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Racine carrée

January 29, 2023

Racine carrée (French for 'square root', stylised √) is the second studio album by Belgian musician Stromae. It was released digitally on 16 August 2013 and three days later physically in France and Belgium. Stromae expressed his desire to incorporate Caribbean and African musical influences along with his signature 1990s-inspired dance beats. The album, recorded in an attic, explores themes as diverse as alienation from social networks, relationship issues, discrimination, cigarettes and lung cancer, AIDS and absent father figures. Prior to its official release and afterwards, Racine carrée received critical acclaim for its thoughtful lyrics and gained comparisons to fellow Belgian recording artist Jacques Brel.

Racine carrée
Studio album by
Stromae
Released16 August 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length45:31
LanguageFrench
Label
Producer
Stromae chronology
Cheese
(2010) 		Racine carrée
(2013) 		Multitude
(2022)
Singles from Racine carrée
  1. "Papaoutai"
    Released: 13 May 2013
  2. "Formidable"
    Released: 27 May 2013
  3. "Tous les mêmes"
    Released: 23 September 2013
  4. "Ta fête"
    Released: 3 February 2014
  5. "Ave Cesaria"
    Released: 21 July 2014
  6. "Carmen"
    Released: 30 March 2015
  7. "Quand c'est ?"
    Released: 14 September 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Charts in France[2]
Metro[3]
Music Story[4]
NU.nl[5]
Télérama[6]

The album was a commercial success across Western Europe, including non-francophone countries. Racine carrée topped the charts in France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy, as well as reaching the top ten in Canada, and the top forty in Germany. In his native Belgium, it remained at the top the charts for multiple weeks and been certified twelve times platinum by the BEA. In France, the album has been certified quadruple diamond by the SNEP and become one of the highest-selling albums in recent years after amassing over one million copies sold four months after its release. Racine carrée yielded three chart-topping singles: "Papaoutai", "Formidable" and "Tous les mêmes".

Chart performance

In France, Racine carrée debuted at number one with one of the year's strongest first-week sales: 80,882 units, of which 55,597 were physical copies and 25,285 downloads. The opening week numbers were higher than the 75,000 copies his previous album, Cheese, had sold since its release.[7] The following week, the album sold 50,901 copies but was replaced at the top of the chart by the second volume of tribute album Génération Goldman, which sold 59,274 units. By the end of September and after only six weeks of release, Racine carrée had crossed the 300,000 mark and spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one.[8] In the last week of October, the album surpassed Daft Punk's Random Access Memories as the best selling album of 2013; up to that point the former had sold 475,500 copies while the latter had amassed 469,700 units.[9] In its eighteenth week on the chart, just before Christmas, Racine carrée remained at number one for a sixteenth non-consecutive week at the top with its biggest weekly sales and the second-best weekly score of 2013, 182,034 units, just behind the 195,013 copies Random Access Memories sold in its first week of availability. This allowed it to cross the million mark in just four months; the last album to sell over one million copies was Adele's 21 (2011), which took eleven months.[10]

In francophone Europe, Racine carrée also experienced massive success. In his native Belgium, Stromae's second album opened at number one in both Flanders and Wallonia. In the former, Racine carrée spent 17 non-consecutive weeks at number one; while in the latter, it remained at the top for 26 non-consecutive weeks.[11][12] In late December, the album was certified seven times platinum by the Belgian Entertainment Association, denoting shipments of over 140,000 copies in the country.[13] Additionally, Racine carrée finished the year as the best-selling album in both Flanders and Wallonia.[14][15] In Switzerland, the album also debuted at number one and held the top spot for four additional weeks.[16] In French-speaking Romandie, the album spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number one and remained in the top three for several weeks after its release in late August.[17] In addition, Racine carrée has been certified 5× platinum by the Swiss branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, denoting shipments of 75,000 units.[18] In Canada, the album debuted within the top ten and remained in the chart for only three weeks.[19]

Success was not limited to francophone countries; the album also sold well in Germany and the Netherlands. In Germany, Racine carrée debuted just outside the top twenty in the main albums chart and at the top of the digital albums chart.[20][21] In the Netherlands, the album debuted at number sixteen; the following week it climbed five positions to reach number eleven, its highest chart rank up to that point. After falling below the top forty and reaching positions as low as fifty-seven for two weeks, it eventually rebounded and entered the top ten for the first time in mid-December. The album later peaked within the top three.[22] According to MegaCharts, the album finished the year as the fifty-eighth highest-selling album in the Netherlands.[23] In Austria, the album did not reach the chart but sold constantly in the lower sales regions, eventually reaching gold.

