Celine Dion (album)

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Celine Dion

Studio album by Céline Dion
Released	March 31, 1992 May 21, 1992 June 22, 1992
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Pop
Length	61:06
Label	Columbia, Epic
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff, Humberto Gatica, Guy Roche, Ric Wake
All Music Guide link
Céline Dion chronology
Dion Chante Plamondon (1991)	Celine Dion (1992)	The Colour of My Love (1993)

Celine Dion is the 1992 eponymous album by pop singer Céline Dion. It's her second English release and seventeenth in total.

1 Album information
2 Chart success
3 Track listing
4 Chart performance
5 Awards
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Album information

Dion's real international breakthrough came when she paired up with Peabo Bryson to record the title track to Walt Disney Pictures animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The song captured a musical style that Dion would utilize in the future: sweeping, classical and soft rock influenced adult contemporary ballads with soft instrumentation. Both a critical and commercial smash, the song became her second U.S. top ten hit, and also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. That song was also the first single from Celine Dion album which had a soft rock influence that was combined with elements of soul and classical music. Due to the success of the lead-off single, the album was as well received. As with Dion's earlier releases, the album had an overtone of love.

Dion worked with new team of writers and producers. Five songs were written by Diane Warren. "With This Tear" was a gift from Prince who wrote the song especially for Céline Dion and offered it to her. Tracks were produced by Walter Afanasieff, Ric Wake and Guy Roche.

"Send Me a Lover" was a "leftover" from the recording sessions of the Celine Dion album. It was released in 1994.

By 1992, Unison, Celine Dion and media appearances had propelled Dion to superstardom in the North America. She had achieved one of her main objectives: wedging her way into the anglophone market and establishing fame. Apart from her rising success, there were also changes in Dion's personal life, as René Angélil would make the transition from manager to lover. However, the relationship was kept a secret as both feared that the public would find the twenty-six-year difference between their ages incongruous.

European version of Celine Dion included "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" as a bonus track. The album was re-released on September 7, 1992 in Australia with a bonus disc containing four songs from Unison.

Dion did the Celine Dion Tour to support the album.

[edit] Chart success

The Celine Dion album was an even bigger success than her debut English album selling six million copies worldwide and reaching number 3 in Canada and 34 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. This is when Dion was starting to shine in the United States. As of January 2006 in the U.S. alone Celine Dion has sold 2,981,000 copies making it double platinum closing in on triple.

Her popularity was also showing in Canada where the album peaked at number 3 and sold over one million copies (a diamond award). In other regions of the world the album gained great review and showed her chart higher than she had before. On her next English album Dion would soar to heights she had never experienced. She also received her first World Music Award for Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year.

Singles released from the album gave Céline Dion more success. The biggest of which was "Beauty and the Beast" which charted at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold in excess of 500,000 copies in U.S. alone. Other singles that achieved moderate success included "If You Asked Me To" (a cover of Patti LaBelle's song from the 1989 movie Licence to Kill) which peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the gospel-tinged "Love Can Move Mountains," "Nothing Broken but My Heart," "Water from the Moon," and "Did You Give Enough Love."

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"Introduction"	W. Afanasieff	1:15
2.	"Love Can Move Mountains"	D. Warren	4:53
3.	"Show Some Emotion"	G. Prestopino, A. Gold, B. Walsh	4:29
4.	"If You Asked Me To"	D. Warren	3:55
5.	"If You Could See Me Now"	J. Bettis, W. Afanasieff	5:07
6.	"Halfway to Heaven" (with Kenny G)	F. Golde, H. David, N. Holland	5:05
7.	"Did You Give Enough Love"	S. Swirsky, A. Roman	4:21
8.	"If I Were You"	A. Roman, S. Peiken	5:07
9.	"Beauty and the Beast" (with Peabo Bryson)	A. Menken, H. Ashman	4:04
10.	"I Love You, Goodbye"	D. Warren	3:33
11.	"Little Bit of Love"	A. Scott, C. Gaudette	4:27
12.	"Water from the Moon"	D. Warren	4:38
13.	"With This Tear"	Prince	4:12
14.	"Nothing Broken but My Heart"	D. Warren	5:55
European Bonus Track
15.	"Where Does My Heart Beat Now"	R. W. Johnson, T. Rhodes	4:33
Australian Bonus Disc
1.	"Where Does My Heart Beat Now"	R. W. Johnson, T. Rhodes	4:33
2.	"(If There Was) Any Other Way"	P. Bliss	4:00
3.	"Unison"	A. Goldmark, B. Roberts	4:13
4.	"The Last to Know"	B. Walsh, P. Galdston	4:35

[edit] Chart performance

Country	Peak Position	Number of Weeks	Certification	Sales
Canada	3	63	Diamond	1,000,000
Norway (Mid-Price)	11	1	-	n/a
United States (Top Pop Catalog Albums)	13	88	-	-
Australia	15	19	Gold	35,000
New Zealand	31	1	-	n/a
United States (Billboard 200)	34	76	2x Platinum	2,981,000
Japan	59	6	Gold	100,000
United Kingdom	70	15	-	n/a

Celine Dion is undercertified in one country:

United States - should be certified 3x Platinum (3,000,000)

[edit] Awards

Year	Award Show	Award
1992	Academy Awards	Best Original Song – "Beauty and the Beast"
1992	Golden Globe Awards	Best Original Song – "Beauty and the Beast"
1992	World Music Awards	World’s Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year
1992	Governor General's Awards	Honoured with a Medal of Recognition on Canada's 125th Birthday from the Governor General for Her Contribution to Canadian Culture
1993	Grammy Awards	Best Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "Beauty and the Beast"
1993	Grammy Awards	To Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – "Beauty and the Beast"
1993	Billboard Awards	Billboard International Creative Achievement Award
1993	Juno Awards	Single of the Year – "Beauty and the Beast"
1993	Juno Awards	Best Dance Recording – "Love Can Move Mountains" (club mix)
1993	Juno Awards	Female Vocalist of the Year
1993	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success in a Language Other Than French
1993	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province of Quebec

Céline Dion was also nominated for three more Grammy Awards:

Record of the Year – "Beauty and the Beast" (1993)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance – Celine Dion (1993)
Song of the Year – "Beauty and the Beast" (1993) (award would go to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman)