Early Life[]
Born to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother in Etterbeek, Belgium, Fabian spent her first five years in her mother's hometown of Catania in Sicily, before moving back toBrussels, Belgium. She began singing, dancing and taking piano lessons at a young age, and began formal music lessons at age eight. She began writing and performing her own songs during her ten years of formal music study. Fabian's songs were influenced by her classical vocal and by contemporary artists such as Barbra Streisand and Queen.
At Northvision Song Contest 1
Lara Fabian was internaly selected to repreent Belgium in NVSC1 with the song Duex ills deux ells . She failed to qualify and came 16th in the semi
final
At Northvision Song Contest 3[]
Lara Fabian was internaly seletced to represent San Marino in NVSC3 with the song No Big Deal . Due to San Marino recieveing a top 5 placing in NVSC2, Labian was an automatic qualifier. Her second attempt was not much more succesful than the first, as she ended up in second to last place in the final.
Discography []
Albums[]
Year | Title | FR[1] | BE[2] | CH[3] | Sales[4][5][6][7] | |
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VL | WA | |||||
1991 | Lara Fabian | – | – | – | – | Canada: Platinum (150,000) |
1994 | Carpe diem
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4 | – | 16 | – | Canada: 2× Platinum (250,000) France: 375,000 (should be Platinum) World: 800,000 |
1997 | Pure
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3 | – | 3 | – | France: Diamond (1,498,800+)[8] Canada: Platinum (125,000) Europe: 2× Platinum (2,000,000) World: 3,700,000 million |
1999 | Lara Fabian1*1st English studio album
|
1 | 11 | 2 | 14 | Portugal 3× Platinum (120,000) France: Platinum (255,200)[9] Brazil: Platinum (125,000) Belgium: Platinum (30,000) Canada: Gold (50,000) Switzerland: Gold (15,000) Norway: Gold (15,000) World: 2,5 million |
2001 | Nue
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2 | – | 1 | 10 | France: 2× Platinum (700,000) |
2004 | A Wonderful Life2*2nd English studio album
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8 | 54 | 4 | 18 | France: 100,000 (should be Gold) |
2005 | 9
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3 | 67 | 2 | 32 | France: Platinum (250,000)[9] |
2009 | Toutes les femmes en moi3*6th French studio album
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3 | 60 | 1 | 41 | France: 225,000 |
2009 | Every Woman in Me
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– | – | – | – | |
2010 | Mademoiselle Zhivago
|
– | – | 2 | – | France: 100,000 |
2013 | Le Secret
|
1 | 37 | 1 | 16 |
Singles[]
Year | Single | FRA | BE Wa |
CH | SNEP | Album |
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1986 | "L'Aziza est en pleurs" | - | - | - | – | |
1988 | "Croire" | - | - | - | Lara Fabian(French bonus track) | |
"Je sais" (with Franck Olivier) | - | - | - | Lara Fabian(Original Canadian Edition) | ||
1990 | "L'amour voyage" (with Franck Olivier) | - | - | - | L'amour voyage(Franck Olivier) | |
1991 | "Le jour où tu partiras" | - | - | - | Lara Fabian | |
"Qui pense à l'amour" | - | - | - | |||
"Les murs" | - | - | - | |||
"Je m'arrêterai pas de t'aimer" | - | - | - | |||
"Il suffit d’un éclair" | - | - | - | |||
1994 | "Tu t'en vas" | - | - | - | Carpe diem | |
1995 | "Si tu m'aimes" | - | - | - | ||
"Leïla" | - | - | - | |||
1996 | "Tout" | 4 | 2 | - | Pure | |
1997 | "Je t'aime" | 6 | 6 | - | ||
1998 | "Humana" | 15 | 21 | - | ||
"Si tu m'aimes" (Nouvelle version) | 5 | 3 | - | Carpe diem(Re-release) | ||
1999 | "La Différence" | 10 | 11 | - | Silver | Pure |
"Réquiem pour un fou" (with Johnny Hallyday) | 8 | 11 | - | Live 1999 | ||
"Adagio" | 5 | 3 | - | Silver | Lara Fabian | |
2000 | "I Will Love Again"1 | 16 | 5 | 14 | ||
"I Am Who I Am" 2 | 67 | - | 64 | |||
2001 | "Love By Grace"3 | - | - | - | ||
"Meu Grande Amor(Si Tu M'aimes)"3 | - | - | - | |||
"The Dream Within" 4 | - | - | - | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within OST | ||
"Quédate"5 | - | - | - | Lara Fabian(South American Edition) | ||
2001 | "J'y crois encore" | 17 | 8 | 23 | Silver | Nue |
2002 | "Immortelle" | 10 | 4 | - | Silver | |
"Aimer Déjà " | 32 | 23 | - | |||
"Tu es mon autre" (with Maurane) | 5 | 2 | - | Gold | ||
2003 | "Bambina" (with Jean-Félix Lalanne) | 31 | 12 | - | En toute intimité | |
2005 | "La lettre" | 11 | 11 | 62 | 9 | |
2006 | "L'homme qui n'avait pas de maison" | 26 | - | - | ||
"Aime" | 26 | 9 | - | Un regard 9 Live | ||
"Un cuore malato" (with Gigi d'Alessio) | 16 | 6 | - | Made In Italy(Gigi d'Alessio) | ||
2009 | "Soleil, Soleil" | - | 39 | - | Toutes les femmes en moi | |
"Toutes les femmes en moi" | - | - | - | |||
"Amoureuse" | - | - | - | |||
2010 | "On s'aimerait tout bas" | - | 19 | - | Best of Lara Fabian | |
2012 | "Je t'aime encore" | - | 10 | - | Mademoiselle Zhivago | |
2013 | "Deux ils, deux elles " | 88 | - | - | Le Secret |