DISCOGRAPHY
ALBUMS
LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE
Release: November 18, 1997
After the best-selling album "Falling Into You" (over 25 millions sold worlwide), which was on the theme of cover songs, this album is under the theme of contributions, and Celine had the BEST people you could dream of to join her. Could you imagine a music lover who wouldn't buy an album featuring Celine, Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King and the Bee Gees? That album has it ALL!, plus many songs sung by the Adult-Contemporary #1 singer of the decade: Celine Dion!
THE COLLECTION 1982-1988
Release: 1997
Released in spring, it's a double CD, featuring the songs 2 collections already released: Ne Partez pas sans moi and C'est pour vivre. It's in fact the 2 CD offered in the same case. Those two CDs together offer a good collection of Celine first songs.
C'EST POUR VIVRE
Release: 1997
Released in january, here's another compilation of Celine's early songs in French. This one is very interesting, not only because it features beautiful songs from Celine, but also 6 songs that were not available on CD before: Ne me plaignez pas, Hello Mister Sam, Trois heures vingt, Trop jeune à dix-sept ans, Paul et Virginie et Benjamin. These unique songs are the only reason you need to get your hands on this CD!
LIVE A PARIS
Release: 1996 - Sales: 2,500,000
Recorded in october 1995 in Paris (Zenith), that album captures the tour that followed the release of the D'Eux/The French Album album. Most of the songs from the best-selling francophone album of all times (10 out of 12) are there, in addition to these a few big hits in English: The Power Of Love (#1 in USA) and To Love You More (#1 in Japan). The japonese success is a studio recording while all the others are live. She also do again 3 songs already present on her previous live album (Celine Dion à l'Olympia): The Power Of Love, Quand on a que l'amour and Un Garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy).
FALLING INTO YOU
Release: 1996 - Sales: 21,500,000
Her fourth English album. It's her biggest success in the charts worldwide, and her best-selling album. There are many cover songs on that album: It's All Coming Back To Me Now written by Jim Steinman, Falling Into You from Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, All By Myself from Eric Carmen, River Deep, Mountain High from Phil Spector and You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman from Carole King. In addition to the cover songs, you can find on this album 3 English adaptations from D'Eux: If That's What It Takes for Pour que tu m'aimes encore, I Don't Know for Je sais pas and Fly for Vole. Many interpretations of cover songs are unbelievable! But the album also presents some new songs, including Because You Loved Me from the movie Up close and personal. That song has been Celine's biggest hit so far, it was #1 on the prestigious Billboard's Hot 100 for 6 weeks, and it really crushed the old record of 13 weeks for the Adult Contemporary chart, staying on top for 19 weeks! It's the first album to deliver 2 Top 5 songs, the second one being It's All Coming Back To Me Now.
GOLD VOL. 2
Release: 1995 - Sales: 100,000
Second album in the Gold series, that album presents mainly the full content of Incognito (Quebecer edition) and 6 totally new songs.
CELINE DION GOLD/FOR YOU NE PARTEZ PAS SANS MOI/LA ROMANCE
Release: 1995, 1996 - Sales: 250,000
The Gold rush, it's simply the demand created by the D'Eux album in France and by The Colour Of My Love in the rest of the world. We can re-discover other songs from her first albums. The CD format make available songs that previously exist in the vinyl format which is almost exclusively reserved to collectors. This album has the record in the worlwide re-edition. It was distributed in 5 countries, under 4 different titles with 5 different covers! The order of the tracklist is the same for all of them, but for the Ne partez pas sans moi on which the title song comes first.
