Histoires Naturelles (album)

Histoires Naturelles
Studio album by Nolwenn Leroy
Released	December, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop, World
Length	47:55
Label	Universal International Mercury France
Producer	TF1
Nolwenn Leroy chronology
Nolwenn (2003) Histoires Naturelles (2005) Histoires Naturelles Tour (2007)

Histoires Naturelles is Nolwenn Leroy's second album. It was released on 5 December 2005 in France. Most of the songs were written by the French singer Laurent Voulzy and Nolwenn Leroy herself. The title track was written in English by Yasmin Shah and Arnaud Rosenthal, and "Mélusine" by Yasmin Shah. "London Fantasy" was co-written by members of English down-tempo band Sundae Club. Leroy adapted all the English-language lyrics into French.

The album reached #3 on the French charts soon after its release and has achieved platinum status. The first single from "Histoires Naturelles", "Nolwenn Ohwo!", reached #1 and the second extract "Histoire Naturelle" was #30. The third single released was "Mon Ange"; it managed to peak at #14 on the French Download Singles Chart. "J'aimais Tant L'Aimer" was only a promotional single.

Track listing

1. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" — 4:34
2. "L'Enfant cerf-volant" — 3:38
3. "Reste encore" — 3:44
4. "Mon Ange" — 4:22
5. "Histoire Naturelle" — 3:53
6. "Rien de mieux au monde" — 3:29
7. "Mystère" — 3:54
8. "Les chimères" (instrumental) — 0:51
9. "Le Rêve des filles" — 5:07
10. "Endormie" — 2:27
11. "London Fantasy" — 3:53
12. "Mélusine" — 3:56
13. "J'aimais tant l'aimer" — 4:40

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France[1]	Platinum	20 December 2006	200,000	141,739 in 2005[2] + 92,114 in 2006[3]

Charts

Chart (2005-2007) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 7 French Digital Chart[5] 2 French Albums Chart[6] 3 Swiss Albums Chart[7] 44

End of the year chart (2005) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 62 French Albums Chart[9] 51 End of the year chart (2006) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[10] 69 French Albums Chart[11] 70

References

1. 2006 certifications in France Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved 28 May 2008)
2. 2005 best-selling albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved 28 May 2008)
3. 2006 best-selling albums in France Fanofmusic (Retrieved 28 May 2008)
4. Histoires Naturelles, in Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 May 2008)
5. French Digital Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved 29 May 2008)
6. Histoires Naturelles, in French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 29 May 2008)
7. Histoires Naturelles, in Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 29 May 2008)
8. 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 28 May 2008)
9. 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved 28 May 2008)
10. 2006 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 28 May 2008)
11. 2006 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved 28 May 2008)