Le mot de passe
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Le Mot de passe (Eng: The Password) is an album recorded by the French singer Patricia Kaas. It was her fifth successful studio album and was released in 1999. It was well charted in many countries, including France and Belgium.
Background and writing
This album was released on May 14, 1999. As for
The song "Les Éternelles" (Eng: "The Eternals") was also published in Germany as a duet with the Swiss tenor Erkan Aki under the title of "Unter der Haut" (Eng: "Under the skin"), and was the theme music of the five-part ZDF serial Sturmzeit (Eng: Stormy Times), based on a book by Charlotte Link.
In France, the two singles from this album didn't meet a great success. The first one, "Ma liberté contre la tienne", peaked only at #34, while the second one, "Une femme comme une autre", failed to reach the top 50 (#78). Two other songs from Le Mot de passe were released as singles in 2000 ("Mon chercheur d'or" and "Les chansons commencent"), but in their live versions available on Kaas' 2000 album Live. They weren't successful too.
Chart performance
Even if this album was successful, it didn't hit the same sales and chartings as Kaas' two previous studio albums. In France, it reached #2 on May 22, 1999, and stayed there for three consecutive weeks. After that, it almost kept on dropping, falling off the top ten after just six weeks. However, it managed to stabilize in the lower positions and totaled 27 weeks in the top 50 and 36 weeks in the top 100. It achieved
In Belgium (Wallonia), the album had a great success : it debuted at #14 on May 29, then jumped to #7, finally hit #2 and remained at this position for three consecutive weeks. It dropped slowly and featured in the top ten for nine weeks, 18 weeks in the top 20 and 26 weeks in the top 40.
The album was charted for 15 weeks in Switzerland (top 50), eight of them in the top 30, with a peak at #14 in its second week, on June 6, 1999. The album was certified Gold disc the same year.[3]
Le Mot de passe met a moderate success in Germany, where it peaked at #27, and Finland, where it hit #26 and stayed on the chart for four weeks.
Track listing
| # | Title[4] | Length |
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| 1. | "Ma liberté contre la tienne" (D.Golemanas / P.Obispo) |
5:47
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| 2. | "Une fille de l'Est" (J.J.Goldman) |
3:31
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| 3. | "Si tu rêves" (D.Golemanas / P.Obispo) |
3:50
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| 4. | "J'attends de nous" (Zazie / P.Obispo) |
4:52
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| 5. | "Le Mot de passe" (D.Golemanas / P.Obispo) |
4:12
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| 6. | "Les Éternelles" (D.Golemanas / P.Obispo) |
3:51
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| 7. | "La Clé" (L.Florence / P.Obispo) |
4:34
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| 8. | "Mon chercheur d'or" (D.Golemanas / P.Obispo) |
4:32
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| 9. | "Quand je t'oublie" (D.Golemanas / P.Obispo - P.Jaconelli) |
4:37
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| 10. | "Une femme comme une autre" (L.Florence / P.Obispo) |
4:44
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| 11. | "Les chansons commencent" (J.J.Goldman) |
5:30
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| 12. | "Et je m'en veux" (L.Florence / P.Obispo) |
3:56
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Credits
Musicians
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Recording and production
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Belgium (BEA)[14] | Gold | 25,000* |
| France ( SNEP)[15]
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Platinum | 300,000* |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[16] | Gold | 25,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Kaas's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 2, 2008)
- ^ 1999 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved June 2, 2008)
- ^ 1999 certifications in Switzerland Swisscharts.com (Retrieved June 2, 2008)
- ^ Le Mot de passe, track listing allmusic.com (Retrieved June 2, 2008)
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Patricia Kaas – Le mot de passe" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 25. 19 June 1999. p. 16. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Patricia Kaas – Le mot de passe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Patricia Kaas – Le mot de passe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Rapports Annuels 1999" (in French). Ultratop & Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Rapports annueles 1999 - albums francophones" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- SNEP. Archived from the originalon September 25, 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 1999". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
- Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Le mot de passe')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
