L'Embellie is the fifth studio album recorded by French singer Calogero, and was released on 20 April 2009.
Background The album was preceded by lead single "C'est dit," written by Jean-Jacques Goldman.
For this album, Calogero asked many French singers and songwriters to compose the lyrics, including Dominique A, Dick Annegarn, Kent, Grand Corps Malade, Pierre Lapointe, Marc Lavoine, Pierre Pelù and Jean-Jacques Goldman. Calogero himself has written for the first time in his solo career a song text for "Je me suis trompé". Alana Filippi, who wrote "En apesanteur" seven years earlier, and Gioacchino, the singer's brother, also participated in the composing of the album.
The album went straight to number one on the French and Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Charts.
Track listing # TitleL'Embellie, track listing [ allmusic.com] (Retrieved 2 May 2009) Length 1. "La Fin de la fin du monde" (Dominique A) 3:50 2. "C'est dit" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) 3:30 3. "L'Ombre et la Lumière" (duet with Grand Corps Malade) (Grand Corps Malade / Alanna Filippi) 4:12 4. "Je me suis trompé" (Calogero) 3:00 5. "La Bourgeoisie des sensations" (Pierre Lapointe) 3:48 6. "J'attends" (Dominique A) 5:28 7. "Passage des cyclones" (Dominique A) 4:02 8. "Nathan" (Marc Lavoine) 3:50 9. "Tu es fait pour voler" (Dick Annegarn) 4:15 10. "Tu n'as qu'à m'attraper" (Dick Annegarn) 3:12 11. "Il conté" (Pierre Pelù / Gioacchino Maurici) 3:43 12. "L'Embellie" (Kent) 5:16
Charts and sales
Weekly charts Chart (2009)PeakpositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums ChartL'Embellie, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2009)1French Digital Chart1French Albums ChartL'Embellie, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 2 May 2009)1Swiss Albums ChartL'Embellie, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 2 May 2009)9
Year-end charts Chart (2009)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart3Chart (2010)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart36
Certifications CountryCertificationDateSales certifiedBelgium2009 certifications in Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2009)Gold1 May 200915,000France3 x Platinum22 December 2009300,000
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