L'amour toujours (album)

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L'amour toujours
Gigi D'Agostino's studio album

Publication
(s)

November 1999

Label (s) ZYX Music , Media Records, NoiseMaker

Format (s)

CD , MC

Genre (s)

Electronic dance music , eurodance , house

Title (number)

CD1: 12 / CD2: 11

running time

127: 19

production

chronology
Gigi D'Agostino
(1996)
L'amour toujours L'amour toujours II
(2004)
Single releases
May 17, 1999 Bla bla bla
July 31, 1999 Another way
December 1999 The Riddle
October 8, 2000 La passion
October 8, 2001 L'amour toujours

L'amour toujours is the third studio album by the Italian DJ and music producer Gigi D'Agostino . It was released in November 1999 on the labels ZYX Music , Media Records and NoiseMaker.

production

The songs were produced by Gigi D'Agostino, with Gianfranco Bortolotti serving as executive producer .

Cover design

The album cover shows a black and white picture of Gigi D'Agostino's face and his hand in the foreground. On his hand is the red Chinese character "wǔ", which stands for "to dance". At the top of the picture is the title L'amour toujours and at the bottom right the word Gigi D'Agostino , both also in red.

Track list

CD1 - Chansons for the Heart :

# title length
1 Another way 6:02
2 L'amour toujours 6:56
3 Elisir 5:33
4th The Riddle 4:44
5 La passion 7:35
6th The Way 6:42
7th star 5:23
8th Bla bla bla (Dammentenza Mix) 6:32
9 L'amour 3:31
10 Music 6:52
11 passion 4:59
12 Bla bla bla 4:15
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
L'amour toujours
  DE 10 05/15/2000 (54 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 01/23/2000 (69 weeks)
  CH 53 May 28, 2000 (21 weeks)
  IT 10 01/06/2000 (16 weeks)
Singles
Bla bla bla
  DE 4th 01/24/2000 (24 weeks)
  AT 3 06/06/1999 (34 weeks)
  CH 16 04/02/2000 (15 weeks)
  UK 87 11/16/2002 (1 week)
  IT 6th 1999 (2 weeks)
Another way
  DE 16 08/14/2000 (16 weeks)
  AT 13 05/21/2000 (23 weeks)
  CH 61 08/20/2000 (11 weeks)
The Riddle
  DE 4th 05/15/2000 (18 weeks)
  AT 14th January 16, 2000 (29 weeks)
  CH 8th May 28, 2000 (19 weeks)
La passion
  DE 2 11/20/2000 (21 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 10/15/2000 (28 weeks)
  CH 13 11/26/2000 (32 weeks)
L'amour toujours
  DE 3 10/22/2001 (18 weeks)
  AT 3 10/21/2001 (23 weeks)
  CH 25th 10/21/2001 (23 weeks)
  US 78 08/04/2001 (13 weeks)
  IT 6th 10/11/2001 (10 weeks)

CD2 - Beats for the Feet :

# title length
1 La dance 4:53
2 Movimento 4:53
3 La marche electronique 5:16
4th Cuba Libre 4:41
5 My dimension 6:36
6th The Riddle (instrumental) 4:05
7th Tekno Jam 9:49
8th Coca e Avana 3:18
9 Bla bla bla (Dark Mix) 5:38
10 Electro Message 3:51
11 Fly 5:15

Chart successes and singles

L'amour toujours entered the German charts at number 70 on May 15, 2000 and rose continuously in the following weeks until it reached the highest position on September 4, 2000 with 10th place. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 54 weeks. The record was particularly successful in Austria, where it topped the charts and stayed in the charts for 69 weeks. L'amour toujours also entered the charts in Switzerland and Italy at number 53 and 10 respectively.

Five songs on the album were released as singles , all of which were commercially successful. The first release Bla bla bla reached number 4 in the German charts, as did the third The Riddle . The fourth song La passion reached rank 2 and the last single for the title track L'amour toujours was ranked 3. Only the second release Another Way was not quite as successful with position 16.

Sales figures and awards

In 2001, L'amour toujours was awarded a platinum record in Germany for more than 300,000 copies sold . In Austria the album went triple platinum for over 150,000 sales. In addition, the singles Bla bla bla , The Riddle , La passion and L'amour toujours were awarded a gold record for each 250,000 units sold in Germany .

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 300,000
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 40,000
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 150,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg4 × platinum
490,000

Individual evidence

  1. album cover
  2. a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IT
  3. Chart following L'amour toujours at officialcharts.de
  4. DE: Platinum
  5. AT: 3x platinum
  6. Award in Germany
  7. Award in the Netherlands
  8. Award in Austria