By the end of September and after only six weeks of release, Racine carrée had crossed the 300,000 mark and spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one. The following week, the album sold 50,901 copies but was replaced at the top of the chart by the second volume of tribute album Génération Goldman, which sold 59,274 units. The opening week numbers were higher than the 75,000 copies his previous album, Cheese, had sold since its release. In France, Racine carrée debuted at number one with one of the year's strongest first-week sales: 80,882 units, of which 55,597 were physical copies and 25,285 downloads. Racine carrée yielded three chart-topping singles: " Papaoutai", " Formidable" and " Tous les mêmes". In France, the album has been certified quadruple diamond by the SNEP and become one of the highest-selling albums in recent years after amassing over one million copies sold four months after its release. In his native Belgium, it remained at the top the charts for multiple weeks and been certified twelve times platinum by the BEA. Racine carrée topped the charts in France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy, as well as reaching the top ten in Canada, and the top forty in Germany. The album was a commercial success across Western Europe, including non- francophone countries. Prior to its official release and afterwards, Racine carrée received critical acclaim for its thoughtful lyrics and gained comparisons to fellow Belgian recording artist Jacques Brel. The album, recorded in an attic, explores themes as diverse as alienation from social networks, relationship issues, discrimination, cigarettes and lung cancer, AIDS and absent father figures. Stromae expressed his desire to incorporate Caribbean and African musical influences along with his signature 1990s-inspired dance beats. It was released digitally on 16 August 2013 and three days later physically in France and Belgium. Racine carrée ( French for ' square root', stylised √) is the second studio album by Belgian musician Stromae.
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