Humaine

Infobox Album | Name = Humaine
Type = Album
Artist = Hélène Ségara


Released = March, 2003
Genre = Pop, Ballad
Recorded = France
Length =
Label = Warner Music France
Producer = Orlando
Reviews =
Last album = "Hélène"
(2002)
This album = "Humaine" (2003)
Next album = "Le Best of"
(2004)Singles
Name = Humaine
Type = Studio album
single 1 = L'Amour est un soleil
single 1 date = April 11, 2003
single 2 = Encore une fois
single 2 date = July, 2003
single 3 = On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec
single 3 date = November, 2003
single 4 = Humaine
single 4 date = 2004
single 5 = On ne dit pas
single 5 date = July, 2004

"Humaine" is the name of the third studio album recorded by the French singer Hélène Ségara. It was released in March 2003, and had a smash success in France, Belgium (Wallonia) and Switzerland, reaching the top five in these countries.

Background

For this third album, Ségara was surrendered by several songwriters and composers that had already worked for her on the two previous studio albums, such as the Nacash brothers and Christian Loigerot. Gioacchino Maurici, French singer Calogero's brother, participated in the music of "Regarde", Patrick Juvet composed that of "Je rêve", while Pierre Souchon, son of Alain Souchon, made that of "On ne dit pas". The song "Je n'oublie que toi" was entirely composed by famous French singer and songwriter Maxime Le Forestier.

Four of the five singles from this album were released as CD singles. "L'Amour est un soleil" (#2) and the duet with Laura Pausini "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" (#3) were certified Gold disc, while "Encore une fois" (#32) and "On ne dit pas" (#26) were less successful.Hélène Ségara's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-632.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)]

Chart performances

In France, the album went straight to #1 on March 15, 2003, and styed there for another week. Then it dropped slowly on the chart until #49, but reached again the top 20 on August 3. It totaled 11 weeks in the top ten, 52 weeks in the top 50, 57 weeks in the top 50 and 68 weeks in the top 200."Humaine", French Albums Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=4416&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)] Certified double platinum,Hélène Ségara's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-632.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved June 4, 2008)] it was ranked #9 on the 2003 French Albums Chart.2003 French Albums Chart [http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/albums03.STM Ifop.com] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)] The album was also charted for two weeks on the French Mid Price Albums Chart, peaking at #24 on June 3, 2005. [Chart trajectories of albums in France See : "Les Chart Runs" => "Hélène SEGARA" [http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_Runs.php Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)]

In Belgium (Wallonia), "Humaine" started at #8 on March 22 and climbed to #3 the week after. It remained for six weeks in the top ten and dropped quiclky after its tenth weeks, but manage to stabilize in the low positions. It fell off the top 40 after 20 weeks."Humaine", Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?key=4416&cat=a Ultratop.be] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)] It was the 22th best-selling album of 2003.2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003&cat=a Ultratop.be] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)]

In Switzerland, the album featured on the chart (Top 100) for 16 weeks, from March 23 to July 13, 2003, including three weeks in the top ten and ten weeks in the top 50, and a peak at #5 in its second week."Humaine", Swiss Albums Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=4416&cat=a Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)]

For the first and last time in Ségara's career, one of her albums was charted in Finland : indeed, "Humaine" was #16 in later 2003 and remained for 16 weeks in the top 40."Humaine", Finnish Albums Chart [http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=4416&cat=a Finnishcharts.com] (Retrieved June 7, 2008)]

Track listing

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