All the Way... A Decade of Song
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All the Way… A Decade of Song is the first English greatest hits
album by Canadian singer Céline Dion
, released on November 12, 1999. It is her 7th English album and 27th in total. All the Way... A Decade of Song was extremely successful, selling over 22 million copies worldwide. According to Billboard
, it became the 27th best-selling album of the decade in the United States.
, Backstreet Boys
and 'N Sync
at that time. Céline Dion performed it live with 'N Sync, during her CBS
TV special, presented in late November 1999 to mark the release of the album. The TV special included also guest appearance by Gloria Estefan
.
Céline Dion also worked with Robert John "Mutt" Lange
, best known for his recordings with Shania Twain
. They recorded "If Walls Could Talk
", with Twain on background vocals.
Among new songs recorded for this compilation, there are two other covers: Roberta Flack
's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and Frank Sinatra
's "All the Way" (recorded as a duet with Sinatra's vocals). The latter was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
.
"Then You Look at Me
" was written by James Horner
and Will Jennings
("My Heart Will Go On
") and featured in the 1999 movie Bicentennial Man
, starring Robin Williams
.
"I Want You to Need Me
" became the last Diane Warren
song recorded by Dion. Two more tracks written by Warren and produced by David Foster
were recorded during the All the Way... a Decade of Song sessions, but they never made the album. One of them, called "Would I Know" leaked into the internet in May 2005 (Charlotte Church
recorded her version in 2003), but the second, "Run Like a River" still remains unreleased.
The last track on the album is an English version of the song "Vivre" from the Notre Dame de Paris
musical and it's called "Live (for the One I Love)
".
On January 1, 2000, Céline Dion started her two year break from show business.
Later that year she has won a World Music Award
for World's Best-Selling Female Pop Artist and two Japan Gold Disc Award
s. In January 2001, she has received an American Music Award
for Favorite Artist in Adult Contemporary Category.
An accompanying All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video
DVD was released in 2001, including videos for seven new songs and eleven older hits.
In August 2001, All the Way… A Decade of Song was released on Super Audio CD
. In September 2003, it was released as a CD/DVD version, including All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video. Finally, in April 2008 the album was released in a slipcase
.
, it became the 26th best-selling album of the decade in the United States.
In the U.S., All the Way… A Decade of Song debuted at number 3, selling 303,000 copies in its first week. In the following week, the album sold 394,000 copies and climbed to number 1. In its sixth week of release, the album sold an impressive 640,000 copies, which marked Dion's biggest weekly sales in the U.S. According to Nielsen SoundScan
, All the Way… A Decade of Song has sold 7,968,000 copies in the U.S. and was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA
. After selling 1 million copies, All the Way… A Decade of Song was certified diamond in Canada.
It has sold also over 5 million copies in Europe and was certified 5x platinum by the IFPI. In the UK, All the Way... A Decade of Song has sold 1,318,223 copies and was certified 2x Platinum. In Germany, the album has sold over 1 million copies, and was certified 7x gold. 2 million copies were sold in Japan, and because of that the album was certified 2x million by the RIAJ
.
All the Way… A Decade of Song topped the charts around the world, spending 12 weeks at number 1 on the European Top 100 Albums
chart, 9 weeks in France, 7 weeks in Belgium Wallonia and Switzerland, 6 weeks in Germany and Austria, 5 weeks in Norway, 4 weeks in Ireland and Finland, 3 weeks in the United States, 2 weeks in Australia, Netherlands and Sweden, and 1 week in the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Spain, Sweden. It was also number 1 in Greece.
In November 2007, All the Way… A Decade of Song re-entered the charts in the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and Ireland, just after Dion released her Taking Chances
album, and few months before the Taking Chances Tour
. Although an eight year old album, it managed to re-enter top 20 in Ireland and top 40 in the UK. It fell off the charts after the release of My Love: Essential Collection
in October 2008.
1Most certifications are under old criteria, with higher certifications levels than the current ones.
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album by Canadian singer Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, released on November 12, 1999. It is her 7th English album and 27th in total. All the Way... A Decade of Song was extremely successful, selling over 22 million copies worldwide. According to Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
, it became the 27th best-selling album of the decade in the United States.
Album information
All the Way… A Decade of Song is a compilation of Dion's most successful hits coupled with seven new songs, including the leadoff single "That's the Way It Is", written and produced by a team who worked with Britney SpearsBritney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
, Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
and 'N Sync
'N Sync
N Sync was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick...
at that time. Céline Dion performed it live with 'N Sync, during her CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
TV special, presented in late November 1999 to mark the release of the album. The TV special included also guest appearance by Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
.
