''Génération Goldman'' is a compilation/

tribute album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

series containing interpretations of the songs of popular French singer and songwriter

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French ...

. It is released on My Major Company (France) noting that Michaël Goldman, son of the artist is a co-founder of the label. Goldman has not released a studio album since 2001. The original album ''Génération Goldman'' was released on 19 November 2012 on My Major Company France and M 6 Music label as a tribute to Goldman. A follow-up second volume was released on 26 August 2013 entitled ''Génération Goldman Volume 2''. Due to the popularity of the albums, in August 2014, the two volumes were re-released under one cover as ''Génération Goldman Vol. 1 and Vol. 2''

''Génération Goldman''

Songs

The album contains 14 tracks performed by 20 artists with " Envole-moi" performed by

M. Pokora Matthieu Tota (; born 26 September 1985), artistically known as Matt Pokora and later M. Pokora (), is a French pop and R&B singer. In 2016, he became a coach for ''The Voice Kids France'' and '' The Voice: la plus belle voix''. Early life ...

and Tal becoming the first single from the greatly anticipated album. On November 19, 2012, the day of the album release, the new single, "Famille", was released. Other artists to have tracks on the album include

Amel Bent Amel Bent Bachir ( ar, آمال بنت بشير; born 21 June 1985) is a French R&B and pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition ''Nouvelle Star''. She is best-selling artist to come ...

, Ivyrise,

Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...

Shy'm Tamara Marthe (born 28 November 1985), better known as Shy'm , is a French singer. She released her first album, '' Mes fantaisies'', in 2006 and has since released six more albums. She had three Platinum albums, including her number-one 2012 a ...

, Christophe Willem, Florent Mothe,

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and

Amaury Vassili Amaury Vassili Chotard (born 8 June 1989) is a French opera singer and professional tenor. His debut album ''Vincerò'' from 2009 went double platinum in France, and he has had international success with releases in Canada, South Africa and Sou ...

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Charting single releases from the album

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''Génération Goldman Volume 2''

After the success of the original album, a second volume of the ''Génération Goldman'' was released on 26 August 2013. As a pre-release single from Volume 2,

and Soprano interpreting "Quand la musique est bonne" charted in SNEP charts in May 2013.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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Charting single releases from the album

''Génération Goldman Vol. 1 and Vol. 2''

After the success of the two original albums, in August 2014, a limited edition of the two albums was re-released together under one cover charting in its own right in France on the French SNEP Albums Chart.

Charts

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