'' Les chemins de ma maison '' (meaning ''The Paths of My House'') is the fourth French-language studio album by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

, released in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada on 7 September 1983. It includes the hit song "

Mon ami m'a quittée "Mon ami m'a quittée" (meaning "My Friend Left Me") is the first single from Celine Dion's album '' Les chemins de ma maison''. It was released in October 1983 in Quebec, Canada and in November 1983 in France. The song was very successful in Que ...

". The album topped the chart in Quebec, was certified Gold in Canada and won the

Félix Award The Félix Award (french: Trophée Félix or Prix Félix) is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' ( ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian ...

for Best Selling Album of the Year.

Content

''Les chemins de ma maison'' includes ten songs, mainly co-written by

Eddy Marnay Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay (Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He ...

, and produced by Marnay and

René Angélil René Angélil (; January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion. Early life Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of ...

. "Ne me plaignez pas" is an adaptation of " Please Don't Sympathise" originally recorded by

Sheena Easton Sheena Shirley Easton (; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress. Easton came into the public eye in an episode of the first British musical reality television programme '' The Big Time: Pop Singer'', which recorded her attempts to ...

, for which Marnay wrote French lyrics for this track.

Commercial performance

The album got Gold certification in Canada and has sold 100,000 copies. It reached number one in Quebec and stayed at the top of the chart for nine weeks. The first single "

" topped the Quebec charts for nine weeks.

Accolades

''Les chemins de ma maison'' received a

for the Best Selling Album of the Year. Dion also won Félix Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and was nominated for Pop Album of the Year and Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success Outside Quebec.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chemins de ma maison, Les 1983 albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion albums Albums produced by René Angélil