Je deviens moi (meaning "I Become Myself") is the name of the first studio album recorded by the French singer Grégory Lemarchal. It was released on April 17, 2005 and contains the hit singles "Écris l'histoire" and "Je suis en vie". The album topped the chart in France, and was also a success in Belgium (Wallonia). It remained the first and the only studio album of the singer recorded and released when he was living.

Je deviens moi
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2005
RecordedFrance
GenrePop
LabelUniversal, Mercury
Grégory Lemarchal chronology
Je deviens moi
(2005)
Olympia 06
(2006)
Singles from Je deviens moi
  1. "Écris l'histoire"
    Released: March 29, 2005
  2. "Je suis en vie"
    Released: July 18, 2005
  3. "À corps perdu"
    Released: February 2006

There are two formats of the album : the first one is a simple CD, and the second one is a collector edition containing a CD plus a DVD.

The album was a re-issued after Lemarchal's death, reaching #1 on the French Back Catalogue Chart (chart for albums that have been released two years earlier), and #2 on the French Digital Chart.

Track listing edit

  1. "Je deviens moi" (Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, AnNa R., Katia Landreas) — 3:37
  2. "Je suis en vie" (Alana Filippi, Rémi Lacroix) — 3:44
  3. "Écris l'histoire" (Francesco de Benedittis, Paul Manners, David Esposito) — 4:17
  4. "À corps perdu" (Alexandre Lessertisseur, R. Jericho, V. Filho) — 4:13
  5. "Le feu sur les planches" (Eleonor Coquelin, Laurent Mesambret) — 4:16
  6. "Je t'écris" (Yvan Cassar, Marc Lévy) — 6:44
  7. "Pardonne-moi" (Frédéric Kocourek, Julien Thomas) — 4:08
  8. "Mon ange" (Benedittis, Paul Manners, Esposito, Chet) — 3:59
  9. "Promets-moi" (Coquelin, Mesambret) — 3:36
  10. "Il n'y a qu'un pas" (Filippi, Lacroix) — 3:54
  11. "Le bonheur tout simplement" (Romano Musumarra, Luc Plamondon) — 3:59
  12. "Une vie moins ordinaire" (Katia Landreas, Francis Eg White, Louis Elliot) — 4:09
DVD
  1. "Grégory Lemarchal - droit dans les yeux", a documentary by Séb Brisard + Bonus

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications for Je deviens moi
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[10] 2× Gold 200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Je deviens moi, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  2. ^ Je deviens moi, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  3. ^ Je deviens moi, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  4. ^ Je deviens moi, in French Back Catalogue Chart Ifop.com Archived 2007-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  5. ^ Je deviens moi, in French Digital Chart Ifop.com Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  6. ^ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  7. ^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  8. ^ 2007 in French Back Catalogue Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  9. ^ 2007 French Digital Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 20, 2008)
  10. ^ "French album certifications – Grégory Lemarchal – Je deviens moi" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 8 August 2022.