Miracle (Celine Dion album)

Miracle
Studio album by Celine Dion
Released	11 October 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop
Length	52:31 (CD) 20:00 (DVD)
Label	Columbia Epic
Producer	David Foster
Celine Dion chronology
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (2004) Miracle (2004) On ne change pas (2005)
Singles from Miracle
"Beautiful Boy" Released: 11 October 2004 "Miracle" Released: 11 October 2004 "Je lui dirai" Released: 11 October 2004 "In Some Small Way" Released: 7 March 2005

Miracle is a concept album credited to Canadian singer Celine Dion and Australian photographer Anne Geddes, released on 11 October 2004. It's Dion's ninth English language studio album and 33rd in total.^[1]

Content and release

Miracle is a part of a CD-and-book multimedia collection, with Dion's music providing the soundtrack to Geddes's pictorial book celebrating the joy of babies. The songs were produced by David Foster, who hadn't worked with Dion since 1999.

Among tracks on the album are remakes of John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy", Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", Johannes Brahms's "Brahms' Lullaby", Nancy Wilson's "If I Could", Henri Salvador's "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)", and Carol Welsman's "Baby Close Your Eyes".

All other tracks are 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.

Some tracks were previously released on Dion's albums, including "Brahms's Lullaby" on These Are Special Times and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" on All the Way... A Decade of Song. Live performances of "If I Could" and "What a Wonderful World" were available on A New Day... Live in Las Vegas. "A Mother's Prayer" is a solo version of "The Prayer", a duet with Andrea Bocelli from These Are Special Times. "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" was performed live by Dion and Henri Salvador in October 2003, during the taping of 1 fille & 4 types TV special. However, this duet version wasn't included on any album.

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

Singles

"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 parts of Asia. All these songs were released as radio singles without accompanying music videos.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C[3]

Miracle met with mixed reviews. AllMusic said that "it's the quietest record Dion has recorded in a while, an unabashed adult contemporary album that keeps its gentle mood from start to finish, as if it were a prolonged lullaby. Dion tempers her vocal histrionics considerably — she still soars to the high notes, but there are no pyrotechnics, no showboating here — which serves this collection of standards and new songs quite well."^[2]

Chart performance

Miracle debuted inside top 10 in many countries, reaching number one in Canada, Belgium Wallonia. It debuted at number four in the United States with 107,000 copies sold.^[4] It also debuted in the fourth position in France and the Netherlands, number five in the United Kingdom, number six in Switzerland and number 9 in Greece. Miracle set a record in the United States, spending 18 consecutive weeks at the top position on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart.

It was certified Platinum in the United States^[5] and Gold in the United Kingdom,^[6] France,^[7] Switzerland,^[8] Italy,^[9] and Belgium.^[10] Three months after its release, the Miracle CD has sold more than two million copies worldwide. The book/CD/DVD package has also been successful, reaching 500,000 copies sold.^[11]

Awards

At the Juno Awards of 2005, Miracle was nominated in two categories, including Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.^[12] Dion was also nominated for the Juno Award for Artist of the Year.^[12] Miracle was also nominated for the Félix Award in category Anglophone Album of the Year.^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Miracle"	Steve Dorff Linda Thompson	David Foster	3:37
2.	"Brahms' Lullaby"	Johannes Brahms	Foster	3:32
3.	"If I Could"	Ron Miller Ken Hirsch Marti Sharron	Foster	4:46
4.	"Sleep Tight"	Richard Page Jon Lind John Lang	Foster	4:39
5.	"What a Wonderful World"	George David Weiss Bob Thiele	Foster	3:47
6.	"My Precious One"	Peer Åström Stephanie Bentley	Foster	3:50
7.	"A Mother's Prayer"	Foster Carole Bayer Sager	Foster	3:41
8.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	Foster	4:10
9.	"Baby Close Your Eyes"	Carol Welsman Romano Musumarra	Foster	3:24
10.	"Come to Me"	Beverley Mahood Thomas Wade	Foster	4:33
11.	"Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)"	Maurice Pon Henri Salvador	Foster	3:13
12.	"Je lui dirai" (French edition bonus track)	Jean-Jacques Goldman	Erick Benzi	3:57
13.	"Beautiful Boy"	John Lennon	Foster	3:53
14.	"In Some Small Way"	Page David Tyson	Foster	5:06

Limited edition bonus DVD
Track listing
No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"The Making of Miracle"	Scott Floyd Lochmus	20:00

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2004) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 15 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 34 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 1 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[19] 51 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20] 12 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 4 European Albums (Top 100)[22] 6 French Albums (SNEP)[23] 4 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 34 Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)[25] 9 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[26] 84 Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] 15 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28] 168 New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[29] 26 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 15 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[31] 19 Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 9 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 77 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 30 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 6 UK Albums (OCC)[36] 5 US Billboard 200[37] 4 US Top Kid Audio (Billboard)[38] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[39] 72 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[40] 26 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[41] 66 French Albums (SNEP)[42] 96 US Top Kid Audio (Billboard)[43] 3 Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200[44] 151 US Top Kid Audio (Billboard)[45] 1 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–09) Position US Top Kid Audio (Billboard)[46] 11

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Belgium (BEA)[47]	Gold	25,000^*
France (SNEP)[48]	Gold	145,000[49]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[50]	Gold	20,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[51]	Gold	109,963[52]
United States (RIAA)[53]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Europe	11 October 2004	Sony BMG, Columbia	CD	COL 518748 2 + COL 518748 9 (édition French)
			CD/DVD	COL 518748 7 + COL 518748 3 (édition French)
United States	12 October 2004	Epic	CD	5187482
			CD/DVD	5187487
Canada		Sony BMG, Columbia	CD	5187482
			CD/DVD	5187487
Australia	15 October 2004	Sony BMG, Epic	CD	5187482
			CD/DVD	5187487
South Korea	16 November 2004	Sony BMG, Columbia	CD	CPK-3337
Japan	22 December 2004	Sony Music Japan, Epic		5187482

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2004 (Canada)

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