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
Growing Wings
Lara Fabian Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Though you hadn't any notion how to swim
But you jumped in anyway
Have you ever kissed a lover
Knowing that his heart was broken and damaged
But you held him anyway?
Leap of faith
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Have you wandered in the desert
While the sands were ever changing but the winds
Guide you anyway
Have you spoken in a language
That you've never heard before but your memory
Understands it anyway
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
I'm growing wings now
I'm growing wings now
I'm growing wings
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
The lyrics of Lara Fabian's "Growing Wings" touch on the theme of taking risks, being brave and having faith in oneself to face challenges head-on, even when things seem uncertain. The opening lines describe a situation where the individual is faced with an ocean, but they have no idea how to swim, yet without hesitation, they jump in anyway. This suggests a sense of bravery that stems from trusting oneself.
The next verse speaks of kissing someone who is heartbroken and damaged, yet choosing to hold them anyway. This indicates that the singer of the lyrics is the type of person who believes in taking risks and having faith despite the potential for failure or heartache.
The chorus emphasizes the idea of taking a leap of faith and growing wings on the way down. This metaphorical image implies that the journey may be difficult or uncertain, but by taking a risk, one learns to fly, so to speak, on the way down. The subsequent verse describes wandering in the desert where everything around the individual is continually changing, yet they still have faith in their own abilities to navigate.
The lyric continues with the idea of speaking in a language that is unfamiliar, yet somehow it can still be understood. This could symbolize that there are times when one will not know the exact path they are taking, but they can rely on intuition or instinct to guide them.
Overall, the song "Growing Wings" is a hopeful message of empowerment, encouraging listeners to have faith in themselves and their abilities, even when situations may seem daunting.
Line by Line Meaning
Have you ever faced an ocean
Have you ever confronted a challenge, without knowing how to overcome it?
Though you hadn't any notion how to swim
Although you lacked the knowledge or means to succeed in that challenge.
But you jumped in anyway
But you still took the risk and confronted the challenge head-on.
Have you ever kissed a lover
Have you ever loved someone who was hurt and struggling?
Knowing that his heart was broken and damaged
Being fully aware of the person's pain and burdens.
But you held him anyway?
But you still embraced and comforted them, despite the risk of being hurt.
Have you wandered in the desert
Have you ever walked through a barren and confusing phase of your life?
While the sands were ever changing but the winds
While everything around you seemed to be in chaos and flux.
Guide you anyway
You were still guided by something, whether it was your faith, your intuition, or your own willpower.
Leap of faith, growing wings, on the way down, before you hit the ground
Taking a leap of faith and growing stronger and more resilient as you face your challenges and obstacles, before they can defeat you.
I'm growing wings now
I am becoming stronger and more capable of overcoming my struggles and rising above them.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Lara Fabian, Moh Denebi, Sharon Vaughn
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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[Verse 1]
Have you ever faced an ocean
Though you hadn't any notion
How to swim but you jumped in anyway
Have you ever kissed a lover
Knowing that his heart was broken
And damaged but you held him anyway
[Chorus]
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
[Verse 2]
Have you wandered in the desert
While the sands were ever changing
But the winds guide you anyway
Have you spoken in a language
That you've never heard before
But your memory understands it anyway
[Chorus]
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
[Bridge]
I'm growing wings now
I'm growing wings now
[Chorus]
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
[Chorus]
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Leap of faith
Growing wings
On the way down
Before you hit the ground
Marcela castaño
¿Alguna vez has enfrentado a un océano
Aunque no tenías ninguna noción
Cómo nadar pero saltó de todos modos
¿Alguna vez has besado a un amante
Sabiendo que su corazón estaba roto
Y dañado, pero lo mantuvo de todos modos
El salto de fe
Creciendo alas
En el camino hacia abajo
Antes de que golpees el suelo
Salto de fe
Alas crecientes
En el camino hacia abajo
Antes de llegar al suelo
Has vagado en el desierto
Mientras las arenas estaban cambiando y
Deja que los vientos te guíen de todos modos
¿Has hablado en un idioma
que nunca has oído antes
Pero tu memoria lo entiende de todos modos
El salto de la fe
Alas crecientes
En el camino hacia abajo
Antes de que golpee el suelo
Salto de la fe
Alas crecientes
En el camino hacia abajo
Estoy creciendo alas ahora
estoy creciendo alas ahora
El salto de fe
Creciendo alas
En el camino hacia abajo
Antes de que golpees el suelo
Salto de fe
Alas crecientes
En el camino hacia abajo
Antes de llegar al suelo.
