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Miracle is a concept album credited to singer Céline Dion and photographer Anne Geddes, released on October 11 2004. It's Dion's 12th English album and 32nd in total.

Album information

Miracle is a part of a CD-and-book multimedia collection, with Dion's music providing the soundtrack to Geddes' pictorial book celebrating the joy of babies. It was produced by David Foster, who hasn't worked with Dion since 1999. Among songs on the album are remakes of John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" and Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," and original songs such as the title track, which was written in 2001 for A New Day Has Come to celebrate the birth of Dion's son René-Charles, but the song was never published on that album. "Brahms' Lullaby" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" are previously released tracks (on These Are Special Times and All the Way… A Decade of Song respectively). Live performances of "If I Could" and "What a Wonderful World" are available on the album A New Day... Live in Las Vegas. "A Mother's Prayer" is a solo version of "The Prayer" (1998 duet with Andrea Bocelli from These Are Special Times). "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" is a cover of Henri Salvador's song. Dion performed it live with Salvador before the release of Miracle, during the taping of her TV special 1 fille & 4 types in October 2003. The track "Baby Close Your Eyes" is another cover, sang originally by Carol Welsman.

Miracle was released in three different formats: CD; CD/DVD + 60-page booklet; and 180-page hardcover book + CD/DVD. "Je lui dirai," included previously on 1 fille & 4 types, was a bonus track added in the Francophone countries.

"Beautiful Boy" was released as the first single in North America and some parts of Europe. It was followed by "In Some Small Way" in the United States and Canada. "Je lui dirai" was released as a single in Francophone countries, while the title track was issued as a single in the United Kingdom and few Asian countries. All these songs were released as radio singles without accompaying videos.

Chart success

Miracle debuted inside top 10 in many countries, reaching number 1 in Canada and Belgium Wallonie, number 4 in the United States, France and Netherlands, number 5 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in Switzerald and number 9 in Greece. As a result, the album peaked at number 4 on the United World Chart and number 6 on the European Albums Chart.

Miracle set a record in the the United States, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart and spending 18 consecutive weeks at the top position.

The album sold 3.5 million copies worldwide, including 1 million in the U.S. alone. It was certified platinum in the U.S. and gold in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. Although Miracle sold enough copies to be certified platinum in Canada, it remains uncertified till this day.

Track listing

CD

"Miracle" (Steve Dorff, Linda Thompson) – 3:38
"Brahms' Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms) – 3:32
"If I Could" (Ken Hirsch, Marti Sharron, Ron Miller) – 4:47
"Sleep Tight" (Richard Page, Jon Lind, John Lahng) – 4:40
"What a Wonderful World" (George David Weiss, Bob Thiele) – 3:48
"My Precious One" (Peer Astrom, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:52
"A Mother's Prayer" (David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:43
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 4:09
"Baby Close Your Eyes" (Carol Welsman, Romano Musumarra) – 3:25
"Come to Me" (Beverley Mahood, Thomas Wade) – 4:36
"Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" (Maurice Pon, Henri Salvador) – 3:14
"Je lui dirai" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 3:57 (French bonus track)
"Beautiful Boy" (John Lennon) – 3:53
"In Some Small Way" (Page, David Tyson) – 5:06

DVD

The Making of Miracle (Scott Floyd Lochmus) – 20:00

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australian Albums Chart^[1]	15
Austrian Albums Chart^[2]	34
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart^[3]	13	Gold	25,000^[4]
Belgian Wallonie Albums Chart^[5]	1	Gold	25,000^[4]
Canadian Albums Chart^[6]	1		100,000^[7]
Czech Republic Albums Chart^[8]	51
Danish Albums Chart^[9]	12
Dutch Albums Chart^[10]	4
European Albums Chart^[11]	6
French Albums Chart^[12]	4	Gold	100,000
German Albums Chart^[13]	34
Greek Albums Chart^[14]	9
Hungarian Albums Chart^[15]	84
Italian Albums Chart^[16]	15	Gold	50,000
Japanese Albums Chart^[17]	168		5,000
New Zealand Albums Chart^[18]	26
Polish Albums Chart^[19]	15
Portuguese Albums Chart^[20]	19
Spanish Albums Chart^[21]	77
Swedish Albums Chart^[22]	30
Swiss Albums Chart^[23]	6	Gold	20,000
UK Albums Chart^[24]	5	Gold	110,000^[25]
U.S. Billboard Billboard 200^[26]	4	Platinum	1,000,000
U.S. Billboard Top Kid Audio	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	3
U.S. Billboard Top Music Video	4
United World Chart^[27]	4		3,500,000^[28]

