Serge Lama

Serge Lama (2018)

Serge Lama (* 11. February 1943 in Bordeaux , France ; actually Serge Chauvier ) is a French chanson - singer and - songwriter . He had his first big hit in the French charts in 1968 with D'aventure en aventure (from the debut album of the same name). His greatest success by far is the song Je suis malade (1974), which made it to number one and was also a great success in Dalida's version . Again and again young French-speaking interpreters sing this chanson, which places high demands on vocal and emotional skills.

Live and act

Lama recorded his first singles in 1964. His debut album D'aventures en aventures was released in 1968. In 1971 Lama represented his homeland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Ireland with the title Un jardin sur la terre , which only ended up in tenth place. In the following years he also wrote song lyrics for artists such as Marie-Paule Belle , Mireille Mathieu , Gilbert Bécaud and Melina Mercouri .

Other big hits were La Chanteuse à vingt ans (1973), Les ports de l'Atlantique , the number one chanson Mourir en France (1976), Le dernier baiser (1977), Femme, femme, femme (1978) and Napoléon (1982). For many years he has been in demand primarily as an album artist and his regular releases still hit the French charts. In 2004 he brought out the album Pluri elles , whose twelve chansons are interpreted in duets with different singers. These included Lara Fabian , Isabelle Boulay , Anggun and Dalida , among others . The CD contains both old and new compositions. In 2008 his CD L'âge d'horizons was released .

Discography (selection)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1994	lama	FR50 gold (1 week)FR	-	-	Chart entry in FR only in 2001
1996	L'ami	FR25 (3 weeks) FR	BE W46 (1 week) BE W	-
1998	Symphonique	FR37 (4 weeks) FR	-	-	with L'Orchestre Philharmonique d'Île-de-France
2001	Feuille à feuille	FR24 gold (12 weeks)FR	-	-
2003	Un jour, une vie	FR24 (9 weeks) FR	BE W44 (2 weeks) BE W	-
	Pluri «elles»	FR23 gold (19 weeks)FR	BE W17 (22 weeks) BE W	-
2005	Accordéonissi-mots	FR64 (13 weeks) FR	BE W80 (6 weeks) BE W	-
2007	Les 50 plus belles chansons	-	BE W135 (3 weeks) BE W	-	Chart entry in BEW only in 2014
2008	L'âge d'horizons	FR15th gold (23 weeks)FR	BE W30 (14 weeks) BE W	CH68 (2 weeks) CH
2012	La stroll du poète	FR32 gold (31 weeks)FR	BE W28 (53 weeks) BE W	CH92 (1 week) CH
2016	Où sont passés nos rêves	FR10 gold (26 weeks)FR	BE W4 (38 weeks) BE W	CH27 (4 weeks) CH

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1978: for the album Enfadolescence 1978: for the album Les Ballons Rouges 1978: for the album Palais Des Congrès 1979: for the album Lama Chante Brel 1980: for the album Palais Des Congrès 79 1980: for the album Souvenirs! Attention! Danger! 1982: for the album Au Palais Des Congrès - Avec Simplicité 1983: for the album Napoléon I - L'envol 1986: for the album Napoléon III - Marie, la Polonaise 1989: for the album A la Vie, A L'amour 1989: for the album Portraits De Femme 1995: for the album Master Série - Vol. 1

Platinum record  France 1980: for the album A L'Olympia 74 1980: for the album Chez Moi 1980: for the album Je Suis Malade 1980: for the album L'enfant Au Piano 1980: for the album La Vie Lilas 2005: for the video album Bercy 2003

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	18 × gold18th	6 × platinum6th	3,670,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
All in all	18 × gold18th	6 × platinum6th

Web links

• Official website
• Serge Lama in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Discography at encyclopedisque.fr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/468110-Serge-Lama?filter_anv=0&subtype=Singles-EPs&type=Releases
2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Serge-Lama-DAventures-En-Aventures/master/785981
3. ↑ Chart sources: FR BEW CH