Falling into You

Falling into You
Studio album by Celine Dion
Released	8 March 1996
Recorded	1995–96
Genre	Pop
Length	75:54
Label	Columbia Epic
Producer	Roy Bittan Jeff Bova David Foster Humberto Gatica Jean-Jacques Goldman Rick Hahn Dan Hill John Jones Rick Nowels Aldo Nova Steven Rinkoff Billy Steinberg Jim Steinman Ric Wake
Celine Dion chronology
Gold Vol. 2 (1995) Falling into You (1996) Live à Paris (1996)
Singles from Falling into You
"Falling into You" Released: 19 February 1996 "Because You Loved Me" Released: 20 February 1996 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Released: 30 July 1996 "All by Myself" Released: 7 October 1996 "Call the Man" Released: 16 June 1997

Falling into You is the fourth English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 8 March 1996, by Columbia/Epic Records. The follow-up to her commercially successful album The Colour of My Love (1993) and French-language D'eux (1995), Falling into You showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project, she collaborated with Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," among others. Several songs were produced by David Foster, including Diane Warren's "Because You Loved Me." Generally, Dion worked with fourteen producers on Falling into You and a variety of songwriters and musicians.

Falling into You won many awards around the world, including Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album at the 39th annual ceremony, during which Dion performed live. In April 1997, she also won three World Music Awards for World's Best Selling Artist of the Year, World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist of the Year. The album is on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list^[1][1]

Falling into You became one of the best-selling albums in history, with sales of over 32 million copies worldwide. It topped the charts around the world, including number one in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Australia and many more. It became one of the best-selling albums of 1996 and 1997 in various countries and also one of the top-selling albums of the decade. It was certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold around the world. The album has sold eleven million copies in the US, over two million in the UK, and over one million in Germany, France, Canada and Australia. In Europe, it has sold over nine million units.

Five singles were released from the album in Europe, four in Australia, and three in North America. The major success came with the release of "Because You Loved Me," theme from Up Close & Personal (number one in the United States, Canada and Australia), "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (number one in Canada, Belgium and number two in the US), and Eric Carmen's "All by Myself" (top ten in various countries, including number four in the US).

Conception and composition

Falling into You presented Dion at the height of her popularity, and showed a further progression of her music. The album combined many elements: ornate orchestral frills and African chanting, and instruments like the violin, Spanish guitar, trombone, the cavaquinho, saxophone and supreme string arrangements, which created a new sound. The singles also encompassed a variety of musical styles. "Falling into You" (originally by Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo) and "River Deep, Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner's cover) made prominent use of percussion instruments. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (originally by Pandora's Box) and "All by Myself" (Eric Carmen's cover) kept their soft-rock atmosphere, but were combined with the classical sound of the piano.

The ballad, "Because You Loved Me" written by Diane Warren, served as the theme to the 1996 film Up Close & Personal. The album also included English adaptations of songs from D'eux: "If That's What It Takes" ("Pour que tu m'aimes encore"), "I Don't Know" ("Je sais pas") and "Fly" ("Vole"). Outside North America, Falling into You featured also a cover of Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." In Asia, Japanese hit "To Love You More" was added as well. Additionally, the non-US editions of the album included "Your Light" written and produced by Aldo Nova and the Spanish/Latin America editions featured "Sola Otra Vez," a Spanish-language version of "All by Myself." Dion worked on Falling into You with many producers, mainly with Jim Steinman, David Foster, Ric Wake, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Humberto Gatica.

Critical reception

Falling into You divided music critics. Billboard editor Paul Verna gave it a positive review. He called it a deep album that will solidify Dion's reputation as one of the world's true pop divas. Verna highlighted the chart-topping "Because You Loved Me" and other hit-worthy moments on the album: a Meat Loaf-style epic "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," the laid back "Falling into You," bouncy pop "Make You Happy," sultry ballad "Seduces Me" and effervescent "Declaration of Love."^[2] Larry Flick, also from Billboard, spoke positively about "Because You Loved Me" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." He wrote that "Because You Loved Me" is "rife with grand romance, larger-than-life production, and a climax that is best described as the musical equivalent to 4th of July fireworks."^[3] Flick called "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" a ballad that pits Dion against the bombastic production of Jim Steinman. According to him, "lesser talents might have been gobbled up by this melodramatic arrangements, but Dion rises to the occasion with a performance that soars above the instrumentation with deliciously theatrical flair."^[4]

