''The Colour of My Love'' is the third English-language and twelfth studio album by Canadian singer

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. It was released by

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on 9 November 1993. The songs were produced mainly by

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Ric Wake Ric Wake is an American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, Taylor ...

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and

Christopher Neil Christopher Neil (born 1948) is an Irish-born British record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor. He has produced records for A-ha, Amazulu, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Cher, Dollar, Edyta Górniak, Gerry Rafferty, Jennifer Rush, José C ...

, and four of them were written by

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. The album features cover versions of " The Power of Love" and "

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". After its release, ''The Colour of My Love'' received generally mixed reviews from music critics but became a huge commercial success, topping the charts in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and a few other European countries, and reaching the top ten elsewhere, including number four in the United States. ''The Colour of My Love'' remains one of the best-selling albums of all time selling over 20 million copies worldwide, including six million units in the United States, over 1.8 million copies in the United Kingdom, 1.5 million in Canada and over one million units in Japan. Singles released from the album include the US number one "The Power of Love", the UK number one " Think Twice", and the Japanese chart topper "

To Love You More "To Love You More" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, written by David Foster and Edgar Bronfman Jr., writing under the pen-name Junior Miles. It was released as a single in Japan on 21 October 1995 and became a hit, reaching number one ...

", which was included on the 1995 re-release of ''The Colour of My Love'' in Japan. Each of these singles sold over one million copies in these countries. ''The Colour of My Love'' won two

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for

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and Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic), and also received the IRMA Award for Best International Female Artist Album. "Think Twice" won the

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for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and "To Love You More" received the International Single Grand Prix at the

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. "When I Fall in Love" won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) and was nominated for the

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in 1994. "The Power of Love" was also nominated for the

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in 1995.

Background and release

After releasing two English-language studio albums, ''

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'' (1990) and ''

'' (1992), recording

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and

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-winning song, "

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", and achieving three top ten entries on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ("

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", "

" and "

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"), Dion started working on her third English-language album, entitled ''The Colour of My Love''. In September 1993, she performed two concerts at the Capitole de Québec in

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, Canada, which were recorded to be later broadcast on television. Dion performed brand new, unheard songs from the upcoming album ''The Colour of My Love'', including: "Refuse to Dance", "Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down", "The Colour of My Love", " The Power of Love", " Misled", " Think Twice" and "

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". The show entitled later ''

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'' was issued as a

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in 1995. ''The Colour of My Love'' was released in November 1993 in North America, December 1993 in Japan, February 1994 in Europe and in March 1994 in Australia. In the album's liner notes, Dion for the first time publicly revealed her relationship with her manager,

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. During the album's launch event at Montreal's Metropolis, she announced they are engaged to be married.

Content

''The Colour of My Love'' was released with fourteen songs in the United States and fifteen tracks, including " Just Walk Away", elsewhere. The album was produced mainly by

and

wrote four songs for ''The Colour of My Love'', including: "

Next Plane Out "Next Plane Out" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her third English-language album, ''The Colour of My Love'' (1993). It was released as the fifth single in Australia in October 1995. "Next Plane Out" was written by Diane War ...

", "Real Emotion", "No Living Without Loving You" and "Lovin' Proof". The album features duet with

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on "

", taken from the ''

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'' soundtrack and a

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's 1985 track, " The Power of Love". In October 1995, ''The Colour of My Love'' was re-released in Japan, including new song, "

", written and produced by David Foster.

Singles

After "

", which originally appeared on the ''

'' soundtrack, " The Power of Love" was issued as the first proper single from ''The Colour of My Love''. The song was very successful, reaching number one in the United States, Canada and Australia, and peaking inside top ten in various countries, including the United Kingdom and France. "The Power of Love" has sold over 1.1 million copies in the United States and was certified

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in 1994. The next song, " Misled", became a top ten single in Canada and also reached number one on the

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in the United States. Another success came with the release of " Think Twice", a single which topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands, and reached top ten in Australia, Spain and Switzerland. "Think Twice" has sold over 1.3 million copies in the United Kingdom and was certified

in 1995 (eligible for two-times Platinum). The next single, "

" peaked inside top ten in the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. In 1995, "

" was released in Australia and " Just Walk Away" was issued as a promotional single in Spain. In October 1995, ''The Colour of My Love'' was re-released in Japan, including new song, "

", which was released as a single at the same time. "To Love You More" reached number one on the

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and has sold 1.5 million copies in Japan. It was certified

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by the

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Promotion

Dion promoted ''The Colour of My Love'' in North America on various television programmes in late 1993 and early 1994. Additionally, her ''

'' aired in December 1993 in Canada and in February 1994 in the United States. Dion also embarked on The Colour of My Love Tour and performed concerts in the United States in February 1994, and in Canada through May 1994. After the success of " Think Twice" outside North America, she also started promoting the album in 1995 in Europe, including the United Kingdom. One of the most important performances, after releasing the album include: " The Power of Love" at the

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and

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, "Think Twice" at the

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s in 1994 and

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in 1995, and "The Colour of My Love" at the

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. Dion also performed three songs form ''The Colour of My Love'' on ''

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'' in the United Kingdom: "The Power of Love" (1994), "Think Twice" (1995) and "

" (1995).

Critical reception

Upon release, the album received mixed reviews from music critics, with positive attention given to Dion's vocals.

