- Au Nom d'une Femme
Infobox Album | Name = Au nom d'une Femme
Type =Album
Artist =Hélène Ségara
Released = January, 2000
Genre = Pop, Ballad
Recorded =France
Length =
Label = Warner Music France
Producer = Orlando
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jvfyxqt0ld0e link]
Last album = "Cœur de verre "
(1996)
This album = "Au Nom d'une Femme" (2000)
Next album = "En concert à l'Olympia "
(2001)Singles
Name = Au Nom d'une Femme
Type = Studio album
single 1 =Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment
single 1 date = November, 1999
single 2 =Elle, tu l'aimes...
single 2 date = April 18, 2000
single 3 = Parlez-moi de nous
single 3 date = September, 2000
single 4 =Tu vas me quitter
single 4 date = January, 2001
single 5 = Au Nom d'une Femme
single 5 date = June, 2001"Au Nom d'une Femme" is the name of the second studio album recorded by the French singer
Hélène Ségara . It was released in January 2000, and achieved a great success in France, Belgium (Wallonia) and Switzerland, remaining to date Ségara's most successful album in terms of sales.Background
Second album, "Au Nom d'une Femme" was composed by various famous artists : as for the previous album, Loigerot, Geoffroy and Marc Nacash worked on several songs, and for the first time in Ségara's career, French singer
Calogero composed one of her song, "Au Nom d'une Femme" (afterwards, he also wrote "Regarde").In France, there were five singles from this album. The first four one were very successful : "
Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment ", whose release precedeed that of the album, was #1 and achieved Platinum status, "Elle, tu l'aimes... " hit #3 and was also Platinum, "Parlez-moi de nous" (#15) and "Tu vas me quitter " (#7) were both certified Silver. "Au nom d'une Femme", the last single, was not a success (#44).Hélène Ségara's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-632.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (RetrievedJune 7 ,2008 )]In December 2000, the album was included in a box set also containing the first album, "
Cœur de verre ", and peaked at #41 on French Albums Chart.Chart performances
The album had a very long chart trajectories in the three countries where it was released. In France, even if it was unable to disloge
Louise Attaque 's album "Comme on a dit", it managed to enter the chart at #2 onJanuary 29 , 2000, and stayed for four consecutive weeks at this place. It remained for 33 weeks in the top ten, 105 weeks in the top 100 and 109 weeks in the top 200,"Au Nom d'une Femme", French Albums Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=3178&cat=a Lescharts.com] (RetrievedJune 4 ,2008 )] and hit Diamond status.Hélène Ségara's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-632.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (RetrievedJune 4 ,2008 )] It featured recpectively at #4 and #22 on 2000 and 2001 charts.2000 French Albums Chart [http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/albums00.STM Ifop.com] (RetrievedJune 7 ,2008 )] 2001 French Albums Chart [http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/albums01.STM Ifop.com] (RetrievedJune 7 ,2008 )] In 2002 and 2003, the album was charted for ten weeks on the French Mid Price Chart, peaking at #9 onDecember 26 , 2003. [Chart trajectories of albums in France See : "Les Chart Runs" => "Hélène SEGARA" [http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_Runs.php Infodisc.fr] (RetrievedJune 7 ,2008 )]In Belgium (Wallonia), the album went to #28 on
February 5 , 2000, jumped to #3, then reached #2 for two weeks, and finally topped the chart for three not consecutive weeks. It was charted for 33 weeks in the top ten and 75 weeks in the top 40."Au Nom d'une Femme", Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?key=3178&cat=a Ultratop.be] (RetrievedJune 4 ,2008 )] It was the best-selling album of 2000,2000 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000&cat=a Ultratop.be] (RetrievedJune 7 ,2008 )] and the 23th one of 2001.2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2001&cat=a Ultratop.be] (RetrievedJune 7 ,2008 )]"Au Nom d'une Femme" peaked at #9 in its second week, on
February 13 , 2000, remaning for 20 weeks in the top 50 and 59 weeks in the top 100, which is rather rare for a French artist in this country."Au Nom d'une Femme", Swiss Albums Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=3178&cat=a Hitparade.ch] (RetrievedJune 4 ,2008 )]Track listing
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