A positive review also came from senior editor of AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine who gave Falling into You four stars out of five. Although he noted that the album is formulaic, Erlewine appreciated it's a well-executed, stylish, and catchy formula, accentuating Dion's natural vocal charm. He praised ballads like "Because You Loved Me" and mock epics like "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." He felt that Dion tackles dance-pop and love songs with grace and that effortless elegance saves the mediocre material on the album from being tedious. According to him, there are a couple of weak tracks on Falling into You but it is a remarkably well-crafted set of adult contemporary pop and Dion's best album.^[5] Chuck Eddy from Entertainment Weekly gave it a B in his review. Eddy wrote: "There's something compellingly eccentric about even the mushiest ballads on Celine Dion's new set Falling into You, which features Spanish guitars, African chanting, and ornate orchestral frills. But only in her desolate cover of Eric Carmen's "All by Myself" and her brutal blues-mama dance "Declaration of Love" (which kicks like Bonnie Raitt and Wynonna only wish they could) does she truly crash through the glass ceiling of passion."^[6]

Mixed or negative reviews came from Elysa Gardner of the Los Angeles Times, Stephen Holden of The New York Times and Dan Leroy of Yahoo! Music. Gardner gave the album two out of four stars and wrote that Dion "dabbles in more soulful and sophisticated textures, and at times her dilettantism pays off. But she often falls back on her characteristic platform of polite, predictable schmaltz."^[7] Holden wrote that the album is "crammed with formulaic romantic bombast. The melodrama peaks with two overblown Jim Steinman productions: "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," a romantic flashback replete with thunderclaps, and "River Deep, Mountain High," an anemic remake of a classic Phil Spector production." However, he praised "Because You Loved Me" (calling it this year's "Wind Beneath My Wings") and a remake of Carmen's 1976 hit, "All by Myself."^[8] Leroy said that "trying to out-emote Eric Carmen was almost crazy enough to work, and working with over-the-top Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman seemed a sensible choice. But the results weren't much different than usual."^[9] The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album one and a half stars out of five.^[10]

Chart performance

Falling into You remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, with sales of over thirty-two million copies.^[11] In Canada, Falling into You became Dion's second number-one album, after The Colour of My Love. It was certified Diamond in November 1996 and has sold 1.6 million copies. Falling into You was her second album awarded Diamond in Canada, after The Colour of My Love. Dion's 1992 eponymous album was also certified Diamond but in 1998. In the United States, Falling into You debuted at number two in March 1996, selling 193,000 copies. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 in September 1996, in its twenty-eighth week. With Falling into You, Dion scored her first number-one album on the Billboard 200. It spent three non-consecutive weeks at the top and 61 weeks inside top ten of the chart. It was certified Diamond by the RIAA in December 1997 and eleven-times Platinum in 2001, for sales of eleven million copies in the US. Falling into You was the third best-selling album of 1996 and 1997, and the sixth best-selling album on the 1990s decade in the US.

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one and became Dion's second chart topper, after The Colour of My Love. In January 1998, it was certified seven-times Platinum by the BPI for sales of 2.1 million copies. In France, Falling into You topped the chart for five non-consecutive weeks and became Dion's second number one, after D'eux. It was certified Diamond by the SNEP and has sold 1.2 million units there. In Germany, the album peaked at number five and was certified five-times Gold by the BVMI for sales of 1.3 million copies. Falling into You was also awarded by the IFPI with nine-times Platinum Europe Award for sales of over nine million copies in Europe. In Australia, it debuted at number one and spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top. It became Dion's second number-one album there, after The Colour of My Love. Falling into You was certified thirteen-times Platinum by the ARIA and has sold one million copies in Australia. It also topped the charts in many other countries and was certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold around the world.

Singles

Two songs were released in February 1996 to promote the album: "Falling into You" in Europe and Australia, and "Because You Loved Me" in North America, South America and Asia. In May 1996, "Because You Loved Me" was issued as the second single in Europe and Australia. "Falling into You" reached number one in Spain, number eight in Norway and number ten in the United Kingdom, and entered top forty on the charts in other countries. Much bigger success came with "Because You Loved Me," which peaked at number one in the United States, Canada and Australia. The song also reached top ten in many countries around the world, including number five in the UK. It was certified two-times Platinum in Australia, Platinum in the US and New Zealand, and Gold in the UK and Germany.