D'EUX/THE FRENCH ALBUM
Release: 1995 - Sales: 6,500,000
We could write pages and pages about this historic album. But we can also limit ourselves saying that on rare occasions artists meet and create a masterpiece, and this album is really a masterpiece. Jean-Jacques Goldman and Celine rewrote the record book of French music. He wanted to write for her golden voice, she wanted to have the recognition she deserves in France; together they made the album we'll be still talking about for decades to come. There are many records established by that album: best seller (all style and languages alike) in Quebec and in France, best selling French album of all time and first French album to be certified Gold in UK! Celine told in 1996 that it was really the album of her life, that she could end her career right now, and be proud of what she has done. D'Eux was distributed in the USA as The French Album.
CELINE DION A L'OLYMPIA
Release: 1994 - Sales: 800,000
It's almost an obligation for every singer in French to record a live album from the Olympia. That old theater which received Piaf, Aznavour, Holliday, Brel and so many others had to see Celine Dion. Celine finally realised her dream: singing at the Olympia. She did in that concert excellent performances from the Dion chante Plamondon album, with a few of her hits in English. She also gave herself a gift, singing two songs she really love: Calling You, from the movie Bagdad Cafe, and Elle from her album C'est pour toi in 1985. That album was recorded september 28th and 29th, 1994.
LES PREMIERES ANNEES
Release: 1993, 1995 - Sales: 200,000
The French-speaking world (especially France) realised slowly the impact of the Dion phenomenon striking the world. To better bring Celine home, they grabbed some of her early material (before she signed with Sony) and made a very good compilation. That album was re-edited in 1995, when the Dion-mania really hit France.
THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE LOVE STORY: SPECIAL EDITION
Release: 1993, 1995 - Sales: 15,000,000
That album really placed Celine among the great pop divas of the world: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and others... some even compared Celine to Streisand! Many hits came from that album: in USA it was The Power Of Love, in UK it was Think Twice and in Japan it was To Love You More, that album also known good performances in the charts all over the world. Let's say simply that the album was 7 weeks on top of UK charts, at the same time as the single Think Twice, that's something that hasn't been seen since the Beatles, 30 years before! Also the song To Love You More was #1 in Japan, first time since 1983 (What a feeling of Irene Cara) that a non-Japanese artist was #1. The Power Of Love was Celine's first #1 in US, it kept the top of the Billboard's Hot 100 for 4 semaines. A videocassette of that tour is available
CELINE DION
Release: 1992 - Sales: 4,000,000
Launching a second album in English at the Tonight Show, the day after the Oscars ceremony where the song Beauty And The Beast won an Oscar, that's called good timing. That album was considered as one of the best Adult Contemporary album in the previous 20 years. It traced a path for her 3rd English album, more pop, giving her the highest airplay in North-America, more than any other artist.
DION CHANTE PLAMONDON
Release: 1991 - Sales: 1,400,000
In fall 1991, that album presents 4 new songs (Des mots qui sonnent, Je danse dans ma tête, Quelqu'un que j'aime quelqu'un qui m'aime and L'amour existe encore) and 8 cover songs from the songwriter Luc Plamondon. It represents the attachment of Celine for her mother tongue and remind her fans that she won't neglect French for English, but that she'll be leading careers in both languages at the same time. Ziggy finally gave her a huge success in France. In Quebec, the album was certified Gold the day it was released!, another great accomplishment for her. In France, the album's title is Des mots qui sonnent.
UNISON
Release: 1990 - Sales: 2,000,000
A very important album for Celine's career. It was a dream come true for Celine; her dream was to sing for everyone, now that album opens her the world. The song Where Does My Heart Beat Now was a hit all over the world. She proved with that album that she could export her voice, that she feared neither the languages nor the different cultures. Celine told about that album that it was like a second career debut. With about 10 albums in French as background and all the energy of her fans supporting her since her very beginning to help her reach the highest achivements, Celine shot and scored! A videocassette is available
THE BEST OF/VIVRE
Release: 1988 - Sales: 100,000
After she has won the prestigious Eurovision contest with the song Ne partez pas sans moi, and because Celine's next step was to record in English, they released in Europe a Best of, featuring the winning song. It marks the end of the little girl singing and tells Europe that she's still there. In Germany, the album was known as Vivre.
