Cheese (album)

Cheese is the debut album by Belgian musician Stromae, released on 14 June 2010. The songs "Bienvenue chez moi", "House'llelujah", "Rail de Musique", "Peace or Violence", "Te Quiero" and "Silence" were released as album-promo-singles, only "Rail de Musique" and "Bienvenue Chez Moi" did not chart. It features three official singles including the hit "Alors on danse", "Te Quiero" and "House'llelujah".^[3]

Cheese
Studio album by Stromae
Released	14 June 2010
Recorded	2009–10
Genre	House electronic
Length	41:51
Label	Vertigo Mosaert Universal Music France Mercury Records
Producer	Stromae Mosaert Dimitri Borrey
Stromae chronology
Cheese (2010) Racine carrée (2013)
Singles from Cheese
"Alors on danse" Released: 21 September 2009 "Te Quiero" Released: 27 August 2010 "House'llelujah" Released: 2010

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bienvenue chez moi"	2:55
2.	"Te Quiero"	3:23
3.	"Peace or Violence"	3:08
4.	"Rail de musique"	4:08
5.	"Alors on danse"	3:26
6.	"Summertime"	3:04
7.	"Dodo"	3:58
8.	"Silence"	4:40
9.	"Je Cours"	3:15
10.	"House'llelujah"	3:59
11.	"Cheese"	3:02

All tracks are written by Stromae

Personnel

Lead vocals, programming

• Stromae

Management

• Dimitri Borrey

Mastered By

• Pieter Wagter "Equus"

Production

• Mosaert – producer
• Lion Hell Capouillez – mixing
• Vince Lattuca – mixing
• Dati Bendo – Artwork
• Guillaume Mortier – Artwork
• Luc Junior Tam – Artwork
• Romain Biharz – Artwork
• Dati Bendo – photography

Charts

Weekly charts 2010 weekly chart performance for Cheese Chart (2010) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 1 Canadian Albums Chart[7] 58 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 29 Greek Albums (IFPI)[9] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 18 2014 weekly chart performance for Cheese Chart (2014) Peak position French Albums (SNEP)[11] 6 2022 weekly chart performance for Cheese Chart (2022) Peak position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 69

Year-end charts 2010 year-end chart performance for Cheese Chart (2010) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 86 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[15] 91 2011 year-end chart performance for Cheese Chart (2011) Position French Albums (SNEP)[16] 116 2022 year-end chart performance for Cheese Chart (2022) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 118

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[18]	Gold	10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[19]	3× Platinum	60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[20]	Gold	40,000‡
France (SNEP)[21]	Gold	260,000[22]
Poland (ZPAV)[23]	Gold	10,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Alexey Eremenko. "Stromae – Cheese". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
2. Sullivan, Caroline (2 September 2011). "Stromae: Cheese – Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. Discogs
4. "Austriancharts.at – Stromae – Cheese" (in German). Hung Medien.
5. "Ultratop.be – Stromae – Cheese" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
6. "Ultratop.be – Stromae – Cheese" (in French). Hung Medien.
7. "Canadian albums chart". Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Stromae – Cheese" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
9. "Greekcharts.com – Stromae – Cheese". Hung Medien.
10. "Swisscharts.com – Stromae – Cheese". Hung Medien.
11. "Lescharts.com – Stromae – Cheese". Hung Medien.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Stromae – Cheese" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
13. "Jaaroverzichten 2010" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
14. "Rapports annuels 2010" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
15. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2010" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
16. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2011" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
17. "Rapports annuels 2022" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
18. "Austrian album certifications – Stromae – Cheese" (in German). IFPI Austria.
19. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2011". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
20. "Canadian album certifications – Stromae – Cheese". Music Canada.
21. "French album certifications – Stromae – Cheese" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Select STROMAE and click OK. 
22. "Stromae – Cheese" (in French). Charts in France. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
23. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2021 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

External links

• Official site Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine