The First Years ... The First Awards:

1984:

Felix Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album - "Les chemins de ma maison"

1985:

Felix Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album Of The Year - "Mélanie"

Felix Award - Canada
» Best Selling Single of The Year - "Une colombe"

From the album "Unison" - The First English Album:

(1x, 2x and 3x Platinum in Canada)

From the album "Dion Chante Plamondon":

(1x Platinum in Canada)

1992:

World Music Award - Worldwide
» World’s Best selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year

Félix Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album of the Year - "Dion chante Plamondon"

1993:

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Francophone Album - "Dion chante Plamondon"

From the album "Celine Dion":

(1x Platinum and 6x Platinum in Canada)

From the album "The Colour Of My Love":

(1x Platinum and Diamond in Canada; In UK: Think Twice - 2x Platinum, The Colour of My Love - 1 million)

(5 million and 10 million copies sold in the World)

From the album "À L'Olympia":

1995:

World Music Award - Worldwide
» World’s Best-Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) - "The Colour of My Love"

From the album "D'eux":

(1x Silver in UK and 3x Platinum in ?)

Billboard - January 21, 1995:

A L'Olympia: 200.000 copies sold in Canada

The Colour Of My Love ...

... in Canada:
October 1994: 32.000 copies sold
November 1994: 50.000 copies sold
December 1994: 40.000 copies sold

... in the USA (soundscan):
The Colour Of My Love: 2.1 million copies sold in 1994 (20th best selling album)
The Power Of Love: 900.000 copies sold (#8 best selling single of the year)

Billboard - November 11, 1995:
D'eux: 1.6 million copies sold in France
 

7 Jours - December, 1995:

The sales of "The Colour Of My Love" & "D'eux" on 01/Dec/1995:

Billboard - December 23, 1995:
D'eux: 2,3 million copies sold in France
 

Les Echos, January 22, 1996:

D'eux: 4,5 million copies sold worldwide, including 2,8 million in France

Billboard - January 27, 1996:
The Colour Of My Love:
2,9 million in the USA
8 million in the rest of the world, including more than 1,4 million in Canada, more than 500.000 in Australia and 1,6 million in UK.

In Japan, 140.000 copies sold before the release of To Love You More. After the release of the single, and in only 6 weeks, the sales up to 872.600.

1 million copies sold for To Love You More in 6 weeks.

D'eux:
4,5 million copies sold worldwide, including 3 million in France, 500k in Canada, 100k in UK

Billboard - February 17, 1996:
In France, in 1995, Celine was the most-played artist and the best-selling artist.

Year-End Charts:

Sales:
Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore: #1
Je Sais Pas: #6

Airplay:
Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore: #1
Je Sais Pas: #10

Billboard - May 25, 1996:

Sales between May 1, 1995 and March 31, 1996:

The Colour Of My Love: 5 million

D'eux: 5 million

Falling Into You: 3,5 million

From the album "Falling Into You":

(10x Platinum in the USA; 18 million in the world)

(6x Platinum and 10x Platinum in Canada; 7 million copies sold in Europe)

1996

World Music Award – Worldwide
» World’s best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Year

MIDEM Award - Worldwide
» Award for sales of over 4 million units worldwide for the album "D’eux"

MIDEM Award - Europe
» Award for combined European sales of over 10 million units in 1995

Félix Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album Of The Year – "D’Eux"

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Francophone Album of the Year – "D'Eux"

Malta Music Award – Malta
» Best Selling International Artist

Médaille des Arts et Lettres (Medal of Arts and Letters) - France
» Awarded Medaille des Arts et Lettres from France’s Minister of Culture recognizing her status as the best selling French-language artist in history

Québec Magazines:

Billboard - March 22, 1997:

Live À Paris: 280.000 copies sold in Canada

HighBeam Research - June 8, 1997:

The French-Canadian is loved in Ireland and has sold over 100.000 copies of her Falling Into You album here

Billboard - September 13, 1997

Falling Into You: 75.000 copies sold in Argentina

More than 1 million records sold in Belgium:

1997: 

World Music Award - Worldwide
» World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year

World Music Award - Worldwide
» World's Overall Best Selling Recording Artist of the Year

World Music Award - Worldwide
» World’s Best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Year

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) - "Falling Into You"

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Francophone Album - "Live à Paris"

Félix Award - Canada
» Album Of The Year (Best Seller) - "Live à Paris"

NARM Award – USA
» 1996/1997 Best Seller Award for Artist of the Year

NARM Award – USA
» 1996/1997 Best Seller Award for Recording of the Year – "Falling Into You"

NARM Award – USA
» 1996/1997 Best Seller Award for Pop Recording – "Falling Into You"

Malta Music Award – Malta
» Best Selling Female International Artist

Le Lundi - February 21, 1998:

Let's Talk About Love: More than 12 million copies sold worldwide

Lundi - May 9, 1998:

Billboard - May 16, 1998:

... "Falling Into You" has sold more than 1 million units in Australia...

