Le Chemin is a 2003 album recorded by French

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 pop-rock act Kyo

Kyo (band)

-Biography:Since attending collège in Yvelines, the two brothers, Fabien and Florian Dubos, and two friends Nicolas Chassagne and Benoît Poher, discovered they had the same passion for bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden. In 1997, they met their manager, who...

. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a DVD

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It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).

The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004 NRJ Music Awards

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Track listing

1. "Le Chemin
   Le Chemin (song)
   "Le Chemin" is a 2002 song recorded by French band Kyo in duet with Dutch pop singer Sita. It was the first single from the album Le Chemin on which it appears as the first track, and was later notably included on Kyo's 2004 compilation Best of and on NRJ Music Awards 2003...
   
   " (duet with Sita
   Sita (singer)
   Sita Vermeulen , known by the mononym Sita, is a Dutch pop singer. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of pop group K-otic. After the band disbanded in 2003, she had a brief solo career before turning to television, where she would be featured primarily on children's television and was a...
   
   ) — 3:31
2. "Je cours" — 3:01
3. "Dernière danse" — 3:48
4. "Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
5. "Chaque seconde" — 3:50
6. "Comment te dire" — 4:44
7. "Je saigne encore" — 4:02
8. "Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
9. "Pardonné" — 3:36
10. "Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
11. "Tout reste à faire" — 4:56

Source : Allmusic.

Personnel and credits

• Vocals by Francois Delabriere and Fabien Dubos
• Guitar : Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos
• Drums by Fabien Dubos
• Bass : Laurent Vernerey
• Choir arrangement : Jean Francois Berger
• Assistant : Elise Chambeyron
• Programming by Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne
• Sampling by Nicolas Chassagne
• Mastering : Ian Cooper
• Mixing by Francois Delabriere
• Engineered by Hubert Decottignies and Francois Delabriere
• Photography : Marco De La Rosa
• Produced by Marc Maggiori

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
January 2003	BMG / Jive	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	653329
October 2003	EMI Music			79224722

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium	Platinum	March 28, 2004	50,000
France	Diamond	March 3, 2004	1,000,000	999,200
Switzerland	Platinum	2003	40,000

Charts

Chart (2003–2005)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	1
French SNEP Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	10

End of year chart (2003)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	3
French Albums Chart	4
Swiss Albums Chart	33
End of year chart (2004)	Position
French Albums Chart	9
Swiss Albums Chart	51
End of year chart (2005)	Position
French Albums Chart	142