INCOGNITO
Release: 1987, 1988, 1992 - Sales: 500,000
Here's the caterpillar who became a butterfly. Her first album with CBS (which became Sony), first album also with different versions from one country to another. A perfect sound, a quality production and a new look of young woman more decided than ever to take her place in the world of the pop music. All the fears of losing her first public vanished by the only sound of her voice. Never a an album delivered so many hits. With this album, she gave her 3rd quebec tour in 5 years, including 42 consecutive shows at the Saint-Denis theater in Montreal. With her energy, her self-confidence and her huge talent, she won in 1988 the Felix award for the best scenic performance.
LES CHANSONS EN OR
Release: 1986 - Sales: 150,000
Only consolation for the fans in 1986, that album featuring her biggest success, including her very first song: Ce n'était qu'un rêve. In addition to these 10 hits, we find a brand new song: Fais ce que tu voudras. From that song was made the very first videoclip of Celine in French, it was taped in Germany. In this clip we see Celine with short hair, letting us guess what's coming..., but we had to wait another year to see how important the change was.
PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION
Release: 1985 - Sales: 25,000
Very first participation to a soundtrack. That kid movie was part of the Contes pour tous (tales for everyone) series from Rock Demers. The songs went un-noticed, but the song Listen To The Magic Man gave her the chance to make her first videoclip, in English.
CELINE DION EN CONCERT
Release: 1985 - Sales: 50,000
Her first live album, was recorded in may 1985 at the Place des arts concert place in Montreal, during her second Quebec tour. Celine has surprised people performing a wide variety of songs from medleys of Félix Leclerc and Michel Legrand to the hit song of 1983 What a feeling (from Irene Cara). Celine wanted things to change. We saw in her the need to explore new paths.
C'EST POUR TOI
Release: 1985 - Sales: 50,000
Her last complete album with new material before her first year off. During that year, she had changed her musical style, her look and of course her recording label, joining the Sony team. That album features one of the favorites of Celine, Elle, and 2 songs from her most recent album in France: Les oiseaux du bonheur and Paul et Virginie (which became Virginie... roman d'amour.
LES PLUS GRANDS SUCCES DE CELINE DION
Release: 1984 - Sales: 75,000
At age 16, Celine already released her first greatest hits album. We find on that album 10 of her greatest hits in the previous 3 years. Part of the profits from that album went to the research for cystic fibrosis, her niece Karine is struck by that illness. To really emphasize the good cause of that album, it was launched in a children's hospital (Sainte-Justine, in Montreal) and was sold in supermarkets so it had been easy to find for people.
LES OISEAUX DU BONHEUR
Release: 1984 - Sales: 50,000
Second album in France, melting once again songs from her previous quebecers albums, and 3 new songs (Paul et Virginie, Les oiseaux du bonheur and Hymne à l'amour). A new vocal recording was made for the title song of her very first album: La voix du bon Dieu. Even helped with an excellent performance as opening act for Patrick Sebastien at the Olympia, the album didn't have a big success and France had to wait 3 more years before seeing another album from Celine.
MELANIE
Release: 1984 - Sales: 175,000
Praised by the public and the critics, that album won the Felix award as the album of the year and the best-selling album. Her gold record in France the year before and the success of the song Une colombe, written especially for the Pope's visit, were part of that huge success. The song Melanie touched most quebecers, and it was inspired by her niece... fighting the cystic fibrosis.
CHANTES ET CONTES DE NOEL
Release: 1983 - Sales: 75,000
Second Christmas album, with 3 songs from her first one and three original tales written especially for the occasion, Celine had a better success with this one. In addition, she sang Brel (Un enfant) and À quatre pas d'ici, an adaptation of Eddy Marnay from The Land Of Make Believe. That song was very appreciated and re-used a few times after that.