Let's Talk About Love: more than 400.000 copies sold

Billboard - October 17, 1998:

S'il Suffisait D'aimer: 2 million copies sold in the first 3 weeks, including 700.000 in France

Billboard - October 24, 1998:

Titanic: 2 million copies sold in Asia (outside Japan)

Let's Talk About Love: 500.000 copies sold in Taiwan

RFI.FR - December 9, 1998:

LES ARTISTES FRANCOPHONES S'EXPORTENT BIEN!
La langue française sort du bois

Après trois mois de commercialisation, "S'il suffisait d'aimer" a déjà conquis plus de 2,3 millions d'acheteurs, dont 1 million en France, 480.000 au Canada, 120.000 en Allemagne, 100.000 en Grande-Bretagne et aux Etats-Unis, 41.000 au Japon, etc. Logiquement, cet attrait s'est immédiatement traduit dans les palmarès de vente. "S'il suffisait d'aimer" est monté sur la plus haute marche du podium en France, au Canada, en Belgique, en Suisse, en Grèce et en Pologne (selon la chaîne de magasins Music Corner), et s'est placé 3ème en Autriche, 7ème aux Pays-Bas et à Taiwan, 11ème en Allemagne, 12ème en Finlande, 15ème au Portugal et en Hongrie, 17ème au Royaume-Uni et en République Tchèque, 23ème en Corée du Sud, 26ème en Suède, 28ème en Slovaquie, 30ème au Danemark... Quant au single, "Zora sourit", sans faire des ravages, il s'est tout de même classé 20ème en France, 25ème en Suisse, 48ème dans les Flandres, 67ème aux Pays-Bas, et dans les classements radio en Macédoine (5ème), en Bulgarie (9ème) ou encore en République Tchèque (18ème).

Billboard - December 26, 1998:
» Celine Dion: 60 million albums sold in the past 30 months
» Let's Talk About Love: 27 million worldwide (1,7 million in Canada)
» S'il Suffisait D'aimer: 3 million worldwide (500k in Canada)
» These Are Special Times: 6 million worldwide (738k in Canada and 1.3 million in the USA, according to soundscan)

1998:

World Music Award – Worldwide
» World’s Best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Year

South African Music Award – South Africa
» Best Selling International Album – "Falling Into You"

From the album "Let's Talk About Love":

 (Let's Talk About Love - 5x Platinum and My Heart Will Go On - 1x Platinum in UK)

 (10 million copies sold in the USA and 10 million copies sold in Europe)

Billboard - January 23, 1999:
Top Canadian album sellers for the week ending December 6 to the week ending January 3, according to soundscan:

540k - Big Shiny Tunes 3
270k - Celine - These Are Special Times
250k - MuchDance 1999
185k - Woman & Song 2
165k - The Offspring - Americana
162k - U2 - Best of 80-90
146k - Garth Brooks - Double Live
125k - Jewel - Spirit
110k - Armageddon soundtrack
107k - Shania Twain - Come on Over

65k - Andrea Bocelli - Romanza

Billboard - April 17, 1999:
In Philipines:

» Titanic was the best selling sony music album of 1998. It sold 230k copies

Billboard - April 24, 1999:
During a recent visit to Hong Kong, Celine Dion was presented with a special award recognizing her 7 million album sales in Asia (excluding Japan).

Billboard - December 25, 1999:
Sony Music is the #1 company in sales value in Mexico, as well as in the rest of Latin America, save Brazil.

In Latin America:

» Ricky Martin's english album sold 1 million copies
» Marc Anthony: 300k
» Jennifer Lopez's On the Six: 300k

» Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: 2 million copies
» The Offspring's Americana: 600k
» Aerosmith's A Little South Of Sanity: 450k

From the album "S'il Suffisait D'aimer":

1999:

World Music Award - Worldwide
» World’s Best Selling Female Pop Artist

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) – "Let’s Talk About Love"

Juno Award - Canada
» Best Selling Francophone Album – "S’il suffisait d’aimer"

BAMBI Award – Germany
» For Sales of over 10 million CDs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

South African Music Award – South Africa
» Best Selling International Album – "Let’s Talk About Love"

More than 100 million albums sold in the World:

Billboard - March 18, 2000:
All The Way: 14 million copies sold worldwide

Worldwide career sales over 130 million

Billboard - August 26, 2000:
Sony Music:
...
People thought no one would ever sell 10 million albums in Europe after Michael Jackson. And who was the next one to do so ? Celine Dion. And we did 8 million albums with Mariah Carey in Europe.

