''Céline Dion chante Noël'' (English: "Celine Dion sings Christmas") is the second French-language

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by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

, released in

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, Canada on 4 December 1981. It is also her first Christmas album.

Content

The album was released three weeks after Dion's debut longplay and contained traditional Christmas carols. Tracks " Glory Alleluia", " Promenade en traîneau" and " Joyeux Noël" also appeared on Dion's second Christmas album, '' Chants et contes de Noël'' (1983). In 1993, Dion recorded an English version of "Joyeux Noël" with its original English lyrics for David Foster's ''The Christmas Album''. This recording of "

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" appeared later on her 1998 album, '' These Are Special Times''. Dion also recorded a new version of " Petit Papa Noël" with

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in 1994, for their album '' A Very Merry Chipmunk''.

Commercial performance

Although there were no singles issued to promote it, ''Céline Dion Chante Noël'' and '' La voix du bon Dieu'' sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and would go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year.

Track listing

All tracks produced by René Angélil.

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celine Dion Chante Noel 1981 Christmas albums Celine Dion albums Christmas albums by Canadian artists Pop Christmas albums Albums produced by René Angélil