S'il suffisait d'aimer
Studio album by
Celine Dion
Released31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)
RecordedSeptember 1997–July 1998
StudioMéga (Paris)
GenrePop
Length51:32
LanguageFrench
Label
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
Let's Talk About Love
(1997)		 S'il suffisait d'aimer
(1998)		 These Are Special Times
(1998)
Singles from S'il suffisait d'aimer
  1. "Zora sourit"
    Released: 7 September 1998
  2. "S'il suffisait d'aimer"
    Released: 23 November 1998
  3. "On ne change pas"
    Released: 1 March 1999

S'il suffisait d'aimer is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her eleventh French-language album. It was released by Sony Music on 31 August 1998. The album was mainly written by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman, and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. It garnered favorable reviews from music critics and became the second best-selling French-language album of all time, after Dion's own D'eux (1995). It includes three hit singles: "Zora sourit", "S'il suffisait d'aimer" and "On ne change pas". S'il suffisait d'aimer won the Juno Award for Best Selling Francophone Album of the Year.

Content and promotion

The project reunited Dion and Jean-Jacques Goldman, who last worked together on the very successful album D'eux. In their first collaboration Goldman wrote songs for Dion, this time he wrote more in his own style, while letting Dion sing her own unique way, like she has been singing a long time ago. Most of the arrangements on that album are simple to let her voice dominate the songs.

During the francophone concerts in the Let's Talk About Love World Tour, Dion performed six songs from S'il suffisait d'aimer. The concerts in Paris were recorded and released as Au cœur du stade in 1999. It was promoted by the video of Dion performing "Dans un autre monde". In addition, video from behind the scenes of the recording session of S'il suffisait d'aimer was included as a bonus on the Au cœur du stade DVD.

Some tracks from S'il suffisait d'aimer were featured on Dion's 2005 greatest hits album On ne change pas.

Critical reception

AllMusic said that "fans will be pleased to hear Dion's return, in a sense, to her roots, especially since the album is about as consistent as any of her albums, both English and French".[1]

Commercial performance

S'il suffisait d'aimer is the second best-selling French album of all time, behind her own D'eux. In its first three weeks of availability worldwide (except the US), it has already sold 2 million copies with 700,000 of it in France alone.[2] To date, It has sold over 4 million copies worldwide,[3][4] including 2 million in Europe, where it was certified 2× Platinum by the IFPI.[5]

S'il suffisait d'aimer has sold over 1,890,000 copies in France alone and was certified Diamond.[6] In Canada, it has sold 500,000 copies[7] and was certified 4× Platinum.[8] The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum around the world, also in non-Francophone countries. S'il suffisait d'aimer became the second, after D'eux, French-language album to be certified Gold in the United Kingdom.[9] In the United States, although a French-language release, it has sold 112,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.[10][11]

S'il suffisait d'aimer topped the charts in Switzerland (for five weeks), France (for four weeks), Belgium Wallonia (for four weeks), in Quebec (for two weeks) and in Canada, Greece, Poland and on the European Top 100 Albums.[12] It charted inside top 40 in many non-Francophone countries, including the United Kingdom at number 17, or Germany where it peaked at number 11.

Accolades

S'il suffisait d'aimer won a Juno Award for Best Selling Francophone Album. It was also nominated for the Victoires de la Musique in category Pop, Rock Album of the Year and Dion was nominated in category Female Artist of the Year.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman and Erick Benzi.

S'il suffisait d'aimer track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Je crois toi"Goldman5:05
2."Zora sourit"
3:51
3."On ne change pas"Goldman4:08
4."Je chanterai"Goldman4:10
5."Terre"Benzi4:17
6."En attendant ses pas"Goldman4:07
7."Papillon"Benzi4:01
8."L'abandon"Goldman4:27
9."Dans un autre monde"Goldman4:38
10."Sur le même bateau"Goldman4:25
11."Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi"Goldman4:48
12."S'il suffisait d'aimer"Goldman3:35
Total length:51:32

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for S'il suffisait d'aimer
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[48] Gold 25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[49] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[50] 4× Platinum 500,000[51]
Finland — 18,344[46]
France (SNEP)[52] Diamond 1,000,000*
Germany — 120,000[18]
Japan — 41,000[18]
Netherlands (NVPI)[53] Gold 50,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[54] Gold 50,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] Gold 100,000^
United States — 112,000[10]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[57] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*
Worldwide — 4,000,000[3][4]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for S'il suffisait d'aimer
Region Date Label Format Catalog
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Switzerland
[58]		 31 August 1998 Columbia
  • 4918592
  • 4918594
United Kingdom[59] 7 September 1998 Epic
Canada[60] 8 September 1998 Columbia
  • CK 80339
  • CT 80339
United States[61] 13 October 1998 Epic
  • BK 69679
  • BT 69679
Japan[62] 21 January 1999 SMEJ CD ESCA-7425
Various[63] 1 September 2017 Sony Music LP 88985450201

See also

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