Quelqu'un m'a dit | ||||
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Studio album by Carla Bruni | ||||
Released | 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Folk, Chanson | |||
Length | 38:27 | |||
Language | French | |||
Label | Naïve | |||
Producer | Carla Bruni, Louis Bertignac | |||
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Singles from Quelqu'un m'a dit | ||||
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Quelqu'un m'a dit (French pronunciation: [kɛlkœ̃ madi]; Someone told me) is the debut album of Italian-French singer, model, and former First Lady of France Carla Bruni, released in 2003.
Quelqu'un m'a dit debuted at number one on the French Album Chart, spending thirty-four non-consecutive weeks in the top ten. The album also reached the top ten in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and Chile.
Three tracks appeared in Hans Canosa's 2005 American film Conversations with Other Women ("J'en connais", "Le plus beau du quartier", and "L'excessive"), and the song "Le plus beau du quartier" was used in H&M's Christmas 2006 commercial. The title track was played over the closing credits of Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités..., included on the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack released in 2009, and appeared in the 2010 Carte d'Or Muffin commercial. The song "Le Ciel Dans Une Chambre" also appeared in an episode of Skins, series 3.
The second track, “Raphaël”, is named for Bruni's then-lover, philosophy professor Raphaël Enthoven, with whom she had a son, Aurélien Enthoven, in 2001.
Bruni has further collaborated with the co-producer, Louis Bertignac, in 2005 duetting with him on the song "Les Frôleuses" on his new album.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone