Legacy
Henri Salvador continues to be popular today among French communities in Canada. In 2000, Virgin Records released a CD featuring popular hits such as "Jazz Mediterrannee", which continues to receive regular air play. In 2002 his album Chambre Avec Vue sold over two million copies. In 2005, Salvador was awarded the Brazilian Order of Cultural Merit, which he received from the acclaimed singer and Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, in the presence of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his influence on Brazilian culture, particularly on bossa nova, to whose invention he contributed. That same year he took 52nd place in the election of Le Plus Grand Français (The Greatest Frenchman).
He was also a commander of the French Légion d'honneur and of the National Order of Merit. In 2007 he released Reverence on V2 Records, featuring Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. He then went on to perform the track "La Vie C'est La Vie" from that album on the BBC program Later … With Jools Holland, which aired on 4 May 2007.
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