Le chemin (Kyo album)

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Le Chemin
Le chemin album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Kyo
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2003
Recorded France, 2003
Genre Pop, rock
Length41:56
Label Zomba, EMI Music
Kyo chronology
Kyo
(2001)		Le Chemin
(2003)		 300 Lésions
(2004)
Singles from Le Chemin
  1. "Le Chemin"
    Released: November 2002
  2. "Dernière danse"
    Released: April 2003
  3. "Je cours"
    Released: September 2003
  4. "Je saigne encore"
    Released: January 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Le Chemin ("The Way") is a 2003 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a DVD.

Contents

It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).

The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004 NRJ Music Awards.

Track listing

  1. "Le Chemin" (duet with Sita) — 3:31
  2. "Je cours" — 3:01
  3. "Dernière danse" — 3:48
  4. "Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
  5. "Chaque seconde" — 3:50
  6. "Comment te dire" — 4:44
  7. "Je saigne encore" — 4:02
  8. "Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
  9. "Pardonné" — 3:36
  10. "Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
  11. "Tout reste à faire" — 4:56

Source : Allmusic. [2]

Personnel and credits

Releases

DateLabelCountryFormatCatalog
January 2003BMG / JiveBelgium, France, SwitzerlandCD653329
October 2003EMI Music79224722

Certifications and sales

CountryCertificationDateSales certifiedPhysical sales
Belgium [3] PlatinumMarch 28, 200450,000
France [4] DiamondMarch 3, 20041,000,000999,200 [5]
Switzerland [6] Platinum200340,000

Charts

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Le Chemin, track listing Allmusic.com (November 28, 2008)
  3. ↑ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  4. ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
  5. ↑ Chart trajectories and sales of various albums in French Albums Chart Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  6. ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  7. ↑ Le Chemin, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  8. ↑ Le Chemin, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  9. ↑ Le Chemin, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  10. ↑ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  11. ↑ 2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  12. ↑ 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2004-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  13. ↑ 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  14. ↑ 2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  15. ↑ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
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