Bleu Noir

Bleu Noir
Studio album by Mylène Farmer
Released 6 December 2010 (2010-12-06)
Recorded 2010
Genre dance-pop, synthpop, pop rock, darkwave, trip hop
Label Universal Music France
Producer Mylène Farmer, Danny Griffiths, Darius Keeler, RedOne, Moby
Mylène Farmer chronology
N°5 on Tour
(2009)		 Bleu Noir
(2010)		 2001.2011
(2011)
Singles from Bleu Noir
  1. "Oui mais... non"
    Released: 29 November 2010
  2. "Bleu noir"
    Released: 18 April 2011
  3. "Lonely Lisa"
    Released: 4 July 2011

Bleu Noir is the eighth studio album by French Star singer Mylène Farmer, released 6 December 2010.[1][2] Farmer's label set up a web site to promote the album on 3 November 2010. For some of her fans this album is a return to her roots. It has drawn favorable comparisons to Innamoramento and also the albums prior to Anamorphosée. This album seems to depict the artist as a woman at her prime, confident in her achievements and able to express herself without sacrificing her integrity.

Farmer has written the lyrics and Moby, Archive and RedOne have composed the music for the album. The first single from the album is "Oui mais... non", composed by RedOne. The single was released on 11 October 2010.

The music video of "Leila" premiered at the album's temporary website on 22 November 2010, but there has not been any plan to release the song as a single.

The album entered the French Digital Chart at number one, with over 9,100 downloads.[3] The next week, the album also entered the physical chart at number one, selling 139,176 units in the first week. Both performances were deemed as records in terms of sales.[4] Bleu noir is Farmer's first studio album since 1991's L'Autre to outperform its predecessor in terms of national sales.[5]

On 22 January 2011, it was revealed that the second single would be the title track of the same name and will be released the following month. However, the release of the single was delayed due to the production of remixes of "Bleu noir".

The music video of "Bleu noir" premiered at the album's temporary website on 16 March 2011.

On 4 December 2013, "Diabolique mon ange" was released on French radio as single from Farmer's sixth live album, Timeless 2013.

Singles

Year Title Date of release Sales
(France)		 Certification Peak position
FR BE (WA) FR1 BE (WA) SWI
2010 "Oui mais... non" 11 October 2010 140,000 — — 1 2 52
2011 "Bleu Noir" 18 April 2011 20,000 — — 1 16 —
"Lonely Lisa" 20 June 2011 45,000 — — 1 10 —

1 Since February 2011: physical + digital sales

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mylène Farmer, except Track 11, written by Moby. 

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Oui mais... non"  RedOne 4:19
2. "Moi je veux..."  Moby 3:30
3. "Bleu noir"  Moby 4:04
4. "N'aie plus d'amertume"  Moby 4:15
5. "Toi l'amour"  Moby 4:40
6. "Lonely Lisa"  RedOne 3:02
7. "M'effondre"  Moby 3:33
8. "Light Me Up"  Darius Keeler 5:02
9. "Leila"  Darius Keeler 3:51
10. "Diabolique mon ange"  Darius Keeler 5:00
11. "Inseparables"  Moby 4:08
12. "Inséparables" (French version)Moby 3:14

Release history

Date Label Country Format Catalog
29 November 2010 Universal Music France France Digital —
6 December 2010 CD - Collector "Wooden School Writing Case" 2755537
LP 2755536
CD - Crystal Jewel box 2755534
CD - Digisleeve 2755535
7 December 2010 Polydor Canada Digital[6] —
15 February 2011 Universal Music México México CD - Digisleeve 2755535

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[7] 72
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[9] 1
French SNEP Digital Chart[10] 1
Greek Albums Chart 36
Russian Albums Chart[11] 3
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 7
Swiss (Romandie) Albums Chart[13] 1
Mexico Top 100 Albums Chart[14] 98

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[15] 39
French SNEP Albums Chart[16] 9

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[17] Diamond 27 July 2011 500,000
Belgium[18] Platinum 24 December 2010 40,000
Switzerland[19] Gold December 2010 10,000
Russia[20] Platinum 2011 10,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mylène Farmer : nouvel album Bleu Noir, published 21 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "''Bleu Noir'' official temporary website". Mylenefarmer-bleunoir.com. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  3. ↑ Decant, Charles (9 December 2010). "Disques : les Black Eyed Peas et Mylène Farmer battent des records" (in French). Ozap. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Cadet, Thierry (14 December 2010). "Tops : Mylène Farmer explose les records avec plus de 139 000 ventes !" (in French). Chartsinfrance. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.mylene.net/mylene/classements_albums_france
  6. ↑ "Bleu Noir : Mylène Farmer - Pop | Archambault". Archambault.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Bleu Noir, Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "Bleu Noir, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Bleu Noir, French Albums Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "French Digital Albums Chart, 05/12/2010" (in French). Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Bleu Noir, Russian Albums Chart" (in French). Mylene.net. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Bleu Noir, Swiss Albums Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  13. ↑ "Charts Romandie - Albums Top 50, 19.12.2010" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Bleu Noir, Mexican Albums Chart". Mexicancharts. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  15. ↑ "Rapports annuels 2010 - Albums" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  16. ↑ "La musique préférée des français en 2010 (dossier Le Parisien)" (in French). mylene.net. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Certifications Albums Diamant - année 2011" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  18. ↑ "Les disques d'or/de platine - Singles - 2010" (in French). ultratop. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  19. ↑ "Awards 2010". Swisscharts. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  20. ↑ "Золотой и платиновый альбом в России - International 2010" (in Russian). 2M. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

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