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
Le secret
Lara Fabian Lyrics
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Comme un souffle court,
Un trait
Fait par une main souillée
Qui te berce en secret
Tu sens que ces gestes sont volés,
Que personne ne te croirait.
Ton corps est une île perdue
Le souvenir d'enfance
D'une princesse sans défense
Qui en a bien trop vu
Et puis s'est tue
Trouver
Les mots qui se sont noyés
Au fond de tes nuits violées
Et survivre au secret
Ton corps est une île perdue
Portée par une mer aux larmes
Salée et amères
Où plus rien ne vit, rien ne s'espère.
Pourtant tu pries,
Renies
Ce que crie ton ventre,
Tu le jure,
Te rassures,
Tu es vivante.
La femme que tu deviendras
La voie de ton âme,
Le chemin que trouvera ton cœur
Et sauvera l'enfant, la sœur,
Tu n'as pas fait d'erreurs
Tu n'as rien à reprocher
A la petite fille que tu étais.
Il ne te suffira
Que de l'aimer
Ton corps est parfait
Laisse-le t'aimer
C'est ça le secret
The song "Le Secret" by Lara Fabian is about a woman who has experienced sexual abuse in her past. The lyrics describe her body as a lost island, a memory of a defenseless princess who has seen too much and remained silent. The woman is struggling to find a way to express the words that have drowned at the bottom of her violated nights, and she is trying to survive the secret.
The lyrics also depict the woman's internal conflict. On the one hand, she is denying the cries of her body, and on the other, she is trying to reassure herself that she is alive. The woman is urged to love herself and her body, and to understand that she has done nothing wrong. The song encourages her to embrace herself and let her body love her, as that is the secret to healing and liberating herself.
Line by Line Meaning
Tu es
This line serves as an introduction to the rest of the song and addresses the person being spoken to. It means 'You are.'
Comme un souffle court,
You are like a short breath, meaning that the person is fragile and vulnerable.
Un trait
A line or a stroke, a mark made on paper, can be bold or faint, in the same way, the person being spoken to has left an impression or a mark on the singer.
Fait par une main souillée
This line implies that the mark or impression was made with a dirty or tainted hand or by a person with a bad intention.
Qui te berce en secret
You are secretly soothed or comforted as if by someone who cares for you quietly or in hiding.
Tu sens que ces gestes sont volés,
You feel like these soothing gestures are stolen or taken from you without consent and they don't belong to you.
Que personne ne te croirait.
You think nobody would believe you if you told them what was happening to you.
Qu'on dira qu'il t'aimait
Others are going to say that he loved you when in truth, his intentions were not pure.
Ton corps est une île perdue
Your body is like a lost Island, it's cut off all communication with the world and you are isolated.
Le souvenir d'enfance
Memories from childhood, particularly traumas, are not easily forgotten.
D'une princesse sans défense
Like a defenseless princess, you were unable to protect yourself from harm.
Qui en a bien trop vu
You have seen too much, and it's affected you.
Et puis s'est tue
Then you became silent, perhaps from shame or because you were afraid of what might happen if you spoke out.
Trouver
To find something that has been lost.
Les mots qui se sont noyés
The words that were drowned out, perhaps by fear or trauma, and need to be recovered.
Au fond de tes nuits violées
Deep in the nights when you were violated or harmed.
Et survivre au secret
How to cope or survive with the secrets you keep.
Portée par une mer aux larmes
The person is carried or surrounded by a sea of tears, meaning that their experiences have been sorrowful and tragic.
Salée et amères
The tears are salty and bitter, suggesting that the person is in deep emotional pain or grieving.
Où plus rien ne vit, rien ne s'espère.
Nothing lives or grows in this sea, implying that the person is stuck in a dark place with no hope for the future.
Pourtant tu pries,
Despite everything, you still pray or have hope for a better future.
Renies
You deny or reject certain aspects of yourself or your past.
Ce que crie ton ventre,
What your gut instinct tells you or what you know to be true in your heart.
Tu le jures,
You swear to yourself that things will change or improve in the future.
Te rassures,
You find comfort in the promise of a better future, that you will be loved and safe.
Tu es vivante.
You are alive and have a future ahead of you, full of possibilities.
La femme que tu deviendras
The person you will become, a woman who will overcome and transcend the pain of the past.
La voie de ton âme,
The path your soul will take or the direction in which you will head.
Le chemin que trouvera ton cœur
The journey your heart will take, the path towards healing and recovery.
Et sauvera l'enfant, la sœur,
Your healing will benefit not only yourself but also your inner child and your siblings.
