''Celine Dion'' is the eleventh

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by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

and her second English-language album. It was released by

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and

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on 30 March 1992 and features the

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and

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-winning song "

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" and other hits, such as "

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" and " Love Can Move Mountains". The album was produced by Walter Afanasieff,

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, Guy Roche, and

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. It reached numbers one in Quebec and three in Canada, where it was certified

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for shipments of over one million copies. At the

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, ''Celine Dion'' was nominated for the

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. The album has sold over five million copies worldwide.

Background and content

Dion's real international breakthrough came when she paired up with

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to record the

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animated film ''

'' (1991). The song captured a musical style that Dion would utilize in the future: sweeping, classical and

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influenced ballads with soft instrumentation. Both a critical and commercial smash, the song became her second United States top 10 hit and also won many awards. As with Dion's earlier releases, the album had an overtone of love. Dion worked with a new team of writers and producers on her eponymous album. Five songs were written by

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. "With This Tear" was a gift from

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, who wrote the song especially for Dion. It was one of the last songs Dion recorded for the album, taking the place of what had originally been intended for her cover of " Calling You". The tracks were produced mainly by Walter Afanasieff,

, and Guy Roche. By 1992, the release of her previous English-language album ''

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'' (1990) and ''Celine Dion'', as well as various media appearances, had propelled Dion to superstardom in North America. She had achieved one of her main objectives: wedging her way into the anglophone market and establishing fame. Apart from her rising success, there were also changes in Dion's personal life, as

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made the transition from manager to lover. However, the relationship was kept a secret as both feared that the public would find the twenty-six-year difference between their ages incongruous. The European version of ''Celine Dion'' includes " Where Does My Heart Beat Now" as a bonus track. The album was re-released on 7 September 1992 in Australia with a bonus disc containing four songs which had been previously released as singles from ''Unison''. " Send Me a Lover" was a "leftover" from the recording sessions of the ''Celine Dion'' album, and it was released in 1994 on the charity compilation ''Kumbaya Album 1994''. To support the album, Dion toured as the opening act for

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on his "Time, Love and Tenderness Tour" in the summer of 1992 through the United States. From August 1992 till March 1993, she toured Canada with her Celine Dion in Concert tour.

Singles

Because of the success of "

", the song was included on ''Celine Dion''. The first proper single from the album was "

", a cover of

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song. It became a hit in Canada and the United States, reaching number one on the Canadian Top Singles chart and number four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The next single, " Nothing Broken but My Heart". peaked at number 3 in Canada and 29 in the US. The third single, " Love Can Move Mountains". reached number two in Canada and 36 in the United States. The next single, " Water from the Moon". reached number seven in Canada. In July 1993, a promotional single. " Did You Give Enough Love". was released in Canada with accompanying music video and peaked at number 17.

Critical reception

The album has received varied reviews.

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from

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wrote that "Celine Dion's self-titled follow-up to her successful American debut is even stronger and more accomplished." Arion Berger from ''

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'' commented, "She hits all the notes on

's graceful, desperate "With This Tear", but clearly she has more voice than heart". Music critic

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called it the "worst album of the year—that I can remember". Jan DeKnock of ''

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'' said that the album "is even better, because the young singer-only 24-has developed enough confidence in her second language to really deliver the emotional nuances of a lyric, especially in the ballads that dominate this album. ..Dion has clearly joined

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and

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as one of the premier voices on the pop scene". Parry Gettelman from the ''

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'' felt that Dion "really excels" on the three dance tracks "in the

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mold"; "Love Can Move Mountains", "Did You Give Enough Love" and "Little Bit of Love".

Commercial performance

The album has sold over five million copies worldwide. As of May 2016, ''Celine Dion'' has sold 2,400,000 copies in the United States according to

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, with an additional 624,000 units sold at BMG Music Club. SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s. It was certified 2× Platinum in the United States and reached number 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Dion's popularity was also showing in Canada where the album topped the chart in Quebec for six weeks, peaked at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart and was certified Diamond for one million copies sold. In other regions of the world, ''Celine Dion'' peaked at number 15 in Australia, number 31 in New Zealand, number 59 in Japan, and number 70 in the United Kingdom. It was also certified Platinum in Australia and Gold in the UK and Japan. Dion received her first

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for Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year. The most successful single from the album was "

," which peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified Gold in the United States. Other singles, which reached the US top 40 included: "

" (number four), " Nothing Broken but My Heart" (number 29) and " Love Can Move Mountains" (number 36). " Water from the Moon" peaked at number 11 on the US

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chart. " Did You Give Enough Love" was released as a promotional single in Canada and a music video was also filmed. The song reached number 17 on the ''

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'' Top Singles chart.

