Loved Me Back To Life, the critically acclaimed new album from multi-platinum-selling and five-time Grammy Award-winning musical legend Celine Dion, has made an impressive debut across the globe. Highlighted by the pulsating, upbeat lead single “Loved Me Back To Life” as well as duets with music superstars Ne-Yo (“Incredible”) and Stevie Wonder (“Overjoyed”), the album—Celine’s first English-language album in six years—ranks #1 on Nielsen’s SoundScan in Canada and #2 on this week’s Billboard 200 in the U.S.
This fantastic North American debut comes alongside much international success. Loved Me Back To Life soared to #1 on iTunes in 44 countries including Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Luxembourg, Poland, and South Africa, and reached Top 5 in an additional 42 countries including Canada, France, Germany, U.K., Sweden, Brazil, The Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Czech Republic, and Denmark. The album enters the charts in the Top 5 throughout several international territories, including France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Middle East, and Holland, where the album’s #1 ranking is Celine’s first chart-topping debut in more than a decade.
Celine is currently in Europe, where this past week the singer performed “Loved Me Back To Life” on X Factor in the U.K. and Wetten, Dass…? in Germany. In France, Celine will perform on five nationally televised specials airing through the holidays. Celine will also perform on Strictly Come Dancing in the U.K. on December 14.
Praised for her incredible, one-of-a-kind vocal ability, critics are raving about Celine and Loved Me Back To Life. “She is the iceberg, destroying all Titanics,” exclaims The New York Times. Billboard suggests that the album “features some of her most vocally challenging and artistically rewarding performances yet,” while USA Today says the singer is “still at her best.” The New York Post declares that “Dion has returned with a record that’s easily her edgiest,” while PEOPLE simply shouts, “She’s back!”
Just yesterday, Celine announced the addition of 35 summer 2014 performances of her critically-acclaimed residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The summer performances scheduled from June 10 to August 31 go on sale beginning Friday, November 15 at 10 a.m. PST. and may be purchased by calling 877.4CELINE or 888.9.AXS.TIX, online at www.axs.com www.thecolosseum.com or www.celineinvegas.com or in person at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Box Office open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
