nelson wrote:Official website???
It should be Celine's official FAN website.
It is ver different.
The fans are always guessing figures and for looing better...
Celinedion.com is NOT a fan website.
This article can be found on the news archives section (celinedion.com, official website).
Celine Makes Sales History
November 26, 1997
Celine made Canadian sales history today, for the first-week sales of her new album 'Let's Talk About Love.' In the seven days following the November 18 release of the album, Canadians bought an incredible 230,212 copies of the album, according to the national sales monitoring system Soundscan.
"Since the introduction of the Soundscan system in Canada in 1996, the record for first-week sales had been 67,043 -- set by the Backstreet Boys in August of 1997," comments Doug Spence, director of Canadian operations for Soundscan. "Not only has Celine Dion's sales success eclipsed the existing record, it also signifies that 1 out of every 100 Canadians purchased 'Let's Talk About Love' in its first week in stores. That's a phenomenal statistic. On a personal note, it's very gratifying to me that the record for the largest first-week Soundscan in Canada has been claimed by a Canadian."
After a 15-year professional career and sales of more than 50 million albums in the past five years, Celine is widely recognized as one of the best and best-loved voices in popular music today. Her previous release, March 1996's 'Falling Into You,' became the best-selling album released that year, topping the charts in Canada, and around the world.
The excitement and demand for 'Let's Talk About Love' led to a million-album shipment to Canadian stores in anticipation of the November 18 release date -- another record-breaking event in Canadian music history, and one which makes 'Let's Talk About Love' Celine's fourth consecutive diamond album.
"We are thrilled with the success of a great album by a great artist," Sony Music Canada president Rick Camilleri comments. "With more than 230,000 copies sold in the first week alone, Canadians have embraced Celine Dion this Christmas in unprecedented numbers."
This article can be found on the news archives section (celinedion.com, official website).
Celine: Officially The Best-Selling Canadian Of The Century
January 5, 2000
The article below is taken from the Canadian Press newswire:
Celine Dion ranked No. 1 at home and abroad in record sales
TORONTO (CP) -- The Canadian Recording Industry Association has ranked Celine Dion "the best-selling Canadian recording artist of the century."
The Quebec superstar has sold more records than any other Canadian artist, according to a survey of Canadian and international record sales.
"At the close of 1999, Celine had sold almost nine million albums in Canada, far more than any other Canadian artist," said association president Brian Robertson. "Her worldwide sales are shooting past 110 million units and counting."
Dion's new album 'All the Way . . . a Decade of Song' is currently topping charts in 12 countries, the association said.
Two other Canadian artists with outstanding sales nationally and internationally in the survey were Shania Twain and Bryan Adams, the association said.
This article can be found on "The Collector's Series Volume One" page (celinedion.com, official website).
The Collector's Series Volume One
After recording nearly 200 songs in four different languages and selling over 130,000,000 units worldwide in the past decade, Céline Dion has given her fans a wealth of musical memories to mark the special times in their lives. 'Céline Dion...The Collector's Series Volume One' is the first in a series of collectable treasure troves assembled for her fans to add to their personal Céline Dion collections. Combining blockbuster hits with nuggets from her global releases, the Collector's Series will give fans an opportunity to experience the entire body of Céline's work in a new light.
This article can be found on Sony Music Australia website. Here’s the link:
http://www.sonymusic.com.au/cd/releaseDetails.do?catalogueNo=5062262000A New Day Has Come
"I didn't feel the pressure to try and outdo anything", Dion says of her time recording her first new album in more than four years. I proved myself before, so now I can enjoy. I was relaxed, I just let go. It was such a pleasure. I love these songs: they touch me, I'm happy, let me sing to you my joys and emotions. I've never felt more powerful. Celine Dion, as interviewed by Billboard Magazine.
Simply put, she is the most popular female artist in the world today.
There is no other female artist who can boast of achievements like Celine Dion's.
Over 3.3 Million records sold in Australia. 140 Million around the world. Five Grammys.Two Oscars. Countless #1 singles topping the charts in every continent in the world.
This article can be found on the news archives section (celinedion.com, official website)
January 20, 2003
CELINE DION SET TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM ONE HEART
Sony Music superstar Céline Dion will release her new album, ONE HEART, on March 25, 2003 in North America and March 24 worldwide. ONE HEART follows Céline Dion's 2002 release of A New Day Has Come, which to date has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The first single from ONE HEART, "I Drove All Night" will be released to radio the week of January 20th. Dion fans will be swept away by this first single; a rendition of the Roy Orbison classic, "I Drove All Night" written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Chrysler will launch their newly formed partnership with Celine Dion with a television campaign featuring the single, "I Drove All Night." ONE HEART will feature songs produced by Ric Wake, Anders Bagge, Kristian Lundin, Peer Astrom, Max Martin, Mark Taylor, Erick Benzi and Humberto Gatica, among others.
The release of ONE HEART will coincide with the premiere of Dion's new entertainment spectacular A New Day..., a three-year, 600-show engagement at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Céline will perform in a custom-designed, 4000-seat theater, the Caesars Palace Coliseum, in a musical and theatrical presentation directed by Franco Dragone ("O", "Mystère").
During her spectacular career Céline Dion has sold a combined total of over 150 million albums. She is a 6 time Grammy Award winner, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Album for Falling Into You (1996); and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "My Heart Will Go On" (1998). Her recordings have won two Academy Awards: Best Original Song From A Film in 1992 for the title song of Beauty and the Beast (with Peabo Bryson), and Best Original Song From A Film in 1998 for "My Heart Will Go On" (From Titanic). She has earned five American Music Awards and 20 Juno Awards and an astonishing 39 Felix Awards (Quebec). The viewers of VH1 made Céline Dion their Artist of The Year in 1996, and voted her Best Female Artist and Diva of The Year in 1998.
This article can be found on the news archives section (celinedion.com, official website)
A Prestigious Award for Céline
September 13, 2004
Céline will receive a special World Music Award on September 15. She will receive the Diamond Award, which honours artists who have sold over a 100 million albums during their musical career. Not many artists have achieved such sales, and Céline is one of them! She has sold over 175 million records since the beginning of her fantastic career. The awards will be broadcast from Las Vegas on ABC.
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