DU SOLEIL AU COEUR
Release: 1983 - Sales: 50,000
First album in France, it's a melt from her first albums in Quebec (exception made of her Christmas album of course). In France, it's a success as fast as in Quebec; with D'Amour ou d'amitié she became the first canadian artist to have a gold record. At this time, 500,000 copies were needed to certify gold, Celine has sold over 700,000 copies. Unfortunately, her success in France disappeared almost as fast as it happened... and she came back from the back only many years later.
LES CHEMINS DE MA MAISON
Release: 1983 - Sales: 150,000
Teamed to a tour and a special tv show, that album solidified the career of Celine in Quebec. The album was the best seller (all categories) in Quebec that year, thanks to great hits like Mon ami m'a quittée and Les chemins de ma maison. It was her second album certified platinum in Canada. At the age of 15, Celine had already sold over 250,000 albums in Quebec!
TELLEMENT J'AI D'AMOUR
Release: 1982 - Sales: 125,000
Here comes already the album that has established Celine in Quebec. All the moms were touched by the song Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi with which Celine won in Tokyo. The song D'amour ou d'amitié was a huge hit, and even today most quebecers can hum it. With this album, Celine won her first 4 Félix awards.
CELINE DION CHANTE NOEL
Here comes already the album that has established Celine in Quebec. All the moms were touched by the song Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi with which Celine won in Tokyo. The song D'amour ou d'amitié was a huge hit, and even today most quebecers can hum it. With this album, Celine won her first 4 Félix awards.
LA VOIX DU BON DIEU
Release: 1981 - Sales: 50,000
THE very first step of a child in the showbusiness world. She had the voice to seduce Eddy Marnay, who wrote most of her first songs. Marnay even went into writing music for the title song: La voix du Bon Dieu. The words and the music are simple, but we can already hear a distinguished voice. We also find on that album the song that was sent to Rene Angelil: Ce n'était qu'un rêve... We were hearing without being fully conscient the birth of the biggest star Quebec ever had. It's also the only album on which Celine contributed to her songs.
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ALBUMS
LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE
Release: November 18, 1997
After the best-selling album "Falling Into You" (over 25 millions sold worlwide), which was on the theme of cover songs, this album is under the theme of contributions, and Celine had the BEST people you could dream of to join her. Could you imagine a music lover who wouldn't buy an album featuring Celine, Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King and the Bee Gees? That album has it ALL!, plus many songs sung by the Adult-Contemporary #1 singer of the decade: Celine Dion!
THE COLLECTION 1982-1988
Release: 1997
Released in spring, it's a double CD, featuring the songs 2 collections already released: Ne Partez pas sans moi and C'est pour vivre. It's in fact the 2 CD offered in the same case. Those two CDs together offer a good collection of Celine first songs.
C'EST POUR VIVRE
Release: 1997
Released in january, here's another compilation of Celine's early songs in French. This one is very interesting, not only because it features beautiful songs from Celine, but also 6 songs that were not available on CD before: Ne me plaignez pas, Hello Mister Sam, Trois heures vingt, Trop jeune à dix-sept ans, Paul et Virginie et Benjamin. These unique songs are the only reason you need to get your hands on this CD!
LIVE A PARIS
Release: 1996 - Sales: 2,500,000
Recorded in october 1995 in Paris (Zenith), that album captures the tour that followed the release of the D'Eux/The French Album album. Most of the songs from the best-selling francophone album of all times (10 out of 12) are there, in addition to these a few big hits in English: The Power Of Love (#1 in USA) and To Love You More (#1 in Japan). The japonese success is a studio recording while all the others are live. She also do again 3 songs already present on her previous live album (Celine Dion à l'Olympia): The Power Of Love, Quand on a que l'amour and Un Garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy).