Céline Dion also worked with Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Robert Lange
Robert John "Mutt" Lange is a Zambian-born British record producer and songwriter, usually known by his nickname "Mutt". Lange is one of the most successful producers in rock history. He has produced albums for artists such as AC/DC, Nickelback, Def Leppard, Outlaws, Foreigner, The Cars, Bryan...
, best known for his recordings with Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
. They recorded "If Walls Could Talk
If Walls Could Talk
"If Walls Could Talk" is a song by Céline Dion, which was intended as the final single from her greatest hits album All the Way... A Decade of Song....
", with Twain on background vocals.
Among new songs recorded for this compilation, there are two other covers: Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...
's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
's "All the Way" (recorded as a duet with Sinatra's vocals). The latter was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop songs on which singers collaborate...
.
"Then You Look at Me
Then You Look at Me
"Then You Look at Me" is a theme song from the movie Bicentennial Man. It was supposed to be released as the second single from Céline Dion's album All the Way.....
" was written by James Horner
James Horner
James Roy Horner is an American composer, orchestrator and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements...
and Will Jennings
Will Jennings
Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings is an American songwriter who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the film Titanic .-Life and education:...
("My Heart Will Go On
My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song/love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Simon Franglen, James Horner and Walter Afanasieff ,, it was recorded by Céline Dion...
") and featured in the 1999 movie Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man (film)
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American drama and science fiction film starring Robin Williams and Sam Neill. Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues...
, starring Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
.
"I Want You to Need Me
I Want You to Need Me
"I Want You to Need Me" is the last single from Céline Dion's greatest hits album All the Way... A Decade of Song, released on July 15, 2000.It was written by Diane Warren, who also wrote for Céline Dion her hit "Because You Loved Me" among others...
" became the last Diane Warren
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
song recorded by Dion. Two more tracks written by Warren and produced by David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
were recorded during the All the Way... a Decade of Song sessions, but they never made the album. One of them, called "Would I Know" leaked into the internet in May 2005 (Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...
recorded her version in 2003), but the second, "Run Like a River" still remains unreleased.
The last track on the album is an English version of the song "Vivre" from the Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris (musical)
Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French-Canadian musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by the French novelist Victor Hugo...
musical and it's called "Live (for the One I Love)
Live (for the One I Love)
"Live " is the second single from Céline Dion's greatest hits album All the Way... A Decade of Song. It was released on February 14, 2000 in Canada and selected European countries....
".
On January 1, 2000, Céline Dion started her two year break from show business.
Later that year she has won a World Music Award
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...
for World's Best-Selling Female Pop Artist and two Japan Gold Disc Award
Japan Gold Disc Award
The Japan Gold Disc Awards for Music sales in the Recording Industry Association of Japan, is major music awards held annually in Japan also released as a CD.- List of the Artists of the Year :************...
s. In January 2001, she has received an American Music Award
American Music Awards
-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...
for Favorite Artist in Adult Contemporary Category.
An accompanying All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video
All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video
All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video is Céline Dion's sixth home video release. It's a collection of her English music videos, released on February 20, 2001. This retrospective anthology features videos and live performances of many Céline Dion favorites, with nine signature singles and seven...
DVD was released in 2001, including videos for seven new songs and eleven older hits.
In August 2001, All the Way… A Decade of Song was released on Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...
. In September 2003, it was released as a CD/DVD version, including All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video. Finally, in April 2008 the album was released in a slipcase
Slipcase
A slipcase is a four or five-sided box, usually made of high-quality cardboard, into which binders, books or book sets are slipped for protection. Special editions of books are often slipcased...
.
Chart success
All the Way… A Decade of Song was very successful, selling over 22 million copies worldwide. According to BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
, it became the 26th best-selling album of the decade in the United States.
In the U.S., All the Way… A Decade of Song debuted at number 3, selling 303,000 copies in its first week. In the following week, the album sold 394,000 copies and climbed to number 1. In its sixth week of release, the album sold an impressive 640,000 copies, which marked Dion's biggest weekly sales in the U.S. According to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
, All the Way… A Decade of Song has sold 7,968,000 copies in the U.S. and was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
. After selling 1 million copies, All the Way… A Decade of Song was certified diamond in Canada.
It has sold also over 5 million copies in Europe and was certified 5x platinum by the IFPI. In the UK, All the Way... A Decade of Song has sold 1,318,223 copies and was certified 2x Platinum. In Germany, the album has sold over 1 million copies, and was certified 7x gold. 2 million copies were sold in Japan, and because of that the album was certified 2x million by the RIAJ
Recording Industry Association of Japan
The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry...
.
All the Way… A Decade of Song topped the charts around the world, spending 12 weeks at number 1 on the European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...
chart, 9 weeks in France, 7 weeks in Belgium Wallonia and Switzerland, 6 weeks in Germany and Austria, 5 weeks in Norway, 4 weeks in Ireland and Finland, 3 weeks in the United States, 2 weeks in Australia, Netherlands and Sweden, and 1 week in the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Spain, Sweden. It was also number 1 in Greece.
