studio album
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and fourth English-language album 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 ...
, released on 11 March 1996 by
Sony Music
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. The follow-up to her blockbuster album '' The Colour of My Love'' (1993) and French-language '' D'eux'' (1995), ''Falling into You'' showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project she collaborated with Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced " It's All Coming Back to Me Now", among others. Several songs were produced by David Foster, including " Because You Loved Me", written by Diane Warren. In total, Dion worked on the album with fourteen producers and a variety of songwriters and musicians.
''Falling into You'' won many awards around the world, including two Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album at the 39th annual ceremony, during which Dion performed live. In April 1997, she also won three World Music Awards for World's Best Selling Artist of the Year, World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist of the Year. The album is on
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's Definitive 200 list.
''Falling into You'' became Dion's best-selling album and one of the best-selling albums in history, with sales of more than 32 million copies worldwide, including twelve million copies in the US, over two million in the United Kingdom, and over one million in Germany, France, Canada and Australia. In Europe, it has sold over nine million units. It topped the charts around the world, including number one in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and many more. It became one of the best-selling albums of 1996 and 1997 in various countries and also one of the top-selling albums of the decade. It was certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold around the world.
Five singles were released from the album in Europe, four in Australia, and three in North America. The major successes came with the releases of "Because You Loved Me", the theme song from the Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer film '' Up Close & Personal'' (number one in the United States and Australia and number two in Canada and Ireland), "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (number one in Canada and the Flanders region of Belgium and number two in Ireland and the US), and a cover version of Eric Carmen's " All by Myself" (top ten in several countries, including number four in the US).
Conception and composition
''Falling into You'' presented Dion at the height of her popularity, and showed a further progression of her music. The album combines many elements: ornate orchestral frills and African chanting, and instruments like the violin, Spanish guitar, trombone, the cavaquinho, saxophone and supreme string arrangements, which created a new sound. The singles also encompassed a variety of musical styles. " Falling into You" (originally by Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo) and " River Deep, Mountain High" (
Ike & Tina Turner
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Carole King
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's " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". In Asia, the Japanese hit " To Love You More" was added as well. Additionally, the non-US editions of the album include "Your Light", written and produced by Aldo Nova and the Spanish/Latin America editions feature " Sola Otra Vez", a Spanish-language version of "All by Myself". Dion worked on ''Falling into You'' with many producers, mainly with Jim Steinman, David Foster,
Ric Wake
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'' editor Paul Verna gave it a positive review. He called it a deep album that will solidify Dion's reputation as one of the world's true pop divas. Verna highlighted the chart-topping " Because You Loved Me" and other hit-worthy moments on the album: a
Meat Loaf
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-style epic " It's All Coming Back to Me Now", the laid back " Falling into You", bouncy pop "Make You Happy", sultry ballad "Seduces Me" (produced by Duran Duran producer, John Jones), and effervescent "Declaration of Love". Another critic from ''Billboard'' spoke positively about "Because You Loved Me" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", writing that "Because You Loved Me" is "rife with grand romance, larger-than-life production, and a climax that is best described as the musical equivalent to 4th of July fireworks". The same critic called "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" a ballad that pits Dion against the bombastic production of Jim Steinman, adding that "lesser talents might have been gobbled up by this melodramatic arrangements, but Dion rises to the occasion with a performance that soars above the instrumentation with deliciously theatrical flair".
A positive review also came from senior editor of
AllMusic
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,
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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, who gave ''Falling into You'' four stars out of five. Although he noted that the album is formulaic, Erlewine appreciated its well-executed, stylish, and catchy formula, accentuating Dion's natural vocal charm. He praised ballads like "Because You Loved Me" and mock epics like "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". He felt that Dion tackles dance-pop and love songs with grace and that effortless elegance saves the mediocre material on the album from being tedious. According to him, there are a couple of weak tracks on ''Falling into You'' but it is a remarkably well-crafted set of adult contemporary pop and Dion's best album.Chuck Eddy from ''
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'' gave it a B in his review. Eddy wrote: "There's something compellingly eccentric about even the mushiest ballads on Celine Dion's new set ''Falling into You'', which features Spanish guitars, African chanting, and ornate orchestral frills. But only in her desolate cover of Eric Carmen's " All by Myself" and her brutal blues-mama dance "Declaration of Love" (which kicks like Bonnie Raitt and Wynonna only wish they could) does she truly crash through the glass ceiling of passion".