FALLING INTO YOU
Release: 1996 - Sales: 21,500,000
Her fourth English album. It's her biggest success in the charts worldwide, and her best-selling album. There are many cover songs on that album: It's All Coming Back To Me Now written by Jim Steinman, Falling Into You from Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, All By Myself from Eric Carmen, River Deep, Mountain High from Phil Spector and You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman from Carole King. In addition to the cover songs, you can find on this album 3 English adaptations from D'Eux: If That's What It Takes for Pour que tu m'aimes encore, I Don't Know for Je sais pas and Fly for Vole. Many interpretations of cover songs are unbelievable! But the album also presents some new songs, including Because You Loved Me from the movie Up close and personal. That song has been Celine's biggest hit so far, it was #1 on the prestigious Billboard's Hot 100 for 6 weeks, and it really crushed the old record of 13 weeks for the Adult Contemporary chart, staying on top for 19 weeks! It's the first album to deliver 2 Top 5 songs, the second one being It's All Coming Back To Me Now.
GOLD VOL. 2
Release: 1995 - Sales: 100,000
Second album in the Gold series, that album presents mainly the full content of Incognito (Quebecer edition) and 6 totally new songs.
CELINE DION GOLD/FOR YOU NE PARTEZ PAS SANS MOI/LA ROMANCE
Release: 1995, 1996 - Sales: 250,000
The Gold rush, it's simply the demand created by the D'Eux album in France and by The Colour Of My Love in the rest of the world. We can re-discover other songs from her first albums. The CD format make available songs that previously exist in the vinyl format which is almost exclusively reserved to collectors. This album has the record in the worlwide re-edition. It was distributed in 5 countries, under 4 different titles with 5 different covers! The order of the tracklist is the same for all of them, but for the Ne partez pas sans moi on which the title song comes first.
D'EUX/THE FRENCH ALBUM
Release: 1995 - Sales: 6,500,000
We could write pages and pages about this historic album. But we can also limit ourselves saying that on rare occasions artists meet and create a masterpiece, and this album is really a masterpiece. Jean-Jacques Goldman and Celine rewrote the record book of French music. He wanted to write for her golden voice, she wanted to have the recognition she deserves in France; together they made the album we'll be still talking about for decades to come. There are many records established by that album: best seller (all style and languages alike) in Quebec and in France, best selling French album of all time and first French album to be certified Gold in UK! Celine told in 1996 that it was really the album of her life, that she could end her career right now, and be proud of what she has done. D'Eux was distributed in the USA as The French Album.
CELINE DION A L'OLYMPIA
Release: 1994 - Sales: 800,000
It's almost an obligation for every singer in French to record a live album from the Olympia. That old theater which received Piaf, Aznavour, Holliday, Brel and so many others had to see Celine Dion. Celine finally realised her dream: singing at the Olympia. She did in that concert excellent performances from the Dion chante Plamondon album, with a few of her hits in English. She also gave herself a gift, singing two songs she really love: Calling You, from the movie Bagdad Cafe, and Elle from her album C'est pour toi in 1985. That album was recorded september 28th and 29th, 1994.
LES PREMIERES ANNEES
Release: 1993, 1995 - Sales: 200,000
The French-speaking world (especially France) realised slowly the impact of the Dion phenomenon striking the world. To better bring Celine home, they grabbed some of her early material (before she signed with Sony) and made a very good compilation. That album was re-edited in 1995, when the Dion-mania really hit France.
THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE LOVE STORY: SPECIAL EDITION
Release: 1993, 1995 - Sales: 15,000,000
That album really placed Celine among the great pop divas of the world: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and others... some even compared Celine to Streisand! Many hits came from that album: in USA it was The Power Of Love, in UK it was Think Twice and in Japan it was To Love You More, that album also known good performances in the charts all over the world. Let's say simply that the album was 7 weeks on top of UK charts, at the same time as the single Think Twice, that's something that hasn't been seen since the Beatles, 30 years before! Also the song To Love You More was #1 in Japan, first time since 1983 (What a feeling of Irene Cara) that a non-Japanese artist was #1. The Power Of Love was Celine's first #1 in US, it kept the top of the Billboard's Hot 100 for 4 semaines. A videocassette of that tour is available
CELINE DION
Release: 1992 - Sales: 4,000,000
Launching a second album in English at the Tonight Show, the day after the Oscars ceremony where the song Beauty And The Beast won an Oscar, that's called good timing. That album was considered as one of the best Adult Contemporary album in the previous 20 years. It traced a path for her 3rd English album, more pop, giving her the highest airplay in North-America, more than any other artist.
