Lara Fabian (2000 album)
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| Studio album by Lara Fabian | ||||
| Released | 29 November 1999 30 November 1999 30 May 2000 11 July 2000 |
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| Recorded | 1998-1999 | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance-pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 74:39 | |||
| Label | Columbia, Epic, Sony | |||
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Walter Afanasieff Patrick Leonard Mark Taylor Brian Rawling Glen Ballard Rick Allison K. C. Porter |
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International Version
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| Singles from Lara Fabian | ||||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Amazon | (favorable) |
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"Lara Fabian" is the fourth studio album and the first English album by the Belgian recording artist Lara Fabian. It was first released on 29 November 1999 in France and later it was released worldwide in 2000. The album features the hit singles "I Will Love Again", "I Am Who I Am" and "Love by Grace".
After the Francophone star's huge success, in 1998 and 1999, Lara went to New York City and San Francisco to record her first album in English. She wrote or co-wrote most of the songs, working with Rick Allison and producers Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey, Céline Dion, Michael Bolton), Patrick Leonard (Madonna), Sam Watters (Color Me Badd, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia) and Mark Taylor (Cher, Enrique Iglesias).
Produced by Sony Music, the self-titled album was launched in May 2000 on America's most popular morning television show, NBC's Today Show. Invitations poured in, and Lara Fabian appeared on The Tonight Show, The View, Access Hollywood, Craig Kilborn, and Entertainment Tonight.
The album's first excerpt, "I Will Love Again", hit No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Music charts and settled in for 58 weeks. Thanks to this resounding success, she received the Félix for Quebec Artist Having the Most Impact in a Language other than French.
In June 2000 to February 2001, the title "Love by Grace" became the theme song of the lead couple in the Brazilian soap opera Laços de Família, broadcast by Rede Globo for millions of viewers in Brazil and Portugal. For several weeks, the song was number 1 on most Brazilian and Portuguese radio stations. "Love by Grace" generated an incredible frenzy around the artist.
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