Mixed or negative reviews came from Elysa Gardner of the ''
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'',
Stephen Holden
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Biography
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of ''
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'' and Dan Leroy of Yahoo! Music. Gardner gave the album two out of four stars and wrote that Dion "dabbles in more soulful and sophisticated textures, and at times her dilettantism pays off. But she often falls back on her characteristic platform of polite, predictable schmaltz". Holden wrote that the album is "crammed with formulaic romantic bombast. The melodrama peaks with two overblown Jim Steinman productions: "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", a romantic flashback replete with thunderclaps, and " River Deep, Mountain High", an anemic remake of a classic
Phil Spector
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production". However, he praised "Because You Loved Me" (calling it this year's " Wind Beneath My Wings") and a remake of Carmen's 1976 hit, "All by Myself". Leroy said that "trying to out-emote Eric Carmen was almost crazy enough to work, and working with over-the-top Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman seemed a sensible choice. But the results weren't much different than usual". '' The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' gave the album one and a half stars out of five.
Cultural impact
'' Elle Canada'' discussed how ''Falling into You'' changed pop music forever saying: "the album helped shape genre trends of the era and cemented the enduring relevance of the heartfelt power ballad in a cynical musical landscape that still sneered at sentimentality. Dion, especially with ''Falling into You'', helped usher power ballads into the '90s. And her influence set the stage for the next generation of big vocalists such as Adele, Jennifer Hudson,
Lady Gaga
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, and
Ariana Grande
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".
'' Reader's Digest Canada'' included ''Falling into You'' as one of the 25 Greatest Canadian Albums of all time, placing it at number 22, calling it the "most complete summation of her gifts as an entertainer: stylish, catchy and unabashedly emotional".
In 2014, Richard Dunn recorded a video on his
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when he was trapped alone in the Las Vegas airport overnight which utilized one of the biggest songs from the album, the 1996 cover of Eric Carmen's " All by Myself" that immediately became a viral hit across the internet.
''Shock'' listed Céline Dion as one of the most memorable music acts in the history of
Olympic games
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.
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also listed '' The Power of the Dream'' at the Atlanta Olympic Games as the second best Olympic themesong ever. On 19 July 1996, for a TV audience of 3.5 billion viewers, Celine Dion sang "The Power of the Dream" during the Opening Ceremonies of the Atlanta Olympic Games. It was the ultimate triumph that made her arguably the most famous singer on the planet at that time.
In early 2022, the classic hit " Its All Coming Back To Me Now" saw a resurgence on
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Jordin Sparks
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and
Viola Davis
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among many others jumped on the trend.
In August 2024, ''Falling into You'' became Dion's first studio album to reach 1 billion streams on
Spotify
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In Canada, ''Falling into You'' became Dion's second number-one album, after '' The Colour of My Love''. It was certified Diamond in November 1996 and has sold 1.6 million copies. ''Falling into You'' was her second album awarded Diamond in Canada, after ''The Colour of My Love''. Dion's 1992 eponymous album was also certified Diamond but in 1998. ''Falling into You'' also topped the Quebec chart for fourteen weeks.
United States
In the United States, ''Falling into You'' debuted at number two in March 1996, selling 193,000 copies. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 on the issue date 5 October 1996, in its twenty-eighth week, selling 132,000 copies. It stayed at number one for the next week, selling 130,500 copies. After falling to the third place a week later, the album returned to the number one spot on 26 October 1996, selling 136,000 copies, spending three non-consecutive weeks at number one on the chart. The best sales week for the album was on 4 January 1997 issue date with 370,000 copies sold, being the second best selling album of the week. With ''Falling into You'', Dion scored her first number-one album on the ''Billboard'' 200. It spent 61 weeks inside the top ten of the chart. ''Falling into You'' was the second best-selling album of 1996, with six million copies sold, the eighth best seller of 1997, with three million sold and the fifth best-selling album on the 1990s decade in the US with 10,224,282 copies sold. As of November 2019, ''Falling into You'' has sold 10,900,000 copies in the United States according to
Nielsen SoundScan
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, with an additional 987,000 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 Diamond by the
RIAA
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in December 1997 and twelve-times Platinum in 2021, for shipments of over twelve million copies in the US.
UK, France and Germany
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one and became Dion's second chart topper, after ''The Colour of My Love''. In January 1998, it was certified seven-times Platinum by the BPI for sales of 2.1 million copies. In France, ''Falling into You'' topped the chart for five non-consecutive weeks and became Dion's second number one, after '' D'eux''. It was certified Diamond by the
SNEP
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and has sold 1.2 million units there. In Germany, the album peaked at number five and was certified five-times Gold by the BVMI for sales of 1.3 million copies. ''Falling into You'' was also awarded by the IFPI with nine-times Platinum Europe Award for sales of over nine million copies in Europe.
