Niagara (French band)

Niagara
General information
origin	Rennes , France
Genre (s)	Pop , new wave , rock
founding	1984
resolution	1993
Last occupation
singing	Muriel Laporte or Moreno
Keyboard	Daniel Chenevez

Niagara was a French band that consisted of singer Muriel Laporte (later Muriel Moreno) and Daniel Chenevez on keyboards.

history

The group was founded in Rennes (France) in 1984 and released their first single Tchiki boum in 1985 . In the summer of 1985, L'amour à la plage and the first album Encore Un Dernier Baiser followed .

They were quite successful in Europe and North America in the late 1980s and early 1990s. When the Laporte / Moreno-Chenevez couple broke up in 1993, the group was also disbanded. Both musicians then pursued solo careers.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1985: Encore Un Dernier Baiser (FR: gold)
• 1988: Quel Enfer (FR:× 2Double gold )
• 1990: Religion (FR:× 2Double gold )
• 1992: La Vérité (FR:gold)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2002	Flame	FR- × 3 Triple platinum FR	BE W23 (4 weeks) BE W	CH54 (8 weeks) CH

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FR
1985	Tchiki boum Encore un dernier baiser	FR13 silver (20 weeks)FR
1986	L'amour à la plage Encore un dernier baiser	FR5 silver (19 weeks)FR
	Je dois m'en all encore and dernier baiser	FR13 silver (21 weeks)FR
1987	Quand la ville there Encore un dernier baiser	FR7th silver (19 weeks)FR
1988	Assez! Source!	FR32 (8 weeks) FR
	Soleil d'hiver source!	FR12 (14 weeks) FR
1989	Flammes de l'enfer Quel enfer!	FR35 (6 weeks) FR
1990	J'ai vu religion	FR32 (13 weeks) FR
	Pendant que les champs brûlent religion	FR45 (3 weeks) FR

More singles

• 1989: Baby Louis
• 1991: Psychotropes
• 1991: La vie est peut-être belle
• 1992: La Fin des étoiles
• 1993: Un million d'années
• 1993: Le Minotaure

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  France
  • 2003: for the video album Flammes

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	4 × silver4th	7 × gold7th	3 × platinum3	1,910,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
All in all	4 × silver4th	7 × gold7th	3 × platinum3

Web links

• Niagara at Universal Music
• Niagara at Discogs (English)
• Niagara at Allmusic (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: FR BEW CH