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The Colour of My Love is Céline Dion's third English-language album, released on November 9 1993. It is her eighteenth album since she started recording.

Album information

Dion worked with people who helped her on Unison and Celine Dion albums: David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, Diane Warren and others.

This album represents the internalization of Céline Dion. With The Colour of My Love Dion reached the fame all over the world. There were many singles released from this album: "When I Fall in Love" (a cover of Doris Day song, featured in the Sleepless in Seattle movie), "The Power of Love" (a remake of Jennifer Rush's 1985 hit), "Misled," "Think Twice," "Only One Road" and "Next Plane Out."

Non-U.S. version of the album included additional song "Just Walk Away" (issued as a promotional single in Spain). Just walk away became one of the biggest hits of the album in Greece and was recently covered from Helena Paparizou during her Mad Secret Concert, was released as a video and was included in her album Yparxei logos.The Colour of My Love was re-released in Japan on October 21 1995 with a bonus track "To Love You More" (which became a number one smash hit in this country).

The Colour of My Love was noteworthy in that, in the dedication section, it was the first public acknowledgment that Dion had fallen in love with her manager, René Angélil. In the dedication, Dion had named Angélil "the colour of [her] love."

With "When I Fall in Love" and "The Power of Love" Céline Dion got two Grammy nominations. She won many awards during The Colour of My Love era, including: Ivor Novello Award for "Think Twice," Japan Gold Disc Award for "To Love You More," IRMA Award for The Colour of My Love, and World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year. Dion received also many Juno Awards and Félix Awards, and was nominated for one American Music Award.

She did The Colour of My Love Tour to support the album. The Colour of My Love Concert VHS/DVD was also released.

Chart success

The Colour of My Love to this point was Dion's biggest success. The album sold around 20 million copies worldwide. This is more than her two previous English albums and all of her previous French albums together. The Colour of My Love was Dion's first album to reach #1 on the charts. It featured also her first #1 singles: "The Power of Love" (United States, Canada, Australia), "Think Twice" (United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark) and "To Love You More" (Japan).

The Colour of My Love gave Céline Dion big success in the U.S. with sales exceeding more than six million copies making the album 6x platinum and peaking at #4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (149 weeks on the chart). It spawned Dion's first #1 hit in U.S., "The Power of Love," two top 40 singles ("When I Fall in Love" and "Misled," both reached #23) and other two top 100 singles ("Think Twice" at #95 and "Only One Road" at #93).

With very little success at this point in the UK, the main track "Think Twice" slowly moved up the chart to #1, where the album quickly followed. The Colour of My Love and the single stayed at #1 for seven weeks both (an achievement not replicated since 1965 with The Beatles). Total album's sales in the UK have reached almost two million and the album spent 33 (non consecutive) weeks in the Top 10. "The Power of Love" and "Only One Road" also made the UK top ten, peaking at numbers 4 and 8 respectively. "Misled" reached #15.

The album went to #1 in seven countries: UK, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Norway and Greece.

Track listing

#	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"The Power of Love"	C. Rouge, G. Mende, M.S. Applegate, J. Rush	5:43
2.	"Misled"	J. Bralower, P. Zizzo	3:30
3.	"Think Twice"	A. Hill, P. Sinfield	4:47
4.	"Only One Road"	P. Zizzo	4:49
5.	"Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down"	A. Roman, R. DeSalvo	4:01
6.	"Next Plane Out"	D. Warren	4:59
7.	"Real Emotion"	D. Warren	4:26
8.	"When I Fall in Love" (with Clive Griffin)	E. Heyman, V. Young	4:20
9.	"Love Doesn't Ask Why"	P. Galdston, B. Mann, C. Weil	4:08
10.	"Refuse to Dance"	C. Dore, D. Schogger	3:33
11.	"I Remember L.A."	T. Colton, R. Wold	4:22
12.	"No Living Without Loving You"	D. Warren	4:23
13.	"Lovin' Proof"	D. Warren	4:12
14.	"The Colour of My Love"	D. Foster, A. Ganov	3:25
Non-U.S. bonus track
15.	"Just Walk Away"	A. Hammond, M. Sharron	4:58
Japanese limited edition bonus track
16.	"To Love You More"	D. Foster, J. Miles	5:28

