Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Her best known songs are "Bambino", "Gondolier", "Les enfants du Pirée", "Le temps des fleurs", "Darla dirladada", "J'attendrai", "Le jour où la pluie viendra", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salama ya salama", and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by Alain Delon.
Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born 9 January 1970), known professionally as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time.
"Monday Tuesday... Laissez moi danser" is a 1979-released disco single by French recording artist Dalida. It was a number-one hit and the biggest success of the disco period in France.
Dion chante Plamondon is the ninth French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released on 4 November 1991 by Sony Music and features songs with words written by French-Canadian lyricist, Luc Plamondon. In Europe, the album was renamed Des mots qui sonnent. It was promoted in Quebec by four promotional singles: "Des mots qui sonnent", "L'amour existe encore", "Je danse dans ma tête" and "Quelqu'un que j'aime, quelqu'un qui m'aime". In France, three commercial singles were released: "Je danse dans ma tête", "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" and "L'amour existe encore". Dion chante Plamondon won the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year and Félix Award for Best Selling Album of the Year. It topped the chart in Quebec and reached number four in France.
Julien is a studio album of songs by Dalida recorded and released in 1973.
Olympia 74 is an album of songs by Dalida recorded live at the Olympia in Paris and released in 1974.
Manuel is a studio album of songs by Dalida recorded and released in 1974.
J'attendrai is the 31st studio album by Dalida.
Olympia 77 is an album of songs by Dalida recorded live at the Olympia in Paris and released in 1977.
Palais des Sports 80 is a live double album by Dalida, recorded live at the Palais des Sports in Paris in January 1980.
Hélène Ségara, born Hélène Aurore Alice Rizzo on 26 February 1971, is a French singer of Armenian and Italian descent, who came to prominence playing the role of Esmeralda in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris. She has sold over 10 million records.
"L'amour existe encore" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her tenth studio album, Dion chante Plamondon (1991). It was written by Luc Plamondon and Riccardo Cocciante, and produced by Jannick Top and Serge Perathoner. "L'amour existe encore" was released as a promotional single in Quebec in November 1991. Commercially, it was issued in France on 24 January 1994. The song reached number 16 on the airplay chart in Quebec and number 31 in France.
Catherine Lara is a French violinist, composer, singer, and author. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical genre. She has released 26 studio albums, contributed music to numerous television and film productions, and helped stage and produce many theatrical works. Lara is openly lesbian.
Tournée Européenne 2013 was the tenth concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion. The tour was organized to support the highly successful fourteenth French-language and twenty-fourth studio album Sans attendre (2012), which has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. It also served as initial promotion for Dion's then recently-released English album Loved Me Back to Life (2013), since she incorporated a few songs from this album to the concert's setlist. It was Dion's first dedicated Francophone tour since the D'eux Tour in 1995–1996. With only ten concerts performed, it was also the shortest tour of Dion's career. Overall, the tour grossed an estimated $20 million from nine shows in Europe. The tour would also mark as the final concert tour for the majority of Dion's longtime touring band members consisting of musical director Claude "Mego" Lemay, guitarist André Coutu, keyboardist Yves Frulla, bassist Marc Langais, and violinist Jean-Seb Carré.
William Rousseau is a French singer and composer.
The Summer Tour 2016 was the eleventh concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was organized to support Dion's fifteenth French-language and twenty-sixth studio album, Encore un soir (2016), released on 26 August 2016. It was Dion's first tour since the Sans attendre Tour in 2013. With 28 shows, it was also her biggest Francophone tour since the D'eux Tour in 1995–96. The show began in Antwerp, Belgium on 20 June 2016 and concluded on 31 August 2016 in Trois-Rivières, Québec. The Summer Tour 2016 grossed $56 million.
"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" is a French-language song by singer Dalida, first released on album Julien in the second half of 1973. The song was a success and has become one of Dalida's signature tracks.
"Gigi l'amoroso" is a song recorded by French singer Dalida. It was written by Michaële, Lana and Paul Sebastian. The song was released as a single in January 1974 with the song "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" on the B-side.
