Crowning Achievements (1993-1997)
Early in 1993, Roch Voisine learned that he had been included in the collection of celebrities at Paris’s Musée
Grévin, his life-size wax figure rubbing shoulders with Madonna and Patricia Kaas. Throughout the year he
traveled between the United States and Canada preparing with great care his first entirely English album. By
October 1993 it was ready, and I’ll Always Be There, fruit of his collaboration with David Foster, was
released in Europe and Canada . The album sold more than a million copies.
It was following the launching of this album, during a tour begun in October 1993 which continued till spring
1995, that Roch decided to record a new French CD. Between concerts, he traveled between Paris,
Montreal, Nashville and New York to produce Coup de tête, which appeared in September 1994. In November
that year he signed a contract with BMG International. This contract envisaged the production of four albums
for the international market, allowing him exceptional artistic freedom.
When the tour ended in Canada in May 1995, Roch returned to the United States, settling in Los Angeles
where he gave himself fully to his creative passion. He wrote more than 50 songs and went into
pre-production for his new English album, Kissing Rain. He devoted the whole of 1996 to this project,
surrounding himself with the cream of California musicians (including guest artists like singer Richard Marx).
The album was released in late November 1996. In 1997 Roch set out on a new tour to promote the CD,
having just been elevated to Officer of the Order of Canada.
Chaque Feu… (1998-1999)
At the end of the Kissing Rain tour, in December 1997, Roch returned to Los Angeles to recharge his
batteries. He began work on the lyrics and music for his next French album. With the support of a new
team (Érick Benzi, Gildas Arzel and Jacques Veneruso), Roch spent 18 months on pre-production and the
recording, in France, of Chaque feu…, his first French album in five years. The CD, consisting of 14 entirely
new songs, will be released in Canada on April 21, 1999, in France on May 4.
