Prendre l'air

Prendre l'air is the third album by French singer Shy'm. It was released in June 2010 and five singles ("Je sais", "Je suis moi", "Prendre l'air", "Tourne" and "En apesanteur") have been released. A departure from the R&B sound that Shy'm had previously been accustomed to, Prendre l'air showed a more pop-oriented side to her musical persona. The album debuted on the French album chart at #6, and has since gone on to be certified 3× Platinum, becoming Shy'm's most successful album.^[1] It has been released in three editions: standard, collector and deluxe.^[2]

Prendre l'air
Studio album by Shy'm
Released	11 June 2010
Genre	Pop, synthpop
Length	42:11
Label	K-Pone, WMG France
Producer	Cyril Kamar
Shy'm chronology
Reflets (2008) Prendre l'air (2010) Caméléon (2012)
Alternative cover
Deluxe edition cover
Singles from Prendre l'air
"Je sais" Released: 29 March 2010 "Je suis moi" Released: 23 August 2010 "Prendre l'air" Released: November 2010 "Tourne" Released: 13 June 2011 "En apesanteur" Released: 31 October 2011

Commercial performance

The album debuted at #6 on the French album chart on the week ending 19 June 2010.^[3] This matched the peak of debut album Mes fantaisies but failed to match the peak of second album Reflets. However, a successful singles run and good promotion allowed the album to stay high in the charts for a long time. The album eventually spent 117 weeks in the French albums top 200.^[4] It was certified Triple Platinum, becoming Shy'm's best selling album to date.^[5]

Singles

The first single released from the album was "Je sais" (English: "I Know"), an uptempo number signifying Shy'm's change in sound. "Je sais" was not released physically and thus did not chart (at the time, the official French singles chart was CD singles only), but reached #3 on the country's digital chart. It became her highest-peaking song on the digital chart until "Et alors !", two years later.

The second single was "Je suis moi" (English: "I Am Me"). Like the previous single, "Je suis moi" was not released physically. It did however peak at #7 on the country's digital chart.

The third single from the album was the title track, "Prendre l'air" (English: "Get Some Fresh Air"). Unlike the previous singles, this was eligible to chart, for the official chart now counted downloads. However, it was only able to peak at #21.^[6] The fourth single, "Tourne" (English: "Turn") peaked at #35,^[7] and the final single "En apesanteur" (English: "Weightless") reached #32.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Je sais"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	2:41
2.	"Prendre l’air"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:33
3.	"Je suis moi"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:21
4.	"Tourne"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:22
5.	"Ne pars pas"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:47
6.	"J'entends encore les mots"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:33
7.	"En apesanteur"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:50
8.	"Mauvaises nouvelles"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:47
9.	"Déjà vu"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:04
10.	"Elle danse"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:46
11.	"Loin derrière"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:30
12.	"Petit Tom"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:57
Total length:				42:11

Collector's edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Tout va bien"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:35
14.	"Et si pour une fois"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	4:11
15.	"Je sais (Jérémy Hills Radio Mix)"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté, Jérémy Hills	2:37
16.	"Je suis moi (Jérémy Hills Radio Mix)"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté, Jérémy Hills	2:56
Total length:				55:30

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Prendre l'air (Acoustic)"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:11
18.	"Je sais (Acoustic)"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	2:38
19.	"Femme de couleur (Acoustic)"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	2:55
20.	"Tourne (Acoustic)"	Cyril Kamar	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:08
21.	"En apesanteur"	Gioacchino Maurici, Calogero, Alana Filippi	Cyril Kamar, Louis Côté	3:40
Total length:				71:02

Charts

Chart Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[9] 29 France (SNEP)[10] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer HitParade)[11] 78

Year-end chart (2010) Position French Albums Chart[12] 55

Year-end chart (2011) Position French Albums Chart[13] 24

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales Certified
France[14]	3× Platinum	300,000

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Belgium[15]	June 14, 2010	CD, digital download	Warner
Switzerland[16]
France[17]	June 14, 2010	CD, digital download	K-Pone
	October 18, 2010	CD (Collector's Edition)[18]
	November 14, 2011	CD (Deluxe Edition)[19]