Tu n'as pas fait d'erreurs
You didn't do anything wrong, you are not to be blamed for what happened to you.
Tu n'as rien à reprocher
You have nothing to be ashamed of or to blame yourself for.
A la petite fille que tu étais.
The person being spoken to is addressed as their inner child, acknowledging the vulnerability and fear they experienced at a young age.
Il ne te suffira
All that is required for the person to heal and move forward is
Que de l'aimer
To love themselves, to accept what happened, and to look to the future with hope.
Ton corps est parfait
Your body is perfect the way it is, and there is no reason to feel any shame or guilt.
Laisse-le t'aimer
Allow yourself to be loved, especially by yourself.
C'est ça le secret
This is the secret, the key to happiness and healing, to love and accept oneself.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GIORA LINENBERG, LARA FABIAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@marcellesoares2223
Lettre- le secret- Lara Fabian
Tu es
Comme un souffle court
Un trait
Fait par une main souillée
Qui te berce en secret…
Tu sens que ces gestes sont volés,
Que personne ne te croirait,
Qu’on dira qu’il t’aimait…
Ton corps est une île perdue
Le souvenir d’enfance
D’une princesse sans défense…
Qui en a bien trop vu
Et puis s’est tue…
Trouver
Les mots qui se sont noyés
Au fond de tes nuits violées
Et survivre au secret.
Ton corps est une île perdue
Portée par une mer aux larmes
Salées et amères
Où plus rien ne vit, rien ne s’espère.
Pourtant tu pries,
Renies
Ce que crie ton ventre,
Tu le jures,
Te rassures,
Tu es vivante.
La femme que tu deviendras
La voie de ton âme,
Le chemin que trouvera ton cœur
Et qui sauvera l’enfant, la sœur,
Tu n’as pas fait d’erreurs…
Tu n’as rien à reprocher
A la petite fille que tu étais.
Il ne te suffira
Que de l’aimer…
Ton corps est parfait…
Laisse-le t’aimer…
C’est ça le secret…
@fanfan13008
Un album qui mériterait de ressortir à nouveau en 2023 notamment le faire et refaire découvrir au public car à l'époque il n'a pas pu être mis à l'honneur suite aux soucis de santé de Lara.
@marcellesoares2223
Lettre- le secret- Lara Fabian
Tu es
Comme un souffle court
Un trait
Fait par une main souillée
Qui te berce en secret…
Tu sens que ces gestes sont volés,
Que personne ne te croirait,
Qu’on dira qu’il t’aimait…
Ton corps est une île perdue
Le souvenir d’enfance
D’une princesse sans défense…
Qui en a bien trop vu
Et puis s’est tue…
Trouver
Les mots qui se sont noyés
Au fond de tes nuits violées
Et survivre au secret.
Ton corps est une île perdue
Portée par une mer aux larmes
Salées et amères
Où plus rien ne vit, rien ne s’espère.
Pourtant tu pries,
Renies
Ce que crie ton ventre,
Tu le jures,
Te rassures,
Tu es vivante.
La femme que tu deviendras
La voie de ton âme,
Le chemin que trouvera ton cœur
Et qui sauvera l’enfant, la sœur,
Tu n’as pas fait d’erreurs…
Tu n’as rien à reprocher
A la petite fille que tu étais.
Il ne te suffira
Que de l’aimer…
Ton corps est parfait…
Laisse-le t’aimer…
C’est ça le secret…
@chouchoudoux4986
Sublime!! Pourtant si triste mais si Vrai! Difficile de vivre après cela! ! Malheureusement il y a encore des enfants qui vivent encore cela!
😢😢 Merci pour cette divine Chanson, et pour toutes vos chansons aussi beles les Unes que les autres🌞🌞 je vous adore Lara 💜💛💚❤
@janineblanchet2494
Fabuleuse Lara , toujours un plaisir de l'écouter
@user-rl4kb4ui2k
Les mots puissants. Je n’ai pas aucuns mots à expliquer les émotions que je me sens. J’ai les larmes aux yeux. Très émouvant et m’émeut beaucoup
@terriq1622
Belle chanson 🤩🎼✌️
@miriamgonzalez1394
Saludos una de mis cantantes favoritas. Una diosa inigualable...de otra dimension...Quien la escucha en Nov.6, 2020. Le secret...El secreto de los dos he dicho todo menos tu nombre te quiero...eih agua
@symphonie19
j'adore cette chanson merci du partage Lara
@sandrinegault7982
J adore bel album très émouvant ...
@anthonyguele7250
simple, efficace, tout simplement magnifique.