The repertoire of the Italian-French singer
Dalida includes no less than 700 songs that have led her to record in 11 languages.
She signed her first contract with the
Barlcay record company on May 2, 1956 and found success with
Bambino, which sold 175,000 copies. From 1957 to 1961, she became the biggest record seller in France. Dalida met her first million records sold with the song Le jour où la pluie viendra (
Am Tag Als Der Regen Kam for the German version) released in 1958. Twelve years later, she created with her brother her own label called
International Show. Her records were initially distributed by
Sonopresse
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(with which she sold nearly 4,600,000 records in the first four years) then by
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in 1978. From 1987, many records were released under various additional labels:
East-West,
PolyGram
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,
Universal. From her death on May 3, 1987 to 2012, Dalida will have certified no less than 2,510,000 sales in France with announced global sales of 8,000,000 for the same period, including 1.2 million made in 1997 alone.
Awarded by labels and competent bodies, Dalida will have received no less than 70 gold, platinum and diamond records for her sales in
Germany,
France,
Canada,
Japan
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and
Benelux.
Due to an international career led, she ranked in many hit parades around the world appearing in the rankings in
Belgium 112 times (Flanders and Wallonia), 104 times in
France, 62 times in
Canada, 17 times in
Italy, 16 times in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, 12 times in
Turkey, 9 times in
Spain, 7 times in
Argentina, 5 times in the
Netherlands, 4 times in
Germany, 3 times in
Poland, 2 times in
Japan
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,
Brazil,
Israel, and once in
Austria,
Mexico and
Portugal. In the
United States, she also appeared twice jointly with other artists in the
Cash Box top 100 (Best Selling Tunes on Records list) between 1958 and 1959.
To this can be added sales in certain countries which did not then have sales rankings such as
Lebanon,
Russia, Eastern European countries (especially
Czechoslovakia) and
African countries
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, where the singer has cumulatively sold several million records.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Soundtrack albums
Box sets
Extended plays
Singles
Mainstream
Promotional
Charts
Songs
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Since 1987
Albums
1960–1987
Since 1987
References
External links
Chart sources, per country column:
"Argentina, Austria, Spain and Turkey. Partially France, Italy, Japan and Belgium"*Argentina
"Cuore matto", "Ciao amore, ciao""Belgium and Switzerland"
*France; Orlando, CIDD, France-Inter, Europe 1, RMC, RTL
"La bourse des chansons""Music Hall""Dans le bleu du ciel bleu""Si j'avais des millions""Germany""Mamy blue""Milord""Japan""Netherlands""Québec"
Bibliography
* ''L'argus Dalida: Discographie mondiale et cotations'', by Daniel Lesueur, Éditions Alternatives, 2004. .
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