À fleur de toi

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À fleur de toi
A fleur de toi.jpg
Studio album by
Released5 February 2007 (2007-02-05)
RecordedFrance
Label Motown France
Producer
  • Bernard Arcadio
  • Elio
  • Mounir Maarouf
  • Pegguy Tabu
  • Oz Touch
  • Philippe Weiss
Singles from À fleur de toi
  1. "À fleur de toi"
    Released: December 2006
  2. "Ma Sœur"
    Released: April 2007
  3. "Toi"
    Released: May 2007
  4. "Pourquoi les hommes?"
    Released: October 2007
  5. "Mon paradis secret"
    Released: March 2008

À fleur de toi is the debut studio album by French singer Vitaa, released on 5 February 2007 by Motown France. It achieved great success in France, Belgium (Wallonia), and Switzerland.

Contents

Background

À fleur de toi contains songwriting collaborations with Mounir Maarouf, Street Fabulous, Elio, and Kurser.

In France, five singles were released from this album. The title track "À fleur de toi" peaked at number 14 on the French Singles Chart and number two on the French Airplay Chart, followed by "Ma Sœur" and "Toi", which reached numbers 10 [1] and 34 [2] on the airplay chart, respectively. "Pourquoi les hommes?", the fourth single, peaked at number 41 on the airplay chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Vitaa and Mounir Maarouf, except where noted.

  1. "Prélude" (Vitaa, Elio, Kurser) – 2:00
  2. "À fleur de toi" – 4:21
  3. "Ma sœur" (Vitaa, Street Fabulous) – 4:48
  4. "Pourquoi les hommes?" – 3:52
  5. "En chanson" (Vitaa, Street Fabulous) – 4:09
  6. "Ton autre" – 3:47
  7. "Pour les miens" – 3:31
  8. "Un mec comme toi" – 4:04
  9. "Mon paradis secret" – 4:17
  10. "J'oublierai tout" – 4:12
  11. "Son propre ennemi" – 4:22
  12. "Mon univers" (Vitaa, Street Fabulous) – 4:11
  13. "Toi" – 4:30
  14. "J'y crois" – 4:04
  15. "Le Départ" – 5:53

Special edition

  1. "Confessions nocturnes" (Diam's featuring Vitaa) (Diam's, Tefa, DJ Maître, Elio, Vitaa) – 5:05
  2. "Pas cette fois" (featuring Soprano) (Vitaa, Street Fabulous, Soprano) – 6:35

Bonus DVD

  1. "À fleur de toi" (Video)
  2. "Ma Sœur" (Video)
  3. "Toi" (Video)
  4. "Pourquoi les hommes?" (Video)
  5. "Un an avec" (Teaser) (Vitaa, Maarouf, Street Fabulous)

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for À fleur de toi
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [9] Gold25,000*
France (SNEP) [10] 3× Platinum600,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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