Monsieur RUI3E
Dear Ms. LYNNE...
I just loved reading your comment, about how you've recently discovered our LARA here in/on YOUTUBE...
My STORY about and with LARA started in 1998, in the North of FRANCE, helping friends in their Hostel, we were in the kitchen, several of my friends, after having lunch, making the dishes, and suddenly that song on the radio heated on my ears, it was 'HUMANA', her well known French tune, I've shouted madly: SILENCEEE!!!!, who is that singing on the radio... The Italian Chef standing there by the window, in a very impolite way answered me: _ That's a Belgian singer... _ I answer her like thunder, a bit angry, telling her _ I didn't ask her Nationality, just her Name, then that Lady added _ She is just a bad Copy of Celine Dion... Her name is LARA FABIAN _ I should admit that in that time, I was a huge Fan of CELINE and Whitney and Mariah and Barbra..., I admire great voices, But, what I was listening, was bigger than all those, more passionate, more technique... Then I said _ What I hear has nothing to do with Celine... 'This girl is very special'...I asked the Chef to write for me her name in a piece of paper, and I ran as fast as i could, to the nearest Music Store, and there I found 2 Albums: PURE and CARPE DIEM, and, since then, I fell in love with her voice, so emotional, so perfect, I truly believe, in another life, she was a possible daughter of Pavarotti and Barbra Streisand...
Nope, unfortunately in AMERICA, you have chosen CELINE... That is why LARA is not very known over there, meanwhile she has built a Large Fan'Family, here in Europe, LARA writes her own songs, she speaks French, Italian, English and Spanish.
I would advise you listening [if you haven't done it already]
- YOU ARE NOT FROM HERE
- PUTAIN DE GRAND AMOUR
- BROKEN VOW
- FOR ALWAYS [LARA's Version Solo, 'A.I.' OST]
- MADEMOISELLE HYDE [From Mademoiselle Zhivago]
- SILENCE [English Version]
- LOU
- ADAGIO
- BAMBINA
- I GUESS I LOVED YOU
- LE ROI EST UNE FEMME
- JE T'APPELLE
- PERDERE L'AMORE
- JE SUIS MALADE
- L'ILLUSIONISTE
- VOCE [San Remo']
- Tu me manques
- DITTES MOI POURQUOI JE L'AIME
- REQUIEM POUR UN FOU [duet with Johnny, I strongly suggest you watching the Video Live 1998 Stade de France]
The more I listen from her, the more I discover her perfection... For the American Market, I suppose, she was too smart, in that industry, most of the time they force you making choices that are not exactly what LARA wanted to do, she has her own ideas, and she creates her own musical universe.
I am very pleased with her new song 'GROWING WINGS',
and I just can't wait for having the new Album in my hands...
LYNNE, welcome in LARA's Community!!!
Joan Merli Rundan
She is underrated, this woman is my favorite of all times since I was a young boy.
Juliana SM
La belleza de esta canción es hipnótica.El video una obra de arte.Bravo Lara!!!!!Cuanto sentimiento transmites❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😘
Isaac Mikkin
Люблю очень ее песни,голос нереальный.Клип супер,пересматриваю и ненадоедает.
princepeterwolf
She's the greatest female vocalist alive
MSIID Music
Hypnotisante cette chanson, autant par la musique, ce qu'elle porte, cette voix unique et ce clip est surement le plus beau que j'ai vu de votre travail....Vous touchez par autant de bienveillance dans votre art, vous communiquez de la lumière dans votre musique dans tout ce que vous faîtes. Vous êtes guidée pour moi afin de transmettre aux gens qui sont réceptifs beaucoup d'inspiration pour voir ce qu'il y a de meilleur dans ce monde et dans chacun d'entre nous....Puisse un jour avoir le bonheur de vous croiser Lara. Beaucoup de bonheur a vous . M.SIID
Fatima Loria Cartin
La admiración ; total y totalizante...para esta ...ESTRELLA ...que nos sorprende
cada Día Más. Tiene mucho aún. Ama lo que hace. ...🌹🌹🌹.
Rich Lec
Her voice is AMAZING!!!
DANY DANIEL BALLET
Perfecto, lara fabian es unica no necesita marqueting , es talento puro una perfecta voz , compremos su nuevo disco todos
Aparecido Alves de Araújo
DANY DANIEL BALLET gracia
Monsieur RUI3E
LARA is the Greatest voice from all times!!!