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
Mirage
Lara Fabian Lyrics
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Tout déchiré,
Un petit bout de moi vient de se détacher,
Un être est passé, une étincelle s'est infiltrée.
Empoisonnée,
Prise dans ses chairs,
Je me cache en silence.
Ramassant les heures qu'il a jetées de son trouble cœur.
Quelle est la peine qui nous unit,
Qui fait que l'on aime une béquille,
Une chaîne.
Déboussolée,
D'ouest enivrée,
Enamourée d'amours exsangues et torturées,
Je vais me lancer dans d'autres bras
Qui ne me veulent pas.
Le temps de recouvrer la mémoire,
Le temps où je n'étais pas dérisoire.
Belle,
Remplie de rêves immenses
Avec lesquels je danse
Avant de m'éveiller,
C'est plus cassé,
Je vais réparer,
Je me souviens qu'il est l'heure
De tout oublier,
Un être est passé,
Une autre peine est pardonnée.
In Lara Fabian's song "Mirage," she speaks about the feeling of being broken and torn apart after a powerful experience with someone else. She describes how a small part of her has detached after encountering this person and how she feels poisoned and trapped in their grasp. She hides silently between old prayers, picking up the hours he threw away from his troubled heart. Lara questions what kind of pain unites us, making us love a crutch or a chain in this case. From being lost and intoxicated in the western horizon, she falls for loves that are lifeless and tortured. She acknowledges that it's time to regain her memory and fix herself. Lara is filled with immense dreams that she dances with before waking up, realizing things are still broken. However, she still remembers that it's time to forget everything and move on, forgiving the person who caused the pain.
The lyrics of the song describe the complex emotions of someone recovering from a heartbreak. Lara Fabian, using vivid imagery and breathtaking metaphors, captures the essence of living in the moment and forgetting one's pain. Through the song, she wants to convey a sense of growth and maturation, a desire to overcome situations that seem impossible.
Line by Line Meaning
C’est tout cassé,
Everything is broken,
Tout déchiré,
Everything is torn,
Un petit bout de moi vient de se détacher,
A small part of me has just detached,
Un être est passé, une étincelle s’est infiltrée.
Someone has passed by, a spark has infiltrated.
Empoisonnée,
Poisoned,
Prise dans ses chairs,
Caught in his flesh,
Je me cache en silence.
I hide in silence.
Entre deux vieilles prières,
Between two old prayers,
Ramassant les heures qu’il a jetées de son trouble cœur.
Collecting the hours he threw away from his troubled heart.
Quelle est la peine qui nous unit,
What is the pain that unites us,
Qui fait que l’on aime une béquille,
That makes us love a crutch,
Une chaîne.
A chain.
Déboussolée,
Disoriented,
D’ouest enivrée,
Intoxicated from the West,
Enamourée d’amours exsangues et torturées,
In love with love that is lifeless and tortured,
Je vais me lancer dans d’autres bras
I will throw myself into other arms
Qui ne me veulent pas.
Who don't want me.
Le temps de recouvrer la mémoire,
Time to recover my memory,
Le temps où je n’étais pas dérisoire.
The time when I wasn't insignificant.
Belle,
Beautiful,
Remplie de rêves immenses
Filled with immense dreams
Avec lesquels je danse
With which I dance
Avant de m’éveiller,
Before I wake up,
C’est plus cassé,
It's less broken,
Je vais réparer,
I will repair,
Je me souviens qu’il est l’heure
I remember that it's time
De tout oublier,
To forget everything,
Un être est passé,
Someone has passed by,
Une autre peine est pardonnée.
Another pain is forgiven.
Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Written by: JANEY CLEWER, LARA FABIAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@percanta1
Esta es la canción que más me gusta de este álbum. Es todo estupendo pero ésta es la que me conmueve más.
@darkchocolate4643
Sí, yo también. Es maravilloso.
@JulieClift
One of my faves <3
@paolalilla9183
Struggente e bellissimo Brano 🌹
@lumi3162
Le Secret est mon album favori de Lara... Un peu à part dans sa discographie. Très délicat. Presque mystique. Je me souviens encore de l'époque où je l'avais pré-commandé sur Amazon... C'est déjà loin, tout ça... Mon top 3 : Il est Lune/Mirage/Amourexique.
@darkchocolate4643
What a wonderful little gem of a song. Si tendre. C'est la chanson qui m'a fait acheter le CD, même si je l'écoute sur Spotify ou Youtube.
@jessicabrasse9651
La mélodie est trop belle ❤️
@lestutosdelahm6058
😍😢😍😘
@yakupondes3668
👍🎶❣️💐🧿👏🌍