''Mélanie'' is the sixth French-language

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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 22 August 1984. It includes the hit song, "

Une colombe "Une colombe" (meaning "A Dove") is the first single from Celine Dion's album ''Mélanie''. It was released on 18 June 1984 in Quebec, Canada. It was written by Marcel Lefebvre and Paul Baillargeon. The song speaks of a world full of peace, love a ...

". The album reached number one in Quebec, was certified Gold in Canada and won two

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s for Album of the Year and Best Selling Album of the Year.

Content

The album includes ten songs co-written mainly by

Eddy Marnay Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay ( Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. H ...

and produced by Marnay and

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 ...

. "

" was performed by Dion for Pope

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in front of 65,000 people at the

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in Montreal in 1984. The title track was dedicated to Dion's little niece Karine, diagnosed with

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. In 2016, "Trois heures vingt" was played as the opening processional during the funeral services of her husband and manager,

. It was also included on Dion's 2016 album, ''

Encore un soir "Encore un soir" (meaning "One More Night") is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released as the lead single from her French-language album of the same name, issued on 26 August 2016. It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, and pro ...

''.

Commercial performance

The album became another commercial success, reaching Gold in Canada. It topped the chart in Quebec for ten weeks. "

" was also certified Gold. ''Mélanie'' produced two top ten Quebec singles in "Une colombe" and "

Mon rêve de toujours "Mon rêve de toujours" (meaning "My Everlasting Dream") is the second single from Celine Dion's album ''Mélanie''. It was released in September 1984 in Quebec, Canada and also in France. The song entered the Quebec Singles Chart on 22 September ...

", which peaked at number two and four, respectively. The third single, " Un amour pour moi" was also considerably successful and peaked at number twelve.

Accolades

The next year, Dion won five

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s, including Album of the Year and Best Selling Album of the Year for ''Mélanie'', Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year ("Une colombe") and Best Selling Single of the Year ("Une colombe"). She was also nominated for the Felix Award for Pop Album of the Year (''Mélanie''), Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success Outside Quebec and Show of the Year (

Céline Dion en concert ''Céline Dion en concert'' (meaning ''Céline Dion in Concert'') is the first live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in Quebec, Canada on 20 December 1985. It includes mostly French-language hits, but also covers of "Up Where We Bel ...

). Additionally, Harvey Robitaille won Felix Award for Sound Engineer of the Year thanks to Céline Dion en concert and

Paul Baillargeon Paul Baillargeon (born 1943) is a Canadian composer, known for his music for television shows. He contributed music to 41 episodes of Star Trek shows, and won the 2002 ASCAP Award (Top TV Series) for Enterprise, shared with the series' other reg ...

was nominated for Arranger of the Year thanks to "Une colombe".

Track listing

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melanie 1984 albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion albums Albums produced by René Angélil