At the age of 14, the Belgian-Italian Lara Fabian was unknowingly setting t… Read Full Bio ↴At the age of 14, the Belgian-Italian Lara Fabian was unknowingly setting the stage for an impressive international career by singing in Brussels's clubs. A few years later, after winning many European contests and gaining some popularity, she launched her first single, followed by her first self-titled album...
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 FÃ©lix 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 artistâ€¦ 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

Tu Es Mon Autre
Lara Fabian Lyrics

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Âme ou sœur
Jumeau ou frère
De rien mais qui es-tu?
Tu es mon plus grand mystère
Mon seul lien contigu
Tu m'enrubannes et m'embryonnes
Et tu me gardes à vue
Tu es le seul animal de mon arche perdue

Tu ne parles qu'une langue, aucun mot déçu
Celle qui fait de toi mon autre
L'être reconnu
Il n'y a rien à comprendre
Et que passe l'intrus
Qui n'en pourra rien attendre
Car je suis seule à les entendre
Les silences et quand j'en tremble

Toi, tu es mon autre
La force de ma foi
Ma faiblesse et ma loi
Mon insolence et mon droit

Moi, je suis ton autre
Si nous n'étions pas d'ici
Nous serions l'infini

Et si l'un de nous deux tombe
L'arbre de nos vies
Nous gardera loin de l'ombre
Entre ciel et fruit
Mais jamais trop loin de l'autre
Nous serions maudits
Tu seras ma dernière seconde
Car je suis seule à les entendre
Les silences et quand j'en tremble

Toi, tu es mon autre
La force de ma foi
Ma faiblesse et ma loi
Mon insolence et mon droit

Moi, je suis ton autre
Si nous n'étions pas d'ici
Nous serions l'infini
Ah, ah
Ah, ah

Et si l'un de nous deux tombe

Overall Meaning

In "Tu Es Mon Autre," Lara Fabian sings about a connection that is difficult to define. The lyrics speak to a relationship that could be interpreted in different ways - are the two people related, are they friends, or are they something more? The song uses language that suggests a familial bond - "Âme ou sœur / Jumeau ou frère" - but also implies a romantic connection - "Tu es mon plus grand mystère / Mon seul lien contigu." The chorus of the song emphasizes the idea of being "l'autre," or "the other," meaning that the two individuals are inextricably linked in a way that sets them apart from everyone else.

There is a sense of mutual dependence in the lyrics, with the singer saying of the other person, "Tu m'enrubannes et m'embryonnes / Et tu me gardes à vue," which roughly translates to "You wrap me up and envelop me / And you keep an eye on me." The other person is the singer's "force de ma foi" (strength of my faith) as well as their "faiblesse et ma loi" (weakness and my law). The song suggests that the bond between these two people is so strong that they are each other's reason for being.

Line by Line Meaning

Âme ou sœur
You are either my soul or my sister

Jumeau ou frère
You are either my twin or my brother

De rien mais qui es-tu?
Of nothingness, but who are you?

Tu es mon plus grand mystère
You are my greatest mystery

Mon seul lien contigu
My only contiguous link

Tu m'enrubannes et m'embryonnes
You wrap me up and imbue me

Et tu me gardes à vue
And you keep me in sight

Tu es le seul animal de mon arche perdue
You are the only animal on my lost ark

Tu ne parles qu'une langue, aucun mot déçu
You speak only one language, no words disappointed

Celle qui fait de toi mon autre
That makes you my other

L'être reconnu
The recognized being

Il n'y a rien à comprendre
There is nothing to understand

Et que passe l'intrus
And let the intruder pass

Qui n'en pourra rien attendre
Who can expect nothing from it

Car je suis seule à les entendre
Because I am the only one who hears them

Les silences et quand j'en tremble
The silences and when I tremble

Toi, tu es mon autre
You, you are my other

La force de ma foi
The strength of my faith

Ma faiblesse et ma loi
My weakness and my law

Mon insolence et mon droit
My insolence and my right

Moi, je suis ton autre
I am your other

Si nous n'étions pas d'ici
If we were not from here

Nous serions l'infini
We would be the infinite

Et si l'un de nous deux tombe
And if one of us falls

L'arbre de nos vies
The tree of our lives

Nous gardera loin de l'ombre
Will keep us away from the shadow

Entre ciel et fruit
Between sky and fruit

Mais jamais trop loin de l'autre
But never too far from each other

Nous serions maudits
We would be cursed

Tu seras ma dernière seconde
You will be my last second

Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING FRANCE
Written by: Lara Fabian, Eric Vleminckx

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