All the Way… A Decade of Song

Infobox Album | Name = All the Way… A Decade of Song
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Céline Dion


Released = Start date|1999|11|12
Recorded = 1991-1999
Genre = Pop
Length = 73:08
Label = Columbia, Epic
Producer = David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, René Angélil, Roy Bittan, Simon Franglen, Humberto Gatica, James Horner, R. Kelly, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Kristian Lundin, Max Martin, Christopher Neil, Aldo Nova, Rick Nowels, Steven Rinkoff, Guy Roche, Matt Serletic, Billy Steinberg, Jim Steinman
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ny1m965ohep8 link]
Last album = "Au cœur du stade"
(1999)
This album = "All the Way… A Decade of Song"
(1999)
Next album = "The Collector's Series, Volume One"
(2000)
Misc = Singles
Name = All the Way… A Decade of Song
Type = Greatest hits
Single 1 = That's the Way It Is
Single 1 date = November 1 1999
Single 2 = Live (for the One I Love)
Single 2 date = February 14 2000
Single 3 = The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Single 3 date = March 27 2000
Single 4 = I Want You to Need Me
Single 4 date = July 15 2000

"All the Way… A Decade of Song" is a first English greatest hits album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 12 1999. It's her 7th English album and 26th in total.

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 Spears, 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 multi-platinum recordings with Shania Twain. They recorded "If Walls Could Talk," with Twain on background vocals. The song was originally performed by Stevie Vann.

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's 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 Awards. 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.

Chart success

"All the Way… A Decade of Song" was very successful, selling 22 million copies worldwide, including 8.8 million copies in the United States, 5 million in Europe (1.2 million in the United Kingdom and 1.1 million in Germany), 2 million in Japan [ [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riaj.or.jp%2Fdata%2Fothers%2Fgold%2F200705.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools RIAJ Million single/album recognition work summary] ] and 1 million in Canada.

The album topped the charts around the world, spending 10 weeks at number 1 in Europe, 9 weeks in France, 7 weeks in Belgium Wallonie 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 other countries.

In the United States, "All the Way… A Decade of Song" debuted at number three, selling 303,000 copies in its first week. In the following week, the album sold 394,000 copies and climbed to number one. In the sixth week, Dion sold an impressive 640,000 copies of her compilation, which marked her biggest weekly sales in the U.S.

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 8 years old album, it managed to re-enter top 20 in Ireland and top 40 in the UK.

The album should be certified 9x platinum in the U.S. (is 7x platinum) and 4x platinum in the UK (is 2x platinum).

Track listing

Worldwide basic tracks
#"The Power of Love" (Gunther Mende, Candy Rouge, Jennifer Rush, Mary Susan Applegate) – 4:49
#"Beauty and the Beast" (with Peabo Bryson) (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman) – 4:04
#"Because You Loved Me" (Diane Warren) – 4:35
#"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Jim Steinman) – 5:31
#"To Love You More" (David Foster, Junior Miles) – 4:42
#"My Heart Will Go On" (James Horner, Will Jennings) – 4:41
#"That's the Way It Is" (Kristian Lundin, Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson) – 4:03
#"If Walls Could Talk" (Robert Lange) – 5:19
#"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 4:09
#"All the Way" (with Frank Sinatra) (James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:53
#"Then You Look at Me" (Horner, Jennings) – 4:11
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Warren) – 4:36
#"Live (for the One I Love)" (Richard Cocciante, Luc Plamondon, Jennings) – 3:58North American additional tracks
14. "If You Asked Me To" (Warren) – 3:55
15. "Love Can Move Mountains" (Warren) – 4:01
16. "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) (R. Kelly) – 5:31
European additional tracks
14. "Think Twice" (Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield) – 4:48
15. "Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees) (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:12
16. "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) (Kelly) – 5:31
French additional tracks
14. "Think Twice" (Hill, Sinfield) – 4:48
15. "Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb) – 4:12
16. "All by Myself" (Eric Carmen, Sergei Rachmaninoff) – 5:12
Australian additional tracks
14. "Think Twice" (Hill, Sinfield) – 4:48
15. "Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb) – 4:12
16. "Falling Into You" (Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels, Marie Claire D'Ubaldo) – 4:18
Latin American additional tracks
14. "Sola Otra Vez" (Carmen, Rachmaninoff, Manny Benito) – 5:12
15. "Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb) – 4:12
16. "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) (Kelly) – 5:31
Korean additional tracks
14. "Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb) – 4:12
15. "Be the Man" (Foster, Miles) – 4:39
16. "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) (Kelly) – 5:31
Japanese additional tracks
14. "All by Myself" (Carmen, Rachmaninoff) – 4:24
15. "Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb) – 4:12
16. "Be the Man" (Foster, Miles) – 4:39
17. "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) (Kelly) – 5:31

Chart performance

ee also

*List of best-selling albums worldwide
*List of BMG Music Club's top selling albums in the United States

References

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