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Encore un soir (album)

Encore un soir
Encore un soir cover art.jpg
Studio album by Celine Dion
Released 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
Recorded June 2015 – June 2016
Genre French pop
Length
  • 45:12 (standard)
  • 56:49 (deluxe)
Label Columbia
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
Céline une seule fois / Live 2013
(2014)
Encore un soir
(2016)
Singles from Encore un soir
  1. "Encore un soir"
    Released: 24 May 2016
  2. "L'étoile"
    Released: 11 October 2016
  3. "Si c'était à refaire"
    Released: 14 October 2016

Encore un soir (meaning One More Night) is a French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 26 August 2016. It is her first French studio album since 2012's Sans attendre. Encore un soir features songs produced mainly by Humberto Gatica, Scott Price, Silvio Lisbonne, Zaho and Jacques Veneruso. The first single from the album, also titled "Encore un soir" was released on 24 May 2016 and topped the charts in France, Quebec and the French-speaking part of Switzerland.Encore un soir is Dion's first French album since 2005's On ne change pas released in the United States. The album garnered positive reviews from music critics and became a commercial success.

In August 2015, Dion's manager, Aldo Giampaolo, announced that the singer will be releasing French and English language albums in 2016 and 2017, respectively. This French album will feature mainly new material, but will also contain a cover of Robert Charlebois', "Ordinaire", and a remastered version of "Trois heures vingt" which was originally released on the singer's 1984 studio album, Mélanie. On 19 May 2016, celinedion.com began revealing excerpts of the lyrics of the lead single, "Encore un soir", written by Jean-Jacques Goldman. The lead single was released on 24 May 2016. The cover art for the single was revealed on 17 May 2016, and is identical to the cover art for the album.

During a series of interviews with various news outlets that took place on 12 May 2016 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Dion announced that the upcoming French album would be released in August 2016. On 1 July 2016, the track list for the album was released on various news websites, citing a standard edition with twelve tracks, and a deluxe version with fifteen. On 9 November 2015, celinedion.com began a contest which allowed for fans to submit a track to be selected for Dion to record for this album. On 2 December 2015, after more than 1000 votes, Dion's website announced that the winner of the contest was Daniel Picard, and his track titled, "À la plus haute branche" will be included on the album.


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