Miracle (Celine Dion album)

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Miracle
Studio album by Céline Dion
Released	October 11, 2004 (2004-10-11)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop
Length	CD 52:31, DVD 20:00
Label	Columbia, Epic
Producer	David Foster
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Céline Dion chronology
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (2004) Miracle (2004) On ne change pas (2005)
Singles from Miracle
"Beautiful Boy" Released: October 11, 2004 "Miracle" Released: October 11, 2004 "Je lui dirai" Released: October 11, 2004 "In Some Small Way" Released: March 7, 2005

Miracle is a concept album credited to Canadian singer Céline Dion and Australian photographer Anne Geddes, released on October 11, 2004. It's Dion's 12th English album and 32nd in total.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Chart success 3 Track listing 4 Chart performance 5 Release history 6 References

[edit] Album information

Miracle is a part of a CD-and-book multimedia collection, with Dion's music providing the soundtrack to Geddes' pictorial book celebrating the joy of babies. The songs were produced by David Foster, who hasn't worked with Dion since 1999.

Among tracks on the album are remakes of John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy," Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World," Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Johannes Brahms' "Brahms' Lullaby," Nancy Wilson's "If I Could," Henri Salvador's "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)," and Carol Welsman's "Baby Close Your Eyes."

All other tracks are original songs such as the title track, which was written in 2001 for A New Day Has Come to celebrate the birth of Dion's son René-Charles, but the song was never published on that album.

Some tracks were previously released on Dion's albums, including "Brahms' Lullaby" on These Are Special Times and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" on All the Way… A Decade of Song. Live performances of "If I Could" and "What a Wonderful World" were available on A New Day... Live in Las Vegas. "A Mother's Prayer" is a solo version of "The Prayer" (duet with Andrea Bocelli from These Are Special Times). "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" was performed live by Dion and Henri Salvador in October 2003, during the taping of 1 fille & 4 types TV special. However, this duet version wasn't included on any album.

Miracle was released in three different formats: CD; CD/DVD + 60-page booklet; and 180-page hardcover book + CD/DVD. "Je lui dirai," available previously on 1 fille & 4 types, was included as a bonus track in Francophone countries.

"Beautiful Boy" was released as the first single in North America and some parts of Europe. It was followed by "In Some Small Way" in the United States and Canada. "Je lui dirai" was released as a single in Francophone countries, while the title track was issued as a single in the United Kingdom and parts of Asia. All these songs were released as radio singles without accompaying music videos.

[edit] Chart success

Miracle debuted inside top 10 in many countries, reaching number 1 in Canada and Belgium Wallonie, number 4 in the United States, France and Netherlands, number 5 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in Switzerald and number 9 in Greece. As a result, the album peaked at number 4 on the United World Chart and number 6 on the European Albums Chart.

Miracle set a record in the the United States, spending 18 consecutive weeks at the top position on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart.

The album sold 2.5 million copies worldwide, including 1 million in the U.S. It was certified platinum in the U.S. and gold in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. Although Miracle sold enough copies to be awarded platinum in Canada, it remains uncertified till this day.

[edit] Track listing

CD

1. "Miracle" (Steve Dorff, Linda Thompson) – 3:38
2. "Brahms' Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms) – 3:32
3. "If I Could" (Ken Hirsch, Marti Sharron, Ron Miller) – 4:47
4. "Sleep Tight" (Richard Page, Jon Lind, John Lahng) – 4:40
5. "What a Wonderful World" (George David Weiss, Bob Thiele) – 3:48
6. "My Precious One" (Peer Astrom, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:52
7. "A Mother's Prayer" (David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:43
8. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 4:09
9. "Baby Close Your Eyes" (Carol Welsman, Romano Musumarra) – 3:25
10. "Come to Me" (Beverley Mahood, Thomas Wade) – 4:36
11. "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" (Maurice Pon, Henri Salvador) – 3:14
12. "Je lui dirai" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 3:57 (French bonus track)
13. "Beautiful Boy" (John Lennon) – 3:53
14. "In Some Small Way" (Page, David Tyson) – 5:06

DVD

1. The Making of Miracle (Scott Floyd Lochmus) – 20:00

[edit] Chart performance

Chart	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australian Albums Chart[1]	15
Austrian Albums Chart[2]	34
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[3]	13	Gold	25,000[4]
Belgian Wallonie Albums Chart[5]	1
Canadian Albums Chart[6]	1		125,0001[7]
Czech Republic Albums Chart[8]	51
Danish Albums Chart[9]	12
Dutch Albums Chart[10]	4
European Albums Chart[11]	6
French Albums Chart[12]	4	Gold	100,000[13]
German Albums Chart[14]	34
Greek Albums Chart[15]	9
Hungarian Albums Chart[16]	84
Italian Albums Chart[17]	15	Gold	50,000[18]
Japanese Albums Chart[19]	168		10,000[20]
New Zealand Albums Chart[21]	26
Polish Albums Chart[22]	15
Portuguese Albums Chart[23]	19
Spanish Albums Chart[24]	77
Swedish Albums Chart[25]	30
Swiss Albums Chart[26]	6	Gold	20,000[27]
UK Albums Chart[28]	5	Gold	110,000[29]
U.S. Billboard 200[30]	4	Platinum	1,000,000[31]
U.S. Billboard Top Kid Audio[32]	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[33]	3
U.S. Billboard Top Music Video[34]	4
United World Chart[35]	4		2,500,000[36]

¹ should be certified platinum (100,000)

[edit] Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Europe	October 11, 2004	Columbia	CD	5187482
			CD/DVD	5187487
North America	October 12, 2004	Epic	CD	5187482
			CD/DVD	5187487
Australia	October 15, 2004	Epic	CD	5187482
			CD/DVD	5187487
Japan	December 22, 2004	Epic	CD	5187482

[edit] References

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