Le chemin (Kyo album)

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
Kyo (2001) Le Chemin (2003) 300 Lésions (2004)
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 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

1. "Le Chemin" (duet with Sita) — 3:31
2. "Je cours" — 3:01
3. "Dernière danse" — 3:48
4. "Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
5. "Chaque seconde" — 3:50
6. "Comment te dire" — 4:44
7. "Je saigne encore" — 4:02
8. "Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
9. "Pardonné" — 3:36
10. "Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
11. "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			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

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 (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 (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
7. Le Chemin, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
8. Le Chemin, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
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 (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
12. 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
13. 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
14. 2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
15. 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved November 23, 2008)