| The Colour of My Love | ||||
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| Studio album by Céline Dion | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1993 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Pop, soft rock, dance | |||
| Length | 66:24 | |||
| Label | Epic, 550 | |||
| Producer | Walter Afanasieff, David Foster, Steve Lindsey, Christopher Neil, Aldo Nova, Guy Roche, Ric Wake | |||
| Céline Dion chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Colour of My Love | ||||
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The Colour of My Love is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 9, 1993. It is her third English-language album and 18th overall. It features three number-one singles: "The Power of Love," "Think Twice" and "To Love You More."
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Dion worked with people who helped her on previous albums Unison and Celine Dion: David Foster, Walter Afanasieff or Diane Warren to name a few.
This album represents the international success of Céline Dion. With The Colour of My Love she achieved worldwide fame.
Non-U.S. version of the album included additional song "Just Walk Away" (issued as a promotional single in Spain). The Colour of My Love was re-released in Japan on October 23, 1995 with a bonus track "To Love You More", which became a number one hit in that country.
The Colour of My Love was noteworthy in that, in the dedication section, it was the first public acknowledgment that Dion had fallen in love with her manager, René Angélil. In the dedication, Dion had named Angélil "the colour of [her] love."
With "When I Fall in Love" and "The Power of Love" Céline Dion got two Grammy Awards nominations for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance respectively.
She won many awards during The Colour of My Love era, including: Ivor Novello Award for "Think Twice," Japan Gold Disc Award for "To Love You More," IRMA Award for The Colour of My Love, and World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year. Dion received also many Juno Awards and Félix Awards, and was nominated for an American Music Award.
She did The Colour of My Love Tour to support the album. The Colour of My Love Concert home video was also released.
On September 12, 2008, a combo containing The Colour of My Love CD and The Colour of My Love Concert DVD was released.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
Allmusic wrote that the album is "successful, thanks to the careful production, professional songwriting (highlighted by "When I Fall in Love," "The Power of Love," and "Think Twice") and Dion's powerhouse performances."[2]
In the United States, it has shipped 6 million copies and was certified 6x platinum[3] (4,502,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan).[4]
After selling 4 million copies in Europe, The Colour of My Love was certified 4x platinum by the IFPI.[5] It was awarded with multi-platinum certifications in many European countries, including the United Kingdom where it has sold 1,816,915[6] and achieved 5x platinum status[7] (and is eligible for 6x platinum after selling over 1,800,000 copies). Dion garnered tremendous success with The Colour of My Love, particularly in the UK, where the album stood for five weeks at the top of the British albums chart, while "Think Twice" reigned simultaneously atop the British singles chart. This accomplishment was last achieved by The Beatles. Both album and single spent 7 weeks in total at the top of the UK charts.[8]
In Canada, the album has sold 1.4 million copies[9] and it was certified diamond.[10] Also in Japan it has topped the 1 million units sales point and was certified with a million award.[11]
The album was also successful in Australia and New Zealand, where it was certified 8x platinum[12] and 6x platinum,[13] respectively. The Colour of My Love became the second best-selling album of 1995 in Australia and spent the longest run at number 1 for that year.[14]
The album went to number 1 the following countries: Norway (ten weeks at the top), Australia (eight weeks), UK (seven weeks), Canada (six weeks), Ireland (four weeks), Belgium Flanders (four weeks), and Greece. The Colour of My Love reached also top 10 in many other charts, including number 2 in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Portugal, number 4 in the U.S., Sweden and on the European Top 100 Albums, number 7 in France, Japan, Finland and Spain, and number 9 in Switzerland.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Power of Love" | Candy DeRouge, Gunther Mende, Mary Susan Applegate, Jennifer Rush | 5:43 |
| 2. | "Misled" | Jimmy Bralower, Peter Zizzo | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Think Twice" | Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Only One Road" | Zizzo | 4:49 |
| 5. | "Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down" | Arnie Roman, Russ DeSalvo | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Next Plane Out" | Diane Warren | 4:59 |
| 7. | "Real Emotion" | Warren | 4:26 |
| 8. | "When I Fall in Love" (with Clive Griffin) | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Love Doesn't Ask Why" | Phil Galdston, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | 4:08 |
| 10. | "Refuse to Dance" | Charlie Dore, Danny Schogger | 4:21 |
| 11. | "I Remember L.A." | Tony Colton, Richard Wold | 4:12 |
| 12. | "No Living Without Loving You" | Warren | 4:23 |
| 13. | "Lovin' Proof" | Warren | 4:12 |
| 14. | "Just Walk Away" (International version bonus track) | Albert Hammond, Marti Sharron | 4:58 |
| 15. | "The Colour of My Love" | David Foster, Arthur Ganov | 3:25 |
| 16. | "To Love You More" (1995 Japanese limited edition bonus track) | Foster, Junior Miles | 5:28 |
1Most certifications are under old criteria, with higher certifications levels than the current ones.
| Preceded by Carry On up the Charts by Beautiful South Elastica by Elastica |
UK Albums Chart number-one album January 28, 1995 – March 12, 1995 April 1, 1995 – April 7, 1995 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Bruce Springsteen Wake Up! by Boo Radleys |
| Preceded by Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 14, 1995 – June 10, 1995 July 30 – August 12, 1995 September 10, 1995 – September 23, 1995 |
Succeeded by Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow |
| Year | Award show | Award |
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| 1994 | Grammy Awards | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) (to David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock) – "When I Fall in Love" |
| 1994 | Juno Awards | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 1994 | Félix Awards | Female Artist of the Year |
| 1994 | Félix Awards | Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success in a Language Other Than French |
| 1994 | Félix Awards | Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province Of Quebec |
| 1995 | World Music Awards | World's Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year |
| 1995 | Ivor Novello Awards | Song of the Year – "Think Twice" |
| 1995 | Juno Awards | Album of the Year – The Colour of My Love |
| 1995 | Juno Awards | Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) – The Colour of My Love |
| 1996 | MIDEM Awards | Award For Combined European Sales of Over 10 Million Units in 1995 |
| 1996 | Japan Gold Disc Awards | International Song of the Year – "To Love You More" |
| 1996 | IRMA Awards | Best International Female Artist Album – The Colour of My Love |
| 1996 | Malta Music Awards | Best Selling International Artist |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | November 9, 1993 | Epic, 550 | CD | 57555 |
| Canada | Sony Music, Columbia | |||
| Japan | December 2, 1993 | Sony Music Japan, Epic, 550 | 4747432 | |
| United Kingdom | February 21, 1994 | Sony Music, Epic, 550 | ||
| Australia | March 7, 1994 | |||
| France | June 10, 1994 | Sony Music, Columbia | ||
| Europe | September 12, 2008 | CD/DVD | 88697374522 | |
| Australia | October 27, 2008 | Sony Music, Epic, 550 |
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