Galleon (band)
Galleon | |
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Origin | Marseille, France |
Genres | French house, electronica |
Years active | 2001–2003-2013-2014 |
Website | Galleon Official page |
Past members | Michel Fages Gilles Fahy Phillippe Laurent |
Galleon is French house group from Marseille, founded by Michel Fages and Phillippe Laurent, (who recruited Gilles Fahy for singing).
Musical career[]
They emerged on the European dance scene in 2001 with a hit single "So I Begin" song in English. The single was released by Sony Music/Radikal Records and sold 400,000 copies, peaking at number 36 in the UK Singles Chart[1][2] Also noteworthy is the accompanying music video featuring the model Jitka Ogurekova. After the initial success another two singles ensued ("I Believe", November 2001, "One Sign", June 2002 and "", July 2002), followed by an album, called after band's name, Galleon by the end of 2002.
Discography[]
Albums[]
Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
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FRA | SWI | |||
2002 | Galleon | 54 | 76 |
Singles[]
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||
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AUT [3] |
BEL (Vl) [3] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
FRA [3] |
GER [4] |
NED [3] |
SWI [3] |
UK [5] | ||||
2001 | "So I Begin" | 40 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 36 | Galleon | |
"I Believe" | — | 17 | 3 | 43 | — | — | 20 | — | |||
2002 | "One Sign" | — | — | 10 | 68 | 93 | — | 61 | — |
References[]
- ^ "2002-04-20 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. 2002-04-20. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 221. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Galleon peak positions". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ "German peak positions". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ "UK peak position". Chartstas.com. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ "Les Certifications depuis 1973". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
External links[]
- Official site of Galleon
- Entry for Galleon on Discogs.com
- Entry for Michel Fages on Discogs.com
- Entry for Philippe Laurent on Discogs.com
- Entry for Gilles Fahy (Luka) on Discogs.com
- Article about Galleon on dynaudioacoustics.com
Categories:
- Musical groups established in 2001
- French Eurodance groups
- Musical groups from Marseille
- Nu-disco musicians
- French musical group stubs