Three years after the release of her first album, which went gold and platinum, she released her second album, Carpe Diem, which launched the career of this singer-songwriter in French-speaking countries, especially in Quebec. Within three weeks, the album went gold. She then took her music on tour, performing to over 150,000 admirers, while her album went three times platinum. She was especially appreciated by the Canadian public and music industry. In 1995, she was awarded two Félix awards by Quebec's association of recording artists (ADISQ), namely Best Female Vocalist of the year (by popular vote), and Best Live Performance of the year.
Then, things began to pick up!
In 1996, Walt Disney Studios immortalized Lara's voice. In addition to incarnating Esmeralda, the heroine of the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame, she sang the theme song ("Que Dieu aide les exclus") on the film's soundtrack.
In October, her third album "Pure" went platinum in less than two weeks. Thanks to this album, she won the 1997 Félix for Album of the Year. The same year, "Pure" was launched in France where over two million albums were sold within two years. Thanks to this resounding success, which eloquently expressed the affection of her loving and faithful fans, Lara was awarded the prize for New Artist of the Year at the prestigious French gala Les Victoires de la Musique. This was in February 1998, a few months before the concert tour in several French cities that led to the recording of an album (Lara Fabian Live) in March 1999 which went platinum a few months later. Lara Fabian was praised by music lovers and critics alike...
In addition to receiving the Félix for Quebec Artist Having the Most Impact Outside Quebec, she was voted Personality of the Year by the magazine Paris Match, which featured her on its front cover. While her fame grew, she was honored at the World Music Awards for Best Selling Artist for "Pure". Between appearances in Europe, Lara often returned to New York City and San Francisco to record her first album in English. She wrote or co-wrote most of the songs, working with Rick Allison and producers Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey), Pat Leonard (Madonna), Sam Watters (ex-Color Me Badd) and Brian Rawling (Cher's "I Believe").
Produced by Sony Records, the self-titled album was launched in May 2000 on America's most popular morning television show, NBC's Today Show. Invitations poured in, and Lara Fabian appeared on The Tonight Show, The View, Access Hollywood, Craig Kilborn, Entertainment Tonight...
The album's first excerpt, I will Love Again, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Music charts and settled in for 58 weeks! Thanks to this resounding success, she received the Félix for Quebec Artist Having the Most Impact in a Language other than French. The songs on the album thrilled audiences worldwide.
In February 2001, Love By Grace became the theme song of the lead couple in the Brazilian soap opera Laços de Familia, broadcast by TV Globo for millions of viewers in Brazil and Portugal. For several weeks, the song was number 1 on most Brazilian and Portuguese radio stations. Love by Grace generated an incredible frenzy around the artist… You just don't top the billboards of Portuguese speaking countries everyday!
After From Lara with Love, her first American TV special broadcast by PBS, the singer-songwriter participated in the very popular WTKU New York radio special, Miracle on 34th Street, where many popular artists appeared, including Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin and Toni Braxton.
Shortly after, when her self-titled English-language album was released in Asia, Lara scored a number one hit on the Taiwanese top ten, a great moment for the artist. Many were particularly impressed with the song Light of my Life (found only on the Asian edition of the album), which she interpreted with Lee-Hom, Asia's top male Chinese-speaking vocalist. This song was included in the movie feature China Strike Force, starring newcomer Lee-Horn along with Aaron Kwok, a box-office idol throughout Asia.
Eagerly awaited in several cities throughout the world, Lara has brilliantly dealt with her growing popularity by frequently appearing abroad. The artist has performed in several European and American capitals, and has enjoyed every minute of her travels. Solid gold in Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Norway, Lara Fabian went platinum in Belgium, Brazil and France and triple platinum in Portugal. She enjoyed the longest number 1 run on Billboard's Heatseeker Chart in 2000.
Last May, Lara was awarded yet another prize at the World Music Awards in Monaco, where she sang Adagio. She also returned to New York and Los Angeles to lend her voice to the original soundtracks of two long-awaited international super productions in July 2001: She interpreted the song The Dreams Within, featured in the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, as well as For Always, the vocal version of the title song of A.I., Steven Spielberg's latest feature.