DION CHANTE PLAMONDON
Release: 1991 - Sales: 1,400,000
In fall 1991, that album presents 4 new songs (Des mots qui sonnent, Je danse dans ma tête, Quelqu'un que j'aime quelqu'un qui m'aime and L'amour existe encore) and 8 cover songs from the songwriter Luc Plamondon. It represents the attachment of Celine for her mother tongue and remind her fans that she won't neglect French for English, but that she'll be leading careers in both languages at the same time. Ziggy finally gave her a huge success in France. In Quebec, the album was certified Gold the day it was released!, another great accomplishment for her. In France, the album's title is Des mots qui sonnent.
UNISON
Release: 1990 - Sales: 2,000,000
A very important album for Celine's career. It was a dream come true for Celine; her dream was to sing for everyone, now that album opens her the world. The song Where Does My Heart Beat Now was a hit all over the world. She proved with that album that she could export her voice, that she feared neither the languages nor the different cultures. Celine told about that album that it was like a second career debut. With about 10 albums in French as background and all the energy of her fans supporting her since her very beginning to help her reach the highest achivements, Celine shot and scored! A videocassette is available
THE BEST OF/VIVRE
Release: 1988 - Sales: 100,000
After she has won the prestigious Eurovision contest with the song Ne partez pas sans moi, and because Celine's next step was to record in English, they released in Europe a Best of, featuring the winning song. It marks the end of the little girl singing and tells Europe that she's still there. In Germany, the album was known as Vivre.
INCOGNITO
Release: 1987, 1988, 1992 - Sales: 500,000
Here's the caterpillar who became a butterfly. Her first album with CBS (which became Sony), first album also with different versions from one country to another. A perfect sound, a quality production and a new look of young woman more decided than ever to take her place in the world of the pop music. All the fears of losing her first public vanished by the only sound of her voice. Never a an album delivered so many hits. With this album, she gave her 3rd quebec tour in 5 years, including 42 consecutive shows at the Saint-Denis theater in Montreal. With her energy, her self-confidence and her huge talent, she won in 1988 the Felix award for the best scenic performance.
LES CHANSONS EN OR
Release: 1986 - Sales: 150,000
Only consolation for the fans in 1986, that album featuring her biggest success, including her very first song: Ce n'était qu'un rêve. In addition to these 10 hits, we find a brand new song: Fais ce que tu voudras. From that song was made the very first videoclip of Celine in French, it was taped in Germany. In this clip we see Celine with short hair, letting us guess what's coming..., but we had to wait another year to see how important the change was.
PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION
Release: 1985 - Sales: 25,000
Very first participation to a soundtrack. That kid movie was part of the Contes pour tous (tales for everyone) series from Rock Demers. The songs went un-noticed, but the song Listen To The Magic Man gave her the chance to make her first videoclip, in English.
CELINE DION EN CONCERT
Release: 1985 - Sales: 50,000
Her first live album, was recorded in may 1985 at the Place des arts concert place in Montreal, during her second Quebec tour. Celine has surprised people performing a wide variety of songs from medleys of Félix Leclerc and Michel Legrand to the hit song of 1983 What a feeling (from Irene Cara). Celine wanted things to change. We saw in her the need to explore new paths.