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" was released as the second single in North America in July 1996. It topped the chart in Canada and peaked at number two in the US. In September 1996, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" was issued as the third single in most European countries and in Australia. In France and Germany, it was released as the fourth single in early 1997. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" reached number one in Belgium and peaked inside top ten in various countries, including number three in the UK. It was certified Platinum in the US and Gold in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

"All by Myself" was issued as the third single in France and Germany in October 1996. In other European countries it was released as the fourth single in December 1996, after "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." "All by Myself" was also issued as the fourth single in Australia in February 1997 and third in North America in March 1997. It reached number four in the US and peaked inside top ten in several other countries, including number six in the UK. "All by Myself" was certified Gold in the US, and Silver in the UK and France. The fifth European single, "Call the Man" was released in June 1997 and reached number eight in Ireland and number eleven in the UK. It was a minor hit in few other countries.

The Asian editions of Falling into You included "To Love You More," a 1995 hit single which reached number one in Japan and has sold 1.3 million copies there. The editions of Falling into You released outside North America featured "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," which was released in few countries as a promotional single from Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King in November 1995. The Australian and Asian limited editions of Falling into You with bonus disc included "The Power of the Dream," a song performed by Dion during the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. "The Power of the Dream" was released as a single in Japan in August 1996. It reached number thirty there and was certified Gold. Additionally, two more promotional singles from Falling into You were released: "Dreamin' of You" in Mexico and Make You Happy in Brazil.

Promotion

Dion promoted her new album with the Falling Into You Around the World Tour. It started in Perth, Australia on 18 March 1996 and ended on 26 June 1997 in Zürich, Switzerland. Dion toured Australia in March 1996, Canada in May and June 1996, the United States between July and August 1996, Europe between September and November 1996, and Canada again in December 1996. In February 1997 she toured Asia, in March and April 1997 the US, in May 1997 Canada and in June 1997 Europe again. One of the concerts was recorded and released in selected countries on VHS. It was titled Live in Memphis.

Dion also promoted Falling into You on various television shows. In the US, she performed "Because You Loved Me" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee in March 1996. Dion also sang it on the Late Show with David Letterman in April 1996 and Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show in May 1996. She performed her next US single, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in July 1996 and The Rosie O'Donnell Show in September 1996. On 19 July 1996, Dion sang "The Power of the Dream" at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

In December 1996, she performed her third US single, "All by Myself" at the Billboard Music Awards and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Dion also sang it at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards on 26 February 1997. Additionally, she performed "Seduces Me" on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in January 1997 and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" on the Late Show with David Letterman the next month. In March 1997, Dion sang "Because You Loved Me" and "Fly" on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She also performed "Because You Loved Me" and "I Finally Found Someone" at the 69th Academy Awards on 24 March 1997.

The promotion in other countries included performance of "Falling into You" at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy in March 1996, and "Because You Loved Me" on two Dutch television shows, Vijf TV Show and Tros in April 1996. The next month, Dion performed "Because You Loved Me" at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco and on the German television show Verstehen Sie Spaß?, and "Falling into You" on the French television show Dimanche Martin.

In November 1996, she sang "All by Myself" at the Bambi Awards in Germany. Dion also performed "All by Myself" and "River Deep, Mountain High" on Taratata in France the same month. In December 1996 she sang "All by Myself" on the French television show Les Années Tubes. In March 1997, Dion performed "To Love You More" with Taro Hakase on violin at the Juno Awards. In April 1997, she sang "To Love You More" with Taro Hakase again on the Japanese television show, Music Fair and "Call the Man" at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Awards and accolades

At the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, Falling into You won Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album. "Because You Loved Me" was nominated for Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and won Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television. Thanks to Falling into You, Dion won three World Music Awards in 1997 for World's Best Selling Artist of the Year, World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist of the Year. She was also nominated for American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist in both 1997 and 1998, and won American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist in January 1998. At the Juno Awards of 1997, Dion won Juno Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and International Achievement Award. Falling into You won Juno Award for Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) and was nominated for Album of the Year. "Because You Loved Me" was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year.

