Celine Dion (album)

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Celine Dion
Celine Dion cover
Studio album by Céline Dion
Released March 31, 1992 (1992-03-31)
Recorded 1991-1992
Genre Pop
Length 61:06
Label Columbia, Epic
Producer Walter Afanasieff, Humberto Gatica, Guy Roche, Ric Wake
Professional reviews
Céline Dion chronology
Dion chante Plamondon
(1991)		 Celine Dion
(1992)		 The Colour of My Love
(1993)
Singles from Celine Dion
  1. "Beauty and the Beast"
    Released: December 30, 1991
  2. "If You Asked Me To"
    Released: April 6, 1992
  3. "Nothing Broken But My Heart"
    Released: July 13, 1992
  4. "Love Can Move Mountains"
    Released: November 2, 1992
  5. "Water from the Moon"
    Released: March 1, 1993
  6. "Did You Give Enough Love"
    Released: July 5, 1993

Celine Dion is an eponymous album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 31, 1992. It is her second English album and 17th in total.

Contents

[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 United States top 10 hit, and also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. 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 a new team of writers and producers on her eponymous album. 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. The tracks were produced mainly by Walter Afanasieff, Ric Wake and Guy Roche. Thanks to Celine Dion, the singer was nominated also for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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.

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

[edit] Chart success

The Celine Dion album was an even bigger success than her debut English album, selling 6 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, Celine Dion has sold 2,982,000 copies in the U.S. alone, 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 1 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

  1. "Introduction" (Walter Afanasieff) – 1:15
  2. "Love Can Move Mountains" (Diane Warren) – 4:53
  3. "Show Some Emotion" (Gregory Prestopino, Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh) – 4:29
  4. "If You Asked Me To" (Warren) – 3:55
  5. "If You Could See Me Now" (John Bettis, Afanasieff) – 5:07
  6. "Halfway to Heaven" (with Kenny G) (Franne Golde, Hal David, N. Holland) – 5:05
  7. "Did You Give Enough Love" (Seth Swirsky, Arnie Roman) – 4:21
  8. "If I Were You" (Roman, Shelly Peiken) – 5:07
  9. "Beauty and the Beast" (with Peabo Bryson) (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman) – 4:04
  10. "I Love You, Goodbye" (Warren) – 3:33
  11. "Little Bit of Love" (Andy Scott, Claude Gaudette) – 4:27
  12. "Water from the Moon" (Warren) – 4:38
  13. "With This Tear" (Prince) – 4:12
  14. "Nothing Broken But My Heart" (Warren) – 5:55
  15. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" (Robert White Johnson, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:33 (European bonus track)

Australian bonus disc

  1. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" (Johnson, Rhodes) – 4:33
  2. "(If There Was) Any Other Way" (Paul Bliss) – 4:00
  3. "Unison" (Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts) – 4:13
  4. "The Last to Know" (Walsh, Phil Galdston) – 4:35

[edit] Chart performance

Chart Peak
position		 Certification Sales/shipments
Australian Albums Chart[1] 15 Gold 35,000[2]
Canadian Albums Chart[3] 3 Diamond 1,000,000[4]
Japanese Albums Chart[5] 59 Gold 100,000[6]
New Zealand Albums Chart[7] 31
UK Albums Chart[8] 70
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 34 2x platinum1 2,982,000[10]

1 should be certified 3x platinum (3,000,000)

[edit] Awards

Year Award show Award
1992 Academy Awards Best Original Song (to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) – "Beauty and the Beast"
1992 Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song (to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) – "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 Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "Beauty and the Beast" (with Peabo Bryson)
1993 Grammy Awards Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) – "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

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
North America March 31, 1992 Epic CD 57555
Japan May 21, 1992 Epic CD ESCA-5587
United Kingdom, Australia June 22, 1992 Epic CD 4715082
Australia September 7, 1992 Epic 2CD 4715082/SAMP424

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Albums Chart
  2. ^ ARIA
  3. ^ Canadian Albums Chart
  4. ^ CRIA
  5. ^ Japanese Albums Chart
  6. ^ RIAJ
  7. ^ New Zealand Albums Chart
  8. ^ UK Albums Chart
  9. ^ Billboard 200
  10. ^ RIAA
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