter. He was born in Paris, the son of Alter Mojze Goldman and Ruth Ambrunn who were Jewish Resistance fighters during the Second World War. He is the younger brother of Jean-Jacques Goldman and half-brother of Pierre Goldman. He has written more than 50 songs for many French-speaking singers such as Céline Dion. He often signed J Kapler. Songs composed by Robert Goldman/J.Kapler Vanessa Amorosi *" Champagne, Champagne" (B.O Absolument fabuleux, 2001) France D'Amour *Ce qui me reste de toi (France d'Amour, 2002) *Je n'irai pas ailleurs (France d'Amour, 2002) *Le bonheur me fait peur (France d'Amour, 2002) *Quand je me love en toi (France d'Amour, 2002) *Que des mots (France d'Amour, 2002) *Vous étiez (France d'Amour, 2002) Lisa Angell *N'oubliez pas (2015) Tina Arena *Aller plus haut (In deep, 1999) *S'il faut prier (Un Autre Univers, 2005) *Tu aurais dû me dire (Un Autre Univers, 2005) Chimène Badi *Le jour d'aprà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour
Carrefour Group, S.A. (, ), is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, Essonne, Massy, France. It operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. By 2024, the group had 14,000 stores in 40 countries.. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue. History The first Carrefour shop (not a hypermarket) opened in 1960, within suburban Annecy, near a crossroads (junction), crossroads (hence the name ― ''carrefour'' means ''crossroads'' in French). The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail", Bernardo Trujillo. The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket: a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archambault
Archambault () is the largest music retailer in the province of Quebec, Canada, as well as a major retailer of books, DVDs, periodicals, musical instruments, sheet music, games, toys and gift ideas. Its e-commerce site, www.archambault.ca, is the largest French-language retail site in North America. Archambault currently operates 13 stores in Quebec. Paragraphe Bookstore, an English-language bookstore, is also part of Archambault Group. History Archambault was founded in 1896 by Edmond Archambault, who had originally wanted to open a sheet music store. In partnership with J.A. Hurteau, a major retailer of pianos, instruments and music accessories, Mr. Archambault opened his first store on the corner of Saint Denis and Sainte Catherine Street, Sainte Catherine Streets in Montreal. In 1919, Edmond Archambault became the store's sole owner, and in 1930, he decided to move to the corner of Berri and Sainte Catherine Streets, where he built a seven-storey building, which he dubbed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Single
A CD single is a single (music), music single in the form of a compact disc (CD). Originally the ''CD single'' standard (as defined in the Rainbow Books, Red Book) was an 8 cm (3-inch) "mini CD" (''CD3''); later on the term referred to any single recorded onto a CD of any size, particularly the 12 cm (5-inch) "full-size" disc (''CD5''). From a technical viewpoint, a CD single is identical to any other Compact Disc Digital Audio, audio CD. The format started gaining popularity in the early 1990s, but quickly declined in the early and mid 2000s, in favor of Digital download (music), digital downloaded singles and CD Album, albums. Commercially released CD singles can vary in length from two songs (an A-side and B-side, A side and B side, in the tradition of 7-inch 45-rpm 7 inch record, records) up to six songs like an Extended play, EP, which would be marketed as a maxi single in some regions. Some contain multiple mixes of one or more songs (known as remixes), in the tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
