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One Heart (2003)

Where the lyrics of One Heart take you, and where it was really made.

Dion's nineteenth studio album was finished in just two weeks, squeezed between rehearsals for her Las Vegas show.

Key places

Atlantis, Stockholm (2003)

Recording site Atlantis — Atlantis in Stockholm is listed among the recording locations for One Heart. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Banaboat, Burbank (2003)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — Banaboat in Burbank is listed among the recording locations for One Heart at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Capitol Records Building (2003)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The Capitol studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles is listed among the recording locations for One Heart. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Cove City Sound, New York (2003)

Recording site Cove City Sound Studios — Cove City Sound in New York City is listed among the recording locations for One Heart. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Digital Insight, Las Vegas (2003)

Recording site Digital Insight — Digital Insight in Las Vegas is listed among the recording locations, matching the album's Las Vegas sessions. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Henson, Los Angeles (2003)

Recording site Henson Recording Studios — The Henson studio in Los Angeles is listed among the recording locations for One Heart. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Piccolo, Montreal (2003)

Recording site Piccolo Studios — Piccolo in Montreal, Dion's hometown, is listed among the recording locations for One Heart. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Le Bateau-Lune, Paris (2003)

Recording site Pathé Marconi studios — Le Bateau-Lune in Paris is listed among the recording locations for One Heart at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• One Heart: nineteenth studio album and eighth English-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion
• Released 24 March 2003 by Columbia Records and Epic Records
• Lighter, more playful departure from Dion's traditional power-ballad style
• Blends contemporary pop with slower, more restrained material
• Producers include Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, Peer Åström, Anders Bagge, and Kristian Lundin

Background

• Followed her 2002 album A New Day Has Come
• After her farewell millennium concert in Montreal on 31 December 1999, Dion took a two-year break from her career
• Accepted a five-year concert engagement at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to stay closer to her young son
• Signed a $10 million endorsement deal with DaimlerChrysler at the start of the Las Vegas engagement
• Her record label asked for a new English-language album so the new material would not stay limited to commercials
• Production was completed in only two weeks before the end of January 2003 to fit her rehearsal schedule

Recording

• Recorded in Las Vegas and Florida
• Dion called the album "light and fun" but more emotionally raw than her earlier work
• "Sorry for Love" was re-recorded after its dance version appeared on A New Day Has Come
• "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" and "Have You Ever Been in Love" were also carried over from that album
• "Je t'aime encore" was later recorded in French for 1 fille & 4 types

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, the youngest of 14 children.
• Discovered by future manager and husband René Angélil after her brother sent him a demo recording of her first song "Ce n'était qu'un rêve".
• Angélil mortgaged his home in 1981 to fund her first record, La voix du bon Dieu, which became a No. 1 hit in Quebec.
• Won the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1982.
• Won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 for Switzerland with "Ne partez pas sans moi".

Career

• Debuted in the Anglophone market with Unison (1990), followed by Celine Dion (1992).
• Breakthrough with "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) with Peabo Bryson, winning her first Grammy.
• The Colour of My Love (1993) and Falling into You (1996) became major international successes.
• "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic (1997) became her signature song and one of the best-selling singles.
• D'eux (1995) became the best-selling French-language album.
• Held the A New Day... residency at Caesars Palace (2003–2007), the highest-grossing concert residency; the Los Angeles Times ranked her the top-earning artist of the 2000s.
• Announced in 2022 a diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, cancelling tours; returned to performing at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

Members

• Solo artist; manager and husband René Angélil (died 2016) guided her career.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave two-and-a-half stars out of five, criticizing the album's lack of cohesion
• Erlewine linked the collaboration with Britney Spears producer Max Martin to an attempt to stay commercially relevant
• People's Chuck Arnold described the album as "a bit jarring at times" but praised its lighter sound and upbeat dance, easy-listening rock, and country-pop influences
• Dan Aquilante of the New York Post praised the departure from Dion's adult contemporary ballads and singled out "Reveal" for showing her "exceptional vocal command"
• Andrew Lynch of Entertainment.ie was more negative, calling the songwriting bland and saying the album was one of her better collections only by a small margin
• The Guardian's Betty Clarke wrote that Dion proves she can be more than a series of hollow sentiments
• Darryl Sterdan of Jam! gave a negative review, calling the album full of unoriginal, forgettable fluff
• Sarah Liss of Now criticized the pop crossover repositioning while noting her more restrained vocal approach
• Rebecca Wallwork of Amazon praised the album's theme of joy and called it well timed and well executed
• Elisabeth Vincentelli of Entertainment Weekly praised Dion's sincerity and her genuine love for her job
• Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the album as a whole and said it may be the smartest album Dion could make at that stage of her career
• Billboard said the album succeeds at something more important than being an event record: it is a fine piece of music

Records

• Canada: debuted at number one with 97,000 copies in its first week, the biggest debut of the year there
• Canada: eight weeks inside the top 10; CRIA triple platinum for 300,000 units shipped
• France: debuted at number one and stayed there for two weeks; platinum certification in July 2003
• United Kingdom: peaked at number four, gold certification, over 204,000 copies sold
• United States: debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 432,000 first-week sales
• United States: RIAA double platinum in April 2003 for two million shipments
• Europe: number two on the European Top 100 Albums; IFPI platinum for over one million sales in Europe
• Worldwide: over five million copies sold
• 2003: Dion won the American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
• 2004: four Juno Award nominations, including Album of the Year for One Heart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• In June 2004, a bonus DVD titled One Year... One Heart was included with some editions of A New Day... Live in Las Vegas.
• The lead single "I Drove All Night" was a cover of a Roy Orbison song, recorded for the DaimlerChrysler campaign.
• The album's Las Vegas link was reinforced by releasing it in North America on 25 March 2003, the day the engagement officially opened.
• Chrysler also became the primary sponsor of Dion's Las Vegas engagement in January 2003.
• Music videos for "Have You Ever Been in Love" and "One Heart" were filmed back-to-back in Los Angeles.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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