Other awards won by Dion and Falling into You include: IRMA Award for Best International Female Artist Album, Bambi Award for Top International Pop Star of the Year, Amigo Award for Best International Female Artist, VH1 Award for Artist of the Year, NARM Best Seller Awards for Artist of the Year, Recording of the Year and Pop Recording of the Year, Félix Awards for Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success Outside Quebec and Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success in a Language Other Than French in 1996 and again in 1997, Pop Corn Music Awards for Best Female Singer of the Year and Best Album of the Year, Malta Music Award for Best Selling International Artist, National TV 2 Award for Best International Female Artist, South African Music Award for Best Selling International Album, Coca-Cola Full Blast Music Award for Most Popular International Artist, FM Select Diamond Award for Top Female International Artist and International Achievement in Arts Award for Entertainer of the Year for Distinguished Achievement in Music. "To Love You More" added to the Asian editions of Falling into You won International Single Grand Prix at the Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1996.

Dion was also nominated for many Billboard Music Awards in 1996 and 1997, including Top Pop Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album Artist, Hot 100 Singles Artist, Hot Adult Contemporary Artist and Hot Adult Top 40 Artist. "Because You Loved Me" was nominated in categories: Hot 100 Singles, Hot 100 Singles Airplay, Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks, and Falling into You was nominated for Top Billboard 200 Album. She was nominated for Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in categories Favorite Female Artist - Pop and Favourite Song from a Movie ("Because You Loved Me"). At the 1997 BRIT Awards, Dion was nominated for Best International Female. She was nominated twice for Echo Awards for International Female Artist of the Year and Danish Music Awards for Best International Female Singer. Dion was also nominated for MuchMusic Video Award for Peoples Choice: Favourite International Artist.

Additionally, "Because You Loved Me" was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It also won ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Most Performed Song from Motion Picture and ASCAP Pop Awards for Most Performed Song in 1997, 1998 and 1999. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" won BMI Pop Award for Song of the Year. Both "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" and "All by Myself" won BMI Pop Awards for Most Performed Songs. "The Power of the Dream," included on 2CD limited editions of Falling into You, won BMI Film & TV Award in category Special Recognition: The Olympic Tribute Award and was nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.

Track listing

US edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"	Jim Steinman	Steinman Steven Rinkoff Roy Bittan	7:37
2.	"Because You Loved Me"	Diane Warren	David Foster	4:33
3.	"Falling into You"	Billy Steinberg Rick Nowels Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo	Nowels Steinberg	4:18
4.	"Make You Happy"	Andy Marvel	Ric Wake	4:31
5.	"Seduces Me"	Dan Hill John Sheard	Rick Hahn Hill John Jones	3:46
6.	"All by Myself"	Eric Carmen Sergei Rachmaninoff	Foster	5:12
7.	"Declaration of Love"	Michael Jay Claude Gaudette	Wake	4:20
8.	"Dreamin' of You"	Aldo Nova Peter Barbeau	Nova	5:07
9.	"I Love You"	Nova	Foster	5:30
10.	"If That's What It Takes"	Jean-Jacques Goldman Phil Galdston	Goldman Humberto Gatica	4:12
11.	"I Don't Know"	Goldman J. Kapler Galdston	Goldman Gatica	4:38
12.	"River Deep, Mountain High"	Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry Phil Spector	Steinman Rinkoff	4:10
13.	"Call the Man"	Andy Hill Peter Sinfield	Steinman Rinkoff Jeff Bova	6:08
14.	"Fly"	Goldman Galdston	Goldman Gatica	2:58

Canadian edition additional track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Your Light"	Nova	Nova	5:14

European/Australian edition additional tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Gerry Goffin Carole King Jerry Wexler	Foster	3:40
14.	"Your Light"	Nova	Nova	5:14

Latin America/Spanish edition additional tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Goffin King Wexler	Foster	3:40
16.	"Sola Otra Vez"	Carmen Rachmaninoff Manny Benito	Foster	5:12

Asian edition additional tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Goffin King Wexler	Foster	3:40
16.	"To Love You More"	Foster Junior Miles	Foster	5:29

Japanese edition additional tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Your Light"	Nova	Nova	5:14
16.	"To Love You More"	Foster Miles	Foster	5:29

Asian limited edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Power of the Dream"	Foster Babyface Linda Thompson	Foster Babyface	4:30
2.	"Your Light"	Nova	Nova	5:14
3.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Classic Paradise Mix)	Steinman	Steinman Rinkoff Bittan	8:17
4.	"The Power of Love" (Live)	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate	Foster	4:45
5.	"River Deep, Mountain High" (Live)	Greenwich Barry Spector	Steinman	3:30

