''Timeless'', known as ''Time to Say Goodbye'' in the United States and Canada, is the fifth album by classical crossover

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and the

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. The album went gold or platinum in 21 countries, selling over 1.4 million copies in the United States alone, and topped the Billboard Classical Crossover chart in the United States for 35 weeks.

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5.1 release of the album is also titled ''Time to Say Goodbye'' and follows the American track listing.

Commercial performance

This album peaked at No. 71 on the ''

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'' Top 200 albums, and peaked at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Top Classical Crossover Albums. On the Billboard Classical charts, it stayed at the peak for thirty-five consecutive weeks.

Track listing

Note *The ''Time to Say Goodbye'' release has the same tracks, but opens with the title song. Songs fall in the same order with that exception.

Singles

* " Time to Say Goodbye" (feat. Andrea Bocelli) (1996) * "

Just Show Me How to Love You "Tu Cosa Fai Stasera" is a song by Dario Baldan Bembo, Amerigo Cassella which came third in the 1981 the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival and later made famous by Sarah Brightman, under the title Just Show Me How to Love You, when translat ...

" (1997) * "

Tú Quieres Volver "Tú Quieres Volver" or, "You want to return" is a song by the Gipsy Kings, released on their self-titled album ''Gipsy Kings'' in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The Gipsy Kings of 1988 are: Nicolas Reyes, Paul Reyes, Francois Reyes, Patchai Reyes, ...

" (1997) * " There for Me" (1997) * "

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" (1997)

Charts

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Certifications

References

1997 albums Sarah Brightman albums Albums produced by Frank Peterson East West Records albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub