Jean-Jacques Goldman is a French retired singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French pop rock act. Born in Paris and active on the music scene from 1975, he had a highly successful solo career in the 1980s, before he was part of the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones, releasing another string of hits in the 1990s.
1 fille & 4 types is the twentieth studio album and twelfth French-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music on 13 October 2003. 1 fille & 4 types features thirteen songs written and arranged by Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, and Gildas Arzel, and produced by Benzi. The first single from the album, "Tout l'or des hommes", reached top ten in all Francophone countries, including number one in Quebec and number three in France. It was followed by "Et je t'aime encore" and "Contre nature".
Carole Denise Fredericks was an American singer best known for her work in French music. She was the younger sister of Taj Mahal.
"J'irai où tu iras" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion and French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman from Dion's thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). Goldman wrote the song, and produced it with Erick Benzi. Despite not being released as a single, "J'irai où tu iras" became popular on the radio in Quebec. It entered the chart in May 1996 and peaked at number 14. In France, "J'irai où tu iras" debuted on the singles chart in 2017 and eventually peaked at number 39.
"Destin" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. Despite not being released as a single, "Destin" was very popular on the radio in Quebec. It entered the chart in January 1996 and peaked at number three.
"Le ballet" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The song was released as a promotional single in France in January 1996. It became immediately a radio hit, topping the airplay chart for two weeks and ranking as the sixth most economically profitable song of 1996 in France.
"Tout l'or des hommes" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her twentieth studio album, 1 fille & 4 types (2003). It was written by Jacques Veneruso and produced by Erick Benzi. "Tout l'or des hommes" was released as the album's lead single on 6 October 2003. It topped the charts in Quebec and Poland. In Canada, "Tout l'or des hommes" reached number two, becoming the joint-highest-charting French-language song on the Canadian Singles Chart. Elsewhere, it peaked at numbers three in France, five in Belgium Wallonia and 10 in Switzerland. The single was also certified Gold in France.
"Je lui dirai" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her twentieth studio album, 1 fille & 4 types (2003). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Erick Benzi. In October 2004, "Je lui dirai" was added to the Miracle album in France and Belgium and released as a promotional single in these countries. It entered the airplay chart in Belgium Wallonia, reaching number 22. The music video showing the making of the Miracle: A Celebration of New Life book was also released.
"Contre nature" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her twentieth studio album, 1 fille & 4 types (2003). It was written by Jacques Veneruso and produced by Erick Benzi. "Contre nature" was released as a promotional single on 18 March 2004. It entered the airplay charts in Francophone countries, reaching number two in Quebec. The music video premiered on 30 April 2004.
"Et je t'aime encore" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her twentieth studio album, 1 fille & 4 types (2003). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and J. Kapler, and produced by Erick Benzi. "Et je t'aime encore" was released as the album's second single on 16 February 2004. It reached numbers two in Quebec, 14 in Belgium Wallonia, 16 in France and 31 in Switzerland.
"J'attendais" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The live version of the song from Live à Paris was released as a single on 30 June 1997. It reached numbers 22 in Belgium Wallonia, 46 in France and 88 in Belgium Flanders.
"Les derniers seront les premiers" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The live version of the song from Live à Paris was released as a promotional single in October 1996. It entered the airplay charts in Francophone countries, reaching numbers three in Quebec, 19 in France and 47 in Belgium Wallonia.
D'elles is the twenty-second studio album and thirteenth French-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records on 18 May 2007. It is a concept album which features thirteen songs written by influential female authors from France and Quebec, including: Françoise Dorin, Christine Orban, Nina Bouraoui, Marie Laberge, Lise Payette, Denise Bombardier, Nathalie Nechtschein, Jovette Alice Bernier, Janette Bertrand and George Sand. The themes throughout this album centre on "woman"; the album's title is a play on the title of her earlier album D'eux, replacing the third person plural masculine or neutral pronoun eux with the feminine elles.
Reviens is the second studio album recorded by the Canadian singer Garou, and his third album overall. Released in May 2003, this album was a great success in many countries, including France, Belgium, Switzerland and Poland where it reached the top five.
Lorada is a 1995 album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released on June 20, 1995, and achieved success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where, however, it failed to top the charts, being blocked by Michael Jackson's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I and Céline Dion's D'eux. It provided four singles in France, but a sole top ten hit : "J'la croise tous les matins" (#7), "Ne m'oublie pas" (#18), "Quand le masque tombe" (#22) and "Rester libre" (#26). Several songs of the album were written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, including the first hit single.
Erick Benzi is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille.
Springfield is a 1996 album by Carole Fredericks. It features a cover of Edwin Hawkins’ "Oh Happy Day", the traditional "Silent Night", "You Had It Comin’", a duet with her brother blues musician Taj Mahal, and the pop single, "Run Away Love", which was the theme song to the 1998 Jean-Paul Belmondo film Une Chance Sur Deux.
Michael Jones is a Welsh singer, guitarist, and songwriter who lives in France. He has made several hit albums and toured as trio Fredericks Goldman Jones and collaborated on a number of songs with Goldman.
France D'Amour is a French Canadian singer songwriter from Quebec.
Jacques Veneruso is an Algerian-born French musician and songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he played in the band Canada, and since then has worked as a songwriter for various French-language artists.