Billboard - January 26, 2002:
More than 130 million albums sold worldwide
30 million copies for Falling Into You
30 million copies for Let's Talk About Love
17 million copies for All The Way

15 million albums and singles sold in U.K.:

Billboard - October 5, 2002:

In Australia:
Shakira: 250.000
Jamiroquai: 250.000
Creed: 170.000
Celine Dion: 150.000 (A New Day Has Come)
System of a Down: 140.000

From the album "A New Day Has Come":

(8 million copies in the World)

2003:

Arion Music Award - Greece
» Best Sales, International Album for "A New Day Has Come"

More than 50 million albums sold in Europe:

2004:

World Music Awards - Worldwide
» Diamond Award

The Diamond Award was created to honour those incredibly successful recording artist who sold over 100 million albums during their musical career.

According to "World Music Award" , the Diamond Award was given for her being "The Biggest Selling Female Artist Of All Time"

Soundscan - December 31, 2005:

In 2005, Celine Dion sold 885.000 copies in the USA.

Soundscan - December 28, 2006:

In 2006, Celine Dion sold 559.000 copies in the USA.

Soundscan - December 31, 2007:

In 2007, Celine Dion sold 1.297.000 albums in the USA and 568.000 in Canada.

1 Garth Brooks - 67.402 m
2 Beatles - 55.695 m
3 Mariah Carey - 49.937 m
4 Celine Dion - 49.692 m
5 Metallica - 48.670 m

Top 5 Selling Bands/Artists in the Soundscan Era (1995 - 30/12/2007) - Canada:

 1 Celine Dion - 6,793 m
   2 Shania Twain - 4,207 m
3 Backstreet Boys - 4,081 m
4 U2 - 3,343 m
5 Sarah McLachlan - 2,978 m

2008 - During the Taking Chances Tour:

More than 1 million records sold in Poland:

The only artist with 7 million-selling albums in Canada:

Celine Dion - The Best Selling Female Artist in South Africa - visits the country for the 1st time:

(100.000 copies sold for Taking Chances)   (3 million albums sold in South Africa)

(Celine also received other 2 awards: DVD A New Day - 100.000 copies; Falling Into You - 600.000 copies)   

Taking Chances - Platinum in Belgium:

May 30, 2008:

The album/compilation "Falling Into You/Let's Talk About Love/A New Day Has Come" is #3 in Sweden. It's Celine's best position since One Heart, in 2003.

June 30, 2008:

"Falling Into You/Let's Talk About Love/A New Day Has Come" was certified gold (20.000) in Sweden.

Sony BMG Australia - October 2008:

Celine Dion is one of the highest selling female recording artists in Australia with over 4 million records sold.

Soundscan - December 31, 2008:

Soundscan Total for  Celine Dion:

31 March 2002: 39.170 m

31 July 2004: 45.6 m

End of 2004: 46.951 m

1 January 2005: 47.836 m

31 December 2006: 48.395 m

30 December 2007: 49.692 m

28 December 2008: 50.571 m

Soundscan - January 9, 2009:

Celine Dion sold 879.000 copies in 2008 in the USA and 234.000 copies in Canada.

January 19, 2009:

In 2008, Celine Dion sold 162.500 albums in France.

Soundscan - May 30, 2009:

The 20 artists that sold more albums in the USA in this decade (Jan 1, 2000 - May, 24 2009) are:

Soundscan - August 28, 2009:

Celine Dion has sold an incredibly impressive 50,807,000 albums in the SoundScan era (just a tad shy of Carey's 51,837,000 in that span).

Here are Dion's top sellers:

10,780,000, "Falling Into You (1996)
9,461,000, "Let's Talk About Love" (1997)
7,869,000, "All the Way...A Decade of Song" (1999)
5,077,000, "These Are Special Times" (1998)
4,501,000, "Colour of My Love" (1993)
3,294,000, "A New Day Has Come" (2002)
2,339,000, "Celine Dion" (1992)
1,790,000, "One Heart" (2003)
1,222,000, "Unison" (1990)
1,055,000, "Taking Chances" (2007)

Gfk - September 06, 2009:

Live a Québec DVD has sold 25,200 copies in France during the first half of 2009 and A New Day 2,100 units

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