Australian limited edition bonus disc ("Because You Loved Me" single)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Because You Loved Me"	Warren	Foster	4:33
2.	"I Don't Know"	Goldman Galdston	Goldman Gatica	4:38
3.	"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"	Goldman	Goldman	4:14
4.	"Le ballet"	Goldman	Goldman	4:25
5.	"The Power of the Dream"	Foster Babyface Thompson	Foster Babyface	4:31

Australian limited edition bonus disc (Brashs only)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down" (Live)	Arnie Roman Russ DeSalvo	Wake	3:48
2.	"Love Can Move Mountains" (Live)	Warren	Wake	4:16
3.	"If You Asked Me To" (Live)	Warren	Guy Roche	3:59
4.	"Only One Road" (Live)	Peter Zizzo	Wake	4:40
5.	"Think Twice" (Live)	Hill Sinfield	Christopher Neil Nova	4:32
6.	"The Power of Love" (Live)	Mende DeRouge Rush Applegate	Foster	5:27

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 1 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 1 Canadian Albums (RPM)[17] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 1 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[19] 1 European Albums (Top 100)[20] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 9 French Albums (SNEP)[22] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 5 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[24] 13 Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 2 Italian Albums (Hit Parade)[26] 3 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 6 Malaysian Albums (RIM)[28] 2 New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[29] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20] 2 Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[25] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[32] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[34] 1 US Billboard 200[35] 1 Decade-end charts Chart (1990–99) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[36] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[37] 10 US Billboard 200[38] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[39] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[40] 2 Canadian Albums (RPM)[41] 2 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[42] 1 French Albums (SNEP)[43] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[44] 7 Italian Albums (Hit Parade)[26] 20 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[45] 45 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[46] 3 Norwegian Russefeiring Period Albums (VG-lista)[47] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[48] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[49] 4 US Billboard 200[50] 3 Chart (1997) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[51] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[52] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[53] 51 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[54] 28 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[55] 8 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[56] 20 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[57] 8 UK Albums (OCC)[58] 27 US Billboard 200[59] 3 Chart (1998) Position UK Albums (OCC)[60] 109 US Billboard 200[61] 144 Best of all time charts (Top 200) Chart Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[62] 17 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[63] 70 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[64] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[65] 79 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[66] 40 French Albums (SNEP)[67] 103 New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[68] 33 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 121 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[69] 72 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[70] 76 UK Albums (OCC)[71] 57 US Billboard 200[72] 21

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[73]	Platinum	75,000[74]
Australia (ARIA)[75]	13× Platinum	1,000,000[76]
Austria (IFPI Austria)[77]	2× Platinum	100,000
Belgium (BEA)[78]	4× Platinum	200,000
Brazil (ABPD)[79]	Gold	100,000
Canada (Music Canada)[80]	Diamond	1,600,000[81]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[82]	Platinum	51,952[82]
France (SNEP)[83]	Diamond	1,172,500[84]
Germany (BVMI)[85]	5× Gold	1,250,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[86]	Gold	50,000[87]
Japan (RIAJ)[88]	4× Platinum	800,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[89]	6× Platinum	600,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[90]	12× Platinum	180,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[91]	3× Platinum	150,000
Poland (ZPAV)[92]	Platinum	100,000
Singapore (RIAS)		100,000[93]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[94]	2× Platinum	200,000
Sweden (GLF)[95]	2× Platinum	200,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[96]	3× Platinum	150,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[97]	7× Platinum	2,100,000
United States (RIAA)[98]	11× Platinum	11,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[99]	9× Platinum	9,000,000
Worldwide		32,000,000[11]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	8 March 1996	Epic	CD	483792 2
Europe	11 March 1996	Columbia
United States	12 March 1996	Epic		BK 67541
Canada		Columbia		CK 33068
Japan	14 March 1996	Epic		ESCA 6410

See also

Best-selling albums in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began Grammy Award for Album of the Year Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Juno Award for International Album of the Year List of best-selling albums List of best-selling albums in Australia List of best-selling albums in Brazil List of best-selling albums in Europe List of best-selling albums in France List of best-selling albums in Germany List of best-selling albums in New Zealand

List of best-selling albums in the United States List of best-selling albums of the 1990s in the United Kingdom List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1996 List of diamond-certified albums in Canada List of European number-one hits of 1996 List of number-one albums from the 1990s (New Zealand) List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1990s List of number-one albums of 1996 (Canada) List of Top 25 albums for 1996 in Australia List of Top 25 albums for 1997 in Australia List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1990s

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