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
Till I Get Over You
Lara Fabian Lyrics
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It's a memory I'll never replace
Never thought I'd have to try to let it go
Now if you're gettin' on all right
I was hopin' that maybe you'd show me
What to do, how to make it through
[Chorus]
I can give
I can live a lie
Till I get over you
I can save one prayer for love
Till I get over you
I can live, I can live
Till I get over you
And I could never give enough
Couldn't save it with all my love
Watched you walk out leaving me there wanting more
Now I can't get through the night
And I'm drowning but I would be damned, babe
If you knew, I can make it through
[Chorus]
And the sunlight on your face
Maybe someday I will erase
But if I do
Could I make it through
Through this world without loving you
[Chorus: x2]
Lara Fabian's song "Till I Get Over You" is a heart-wrenching ballad about a woman who is struggling to move on from a past love. The opening lines, "And the sunlight on your face, it's a memory I'll never replace," suggest that the memories of this person are still very fresh and vivid in her mind. She never realized how difficult it would be to let go of this love until now.
The chorus of the song speaks to the struggles of trying to move on when you're still in love with someone. The line, "I can give, I can live a lie," speaks to the idea that she's pretending everything is okay, even though she's still hurting inside. She can save one prayer for love, but until she truly gets over this person, she knows that it's all a lie.
In the second verse, Fabian sings that she could never give enough to save the relationship with her love, but she always wanted more. Now that the person has left, she's struggling to get through each night, feeling like she's drowning. Though she knows she can make it through, she also knows she'll be damned if he ever found out how much she's still hurting.
The song ends on a melancholy note, with Fabian contemplating the possibility of erasing the memories of this love. She questions whether she could make it through this world without loving this person, but also seems to be aware that it might be the only way to truly move on.
Line by Line Meaning
And the sunlight on your face
The memory of your smiling face and the way the sunlight shone on it is something that will always remain with me.
It's a memory I'll never replace
There is no other memory that can take the place of the one I have of you and the happiness we shared.
Never thought I'd have to try to let it go
I never imagined I would have to make an effort to forget you and move on.
Now if you're gettin' on all right
If you're doing fine without me,
I was hopin' that maybe you'd show me
I had hoped that you could give me some guidance on how to cope and move on.
What to do, how to make it through
I'm lost and don't know how to survive without you.
Till I get over you
I cannot move on and heal until you are out of my mind and heart.
I can give
I can put on a brave face and pretend that I'm okay.
I can live a lie
I can fake my happiness and pretend that everything is okay when I'm really hurting.
Till I get over you
I cannot fully be myself and let go until I am over you.
I can save one prayer for love
I still have hope that one day we can be together again, so I will hold onto that prayer for now.
Till I get over you
I need to forget you and move on before I can truly find love and happiness.
I can live, I can live
I can survive even without you, though it won't be easy.
And I could never give enough
No matter how much I loved you and tried to make things work, it wasn't enough for you.
Couldn't save it with all my love
My love for you wasn't enough to save our relationship.
Watched you walk out leaving me there wanting more
I saw you leave and it left me feeling unfulfilled and wanting more from our relationship.
Now I can't get through the night
Without you, it's hard for me to survive the dark and lonely nights.
And I'm drowning but I would be damned, babe
I feel like I'm drowning in my pain and sadness, but I refuse to let it consume me.
If you knew, I can make it through
If you only knew how hard it is for me, you would understand that I am trying my best to move on.
Maybe someday I will erase
Perhaps with time and healing, I will be able to forget and let go of the memory of you.
But if I do
But if I forget you and move on completely,
Could I make it through
Would I be able to survive in this world without the love that I once had for you?
Through this world without loving you
I am not sure if I can imagine living in this world without the love that I had for you at some point in my life.
Till I get over you
I know that I need to get over you to truly start living again.
Chorus: x2
Repeating the chorus emphasizes the theme of the song, which is that the only way to truly move on is to get over the person who has hurt you.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: LOUIS BIANCANIELLO, SAM WATTERS
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