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Hélène (album)
''Hélène'' is a 1989 album by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. The title track " Hélène" is his best sold single ever, reaching number one for nine weeks on the French Singles Chart. Other successful singles from the album include "Pourtant" (#3) and " Avant de partir" (#7), released in 1990 summer. Two songs were both written and composed by the singer himself. Marc Voisine, his brother, participated in the writing of the last track. The recording and mixing were made at the Victor studio, except for the song "Hélène" (at Intercession studio). The album debuted at #14 on 3 December 1989 on the SNEP Albums Chart and had a peak at number one for two weeks almost eleven months after. It totaled 40 weeks in the top ten and 113 weeks in the top 50. In 1991, the album achieved Diamond status for over one million copies sold. In Norway, the album entered the albums chart in February 1990 and stayed for six weeks in the top 20, with a peak at number nine. Track listing # " Hélèn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch Voisine
Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal and Paris. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994. In 1997, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Beginnings Born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, he grew up in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick and later moved to Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec when he was 12. Voisine studied at École technique des métiers de Lauzon in Lévis (today Guillaume-Couture Secondary School) and at Polyvalente de Lévis (today École Pointe-Lévy). Then he continued for 4 years at Cégep Limoilou. He attended the University of Ottawa where he graduated in 1985 with a degree in physiotherapy and played 4 seasons with the uOttawa Gee-Gees men's hockey team. Voisine aspired to be a professional ice hockey player. He had to set his plans aside when he was severely injured while pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double (Roch Voisine Album)
''Double'' is a 1990 bilingual French / English double album by Canadian singer Roch Voisine as a follow up to the album '' Hélène''. The first CD is all in French, the second all in English. The English tracks were also released as a separate album entitled ''Roch Voisine''. Album information The album was recorded in Canada and France, and was mixed in France. Famous singer-songwriter and guitarist Francis Cabrel participated in one of the tracks of the second album. In France, the album spawned three top three singles : "La berceuse du petit diable" (#3), "Darlin'" (#2), and later "La promesse" (#3) and "Avec tes yeux (Pretty Face)" (#3). The last two singles were released to support Voisine's live album ''Europe tour'', but originally appears on this album. ''Double'' debuted at #4 on 6 December 1990 on the SNEP Albums Chart and had a peak at number two for two weeks. It totaled 26 weeks in the top ten and 73 weeks in the top 50. In 1992, the album earned a 2 x Platinum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène (song)
"Hélène" is a 1989 pop song recorded by the Canadian singer Roch Voisine. Written and composed by Voisine and Stéphane Lessard with guitars played by Carl Katz and keyboards by Luc Gilbert, it was the first single from his first studio album '' Hélène'', and was released in November 1989. It is mainly a song in French-language, but contains a line in English as follows: "Hélène things you do / Make me crazy about you". The cover for the CD maxi used the same photograph as that of the album '' Hélène'' : Roch Voisine's face with a black background. "Hélène" achieved a great success in France where it topped the singles chart for nine weeks, thus allowing Voisine to launch his international career. Music video The music video features the singer and an air hostess who are in love, but who are forced to separate because of professional reasons. She may be French because when, in the video, she writes her name on a mirror with her lipstick, she does end it with an 'e' ('H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pourtant
"Pourtant" is a 1989 pop-ballad song recorded by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. It was released in March 1990 as the second single from his first studio album '' Hélène'', on which it appears as the third track. It became a top three hit in France. Versions "Pourtant" was performed during Voisine's 1992 tour and thus included on the live albums ''Europe Tour'' and '' Roch Voisine Live'', as well as on the compilation ''Best Of''. Voisine recorded a new version of "Pourtant" first in 2003 on his album '' Je te serai fidèle'', then in 2013 as a duet with Robert Marien, on the Canadian edition of his album ''Duophonique''. Chart performance In France, "Pourtant" debuted at number 17 on the chart edition of 7 April 1991, then entered the top ten two weeks later, had a peak at number three in its sixth week, and remained for a total of eight weeks in the top ten and 14 weeks in the top 50. It achieved Silver status, awarded by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avant De Partir (song)
"Avant de partir" is a 1989 pop song recorded by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. It was released in July 1990 as the third and last single from his first studio album '' Hélène'', on which it appears as the fourth track. It became a top ten hit in France. Versions "Avant de partir" was performed during Voisine's 1992 tour and thus included on the live albums ''Europe Tour'' and '' Roch Voisine Live'', as well as on the compilation ''Best Of''. Voisine recorded a new version of "Avant de partir" first in 2003 on his album '' Je te serai fidèle'', then in 2013 as a duet with Véronic DiCaire, on his album ''Duophonique''. Jonathan Hamard of Charts in France considered this cover version with DiCaire as one of the most well-made duets from Voisine's album. Chart performance In France, "Avant de partir" debuted at number 31 on the chart edition of 28 July 1990, had a peak at number seven in its seventh week, and remained for a total of six weeks in the top ten and 21 weeks in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Recording Sales Certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold, platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or music download). History The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Albums
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