''Mélanie'' (English: "Melanie") is the sixth French-language

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by Canadian singer

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, released in

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, Canada on 22 August 1984. It includes the hit song, " Une colombe". The album reached number one in Quebec, was certified Gold in Canada and won two Félix Awards for Album of the Year and Best Selling Album of the Year.

Content

The album includes ten songs co-written mainly by

Eddy Marnay Edmond Bacri (18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), known professionally as Eddy Marnay, was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint win ...

and produced by Marnay and

René Angélil René Angélil (; – ) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the husband and manager of singer Celine Dion. Early life Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of Syrian descent and a mother of ...

. " Une colombe" was performed by Dion for Pope

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in front of 65,000 people at the

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in Montreal in 1984. The title track was dedicated to Dion's little niece Karine, diagnosed with

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. In 2016, "Trois heures vingt" was played as the opening processional during the funeral services of her husband and manager,

. It was also included on Dion's 2016 album, ''

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''.

Commercial performance

The album became another commercial success, reaching Gold in Canada. It topped the chart in Quebec for ten weeks. " Une colombe" was also certified Gold. ''Mélanie'' produced two top ten Quebec singles in "Une colombe" and " Mon rêve de toujours", which peaked at number two and four, respectively. The third single, " Un amour pour moi" was also considerably successful and peaked at number twelve.

Accolades

The next year, Dion won five Felix Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Selling Album of the Year for ''Mélanie'', Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year ("Une colombe") and Best Selling Single of the Year ("Une colombe"). She was also nominated for the Felix Award for Pop Album of the Year (''Mélanie''), Artist of the Year Achieving the Most Success Outside Quebec and Show of the Year (Céline Dion en concert). Additionally, Harvey Robitaille won Felix Award for Sound Engineer of the Year thanks to Céline Dion en concert and Paul Baillargeon was nominated for Arranger of the Year thanks to "Une colombe".

Track listing

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melanie 1984 albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion albums Albums produced by René Angélil