D'eux

chronology
D'eux
Studio album by Celine Dion
Publication ; (s)	April 3, 1995
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	Pop , chanson
Title (number)	12
running time	47:16
production	Jean-Jacques Goldman; Erick Benzi;
March 13, 1995	Pour que tu m'aimes encore
October 2, 1995	Je sais pas
January 15, 1996	Destin
January 1996	Le ballet
May 6, 1996	J'irai où tu iras

D'eux is the thirteenth album by the Canadian singer Celine Dion . It was released on April 3, 1995 on the Columbia Records label.

prehistory

Before the album D'eux , Dion had already released nine French-language albums. With the first eight, she was largely successful only in Canada. Her first album, Unison , recorded in English and sold three million copies worldwide, made her known in other countries. Her ninth French-language album Des mots qui sonnent achieved double platinum status in Canada and France . With the English-language albums Celine Dion and The Color of My Love , Dion became a world star from 1992 onwards.

History and description

The initiative for D'eux came from the French singer and composer Jean-Jacques Goldman , who suggested that she write an entire album for her. In November and December 1994 the songs were recorded in the Méga studio in Paris .

The album was released on March 27, 1995 in France and the day after in Canada. More than a million copies were sold within five months, ultimately a total of ten million worldwide. In 2012 it was the best-selling French-language album in music history and, with four million copies, the best-selling album in France. The decoupled song Pour que tu m'aimes encore , which was released on March 13, 1995, was the best-selling single in France for twelve weeks . The second release Je sais pas was a number 1 hit in October 1995 .

Track list

Music and lyrics by Jean-Jacques Goldman unless otherwise noted.

Pour que tu m'aimes encore (4:14)
Le ballet (4:23)
Regarde-moi (3:57)
Je sais pas (Goldman, J. Kapler) (4:33)
La mémoire d'Abraham (3:50)
Cherche encore (Erick Benzi) (3:24)
Destin (4:15)
Les derniers seront les premiers (3:33)
J'irai où tu iras (3:26)
J'attendais (4:24)
Prière païenne (4:10)
Vole (2:57)

Celine Dion and Jean-Jacques Goldman sing the songs Les derniers seront les premiers and J'irai où tu iras in a duet.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	6 × platinum	(300,000)
Europe (IFPI)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
France (SNEP)	diamond	(1,000,000)
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	(100,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	(250,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	(100,000)
All in all	2 × gold 24 × platinum 1 × diamond	5,807,500