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Céline Dion chante Noël (1981)

Where the lyrics of Céline Dion chante Noël take you, and where it was really made.

Dion's second album came out only three weeks after her debut, yet it was distributed only in Quebec and never had a single.

Key places

Studio St‑Charles, Longueuil (1981)

Recording site St-Charles — The album was recorded at Studio St‑Charles in Longueuil, Canada. The pin marks Longueuil city centre, not the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Céline Dion chante Noël: second studio album and first Christmas album by Canadian singer Celine Dion
• Released in Quebec, Canada on 4 December 1981 through Super Étoiles
• Distributed by Trans‑Canada Disques
• Contains French‑language versions of well‑known Christmas songs
• Produced by René Angélil

Background

• Dion's debut album La voix du bon Dieu came out in November 1981
• Manager René Angélil chose to issue the second album only three weeks later
• Adaptations of Christmas standards including 'Silent Night', 'White Christmas', and 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'
• Angélil supervised the sessions and chose the material

Recording

• Recording took place at Studio St‑Charles in Longueuil, Canada
• The track listing credits all tracks as produced by René Angélil

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, the youngest of 14 children.
• Discovered by future manager and husband René Angélil after her brother sent him a demo recording of her first song "Ce n'était qu'un rêve".
• Angélil mortgaged his home in 1981 to fund her first record, La voix du bon Dieu, which became a No. 1 hit in Quebec.
• Won the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1982.
• Won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 for Switzerland with "Ne partez pas sans moi".

Career

• Debuted in the Anglophone market with Unison (1990), followed by Celine Dion (1992).
• Breakthrough with "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) with Peabo Bryson, winning her first Grammy.
• The Colour of My Love (1993) and Falling into You (1996) became major international successes.
• "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic (1997) became her signature song and one of the best-selling singles.
• D'eux (1995) became the best-selling French-language album.
• Held the A New Day... residency at Caesars Palace (2003–2007), the highest-grossing concert residency; the Los Angeles Times ranked her the top-earning artist of the 2000s.
• Announced in 2022 a diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, cancelling tours; returned to performing at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

Members

• Solo artist; manager and husband René Angélil (died 2016) guided her career.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in Quebec on 4 December 1981 through Super Étoiles
• Distributed by Trans‑Canada Disques
• Together with La voix du bon Dieu, the two albums sold 30,000 copies by the end of 1981
• Distributed exclusively in Quebec, and no single was taken from the album

Records

• Combined sales of the two albums reached 125,000 the following year
• Only album in Dion's discography not certified at least gold in Canada
• The album's sales were counted jointly with the debut album, so its own figures are not separated in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Manager René Angélil issued the second album only three weeks after Dion's debut album
• Joyeux Noël, Glory Alleluia and Promenade en traîneau reappeared on Dion's second Christmas album, Chants et contes de Noël (1983)
• Dion sang White Christmas in French under the title Noël Blanc, placed as the 6th track
• Dion recorded a new version of Petit Papa Noël with Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1994 for the album A Very Merry Chipmunk

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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