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| Studio album by Céline Dion | |||||
| Released | October 13, 2003 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | May 2-11, 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 47:55 | ||||
| Label | Columbia, Epic | ||||
| Producer | Erick Benzi | ||||
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1 fille & 4 types (meaning 1 Girl & 4 Guys) is a French-language album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 13, 2003. It's her 21st French album and 30th in total.
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Céline Dion was surrounded with three writers-composers and an artistic director who have made their mark on the French music scene. The voice of all these artists - Jacques Veneruso, Erick Benzi, Gildas Arzel and Jean-Jacques Goldman - accompanies Dion's performance throughout the entire album, produced by Benzi and guided by Goldman.[1]
The album features three covers: "Tu nages" - originally by Anggun (2000), "Retiens-moi" - by Nanette Workman (1996), and "Rien n'est vraiment fini" - by Leyla Doriane (2000).[2]
1 fille & 4 types was released in three different formats - regular CD and two limited editions: CD + 50-page collector's book, and CD + " Making of "Tout l'or des hommes" video DVD. However, the last two were released in France only.[3]
On October 1, 2003 Céline Dion taped the 1 fille & 4 types TV Special at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed her show A New Day..., to promote the album.
After three single releases from that album: "Tout l'or des hommes," "Et je t'aime encore," and "Contre nature," there was a fourth one issued - "Je lui dirai." However, it was promoting also Dion's next album Miracle, as it was included there as a bonus track.
"Et je t'aime encore" is a French version of "Je t'aime encore" included on Dion's previous English album One Heart. A live version of this song became a part of A New Day... Live in Las Vegas CD (as Céline Dion performed it between November 2003 and November 2004, during her show A New Day...).
All singles from 1 fille & 4 types were featured later on Dion's 2005 French greatest hits compilation On ne change pas.
The making of 1 fille & 4 types album and "Contre nature" music video, as well as all music videos from this album were included on the On ne change pas DVD.
1 fille & 4 types entered at number 1 in France with a massive 123,596 total of sales in its first week, marking Dion's eleventh number 1 and her seventh to debut at the top there. It remained at number 1 for four non-consecutive weeks and sixty weeks on the charts. It was certified 2x platinum in December 2003 for more than 600,000 copies sold and was the fifth best-selling album of 2003 in France after only two months of release.
In Canada, the album debuted at number 1 with 44,532 copies sold in its first week and remained at number 1 for two weeks, being Dion's ninth number 1 in her native country. To date, it has sold more than 100,000 and could be certified platinum.
1 fille & 4 types also reached number 1 in Belgium Wallonie (two weeks, Dion's eleventh number 1 in that country) being certified platinum for more than 50,000 copies sold, and in Greece. It also reached number 2 in Switzerland (platinum), number 7 in Poland, number 9 in Europe, Belgium Flanders and Finland (gold).
DVD
| Chart | Peak position |
Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Austrian Albums Chart[4] | 27 | ||
| Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[5] | 9 | Platinum | 50,000[6] |
| Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[7] | 1 | ||
| Canadian Albums Chart[8] | 1 | 150,0001[9] | |
| Dutch Albums Chart[10] | 30 | ||
| European Albums Chart[11] | 9 | ||
| Finnish Albums Chart[12] | 9 | Gold | 20,000[13] |
| French Albums Chart[14] | 1 | 2x platinum | 600,000[15] |
| German Albums Chart[16] | 26 | ||
| Greek Albums Chart[17] | 1 | ||
| Hungarian Albums Chart[18] | 63 | ||
| Italian Albums Chart[19] | 52 | ||
| Polish Albums Chart[20] | 7 | ||
| Swedish Albums Chart[21] | 22 | ||
| Swiss Albums Chart[22] | 2 | Platinum | 40,000[23] |
| U.S. Billboard 200[24] | 25,000[25] |
1 should be certified platinum (100,000)
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Europe | October 13, 2003 | Columbia | CD | 5134812 |
| CD/DVD | 5134815 | |||
| Canada | October 14, 2003 | Columbia | CD | 90755 |
| South Korea | October 24, 2003 | Columbia | CD | CPK-3013 |
| United States | November 11, 2003 | Epic | CD | 90755 |
| Australia | November 14, 2003 | Epic | CD | 5134812 |
| Japan | December 17, 2003 | Epic | CD | EICP-321 |
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