Once upon a time there was D'eux, written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman for Celine Dion...

Almost 15 years ago, in March 1995, Celine's album D'eux was released. To celebrate this upcoming anniversary, Legacy France is releasing a special edition of this legendary album, D'eux 15ème Anniversaire

D'eux is the best selling French-language album of all time with sales of almost 7 million units worldwide. It is the only French-language album to be certified Gold in the UK with 250,000 units sold. In France, the album held the #1 position on the sales chart for 44 weeks, it was in the Top 50 for two and a half years and has sold 4,225,000 copies, becoming the most popular album ever.

Legacy Recording France is proud to re-release the album, which has been re-mastered and includes three demo songs from Jean-Jacques Goldman's personal archives ("Pour que tu m'aimes encore," "J'irai où tu iras" and "Le ballet") as well as instrumental versions of "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" and "Vole, new liner notes and a 32-page booklet featuring exclusive photos.

The Bonuses

Access to exclusive photos taken during the album photo shoot and an exclusive version of "J'attendais"

A bonus DVD with the 1995 television special « Spécial Dimanche » with Celine Dion and JJ Goldman. This show, hosted by Sonia Benezra, was broadcast in Quebec only. Along with interviews are performances of "Je sais pas," "Les derniers seront les pre s amiers," "J'irai où tu iras" as well as "Pour que tu m'aimes encore."

A reproduction of the text written by JJ Goldman for "Pour que tu m'aimes encore".

Four music videos: "Pour que tu m'aimes encore", "Les derniers seront les premiers", "J'attendais" and "Vole. "

This deluxe digipack edition will be released on November 27 in France on December 1, in Canada.

Tracklisting

Disc 1 - CD

Disc 2 - DVD

Music Videos

Let me be your soldier
I'll stand up for you
When your world comes crashing down
I'll be the one to hold you
Let me be your soldier
I'll fight the fight for you
When you're up against the wall
I will pull you through

There comes a time
In everybody's life
When alone is not enough
To make things right
There comes a time
When we need to ask for help
When you're lost and just not strong enough
To make it through the night
When your love is on the frontline...

Let me be your soldier
I'll take the pain for you
When no one else is on your side
I'll defend you
Let me be your soldier
I'll carry the cross for you
When you're down and on your knees
I'll protect you

There comes a time
In everybody's life
When alone is not enough
To make things right
There comes a time
When we need to ask for help
When we're lost and just not strong enough
To make it through the night
When your love is on the frontline...
Let me be your soldier

There comes a time
In everybody's life
When alone is not enough
To make things right
There comes a time
When we need to ask for help
When we're lost and just not strong enough
To make it through the night
When your love is on the frontline
When your love is on the frontline
When your love is on the frontline...

Let me be your soldier, I'll die for you.... 

Columbia Records Proudly Announces the Release of Two New Career-Spanning Albums From Celine Dion. A Single Disc Entitled 'MY LOVE...ESSENTIAL COLLECTION' and a 2-CD Set Entitled 'MY LOVE...ULTIMATE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION' New Celine Single, "My Love," Impacts Radio on September 22. Both CDs featuring chart-topping hits, classics, rarities and brand new songs will be in Stores & Online, Tuesday, October 28.

On Tuesday, October 28th, Columbia Records will release two special edition CDs featuring career-spanning repertoire from Celine Dion, the biggest selling female artist of all time. 'My Love...Essential Collection' is a single disc featuring 17 songs, consisting of Celine's biggest hits....songs such as the international chart-topper "All By Myself" (her unforgettable interpretation of the groundbreaking Eric Carmen power ballad), "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" (Celine's first English-language single), her landmark 1996 Olympic Ceremonies performance of "Power of the Dream, the brand-new never-released "There Comes A Time," and the newly recorded lead track "My Love". This lead track, a semi-autobiographic song recently written for Celine by Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera, Dixie Chicks, Gwen Stefani) has become a show-stopper every night during Celine's sold-out World Tour, which is currently in flight across North America. My Love impacts at radio on September 22nd.

The two-disc edition, entitled 'My Love...Ultimate Essential Collection', is a 26 song set, that has been further expanded to include rarities like "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman," "The Prayer" (a duet with Andrea Bocelli), "Tell Him" (a duet with Barbra Streisand), "I Knew I Loved You," "Dance With My Father", and "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (the biggest song of Celine's French career).

Celine's 'My Love...' anthologies cover virtually every single aspect of her extraordinary career, including fan favorites, a definitive assemblage of chart-topping international successes, as well as new and unreleased recordings culled from once-in-a-lifetime experiences that Celine has participated in over the years.

