LE CHEMIN (KYO ALBUM)

Le Chemin
Le Chemin
Studio album by Kyo
Released	January 13, 2003
Recorded	France, 2003
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	41:56
Label	Zomba, EMI Music
Kyo chronology
Singles from Le Chemin
	" Le Chemin"; Released: November 2002; "Dernière danse"; Released: April 2003; "Je cours"; Released: September 2003; "Je saigne encore"; Released: January 2004;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Le Chemin ("The Way") is a 2003 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a DVD.

It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).

The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004 NRJ Music Awards.

Track listing

" Le Chemin" (duet with Sita) — 3:31
"Je cours" — 3:01
"Dernière danse" — 3:48
"Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
"Chaque seconde" — 3:50
"Comment te dire" — 4:44
"Je saigne encore" — 4:02
"Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
"Pardonné" — 3:36
"Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
"Tout reste à faire" — 4:56

Source : Allmusic.^[2]

Personnel and credits

Vocals by Benoit Poher and Fabien Dubos
Guitar : Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos
Drums by Fabien Dubos
Bass : Laurent Vernerey
Choir arrangement : Jean Francois Berger
Assistant : Elise Chambeyron
Programming by Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne
Sampling by Nicolas Chassagne
Mastering : Ian Cooper
Mixing by Francois Delabriere
Engineered by Hubert Decottignies and Francois Delabriere
Photography : Marco De La Rosa
Produced by François Delabrière

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
January 2003	BMG / Jive	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	653329
October 2003	EMI Music	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	79224722

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium^[3]	Platinum	March 28, 2004	50,000
France^[4]	Diamond	March 3, 2004	1,000,000	999,200^[5]
Switzerland^[6]	Platinum	2003	40,000

Charts

Chart (2003–2005)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[7]	1
French SNEP Albums Chart^[8]	2
Swiss Albums Chart^[9]	10

End of year chart (2003)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[10]	3
French Albums Chart^[11]	4
Swiss Albums Chart^[12]	33
End of year chart (2004)	Position
French Albums Chart^[13]	9
Swiss Albums Chart^[14]	51
End of year chart (2005)	Position
French Albums Chart^[15]	142

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Le Chemin, track listing Allmusic.com (November 28, 2008)
^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
^ Chart trajectories and sales of various albums in French Albums Chart Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Le Chemin, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Le Chemin, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Le Chemin, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2004-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Le Chemin, track listing Allmusic.com (November 28, 2008)

[3] Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[4] French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)

[5] Chart trajectories and sales of various albums in French Albums Chart Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[6] Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[Ultratop-7] Le Chemin, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[Lescharts-8] Le Chemin, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[Hitparade-9] Le Chemin, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[10] 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[11] 2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[12] 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2004-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[13] 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[14] 2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)

[15] 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)

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