Anggun - Echoes and Eurovision

In March 2011, Anggun announced the titles of her fifth international studio album, Echoes for the English version and Echo for the French version. It is her first self-produced international album. She was also helped by musicians Gioacchino, Pierre Jaconelli, Jean-Pierre Pilot, and William Rousseau. Anggun also left Heben Music to found her own record label, April Earth. To distribute the album, Anggun gave the rights to Warner Music in Europe and Sony Music in Asia. In May 2011, the English version was released in Indonesia. It topped the Indonesian Albums Chart and was certified platinum in the first week. It was eventually certified quadruple platinum and became the best-selling pop album of 2011."Only Love" and its Indonesian version "Hanyalah Cinta" were released as the lead singles and became number-one radio hits. In November 2011, the French version was released in France and Belgium. It debuted at number 57 on the French Albums Chart. "Je partirai" was released as the first single and became a top five hit in Belgium.

Anggun held her second major concert at the Jakarta Convention Center in Indonesia, entitled "Konser Kilau Anggun", on 27 November 2011. She also appeared for the third time at the Christmas concert in the Vatican. This time, she performed her song "Only Love" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", the latter in a duet with Ronan Keating. Anggun is scheduled to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 May 2012. Her Eurovision entry is "Echo (You and I)", which will be included on the international edition of Echoes and the repackage edition in France.