In addition to a new French-language album in September 2001, Lara Fabian launched the first single on her new album in May, "J'y crois encore", which can be heard on radio stations in Quebec and Europe.
From France to Brazil, in Italy, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Japan and the United States, Lara Fabian has established her reputation as a determined singer-songwriter. Barely 10 years after the release of her first album, Lara has conquered the hearts of millions of fans throughout the world, whose fervor is equaled only by their affection for this talented and authentic artist. Eight million records sold worldwide to this day testify to her achievement.
Her best-selling European DVD and CD, En Toute Intimité, released in October 2003, was an intimate, acoustic piano-based collection showcasing Ms. Fabian performing songs in English, Italian and French.
After En Toute Intimité Lara Fabian released her 2nd English language album called "A wonderful life". Lara Fabian's latest release is an album in the French language with the title "Toutes Les Femmes en Moi", released in May 2009.
2010: "Tour Les Femmes Font Leur Show", Mademoiselle Zhivago
Throughout the first half of 2010, Fabian embarked on a European tour of concerts, throughout France, Switzerland, and Belgium, incorporating the main repertoire of her last album "Toutes Les Femmes En Moi" along with some classic and fan favorites. She also performed again in Eastern Europe, with a more acoustic set (piano-voice), and included English recordings from the album Every Woman in Me. In September 2010, she finally released her 2009 album "Toutes Les Femmes En Moi" in Québec. She also recorded the album "Nuit Magique" with Canadian singer Coral Egan.
Later in 2010, Fabian released a concept album in Russia and Ukraine called Mademoiselle Zhivago which has sold over 800.000 copies in Russia. It features 11 songs in different languages by Russian composer Igor Krutoy. It features stories about a woman who experiences several lives over the years and centuries. Eleven music videos, one each song, were combined to create a full-length film, produced and directed by Ukrainian film producer Alan Badoev. The album itself, containing a CD and a DVD, was first released in Ukraine in October 2010 and in Russia in November.
2020–present: Lockdown Sessions
On December 16, 2020, Lara Fabian discreetly unveiled a collection of 12 experimental musical tracks, the fruit of her introspection and her isolation during confinement. Lockdown Sessions came out in a limited edition without a label, and offers a unique journey of the singer accompanied again by Moh Denebi.
Fabian is a full lyric soprano with a vocal range that spans three octaves from C3 to G5 in live performances.
She is multilingual, she speaks Italian, French, Spanish, Sicilian, English and some Flemish.[citation needed] She has also sung in Azerbaijani, German, Greek, Hebrew, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish
Alléluia
Lara Fabian Lyrics
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D'un monde en déroute
Il te faudra apprendre
À ignorer leurs doutes
Leur manque de confiance
Regarder droit devant
Leur prouver que tout
N'est jamais qu'une question de temps
À tous les nostalgiques des paradis perdus
À tous les "de mon temps"
C'était vraiment mieux avant
Ne les écoute pas
Toucher tes rêves personne ne t'en empechera
Alléluia
Voguer sur tes galères comme bon te semblera
Alléluia
Dans un éclat de rire, ta vie comme un alléluia
Alléluia, alléluia
Ton histoire au fond n'appartient qu'à toi
Elle fera partie de ces rêves
Qu'on ne vit qu'une fois
Ton nom bien gravé dans la mémoire des gens
Qui t'offraient leurs doutes immenses
Pour seul encouragement
À tous les nostalgiques des paradis perdus
À tous les "de mon temps"
C'était vraiment mieux avant
Ne les écoute pas
Toucher tes rêves personne ne t'en empechera
Alléluia
Voguer sur tes galères comme bon te semblera
Alléluia
Dans un éclat de rire, ta vie comme un alléluia
Alléluia, alléluia
Alléluia
Alléluia
Ton histoire au fond n'appartient qu'à toi
Elle fera partie de ces rêves
Qu'on ne vit qu'une fois
Ton nom bien gravé dans la mémoire des gens
Qui t'offraient leurs doutes immenses
Pour seul encouragement
À tous les nostalgiques des paradis perdus
À tous les "de mon temps"
C'était vraiment mieux avant
Ne les écoute pas
Toucher tes rêves personne ne t'en empechera
Alléluia
Voguer sur tes galères comme bon te semblera
Alléluia
Dans un éclat de rire, ta vie comme un alléluia
Alléluia, alléluia
Alléluia
Alléluia
The first verse of Lara Fabian's song "Alleluia" speaks to the struggles and doubts that can come with being a young person in a world that seems uncertain and chaotic. The lyrics encourage the listener to push past those doubts, to prove that success is possible and that it all comes down to a matter of time. Though others may doubt and feel nostalgia for what they believe were better times, the listener is told to ignore the doubters and to focus on pursuing their dreams.