Industry awards

''Celine Dion'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Juno Award for Album of the Year. She also won the Female Vocalist of the Year and was nominated for the Canadian Entertainer of the Year. Dion also won the Billboard International Creative Achievement Award and was nominated for the

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for Hot Adult Contemporary Artist. She won the Félix Award for the Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success in a Language Other Than French and Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success Outside Quebec. Dion won the

for World's Best Selling Canadian Female Artist of the Year and

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(Medal of Recognition for the Contribution to Canadian Culture). "

" won the

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and Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, and was nominated for the

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and Song of the Year. It also won the

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, Juno Award for Single of the Year, ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Most Performed Song from Motion Picture and ASCAP Pop Award for Most Performed Song. "

" won the ASCAP Pop Award for Most Performed Song and was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year and Billboard Music Award for Hot Adult Contemporary Single of the Year. " Nothing Broken but My Heart” won the ASCAP Pop Award for Most Performed Song. " Love Can Move Mountains" won the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year and was nominated for the Single of the Year. The performance of "Love Can Move Mountains" at the Juno Awards of 1993 was nominated for the

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for Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series.

Track listing

Notes * signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Adapted from

. * Walter Afanasieff – arranger, bass, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, organ, hammond organ, producer, programming, synclavier, synthesizer, synthesizer bass, vocal arrangement, vocal producer * Ken Allardyce – engineer *

– management * Israel Baker – violin * Marilyn Baker – viola *

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– viola * Greg Bannan – production coordination * David Barratt – production coordination * Kitty Beethoven – background vocals * Fred "Re-Run" Berry – flugelhorn * Frederick Berry – flugelhorn, soloist * Kyle Bess – engineer * David Betancourt – engineer * Rick Bieder – engineer * Teruko Brooks – violin *

– guest artist, performer, vocals * Robbie Buchanan – arranger, keyboards, piano * Bob Cadway – engineer, mixing, tracking * Bruce Calder – engineer * Russ Cantor – violin * Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer, mixing * Gary Cirimelli – programming, synclavier, background vocals * Ronald Clark – violin * Liz Constantine – background vocals * Van Coppock – assistant engineer * Orion Crawford – copyist * Joey Diggs – background vocals *

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– primary artist, spoken word, vocals, background vocals * John Doelp – executive producer * Nancy Donald – art direction * Bruce Dukov – violin * Felipe Elgueta – engineer * Paul Ericksen – engineer *

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– arranger, conductor, string arrangements * Chris Fogel – assistant engineer * Arne Frager – string engineer *

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– guest artist, soprano sax * Bruce Gaitsch – guitar * Pamela Gates – violin *

– engineer, mixing, producer * Claude Gaudette – arranger, keyboards, programming * Gary Gertzweig – violin * Michael Gilbert – engineer * Edward Green – violin * Sandy Griffith – background vocals * Noel Hazen – assistant engineer * Mark Hensley – engineer * Dan Hetzel – engineer * Jim Hughart – contrabass * Larry Jacobs – background vocals * Davida Johnson – violin * Jimmy Johnson – bass * Jude Johnson – cello * Melisa Kary – background vocals * Neill King – engineer *

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– programming, sampling, synclavier *

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– guest artist, saxophone * Matthew "Boomer" La Monica – engineer * Manny Lacarrubba – engineer *

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– guitar * Norma Leonard – violin * Mario Lucy – assistant engineer, engineer * Vito Luprano – executive producer * Patrick MacDougall – mixing * Margot MacLaine – viola * Earl Madison – celli, cello * Larry Mah – engineer * Brian Malouf – mixing * Jean McClain – background vocals * Casey McMackin – assistant engineer * Vladimir Meller – mastering * Betty Moor – violin * Jorge Moraga – viola * Ralph Morrison III – violin * Michael Nowak – viola * Nils Oliver – celli, cello * Rafael Padilla – percussion * Victoria Pearson – photography * Joel Peskin – oboe, synthesizer * Ken Phillips – production coordination * Brian Pollack – assistant engineer, engineer * Simon Pressey – engineer *

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– background vocals * Claytoven Richardson – background vocals * John "J.R." Robinson – drums * Guy Roche – arranger, engineer, keyboards, producer, synthesizer * Alejandro Rodríguez – engineer * Harry Scorzo – violin * Frederick Seykora – celli, cello * Dan Shea – keyboards, programming * David Shea – keyboards, synthesizer * Paul Shure – violin * David Stenske – viola * Mick Stern – engineer * Robert Stone – contrabass * Robert Jeffrey Stone – double bass * Barbara Stout – production coordination * Rich Tancredi – arranger * Pamela Thompkins – violin * Michael Thompson – guitar * Jeanie Tracy – background vocals * Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston – keyboards * Alan de Veritch – viola *

– arranger, producer * Francine Walsh – violin *

– background vocals * Frank Wolf – engineer * Terry Wood – background vocals * Thomas R. Yezzi – engineer * Richard Zuckerman – executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

Notes

References

External links

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