Le Chemin (, ) 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.
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 "Le Chemin" (duet with Sita) — 3:31 "Je cours" — 3:01 "Dernière danse" — 3:48 "Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12 "Chaque seconde" — 3:50 "Comment te dire" — 4:44 "Je saigne encore" — 4:02 "Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31 "Pardonné" — 3:36 "Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05 "Tout reste à faire" — 4:56
Source: Allmusic.Le Chemin, track listing [ Allmusic.com] (November 28, 2008)
Personnel and credits Vocals: Benoît Poher and Fabien Dubos Guitar: Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos Drums: Fabien Dubos Bass: Laurent Vernerey Choir arrangement: Jean François Berger Assistant: Elise Chambeyron Programming: Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne Sampling: Nicolas Chassagne Mastering: Ian Cooper Mixing: Francois Delabriere Engineering: Hubert Decottignies and François Delabrière Photography; Marco De La Rosa Production: François Delabrière
Releases Date Label Country Format CatalogJanuary 2003BMG / JiveBelgium, France, SwitzerlandCD653329October 2003EMI Music79224722
Certifications and sales Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical salesBelgiumBelgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)PlatinumMarch 28, 200450,000FranceFrench certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved November 23, 2008)DiamondMarch 3, 20041,000,000999,200Chart trajectories and sales of various albums in French Albums Chart Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 28, 2008)SwitzerlandSwiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)Platinum200340,000
Charts
Chart (2003–2005)PeakpositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums ChartLe Chemin, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)1French SNEP Albums ChartLe Chemin, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)2Swiss Albums ChartLe Chemin, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)10
End of year chart (2003)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)3French Albums Chart2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)4Swiss Albums Chart2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)33End of year chart (2004)PositionFrench Albums Chart2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)9Swiss Albums Chart2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)51End of year chart (2005)PositionFrench Albums Chart2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved November 23, 2008)142
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