Chart performance

Country	Peak position	Number of weeks	Certification	Sales
Australia	1 (8w)	113	8x Platinum	560,000
Belgium Flanders	1 (4w)	67	2x Platinum	100,000
Canada	1 (6w)	74	Diamond	1,800,000
Greece	1	n/a	n/a	30,704
Ireland	1 (4w)	n/a	n/a	77,115
Norway	1 (10w)	36	3x Platinum	170,002
United Kingdom	1 (7w)	226	5x Platinum	1,890,000
Netherlands	2	124	3x Platinum	300,000
New Zealand	2	78	6x Platinum	90,000
United States (Top Pop Catalog Albums)	3	213	-	-
Sweden	4	72	Platinum	163,704
United States (Billboard 200)	4	149	6x Platinum	6,000,000
Finland	7	37	Gold	39,494
France	7	19	Platinum	300,000
Japan	7	29	Million	1,000,000
Spain	7	41	Platinum	150,820
Switzerland	9	39	Platinum	54,412
Belgium Wallonie	13	38	-	-
Italy	11	15	Platinum	150,000
Germany	16	68	Gold	250,000
Austria	18	7	Gold	25,000
Europe	n/a	n/a	4x Platinum	4,000,000
Mexico	n/a	n/a	Platinum	150,000

The Colour of My Love is undercertified in two countries:

United Kingdom - should be certified 6x Platinum (1,800,000)
Finland - should be certified Platinum (40,000)

Awards

Year	Award show	Award
1994	Grammy Awards	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) (to David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock) – "When I Fall in Love"
1994	Juno Awards	Female Vocalist of the Year
1994	Félix Awards	Female Artist of the Year
1994	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success in a Language Other Than French
1994	Félix Awards	Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province Of Quebec
1995	World Music Awards	World’s Best Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year
1995	Ivor Novello Awards	Song of the Year – "Think Twice"
1995	Juno Awards	Album of the Year – The Colour of My Love
1995	Juno Awards	Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) – The Colour of My Love
1996	MIDEM Awards	Award For Combined European Sales of Over 10 Million Units in 1995
1996	Japan Gold Disc Awards	International Song of the Year – "To Love You More"
1996	IRMA Awards	Best International Female Artist Album – The Colour of My Love
1996	Malta Music Awards	Best Selling International Artist

Céline Dion was also nominated for two more Grammy Awards:

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "When I Fall in Love" (with Clive Griffin) (1994)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance – "The Power of Love" (1995)

Céline Dion was also nominated for one American Music Award:

Favorite Pop/Rock Single – "The Power of Love" (1995)

References

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 This album represents the internalization of Céline Dion. With ''The Colour of My Love'' Dion reached the fame all over the world. There were many singles released from this album: "[[When I Fall in Love#Céline Dion and Clive Griffin version|When I Fall in Love]]" (a cover of [[Doris Day]] song, featured in the ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' movie), "[[The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)#Céline Dion version|The Power of Love]]" (a remake of [[Jennifer Rush]]'s 1985 hit), "[[Misled]]," "[[Think Twice (song)|Think Twice]]," "[[Only One Road]]" and "[[Next Plane Out]]."
-Non-U.S. version of the album included additional song "[[Just Walk Away]]" (issued as a promotional single in Spain). ''The Colour of My Love'' was re-released in Japan on [[October 21]] [[1995]] with a bonus track "[[To Love You More]]" (which became a number one smash hit in this country).
+Non-U.S. version of the album included additional song "[[Just Walk Away]]" (issued as a promotional single in Spain). Just walk away became one of the biggest hits of the album in Greece and was recently covered from Helena Paparizou during her Mad Secret Concert, was released as a video and was included in her album Yparxei logos.''The Colour of My Love'' was re-released in Japan on [[October 21]] [[1995]] with a bonus track "[[To Love You More]]" (which became a number one smash hit in this country).
 ''The Colour of My Love'' was noteworthy in that, in the dedication section, it was the first public acknowledgment that Dion had fallen in love with her manager, [[René Angélil]]. In the dedication, Dion had named Angélil "the colour of [her] love."