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Europe	October 11 2004	Sony BMG	CD	5187482
Europe	October 11 2004	Sony BMG	CD/DVD	5187487
Canada, United States	October 12 2004	Sony BMG	CD	5187482
Canada, United States	October 12 2004	Sony BMG	CD/DVD	5187487
Australia	October 18 2004	Sony BMG	CD	5187482
Australia	October 18 2004	Sony BMG	CD/DVD	5187487
Japan	December 22 2004	Sony Music Entertainment Japan	CD	5187482

References

[1] Australian Albums Chart

[2] Austrian Albums Chart

[3] Flandres Albums Chart

[4] Flandres Albums Chart

[5] Wallonie Albums Chart

[6] Canadian Albums Chart

[7] Canadian Albums Chart

[8] Czech Albums Chart

[9] Danish Albums Chart

[10] Dutch Albums Chart

[11] European Albums Chart

[12] French Albums Chart

[13] German Albums Chart

[14] Greek Albums Chart

[15] Hungarian Albums Chart

[16] Italian Albums Chart

[17] Oricon Albums Chart

[18] New Zealand Albums Chart

[19] Polish Albums Chart

[20] Portuguese Albums Chart

[21] Spanish Albums Chart

[22] Swedish Albums Chart

[23] Swiss Albums Chart

[24] UK Albums Chart

[25] Music Week. Retrieved December 31st, 2007.

[26] U.S. Albums Chart

[27] United World Chart

[28] United World Chart

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 ==Album information==
-''Miracle'' is a part of a CD-and-book multimedia collection, with Dion's music providing the soundtrack to Geddes' pictorial book celebrating the joy of babies. It was produced by [[David Foster]], who hasn't worked with Dion since 1999. Among songs on the album are remakes of [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)#Céline Dion version|Beautiful Boy]]" and [[Roberta Flack]]'s "[[The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face#Céline Dion version|The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face]]," and original songs such as the [[Miracle (Celine Dion song)|title track]], which was written in 2001 for Dion's album ''[[A New Day Has Come]]'' to celebrate the birth of her son René-Charles, but the song was never published on that CD. "[[Brahms' Lullaby]]" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" are Dion's previously released tracks (on ''[[These Are Special Times]]'' and ''[[All the Way… A Decade of Song]]'' respectively). Live performances of "If I Could" and "[[What a Wonderful World]]" are available on the album ''[[A New Day... Live in Las Vegas]]''. "A Mother's Prayer" is a solo version of "[[The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)|The Prayer]]" (1998 duet with [[Andrea Bocelli]] from ''These Are Special Times''). In October 2003, "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" was performed by Dion live with [[Henri Salvador]] (writer and original performer of the song) during the taping of her TV special ''[[1 fille & 4 types]]''. Studio solo version of this song was included on ''Miracle'' and later on Dion's French greatest hits album ''[[On ne change pas]]''. The track "Baby Close Your Eyes" is another cover, sang originally by Carol Welsman.
+''Miracle'' is a part of a CD-and-book multimedia collection, with Dion's music providing the soundtrack to Geddes' pictorial book celebrating the joy of babies. It was produced by [[David Foster]], who hasn't worked with Dion since 1999. Among songs on the album are remakes of [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)#Céline Dion version|Beautiful Boy]]" and [[Roberta Flack]]'s "[[The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face#Céline Dion version|The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face]]," and original songs such as the [[Miracle (Celine Dion song)|title track]], which was written in 2001 for ''[[A New Day Has Come]]'' to celebrate the birth of Dion's son René-Charles, but the song was never published on that album. "[[Brahms' Lullaby]]" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" are previously released tracks (on ''[[These Are Special Times]]'' and ''[[All the Way… A Decade of Song]]'' respectively). Live performances of "If I Could" and "[[What a Wonderful World]]" are available on the album ''[[A New Day... Live in Las Vegas]]''. "A Mother's Prayer" is a solo version of "[[The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)|The Prayer]]" (1998 duet with [[Andrea Bocelli]] from ''These Are Special Times''). "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" is a cover of [[Henri Salvador]]'s song. Dion performed it live with Salvador before the release of ''Miracle'', during the taping of her TV special ''[[1 fille & 4 types]]'' in October 2003. The track "Baby Close Your Eyes" is another cover, sang originally by Carol Welsman.
 ''Miracle'' was released in three different formats: CD; CD/DVD + 60-page booklet; and [[Miracle: A Celebration of New Life|180-page hardcover book]] + CD/DVD. "[[Je lui dirai]]," included previously on ''1 fille & 4 types'', was a bonus track added in the Francophone countries.