The Colour of My Love

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The Colour of My Love is Céline Dion's third English-language album, released on November 9, 1993. It's also her eighteenth album if counting the French releases.

Album information

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

This album represents the internalization of Céline Dion. With The Colour of My Love Céline reached the fame all over the world. There were many singles released from this album: "When I Fall in Love" (a cover of Nat King Cole 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." The Colour of My Love was re-released in Japan on October 21, 1995 with bonus track "To Love You More" (a smash hit in that 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 got two Grammy nominations. She won many awards during The Colour of My Love era, including: Ivor Novello Award for "Think Twice," Golden 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 recived also many Juno and Félix Awards, and was nominated for one American Music Award.

Chart success

The Colour of My Love to this point was Céline's biggest success. The album has sold around 18 million copies worldwide. This is more than her 2 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 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 big success in U.S. with sales exceeding more than 6 million copies making the album 6x platinum and peaking at #4 on The Billboard 200 album chart. It spawned Dion's first #1 hit in U.S., "The Power of Love," 2 top 30 singles ("When I Fall In Love" and "Misled," both reached #23) and 2 top 100 singles ("Think Twice" at #95 & "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 number 1 for 7 weeks both (an achievement not replicated since 1965 with the Beatles). Total album's sales in the UK have reached almost 1.9 million. "The Power of Love" and "Only One Road" also made the UK top 10, peaking at numbers 4 & 8 respectively. "Misled" reached #15.

The album went to #1 in 6 countries: UK, Australia, 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-US 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
Canada	1 (6w)	74	Diamond	1,800,000
Greece	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ireland	1 (4w)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norway	1 (10w)	36	3x Platinum	150,000
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	64	-	-
Sweden	4	72	Platinum	100,000
United States (The Billboard 200)	4	149	6x Platinum	4,501,000
Finland	7	37	Gold	39,494
France	7	19	Platinum	300,000
Japan	7	29	Million	1,000,000
Spain	7	41	Platinum	100,000
Switzerland	9	39	Platinum	50,000
Italy	11	15	Platinum	150,000
Germany	16	68	Gold	250,000
Austria	18	7	Gold	25,000
Belgium	n/a	n/a	2x Platinum	100,000
Europe	n/a	n/a	4x Platinum	4,000,000

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)

Chart trajectory

The Billboard 200 (United States)
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Position	88	70	76	56	52	43	45	43	30	23	20	16	14	10	8	6	4	8	8	10	7	10	10	10	12	11	15	16	17	25	26	26

The Billboard 200 (United States)
Week	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61
Position	33	37	37	39	42	45	44	33	42	50	55	55	58	58	74	89	92	97	93	104	106	106	108	111	101	95	100	125	105

The Billboard 200 (United States)
Week	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87
Position	102	99	98	70	77	81	74	73	80	94	104	106	105	120	124	117	116	107	107	116	100	110	119	115	133	133

The Billboard 200 (United States)
Week	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111
Position	135	144	147	151	144	153	162	172	171	181	111	193	-	198	-	168	184	174	159	160	144	114	113	118

The Billboard 200 (United States)
Week	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135
Position	124	134	137	138	144	156	135	120	143	143	149	153	161	164	178	186	163	145	150	137	147	138	146	122

The Billboard 200 (United States)
Week	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150	151
Position	134	115	127	140	143	142	151	155	148	135	143	159	145	140	146	159

Awards

Year	Award Show	Award
1994	Grammy Awards	To David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) - "When I Fall in Love"
1994	Juno Awards	Female Vocalist Of The Year
1994	Félix Awards	Female Artist Of The Year
1994	Félix Awards	Québec Artist Achieving The Most Success In A Language Other Than French
1994	Félix Awards	Québec Artist Achieving The Most Success Outside The Province Of Québec
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	Golden Disc Awards	International Music/Grand Prix Single Prize - "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
1996	MIDEM Award	Award For Combined European Sales Of Over 10 Million Units In 1995

Céline was also nominated for two more Grammy Awards:

• Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - "When I Fall in Love" (1994)
• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "The Power of Love" (1995)

Céline was also nominated for one American Music Award:

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

References

• Céline Dion - official website
• Céline Dion - chart history