''The Best of Celine Dion'' is the third French-language compilation 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 by

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in selected European countries on 2 May 1988, preceded by the Eurovision-winning song, "

Ne partez pas sans moi "Ne partez pas sans moi" (; "Don't Leave Without Me") is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion. The song was written by Atilla Şereftuğ and Nella Martinetti. It is best known as the Swiss winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contes ...

". The album was also released in few other European countries. In Germany, it was issued with a different cover and titled ''Vivre''.

Background

On 30 April 1988, Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest in

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, Ireland. She represented Switzerland with the song "

". After this success, the single was released in selected European countries on 2 May 1988 and Dion promoted it in mid-May in Switzerland, France, Denmark, Germany, Finland and Italy. The single entered the European charts reaching number one in Belgium, number eleven in Switzerland, number thirty-six in France and number forty-two in the Netherlands. Then

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issued a compilation of Dion's songs, including "Ne partez pas sans moi". The album titled ''The Best of Celine Dion'' was released in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg on 2 May 1988. In Germany it was re-titled to ''Vivre'' and issued with a different cover but the same track listing.

Content

''The Best of Celine Dion'' starts with the 1988 Eurovision-winning song, "

". The other songs were previously released in France on '' Du soleil au cœur'' (1983) and ''

Les oiseaux du bonheur ''Les oiseaux du bonheur'' (meaning ''The Birds of Happiness'') is the second French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in France in 1984. It is also her second album released in France. It includes mainly songs fr ...

'' (1984) or on the singles only: " C'est pour vivre" (1985), "Billy" (1986), " Je ne veux pas" (1987) and " La religieuse" (1988). Aside from "Ne partez pas sans moi", the album also contains another hit-song, " D'amour ou d'amitié" which reached top ten in France in 1983 and was certified

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by the SNEP for selling over 700,000 copies. All older songs (1982–1986) were produced 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. He ...

and Rudi Pascal. The newer tracks (1987–1988) were produced by Romano Musumarra,

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, Urs Peter Keller and

Atilla Şereftuğ Atilla Şereftuğ (born 16 November 1950) is a Turkish-Swiss songwriter, born in Istanbul. Career In 1986, Şereftuğ participated in the Swiss heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as composer of the song "Pas pour moi". The song's co-composer w ...

Track listing

Release history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of, The 1988 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion compilation albums