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1 fille & 4 types (2003)

Where the lyrics of 1 fille & 4 types take you, and where it was really made.

Canadian singer Celine Dion's French album was written and produced by four French songwriters and recorded in Las Vegas.

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Recorded in Las Vegas (2003)

Recording site Digital Insight — Recording for the album took place at this Las Vegas studio, where Dion reunited with the four songwriters and producers in May 2003. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• 1 fille & 4 types (lit. '1 girl & 4 guys'): twentieth studio album and twelfth French-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion
• Released 13 October 2003 by Columbia Records and Epic Records
• 13 songs written and arranged by Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, and Gildas Arzel; produced by Benzi
• Lead single "Tout l'or des hommes" reached number one in Quebec and number three in France
• Followed by "Et je t'aime encore" and the promotional single "Contre nature"

Background

• Dion began work on the next French-language album on 8 October 2002 in Paris, where she met four established French songwriters and producers
• After four days of rehearsals, she reunited with them in Las Vegas in May 2003, during a break from her residency show A New Day...
• Goldman, who had written and produced the best-selling French-language albums D'eux and S'il suffisait d'aimer, served as artistic director
• On 11 August 2003 Dion's official website announced the album title and release dates

Recording

• Recording sessions took place between 2 and 11 May 2003
• Dion collaborated exclusively with Goldman, Benzi, Veneruso, and Arzel on the project
• Goldman, Benzi, Veneruso, and Arzel also contributed instruments and performed lead and background vocals
• Goldman's brother J Kapler co-wrote "Et je t'aime encore" and wrote "Valse adieu"
• Three covers included: "Retiens-moi", "Tu nages", and "Rien n'est vraiment fini"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, the youngest of 14 children.
• Discovered by future manager and husband René Angélil after her brother sent him a demo recording of her first song "Ce n'était qu'un rêve".
• Angélil mortgaged his home in 1981 to fund her first record, La voix du bon Dieu, which became a No. 1 hit in Quebec.
• Won the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1982.
• Won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 for Switzerland with "Ne partez pas sans moi".

Career

• Debuted in the Anglophone market with Unison (1990), followed by Celine Dion (1992).
• Breakthrough with "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) with Peabo Bryson, winning her first Grammy.
• The Colour of My Love (1993) and Falling into You (1996) became major international successes.
• "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic (1997) became her signature song and one of the best-selling singles.
• D'eux (1995) became the best-selling French-language album.
• Held the A New Day... residency at Caesars Palace (2003–2007), the highest-grossing concert residency; the Los Angeles Times ranked her the top-earning artist of the 2000s.
• Announced in 2022 a diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, cancelling tours; returned to performing at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

Members

• Solo artist; manager and husband René Angélil (died 2016) guided her career.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Montreal Gazette described it as the most sympathetic and intimate work of her career
• Le Parisien rated it excellent
• Le Matin wrote that it was solid Dion, square and effectively devilish
• AllMusic's Rob Theakston said many Dion fans had hoped for such a record, noting her voice values dynamics over acrobatics and the stripped-down band
• Entertainment Weekly's David Browne wrote a mixed review, calling it a marked departure from her usual fare while finding the truth less engaging than the presentation

Records

• Topped the charts in Canada, France, Belgium's Wallonia, and Greece
• Reached the top ten in Switzerland, Poland, Finland, and Belgium's Flanders
• First-week sales in Canada: 44,532 copies, including 42,500 in Quebec alone
• France: debuted at number one with 123,600 copies; certified double platinum on 18 December 2003 for 600,000 shipments
• Certified platinum in Canada, Belgium, and Switzerland; gold in Finland
• Nominated for the NRJ Music Award for Best French-Language Album of the Year (December 2003)
• Four Juno Award nominations (February 2004)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• After the album's release it was revealed that it included a hidden track, "Valse adieu"
• A limited edition with a 45-page booklet was sold through Carrefour stores in France; the deluxe edition was sold exclusively at Archambault stores in Canada
• The Canadian TV special recorded at Caesars Palace's Colosseum drew 1,536,500 viewers on TVA on 19 October 2003
• "Tout l'or des hommes" was written by Veneruso, who had also written the 2001 number-one duet "Sous le vent" with Garou

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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