C'EST POUR TOI
Release: 1985 - Sales: 50,000
Her last complete album with new material before her first year off. During that year, she had changed her musical style, her look and of course her recording label, joining the Sony team. That album features one of the favorites of Celine, Elle, and 2 songs from her most recent album in France: Les oiseaux du bonheur and Paul et Virginie (which became Virginie... roman d'amour.
LES PLUS GRANDS SUCCES DE CELINE DION
Release: 1984 - Sales: 75,000
At age 16, Celine already released her first greatest hits album. We find on that album 10 of her greatest hits in the previous 3 years. Part of the profits from that album went to the research for cystic fibrosis, her niece Karine is struck by that illness. To really emphasize the good cause of that album, it was launched in a children's hospital (Sainte-Justine, in Montreal) and was sold in supermarkets so it had been easy to find for people.
LES OISEAUX DU BONHEUR
Release: 1984 - Sales: 50,000
Second album in France, melting once again songs from her previous quebecers albums, and 3 new songs (Paul et Virginie, Les oiseaux du bonheur and Hymne à l'amour). A new vocal recording was made for the title song of her very first album: La voix du bon Dieu. Even helped with an excellent performance as opening act for Patrick Sebastien at the Olympia, the album didn't have a big success and France had to wait 3 more years before seeing another album from Celine.
MELANIE
Release: 1984 - Sales: 175,000
Praised by the public and the critics, that album won the Felix award as the album of the year and the best-selling album. Her gold record in France the year before and the success of the song Une colombe, written especially for the Pope's visit, were part of that huge success. The song Melanie touched most quebecers, and it was inspired by her niece... fighting the cystic fibrosis.
CHANTES ET CONTES DE NOEL
Release: 1983 - Sales: 75,000
Second Christmas album, with 3 songs from her first one and three original tales written especially for the occasion, Celine had a better success with this one. In addition, she sang Brel (Un enfant) and À quatre pas d'ici, an adaptation of Eddy Marnay from The Land Of Make Believe. That song was very appreciated and re-used a few times after that.
DU SOLEIL AU COEUR
Release: 1983 - Sales: 50,000
First album in France, it's a melt from her first albums in Quebec (exception made of her Christmas album of course). In France, it's a success as fast as in Quebec; with D'Amour ou d'amitié she became the first canadian artist to have a gold record. At this time, 500,000 copies were needed to certify gold, Celine has sold over 700,000 copies. Unfortunately, her success in France disappeared almost as fast as it happened... and she came back from the back only many years later.
LES CHEMINS DE MA MAISON
Release: 1983 - Sales: 150,000
Teamed to a tour and a special tv show, that album solidified the career of Celine in Quebec. The album was the best seller (all categories) in Quebec that year, thanks to great hits like Mon ami m'a quittée and Les chemins de ma maison. It was her second album certified platinum in Canada. At the age of 15, Celine had already sold over 250,000 albums in Quebec!
TELLEMENT J'AI D'AMOUR
Release: 1982 - Sales: 125,000
Here comes already the album that has established Celine in Quebec. All the moms were touched by the song Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi with which Celine won in Tokyo. The song D'amour ou d'amitié was a huge hit, and even today most quebecers can hum it. With this album, Celine won her first 4 Félix awards.
CELINE DION CHANTE NOEL
Here comes already the album that has established Celine in Quebec. All the moms were touched by the song Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi with which Celine won in Tokyo. The song D'amour ou d'amitié was a huge hit, and even today most quebecers can hum it. With this album, Celine won her first 4 Félix awards.
LA VOIX DU BON DIEU
Release: 1981 - Sales: 50,000
THE very first step of a child in the showbusiness world. She had the voice to seduce Eddy Marnay, who wrote most of her first songs. Marnay even went into writing music for the title song: La voix du Bon Dieu. The words and the music are simple, but we can already hear a distinguished voice. We also find on that album the song that was sent to Rene Angelil: Ce n'était qu'un rêve... We were hearing without being fully conscient the birth of the biggest star Quebec ever had. It's also the only album on which Celine contributed to her songs.