The chorus of the song repeats the word "Alléluia" and speaks to the power of joy and laughter in life. The listener is encouraged to chase after their dreams and to go about their struggles in the way that feels best for them, with the assurance that they will make it through. The final verse speaks again to the idea that our lives are our own and that the memories that we create will be carried forward by those who have been witness to our struggles and our perseverance.
Overall, "Alleluia" is a song that speaks to the power of resilience and inspiration in the face of adversity. It encourages the listener to push past doubt and struggle, to trust in themselves, and to pursue their dreams with passion and determination.
Line by Line Meaning
Toi qu'on appelle l'enfant
Addressing the listener who is referred to as a child in a world in chaos
D'un monde en déroute
Referring to the world as chaotic and disordered
Il te faudra apprendre
Encouraging the listener to learn
À ignorer leurs doutes
Encouraging the listener to ignore other people's doubts
Leur manque de confiance
Referring to the doubts and lack of confidence of others
Regarder droit devant
Encouraging the listener to look straight ahead
Leur prouver que tout
Encouraging the listener to prove that everything
N'est jamais qu'une question de temps
Is just a matter of time
À tous les nostalgiques des paradis perdus
Addressing everyone who longs for lost paradises
À tous les "de mon temps"
Addressing everyone who says "back in my day"
C'était vraiment mieux avant
Refuting the idea that things were better in the past
Ne les écoute pas
Encouraging the listener not to listen to the nostalgics
Toucher tes rêves personne ne t'en empechera
Assuring the listener that no one will stop them from achieving their dreams
Alléluia
Expressing joy and praise in word or song
Voguer sur tes galères comme bon te semblera
Encouraging the listener to navigate their difficulties in their own way
Dans un éclat de rire, ta vie comme un alléluia
Encouraging the listener to live their life joyfully
Ton histoire au fond n'appartient qu'à toi
Highlighting the fact that the listener's story belongs to them
Elle fera partie de ces rêves
Emphasizing that the listener's story is part of their dreams
Qu'on ne vit qu'une fois
Stressing that one only lives once
Ton nom bien gravé dans la mémoire des gens
Referring to the listener's name being engraved in people's memory
Qui t'offraient leurs doutes immenses
Referring to the people who offered their immense doubts to the listener
Pour seul encouragement
Highlighting the fact that those doubts were the only encouragement the listener received
Toucher tes rêves personne ne t'en empechera
Repeating the earlier assurance that no one can stop the listener from achieving their dreams
Alléluia
Repeating the expression of joy and praise in word or song
Voguer sur tes galères comme bon te semblera
Repeating the earlier encouragement to navigate difficulties in one's own way
Dans un éclat de rire, ta vie comme un alléluia
Repeating the earlier encouragement to live one's life joyfully
Alléluia, alléluia
Repeating the expression of joy and praise in word or song
Alléluia
Repeating the expression of joy and praise in word or song
Lyrics © SM PUBLISHING FRANCE, Fabsong Editions, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Written by: Daniel Seff, Lara Fabian, Rick Allison
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