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from

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gave it three out of five stars and wrote that the album follows the same pattern as Dion's eponymous breakthrough, and while the songs are not quite as consistent this time around, the record is nevertheless quite successful, thanks to the careful production, professional songwriting (highlighted by "

", " The Power of Love", and " Think Twice") and Dion's powerhouse performances. Brad Webber from ''

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'' gave the album two out of four stars. He felt that "sickly sweet, by-the-books standards" like "The Power of Love" belie Dion's talent: "forcefully resonant and multiflavored vocals". He criticized "crooked roots" of a

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impersonation (" Misled" and "Think Twice"), formulaic duo ballad ("When I Fall in Love") and added that with Dion's attempt at

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, you can categorize her as "fairly shallow, sort of a female

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". However Webber praised an "exotic thrill" in "Refuse to Dance", which "throws a little variety in the mix". According to ''

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'', ''The Colour of My Love'' is a "big-league affair" that should push Dion to "new realms of pop stardom". Dion is more mature and shows off her vocal prowess on probable smashes as "The Power of Love", "Misled" and "

". According to

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from ''Billboard'', although ''The Colour of My Love'' is full of the "grand pop balladry", it also has more rhythmic depth than Dion's previous projects, including jack-swinging "Misled" and the "haunting but spine-crawling" "Refuse to Dance".

Commercial performance

''The Colour of My Love'' remains one of the world's best-selling albums of all time. It was the second top-selling album of 1994 in Canada, third top-selling album of 1994 by a female artist in the United States, third top-selling album of 1995 in the UK and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

Canada

In Canada, ''The Colour of My Love'' entered the ''RPM'' Albums Chart at number five and moved to the top in the fifth week. It stayed at number one for twelve consecutive weeks and spent eighty weeks on the chart in total. In December 1994, the album was certified

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by the

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for selling one million copies. It became the second best-selling album of the year 1994 in Canada, after Ace of Base's '' The Sign''. By the end of 1995, ''

'' reported that the album has already sold 10 million copies worldwide (including 1.4 million Canada). In November 1996, ''

'' wrote that the sales of ''The Colour of My Love'' have reached 1.5 million units in Canada. The album also topped the Quebec chart for twenty weeks.

United States

In the United States, ''The Colour of My Love'' debuted at number eighty-eight, selling 16,000 copies. In March 1994, it peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spent 149 weeks on the chart. It became the 20th best selling record of 1994 in the United States (third by a female artist), selling 2.1 million copies in 1994 alone. The album has sold 4.6 million copies according to

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and was certified six-times Platinum by the

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in November 1999 for shipping six million copies in the United States.

Europe

In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number ten in March 1994. Thanks to the success of "Think Twice", the album reached number one on the

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in January 1995 and spent seven weeks at the top. For five consecutive weeks, "Think Twice" and ''The Colour of My Love '' stood simultaneously on top of the UK charts, an achievement not replicated since 1965 and the heyday of

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. In December 1995, the album was certified five-times Platinum by the BPI for selling 1.5 million copies. It also became the third best-selling album of 1995 in the United Kingdom, after ''

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s eponymous album and

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's ''

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''. In November 2006, the

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released a list of the 100 best-selling albums of all time in the United Kingdom. Dion made the list with three albums, including ''The Colour of My Love '' at number seventy-seven with sales of 1,816,915 units (eligible for six-times Platinum certification). ''The Colour of My Love'' was also very successful in other European countries. It went to number one in Ireland, Norway, Belgium Flanders and Denmark, and reached top ten in France, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Portugal and the Netherlands. The album was certified Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold in various European countries. In 1996,

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certified it four-times Platinum for selling four million copies in Europe.

Japan

In Japan, the album originally peaked at number sixty-five in February 1994. It was certified Gold and has sold 200,000 units. Due to the success of "

" ''The Colour of My Love'' was re-issued with this song in October 1995 and reached number seven on the

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in November 1995. This re-release has sold 650,000 copies in 1995. While charting on the Oricon Albums Chart in 1995 and 1996, the re-issue of ''The Colour of My Love'' has sold 813,450 units. In January 1996, it was certified three-times Platinum by

and later that year, ''The Colour of My Love'' became Dion's first million-selling album in Japan, with the summed numbers of the original version and the re-release. As of May 1996, the album has sold over 1.5 million copies in the South East Asia.

Australia

In Australia, the album debuted at number nine in March 1994. Again, thanks to the success of "Think Twice", it topped the

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in mid-1995 for eight weeks, achieving the longest run at number one for that year. It also became the second best-selling album of 1995 in Australia, after

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's ''

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''. ''The Colour of My Love'' was certified nine-times Platinum by the

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for shipments of 630,000 copies. ''The Colour of My Love'' became one of the best-selling albums by Dion, with sales of twenty million copies worldwide.

Industry awards

''The Colour of My Love'' won two

for

and Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic). It also won the IRMA Award for Best International Female Artist Album in 1996 and was nominated for the

in 1995 in category Best Album. Songs from ''The Colour of My Love'' also received various nominations and awards around the world. " Think Twice" won the

for Best Song Musically and Lyrically, and "

" won the

in category International Single Grand Prix. "

" won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) and was nominated for the

. It also won two ASCAP Pop Awards in category Most Performed Songs and was nominated for the

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as Best Song from a Movie. " The Power of Love" was nominated for the

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for Favorite Pop/Rock Single,

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, and two

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s in category Hot 100 Single of the Year and Adult Contemporary Single of the Year. "The Power of Love" also won the ASCAP Pop Award as one of the Most Performed Songs and " Misled" won the BMI Pop Award in the same named category. Thanks to ''The Colour of My Love'' and its singles, Dion also won

for Best Selling Canadian Female Artist of the Year and Best Selling Canadian Artist of the Year, Juno Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, and Félix Awards for Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success Outside Quebec and Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success in a Language Other Than French. Dion was also nominated for her first

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in category Best International Female, and received nominations for other Billboard Music Awards and Juno Awards. ''

'' was also nominated for the

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in 1995.

Track listing

Notes * signifies an additional producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

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