Australia and rest of the world
In Australia, it debuted at number one and spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top. It became Dion's second number-one album there, after ''The Colour of My Love''. ''Falling into You'' was certified thirteen-times Platinum by the
ARIA
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and has sold one million copies in Australia. It also topped the charts in many other countries and was certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold around the world. Additionally, ''Falling into You'' was the overall best seller at Hong-Kong's HMV stores. ''Falling into You'' has also sold over 17 million copies worldwide between March 1996 to December 1996 (9 months span).
Singles
Two songs were released in February 1996 to promote the album: " Falling into You" in Europe and Australia, and " Because You Loved Me" in North America, South America and Asia. In May 1996, "Because You Loved Me" was issued as the second single in Europe and Australia. "Falling into You" reached number one in Spain, number eight in Norway and number ten in the United Kingdom, and entered top forty on the charts in other countries. Much bigger success came with "Because You Loved Me", which peaked at number one in the United States, Canada and Australia. The song also reached the top ten in many countries around the world, including number five in the UK. It was certified two-times Platinum in Australia, Platinum in the US and New Zealand, and Gold in the UK and Germany.
" It's All Coming Back to Me Now" was released as the second single in North America in July 1996. It topped the chart in Canada and peaked at number two in the US. In September 1996, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" was issued as the third single in most European countries and in Australia. In France and Germany, it was released as the fourth single in early 1997. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" reached number one in Belgium and peaked inside the top ten in various countries, including number three in the UK. It was certified Platinum in the US and Gold in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
" All by Myself" was issued as the third single in France and Germany in October 1996. In other European countries it was released as the fourth single in December 1996, after "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". "All by Myself" was also issued as the fourth single in Australia in February 1997 and third in North America in March 1997. It reached number four in the US and peaked inside top ten in several other countries, including number six in the UK. "All by Myself" was certified Gold in the US, and Silver in the UK and France. The fifth European single " Call the Man" was released in June 1997 and reached number eight in Ireland and number eleven in the UK. It was a minor hit in a few other countries.
The Asian editions of ''Falling into You'' included " To Love You More", a 1995 hit single which reached number one in Japan and has sold 1.3 million copies there. The editions of ''Falling into You'' released outside North America featured " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", which was released in few countries as a promotional single from '' Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King'' in November 1995. The Australian and Asian limited editions of ''Falling into You'' with bonus disc included " The Power of the Dream", a song performed by Dion during the
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opening ceremony. "The Power of the Dream" was released as a single in Japan in August 1996. It reached number thirty there and was certified Gold. Additionally, three more promotional singles from ''Falling into You'' were released: "Dreamin' of You" in Mexico, "Make You Happy" in Brazil and " River Deep – Mountain High" in France.
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, Australia on 18 March 1996 and ended on 26 June 1997 in
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, Switzerland. Dion toured Australia in March 1996, Canada in May and June 1996, the United States between July and August 1996, Europe between September and November 1996, and Canada again in December 1996. In February 1997 she toured Asia, in March and April 1997 the US, in May 1997 Canada and in June 1997 Europe again. One of the concerts was recorded and released in selected countries on VHS. It was titled '' Live in Memphis''.
Dion also promoted ''Falling into You'' on various television shows. In the US, she performed " Because You Loved Me" on '' The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and '' Live with Regis and Kathie Lee'' in March 1996. Dion also sang it on the ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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'' in April 1996 and ''
Good Morning America
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'' and ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show
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'' in May 1996. She performed her next US single, " It's All Coming Back to Me Now" on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' in July 1996 and ''
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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'' in September 1996. On 19 July 1996, Dion sang " The Power of the Dream" at the opening ceremony of the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
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, United States.
In December 1996, she performed her third US single, " All by Myself" at the
Billboard Music Award
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s and on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. Dion also sang it at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards on 26 February 1997. Additionally, she performed "Seduces Me" on ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' in January 1997 and " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' the next month. In March 1997, Dion sang "Because You Loved Me" and "Fly" on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''. She also performed "Because You Loved Me" and " I Finally Found Someone" at the 69th Academy Awards on 24 March 1997.