In November 2007, All the Way… A Decade of Song re-entered the charts in the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and Ireland, just after Dion released her Taking Chances
Taking Chances
Taking Chances is an English language studio album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 7, 2007 on CD and CD/DVD. It is her 13th English album and 36th in total. The album was released physically worldwide during the month of November 2007 in CD edition. The album was also released...
album, and few months before the Taking Chances Tour
Taking Chances Tour
Taking Chances World Tour is the ninth concert tour by Canadian singer Céline Dion, in support of her 2007 studio albums, D'elles and Taking Chances. The tour marked the return of Dion after performing her groundbreaking show A New Day... in Las Vegas for five years. The tour visited Africa, Asia,...
. Although an eight year old album, it managed to re-enter top 20 in Ireland and top 40 in the UK. It fell off the charts after the release of My Love: Essential Collection
My Love: Essential Collection
My Love: Essential Collection is a greatest hits album by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records on October 24, 2008 as the follow up to her previous English-language compilation, All the Way... A Decade of Song . Before releasing My Love: Essential Collection,...
in October 2008.
Track listing
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
1 |
| Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
1 |
| Belgian Flanders Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
2 |
| Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
1 |
| Canadian RPM Albums Chart RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
1 |
| Danish Albums Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
2 |
| Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
1 |
| European Albums Chart European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100... |
1 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 1 |
| French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
1 |
| German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
1 |
| Greek Albums Chart IFPI Greece International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of... |
1 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
9 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
1 |
| Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
4 |
| Japanese Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
1 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
2 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
1 |
| Portuguese Albums Chart Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa is currently the only recording industry association in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV and UNEVA .... |
3 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
1 |
| Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
1 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
1 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
1 |
| US Billboard Top Internet Albums Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
1 |
Certifications
| Country | Certifications1 |
|---|---|
| Argentina Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers is an Argentine organization member of the IFPI, which represents the music industry in the country. It is a nonprofit organization integrated by multinational and independent record labels.... |
Platinum |
| Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
3x Platinum |
| Austria | Platinum |
| Belgium Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
3x Platinum |
| Brazil Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos The Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos is an official representative body of the record labels in the Brazilian phonographic market.- About :... |
Platinum |
| Canada Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... |
Diamond |
| Europe | 5x Platinum |
| Finland | Platinum |
| France Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
2x Platinum |
| Germany | 7x Gold |
| Hungary Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
Gold |
| Japan Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry... |
2x Million |
| New Zealand Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
5x Platinum |
| Norway | 2x Platinum |
| Poland | Platinum |
| Spain | 2x Platinum |
| Sweden | 2x Platinum |
| Switzerland | 3x Platinum |
| United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... |
2x Platinum |
| United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
7x Platinum |
1Most certifications are under old criteria, with higher certifications levels than the current ones.
Awards
| Year | Award show | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | World Music Awards World Music Awards The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show... |
World's Best-Selling Female Pop Artist |
| 2000 | Japan Gold Disc Award Japan Gold Disc Award The Japan Gold Disc Awards for Music sales in the Recording Industry Association of Japan, is major music awards held annually in Japan also released as a CD.- List of the Artists of the Year :************... s |
International Pop Album of the Year – All the Way… A Decade of Song |
| 2000 | Japan Gold Disc Awards | International Artist of the Year |
| 2001 | American Music Awards | Favorite Artist - Adult Contemporary |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | November 12, 1999 | Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
4960942 |
| Japan | November 13, 1999 | Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... |
ESCA 8070 | |
| United Kingdom | November 15, 1999 | 4960942 | ||
| United States | November 16, 1999 | Epic, 550 550 Music 550 Music was a unit of Sony Music Entertainment, which operated through Sony Music's Epic Records division while in activity. Launched in 1992, the "550" name was inspired by the address of the Sony building, located at 550 Madison Avenue in New York... |
63760 | |
| Canada | Columbia | |||
| South Korea | November 17, 1999 | Epic/550 Music | CPK-2139 | |
| CD/VHS | CPK-2139 (limited time offer) | |||
| Australia | November 19, 1999 | Epic | CD | 4951112 |
| North America | August 14, 2001 | SACD Super Audio CD Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard... |
4960945 | |
| Europe | April 29, 2002 | Columbia | ||
| Australia | March 14, 2003 | Epic | ||
| September 19, 2003 | CD/DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... |
5123883 | ||
| Europe | October 20, 2003 | Columbia | 5123889 | |
| Japan | August 14, 2006 | Epic | SACD | B00005G54N |
| Europe | April 11, 2008 | Columbia | CD | 88697282452 |
| South Korea | April 23, 2008 | SB30424C | ||
| Australia | May 12, 2008 | 88697282452 |