Interstellaires

Interstellaires
Studio album by Mylène Farmer
Released	6 November 2015
Genre	Electronica, synthpop
Length	40:07
Label	Polydor
Producer	Martin Kierszenbaum, The Avener
Mylène Farmer chronology
Timeless 2013 (2013) Interstallaires (2015)
Singles from Interstellaires
"Stolen Car" Released: 28 August 2015 "Insondables (promo)" Released: 28 October 2015 "City of Love" Released: 8 January 2016 "C'est pas moi" Released: 13 June 2016

Interstellaires is the tenth studio album by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was released on 6 November 2015 in France by Polydor Records. It is produced by Martin Kierszenbaum and The Avener.

Singles

On 18 August 2015, a new temporary site was launched, presenting a countdown whose timer was set to end on 28 August 2015, announcing Farmer's return with a brand new record. Its background pictured Farmer and British singer Sting, indicating a collaboration. On 28 August 2015, their single "Stolen Car" was available on iTunes.^[1] It is a new version of a song which was originally released on Sting's 2003 Sacred Love album, Farmer's and Sting's duet hit number one on the French chart.^[2]

A promo single "Insondables", was released on 28 October 2015.^[3]

"City of Love" was released as the second single of the album on 8 January 2016, followed by a remix by Martin Kierszenbaum featuring Shaggy in February 2016, also peaking at number one on the French chart.

Release and promotion

On 16 September 2015, French magazine Gala announced Farmer's upcoming studio album title.^[4] It was then officially confirmed on 16 September 2015 by the singer's recording label, Polydor, through its Facebook page.^[5] Another temporaneous site was then launched with a timer set to the album release, as previously done with the "Stolen Car" single. Its layout pictured a nebula with flowing stars in the background and a deep, loud noise added, just like the one that could have already been heard with "Stolen Car"'s site, possibly matching the album core theme.^[6]

Commercial reception

On the chart edition of 14 November 2015, Interstellaires debuted at number one on the French Album chart, performing which was then the highest weekly sales of 2015 in France, with 109,971 sales, including 6,153 downloads.^[7] The next week, the album dropped to number three with 26,944 sales. At the same date, the album debuted at number one in the francophone part of Belgium (Wallonia), then dropped to number two. In both countries, it was dislodged by Johnny Hallyday's new studio album De l'amour. Interstellaires entered at a peak of number 21 in Flanders, which became the highest position for one of the singer's albums on that chart, and also charted in Germany and the Netherlands, where it peaked at number 79 and in Greece at number 70. Interstellaires also marked Farmer's debut on a Billboard chart, reaching number 9 on the World Chart.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Interstellaires"	Mylène Farmer, Martin Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	3:11
2.	"Stolen Car" (featuring Sting)	Farmer, Sting	The Avener	3:22
3.	"À rebours"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	4:11
4.	"C'est pas moi"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	3:41
5.	"Insondables"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	2:37
6.	"Love Song"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	4:33
7.	"Pas d'access"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	3:17
8.	"I Want You to Want Me"	Rick Nielsen	Kierszenbaum	3:05
9.	"Voie lactée"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	3:17
10.	"City of Love"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum, Matthew Koma	Kierszenbaum	4:26
11.	"Un jour ou l'autre"	Farmer, Kierszenbaum	Kierszenbaum	4:27

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 21 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[11] 41 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[12] 79 French Albums (SNEP)[13] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 79 Greek Albums (IFPI)[15] 70 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade Romandie)[17] 1 US World Albums (Billboard)[8] 9

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[19] 11 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 89

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Belgium (BEA)[21]	Gold	15,000^*
France (SNEP)[22]	3× Platinum	310,000[23]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Date	Label	Country	Format
6 November 2015	Polydor	France	CD, double LP

References

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2. "Mylène Farmer et Sting au top : "Stolen Car" numéro 1 des ventes de singles". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
3. "Insondables – Single". Apple. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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19. "Le Top de l'année : Top Albums Fusionnés 2015" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
20. "Swiss Year-end Charts 2015". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
21. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2015". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
22. "French album certifications – Mylène Farmer – Interstellaires" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
23. Yohann Ruelle (14 June 2016). ""C'est pas moi" : Mylène Farmer, âme libre, explore sa fibre funk sur son nouveau single" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 2 July 2016.