Singles

Racine carrée produced six singles:

  • "Papaoutai" was released as the lead single in mid-May 2013. The autobiographical song tells the story of a young boy who is looking for his father. Stromae revealed that his father was killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The music video shows him adopting the style and pose of a 1940s mannequin, representing the absent father and the young version of him trying to interact with the mannequin. The single became an instant hit in France and Wallonia, where it spent multiple weeks at number one; it also reached the top ten in Switzerland and Luxembourg as well as non-francophone countries or regions such as the Czech Republic, Dutch-speaking Flanders in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
  • "Formidable" was released as the follow-up single to "Papaoutai" in June 2013. The music video, filmed in the streets of Brussels, was particularly notorious for displaying Stromae wandering at the Louise/Louiza tram and metro station during the daybreak, where the singer appears to be completely drunk. The song tells the story of a drunk man recently separated from his girlfriend. It eventually topped the charts in France and the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking regions of Belgium, reached the top five in the Netherlands, the top twenty in Switzerland and the top forty in Austria and Germany.
  • "Tous les mêmes" was officially released as the third single from the album in December 2013. The song displays the various stereotypical traits and behaviours of men and women alike. The music video for the single shows Stromae half-dressed as a woman and acting annoyed by the attitude of men and what they do; to further aid the interpretation, green lighting effects are used for male Stromae and pink ones for female Stromae. The single became Stromae's third consecutive number one from Racine carrée in France and Wallonia, while reaching the top five in Flanders and charting in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
  • "Ta fête" was released on 3 February 2014. The track served as the anthem for the Belgium national football team during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
  • "Ave Cesaria" was released on 21 July 2014. The track honours Cesária Évora, one of Stromae's favourite artists who died in 2011.
  • "Carmen" was released on 20 March 2015.[24] The track was inspired by L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, an aria from the 1875 opera Carmen by Georges Bizet,[25] hence the song's title.
  • "Quand c'est?" was released on 14 September 2015.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ta fête"Stromae
2:55
2."Papaoutai"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Dizzy Mandjeku
  • Aron Ottignon
3:52
3."Bâtard"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Noumoucounda Cissoko
  • Azier
3:28
4."Ave Cesaria"
  • Stromae
  • Orelsan
  • Stromae
  • Mauricio Delgados
  • Antonio Santos
  • Schérazade
4:09
5."Tous les mêmes"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Bart Maris
3:30
6."Formidable"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Lionel Capouillez
3:33
7."Moules frites"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Guillaume Huguet
2:38
8."Carmen"
  • Stromae
  • Orelsan
Stromae ("Inspired by Georges Bizet's Carmen")3:09
9."Humain à l'eau"StromaeStromae3:59
10."Quand c'est?"StromaeStromae3:00
11."Sommeil"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Tibass Kazematik
3:38
12."Merci"Stromae
  • Stromae
  • Azier
  • Aron Ottingnon
3:48
13."AVF" (featuring Maître Gims and Orelsan)
  • Stromae
  • Maître Gims
  • Orelsan
  • Stromae
  • Atom
3:44
Total length:45:31
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Papaoutai" (featuring Angel Haze)
  • Stromae
  • Angel Haze
  • Stromae
  • Papa Dizzy
  • Aron Ottignon
3:51
Total length:49:22

Charts

Certifications

Sales certifications for Racine carrée
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[60] Gold 7,500*
Belgium (BEA)[61] 12× Platinum 240,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[62] Platinum 80,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[63] Platinum 20,000^
France (SNEP)[65] 4× Diamond 2,500,000[64]
Germany (BVMI)[66] Gold 100,000 
Italy (FIMI)[67] Platinum 60,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[69] Platinum 100,000[68]
Poland (ZPAV)[70] Gold 10,000 
Russia (NFPF)[71] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[72] 5× Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom — 30,000[73]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[74] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

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

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Australia[75] 16 August 2013 Digital download Mosaert
Austria[76]
Belgium[77]
Denmark[78]
France[79]
Italy[80]
Latin America[81]
Japan[82]
New Zealand[83]
Norway[84]
Singapore[85]
Spain[86]
Sweden[87]
Switzerland[88]
United Kingdom[89]
Canada[90] 19 August 2013
Mexico[91]
United States[92]

