''Céline Dion chante Noël'' (''Céline Dion Sings Christmas'') is the second French-language studio album by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

, released in Quebec, Canada on 4 December 1981. It is also her first

Christmas album Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...

Content

The album was released three weeks after Dion's debut longplay and contained traditional Christmas carols. Tracks " Glory Alleluia", " Promenade en traîneau" and "

Joyeux Noël :''Joyeux Noel means Merry Christmas in French. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation) and Merry Christmas (disambiguation)'' ''Joyeux Noël'' ''('Merry Christmas')'' is a 2005 war drama film based on the Christmas truce of December ...

" also appeared on Dion's second Christmas album, ''

Chants et contes de Noël ''Chants et contes de Noël'' (meaning ''Christmas Songs and Tales'') is the fifth French-language and fifth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in Quebec, Canada on 3 December 1983. It is also her second Christmas album. Conte ...

'' (1983). In 1993, Dion recorded an English version of "Joyeux Noël" with its original English lyrics for

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

's ''The Christmas Album''. This recording of "

The Christmas Song "The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat King Cole Trio fir ...

" appeared later on her 1998 album, ''

These Are Special Times ''These Are Special Times'' is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her first English-language Christmas album. It was first released in Europe on 30 October 1998, by Columbia Records. In the United States, it ...

''. Dion also recorded a new version of "

Petit Papa Noël "Petit Papa Noël" (literally ''Little Father Christmas'') is a 1946 song recorded by French singer Tino Rossi. Written by Raymond Vincy (lyrics) and Henri Martinet (music), this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier ...

" with Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1994, for their album '' A Very Merry Chipmunk''.

Commercial performance

Although there were no singles issued to promote it, ''Céline Dion Chante Noël'' and ''

La voix du bon Dieu ''La voix du bon Dieu'' (meaning ''The Good Lord's Voice'') is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 6 November 1981 by Super Étoiles. It is a French-language album issued in Quebec, Canada only. It was preceded by t ...

'' sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and would go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

René Angélil René Angélil (; January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion. Early life Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of ...

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celine Dion Chante Noel 1981 Christmas albums Celine Dion albums Christmas albums by Canadian artists Pop Christmas albums Albums produced by René Angélil