The promotion in other countries included performance of " Falling into You" at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy in March 1996, and "Because You Loved Me" on two Dutch television shows, ''Vijf TV Show'' and ''Tros'' in April 1996. The next month, Dion performed "Because You Loved Me" at the World Music Awards in
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, Monaco and on the German television show ''Verstehen Sie Spaß?'', and "Falling into You" on the French television show ''Dimanche Martin''.
In November 1996, she sang "All by Myself" at the Bambi Awards in Germany. Dion also performed "All by Myself" and " River Deep, Mountain High" on '' Taratata'' in France the same month. In December 1996 she sang "All by Myself" on the French television show ''Les Années Tubes''. In March 1997, Dion performed " To Love You More" with Taro Hakase on violin at the
Juno Awards
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. In April 1997, she sang "To Love You More" with Taro Hakase again on the Japanese television show, '' Music Fair'' and " Call the Man" at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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Grammy Award for Record of the Year
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American Music Award
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1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
and
1998
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Billboard Music Award
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s in 1996 and 1997, including Top Pop Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album Artist, Hot 100 Singles Artist, Hot Adult Contemporary Artist and Hot Adult Top 40 Artist. "Because You Loved Me" was nominated in the categories Hot 100 Singles, Hot 100 Singles Airplay, Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks, and ''Falling into You'' was nominated for Top Billboard 200 Album. She was nominated for Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in categories Favorite Female Artist - Pop and Favourite Song from a Movie ("Because You Loved Me"). At the 1997 BRIT Awards, Dion was nominated for Best International Female. She was nominated twice for Echo Awards for International Female Artist of the Year and
Danish Music Awards
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Academy Award for Best Original Song
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and
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
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The album contains 14 tracks on the US edition, 15 in Canada and 16 in other countries. Songs added outside the US include: "Your Light", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "To Love You More" and "Sola Otra Vez".
Notes
* signifies a co-producer
* signifies additional production and remix
* signifies an additional producer
Personnel
Adapted from
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Céline Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the " Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had a significant impact on popular musi ...
– primary artist, background vocals
*Dan Hetzel – mixing
* Dan Hill – composer, producer
*Dave Reitzas – engineer
* David Barratt – production coordination
*David Boruff – saxophone
* David Foster – arranger, guest artist, keyboards, piano, producer, vocal arrangement
*David Shackney – assistant engineer
*Denis Chartrand – piano, strings
*Denis Leloup – trombone
* Diane Warren – composer
*Dominique Messier – drums
*Don Ketteler – production coordination
*Dug – assistant engineer
* Eddie Martinez – guitar
*Elaine Caswell – background vocals
* Ellie Greenwich – composer
* Eric Benzi – engineer, synclavier programming
* Eric Carmen – composer
* Eric Troyer – background vocals
*Felipe Elgueta – engineer
*
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Jeff Bova
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Nathan East
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Phil Spector
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– composer
* Phillip Ingram – background vocals
*Randee Saint Nicholas – photography
*Rev. Dave Boruff – saxophone
*
Ric Wake
Ric Wake is an Anglo-American record producer who has won two Grammy Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment, he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, CoCo Lee, Taylor D ...
Rick Nowels
Richard Wright Nowels Jr. (born March 16, 1954) is an American songwriter and record producer. He has co-written and co-produced over 90 hit singles with multiple artists,Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
*Robbyn Kirmsse – background vocals
* Rory Dodd – background vocals
* Roy Bittan – piano, piano arrangement, producer
* Russ DeSalvo – guitar
*Scott Young – assistant engineer
*Sharon Bryant-Gallaway – background vocals
* Sheila E. – guest artist, percussion
*Shelton Becton – background vocals
* Simon Franglen – programming, synclavier programming
* Sisaundra – background vocals
*St. Jacques – bass, keyboards
*Steve Buslowe – bass
* Steve Churchyard – engineer
*Steve Farris – cavaquinho
* Steve Ferrone – drums
*Steve MacMillan – mixing
* Steve Rinkoff – engineer, producer
*Steve Skinner – keyboards
*Steve Wolf – drums
* Sue Ann Carwell – guest artist, vocal arrangement, background vocals
* Sylvain Beuf – saxophone
*Sylvain Bolduc – bass guitar
* Tawatha Agee – background vocals
*Terence Dover – engineer
*Terry Bradford – background vocals
*Thibault Vabre – make-up
* Tim Pierce – guitar
* Russ Powell - guitar
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Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia. He is known for his sophistica ...
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the The Recording Academy, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the r ...
List of best-selling albums
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of Comparison of recording media, recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable so ...
List of best-selling albums in the United States
The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the ...