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External links

  • (in French) Official website

January 29, 2023
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Racine carree French for square root stylised is the second studio album by Belgian musician Stromae It was released digitally on 16 August 2013 and three days later physically in France and Belgium Stromae expressed his desire to incorporate Caribbean and African musical influences along with his signature 1990s inspired dance beats The album recorded in an attic explores themes as diverse as alienation from social networks relationship issues discrimination cigarettes and lung cancer AIDS and absent father figures Prior to its official release and afterwards Racine carree received critical acclaim for its thoughtful lyrics and gained comparisons to fellow Belgian recording artist Jacques Brel Racine carreeStudio album by StromaeReleased16 August 2013Recorded2013GenreHouse electropop dance popLength45 31LanguageFrenchLabelVertigo Casablanca Republic Island France MosaertProducerStromae Maitre Gims Orelsan Shameboy Thomas AzierStromae chronologyCheese 2010 Racine carree 2013 Multitude 2022 Singles from Racine carree Papaoutai Released 13 May 2013 Formidable Released 27 May 2013 Tous les memes Released 23 September 2013 Ta fete Released 3 February 2014 Ave Cesaria Released 21 July 2014 Carmen Released 30 March 2015 Quand c est Released 14 September 2015Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Charts in France 2 Metro 3 Music Story 4 NU nl 5 Telerama 6 The album was a commercial success across Western Europe including non francophone countries Racine carree topped the charts in France Belgium Switzerland the Netherlands and Italy as well as reaching the top ten in Canada and the top forty in Germany In his native Belgium it remained at the top the charts for multiple weeks and been certified twelve times platinum by the BEA In France the album has been certified quadruple diamond by the SNEP and become one of the highest selling albums in recent years after amassing over one million copies sold four months after its release Racine carree yielded three chart topping singles Papaoutai Formidable and Tous les memes Contents 1 Chart performance 2 Singles 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 Release history 7 References 8 External linksChart performance EditIn France Racine carree debuted at number one with one of the year s strongest first week sales 80 882 units of which 55 597 were physical copies and 25 285 downloads The opening week numbers were higher than the 75 000 copies his previous album Cheese had sold since its release 7 The following week the album sold 50 901 copies but was replaced at the top of the chart by the second volume of tribute album Generation Goldman which sold 59 274 units By the end of September and after only six weeks of release Racine carree had crossed the 300 000 mark and spent five non consecutive weeks at number one 8 In the last week of October the album surpassed Daft Punk s Random Access Memories as the best selling album of 2013 up to that point the former had sold 475 500 copies while the latter had amassed 469 700 units 9 In its eighteenth week on the chart just before Christmas Racine carree remained at number one for a sixteenth non consecutive week at the top with its biggest weekly sales and the second best weekly score of 2013 182 034 units just behind the 195 013 copies Random Access Memories sold in its first week of availability This allowed it to cross the million mark in just four months the last album to sell over one million copies was Adele s 21 2011 which took eleven months 10 In francophone Europe Racine carree also experienced massive success In his native Belgium Stromae s second album opened at number one in both Flanders and Wallonia In the former Racine carree spent 17 non consecutive weeks at number one while in the latter it remained at the top for 26 non consecutive weeks 11 12 In late December the album was certified seven times platinum by the Belgian Entertainment Association denoting shipments of over 140 000 copies in the country 13 Additionally Racine carree finished the year as the best selling album in both Flanders and Wallonia 14 15 In Switzerland the album also debuted at number one and held the top spot for four additional weeks 16 In French speaking Romandie the album spent fourteen non consecutive weeks at number one and remained in the top three for several weeks after its release in late August 17 In addition Racine carree has been certified 5 platinum by the Swiss branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry denoting shipments of 75 000 units 18 In Canada the album debuted within the top ten and remained in the chart for only three weeks 19 Success was not limited to francophone countries the album also sold well in Germany and the Netherlands In Germany Racine carree debuted just outside the top twenty in the main albums chart and at the top of the digital albums chart 20 21 In the Netherlands the album debuted at number sixteen the following week it climbed five positions to reach number eleven its highest chart rank up to that point After falling below the top forty and reaching positions as low as fifty seven for two weeks it eventually rebounded and entered the top ten for the first time in mid December The album later peaked within the top three 22 According to MegaCharts the album finished the year as the fifty eighth highest selling album in the Netherlands 23 In Austria the album did not reach the chart but sold constantly in the lower sales regions eventually reaching gold Singles EditRacine carree produced six singles Papaoutai was released as the lead single in mid May 2013 The autobiographical song tells the story of a young boy who is looking for his father Stromae revealed that his father was killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide The music video shows him adopting the style and pose of a 1940s mannequin representing the absent father and the young version of him trying to interact with the mannequin The single became an instant hit in France and Wallonia where it spent multiple weeks at number one it also reached the top ten in Switzerland and Luxembourg as well