Cheese (album)

Cheese is the debut album by Belgian musician Stromae, released on 14 June 2010. The songs "Bienvenue chez moi", "House'llelujah", "Rail de Musique", "Peace or Violence", "Te Quiero" and "Silence" were released as album-promo-singles, only "Rail de Musique" and "Bienvenue Chez Moi" did not chart. It features three official singles including the hit "Alors on danse", "Te Quiero" and "House'llelujah".[3]

Cheese
Studio album by Stromae
Released	14 June 2010
Recorded	2009–10
Genre	House electronic
Length	41:51
Label	Vertigo Mosaert Universal Music France Mercury Records
Producer	Stromae Mosaert Dimitri Borrey
Stromae chronology
Cheese (2010) Racine carrée (2013)
Singles from Cheese
"Alors on danse" Released: 21 September 2009 "Te Quiero" Released: 27 August 2010 "House'llelujah" Released: 2010

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stromae.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bienvenue chez moi"	2:55
2.	"Te Quiero"	3:23
3.	"Peace or Violence"	3:08
4.	"Rail de musique"	4:08
5.	"Alors on danse"	3:26
6.	"Summertime"	3:04
7.	"Dodo"	3:58
8.	"Silence"	4:40
9.	"Je Cours"	3:15
10.	"House'llelujah"	3:59
11.	"Cheese"	3:02

Personnel

Lead vocals, programming

• Stromae

Management

• Dimitri Borrey

Mastered By

• Pieter Wagter "Equus"

Production

• Mosaert - producer
• Lion Hell Capouillez - mixing
• Vince Lattuca - mixing
• Dati Bendo - Artwork
• Guillaume Mortier - Artwork
• Luc Junior Tam - Artwork
• Romain Biharz - Artwork
• Dati Bendo - photography

Chart positions

Weekly charts Chart (2010–11, 2013–14) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 1 Canadian Albums Chart[7] 58 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 75 French Albums (SNEP)[9] 6 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 29 Greek Albums (IFPI)[11] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 18

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 86 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[15] 91 Chart (2011) Position French Albums (SNEP)[16] 116

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[17]	Gold	10,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[18]	3× Platinum	60,000^*
France (SNEP)[19]	Gold[20]	260,000[21]^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Alexey Eremenko. "Stromae – Cheese". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
2. Sullivan, Caroline (2 September 2011). "Stromae: Cheese - Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. Discogs
4. "Austriancharts.at – Stromae – Cheese" (in German). Hung Medien.
5. "Ultratop.be – Stromae – Cheese" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
6. "Ultratop.be – Stromae – Cheese" (in French). Hung Medien.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Stromae – Cheese" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. "Lescharts.com – Stromae – Cheese". Hung Medien.
10. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
11. "Greekcharts.com – Stromae – Cheese". Hung Medien.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Stromae – Cheese". Hung Medien.
13. "Jaaroverzichten 2010". Ultratop. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
14. "Rapports Annuels 2010". Ultratop. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
15. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2010" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
16. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2011" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
17. "Austrian album certifications – Stromae – Cheese" (in German). IFPI Austria.
18. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2011". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
19. "French album certifications – Stromae – Cheese" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
20. "Les Certifications" [Certifications]. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (in French). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
21. "Stromae – Cheese" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links

• Official site