Celine Dion - 'My Love...Essential Collection' - single disc edition

1. Where Does My Heart Beat Now
2. Beauty & The Beast (Duet with Peabo Bryson)
3. If You Asked Me To
4. The Power Of Love
5. My Love (Live From The Taking Chances Tour)
6. Because You Loved Me (Theme From 'Up Close & Personal')
7. The Power Of The Dream (taken from opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics)
8. It's All Coming Back To Me Now
9. All By Myself
10. My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)
11. I'm Your Angel (Duet with R Kelly)
12. That's The Way It Is
13. A New Day Has Come
14. I'm Alive
15. I Drove All Night
16. Taking Chances
17. There Comes A Time (previously unreleased)

Celine Dion - 'My Love...Ultimate Essential Collection' - two disc edition

1. Where Does My Heart Beat Now
2. Beauty & The Beast (Duet with Peabo Bryson)
3. If You Asked Me To
4. Love Can Move Mountains
5. My Love (Live From The Taking Chances Tour)
6. The Power Of Love
7. Pour que tu m'aimes encore
8. (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
9. Because You Loved Me (Theme From Up Close & Personal)
10. The Power Of The Dream (taken from opening ceremony 1996 Summer Olympics)
11. It's All Coming Back To Me Now
12. All By Myself
13. River Deep Mountain High
14. Tell Him (duet with Barbra Streisand)
15. My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)
16. To Love You More
17. I'm Your Angel (Duet with R Kelly)
18. The Prayer (duet with Andreas Bocelli)
19. That's The Way It Is
20. A New Day Has Come
21. I'm Alive
22. I Drove All Night
23. Taking Chances
24. There Comes A Time (previously unreleased)
25. Dance With My Father
26. I Knew I Loved You

Celine fans can watch new footage of Celine performing on stage in South Africa during the first leg of her Taking Chances World Tour! The video features short clips of Celine performing several hit songs including "Taking Chances," "All By Myself" and "Shadow Of Love" and "My Heart Will Go On"!

Source: CelineDion.Com

The Turin 2006 Olympic opening ceremonies had opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti.

Vancouver 2010 has Céline Dion.

Turin had a tire-squealing Ferrari.
Celine Dion will perform at the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver-Whistler.

Vancouver has Jet Skis.

But according to producer David Atkins, the 2010 opening ceremonies at B.C. Place Stadium aren't about competing with previous Olympic extravaganzas.

"We can meet all that stuff easily," said Atkins, executive producer of 2010's opening and closing ceremonies. "I think here we've got Céline Dion, and you've got those Jet Skis and Ski-Doos and stuff. From our point of view, it's to make [the opening ceremony] as reflective of Vancouver, B.C. and Canada as it can be."

Atkins and 2010 staff are conducting a series of brainstorming weekends with more than 100 of Canada's top arts and culture movers and shakers to determine the message Canada wants to convey to the world.

"We're dealing with global themes, messages and symbols," said Atkins, who also produced the opening and closing ceremonies for the Sydney 2000 Summer Games.

Starting this weekend, there will be three workshops held "under strict confidentiality to encourage open, unencumbered discussion and a free exchange of ideas," he said.

Atkins said the much-maligned ice-fishing segment of Vancouver's handover ceremony in Turin doesn't put any pressure on organizers to do better in 2010.

Premier Gordon Campbell later lashed the Turin closing ceremony display by saying, "I thought there were lots of stereotypes that are not what the new Canada is."

According to Atkins, contracts to present the Olympic closing ceremony previews are a "poisoned shell."

"It's an unusual circumstance where a handover ceremony is resoundingly welcomed by the host city presenting it," he said.

Atkins said the same thing happened to Sydney organizers after the handover ceremony at the closing ceremonies of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

Australian media became obsessed by the use of "kids dressed as kangaroos on bikes. That was asked in every media interview for the next four years," he said.

source: Canada.Com

Five-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Celine Dion stars in a one-hour primetime special, CELINE DION: THAT'S JUST THE WOMAN IN ME. This pop music superstar returns to CBS with her first concert since completing her five year musical extravaganza in Las Vegas. She also performs two special duets with Grammy award nominee Josh Groban and Grammy award winner will.i.am.

Taped before a live audience at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, Celine performs some of her greatest hits including "Because You Loved Me," "My Heart Will Go On" and "Taking Chances" off her current album, The Prayer.

Amid the intimately set concert, Celine Dion also engages the audience in conversation about her past, present and future in response to questions from guests.

Dion embarks on her "Taking Chances" World Tour beginning in February.

source: CBS