as non francophone countries or regions such as the Czech Republic Dutch speaking Flanders in Belgium Germany and the Netherlands Formidable was released as the follow up single to Papaoutai in June 2013 The music video filmed in the streets of Brussels was particularly notorious for displaying Stromae wandering at the Louise Louiza tram and metro station during the daybreak where the singer appears to be completely drunk The song tells the story of a drunk man recently separated from his girlfriend It eventually topped the charts in France and the Dutch speaking and French speaking regions of Belgium reached the top five in the Netherlands the top twenty in Switzerland and the top forty in Austria and Germany Tous les memes was officially released as the third single from the album in December 2013 The song displays the various stereotypical traits and behaviours of men and women alike The music video for the single shows Stromae half dressed as a woman and acting annoyed by the attitude of men and what they do to further aid the interpretation green lighting effects are used for male Stromae and pink ones for female Stromae The single became Stromae s third consecutive number one from Racine carree in France and Wallonia while reaching the top five in Flanders and charting in the Netherlands and Switzerland Ta fete was released on 3 February 2014 The track served as the anthem for the Belgium national football team during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Ave Cesaria was released on 21 July 2014 The track honours Cesaria Evora one of Stromae s favourite artists who died in 2011 Carmen was released on 20 March 2015 24 The track was inspired by L amour est un oiseau rebelle an aria from the 1875 opera Carmen by Georges Bizet 25 hence the song s title Quand c est was released on 14 September 2015 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Ta fete StromaeStromaeShameboyThomas Azier2 552 Papaoutai StromaeStromaeDizzy MandjekuAron Ottignon3 523 Batard StromaeStromaeNoumoucounda CissokoAzier3 284 Ave Cesaria StromaeOrelsanStromaeMauricio DelgadosAntonio SantosScherazade4 095 Tous les memes StromaeStromaeBart Maris3 306 Formidable StromaeStromaeLionel Capouillez3 337 Moules frites StromaeStromaeGuillaume Huguet2 388 Carmen StromaeOrelsanStromae Inspired by Georges Bizet s Carmen 3 099 Humain a l eau StromaeStromae3 5910 Quand c est StromaeStromae3 0011 Sommeil StromaeStromaeTibass Kazematik3 3812 Merci StromaeStromaeAzierAron Ottingnon3 4813 AVF featuring Maitre Gims and Orelsan StromaeMaitre GimsOrelsanStromaeAtom3 44Total length 45 31 iTunes bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length14 Papaoutai featuring Angel Haze Stromae Angel HazeStromae Papa Dizzy Aron Ottignon3 51Total length 49 22Charts EditWeekly charts Edit 2013 weekly chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2013 PeakpositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 26 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 27 1Canadian Albums Billboard 28 10French Albums SNEP 29 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 30 21South Korea Gaon Chart International 31 40Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 32 1US World Albums Billboard 33 12014 weekly chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2014 PeakpositionDutch Albums Album Top 100 34 1Italian Albums FIMI 35 1US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 36 192015 weekly chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2015 PeakpositionDanish Albums Hitlisten 37 25 Year end charts Edit 2013 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2013 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 38 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 39 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 40 58French Albums SNEP 41 1Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 42 52014 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2014 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 43 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 44 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 45 3French Albums SNEP 46 1Italian Albums FIMI 47 22Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 48 22015 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2015 PositionDutch Albums Album Top 100 49 94Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 50 692019 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2019 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 51 165Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 52 1052020 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2020 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 53 162Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 54 1002021 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2021 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 55 105Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 56 712022 year end chart performance for Racine carree Chart 2022 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 57 45Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 58 30Dutch Albums Album Top 100 59 57Certifications EditSales certifications for Racine carree Region Certification Certified units salesAustria IFPI Austria 60 Gold 7 500 Belgium BEA 61 12 Platinum 240 000 Canada Music Canada 62 Platinum 80 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 63 Platinum 20 000 France SNEP 65 4 Diamond 2 500 000 64 Germany BVMI 66 Gold 100 000 Italy FIMI 67 Platinum 60 000 Netherlands NVPI 69 Platinum 100 000 68 Poland ZPAV 70 Gold 10 000 Russia NFPF 71 2 Platinum 20 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 72 5 Platinum 100 000 United Kingdom 30 000 73 SummariesEurope IFPI 74 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditCountry Date Format LabelAustralia 75 16 August 2013 Digital download MosaertAustria 76 Belgium 77 Denmark 78 France 79 Italy 80 Latin America 81 Japan 82 New Zealand 83 Norway 84 Singapore 85 Spain 86 Sweden 87 Switzerland 88 United Kingdom 89 Canada 90 19 August 2013Mexico 91 United States 92 References Edit Prunes Mariano Racine Carree Stromae AllMusic Retrieved 18 December 2014 Julien Goncalves 20 August 2013 Stromae resoud sans 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