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=== 1993–1995: ''The Colour of My Love'' and ''D'eux'' === In 1993, Dion announced her feelings for her manager by declaring him "the colour of [her] love" in the dedication section of her third English-language album ''[[The Colour of My Love]]''. However, instead of criticizing their relationship as she had feared, fans embraced the couple.<ref name="Time1" /> Eventually, Angélil and Dion married in an extravagant wedding ceremony on 17 December 1994, which was broadcast live on Canadian television.<ref>{{Cite news |title=1994: Céline Dion marries her longtime manager |work=CBC.ca |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1994-celine-dion-marries-her-longtime-manager |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614185452/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1994-celine-dion-marries-her-longtime-manager |url-status=live }}</ref> As with most of her catalogue, ''The Colour of My Love'' had overarching themes of love and romance.<ref name= "autogenerated23">{{Cite web |title= Celine Dion The Colour of My Love |url= http://www.pluggedin.com/music/albums/2002/celinedion-thecolourofmylove.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402231118/http://www.pluggedin.com/music/albums/2002/celinedion-thecolourofmylove.aspx |archive-date=2 April 2012 |access-date= 27 September 2013 |website=Plugged In}}</ref> It became her most successful record up to point, selling more than six million copies in the US, two million in Canada, and peaking at No. 1 in many countries. The album also spawned Dion's first US, Canadian, and Australian No. 1 single "[[The Power of Love (Celine Dion)|The Power of Love]]" (a remake of [[Jennifer Rush]]'s 1985 hit), which would become her [[signature song|signature hit]] in various nations until she reached new career heights in the late 1990s.<ref name="autogenerated18" /> The single "[[When I Fall in Love#Céline Dion and Clive Griffin version|When I Fall in Love]]", a duet with [[Clive Griffin]], achieved moderate success on the U.S. and Canadian charts and was nominated for two Grammy Awards, winning one. ''The Colour of My Love'' also became Dion's first major hit in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom. Both the album and the single "[[Think Twice (Celine Dion song)|Think Twice]]" simultaneously occupied the top of the British charts for five consecutive weeks. "Think Twice", which remained at No. 1 for seven weeks, eventually became the fourth single by a female artist to sell in excess of one million copies in the UK<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Journey so Far |url=http://www.celinedion.com/biography?page=0,2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709112546/http://www.celinedion.com/biography?page=0%2C2 |archive-date=9 July 2012 |access-date=16 August 2005 |website= celinedion.com}}</ref> while the album was eventually certified five-times platinum for two million copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Certified Awards Search |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115055129/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> Dion kept to her French roots and continued to release many Francophone recordings between each English record.<ref name= "autogenerated15">"Celine Dion". Compton's by Britannica. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2005.</ref> Generally, they achieved more credibility than her English-language works.<ref name= "autogenerated21" /> She released ''[[À l'Olympia (Céline Dion album)|À l'Olympia]]'', a live album recorded during one of her concerts at the [[Paris Olympia]] in 1994. It had one promotional single, a live version of "[[Calling You#Céline Dion version|Calling You]]", which peaked at seventy-five on the French Singles Chart. She also recorded a bilingual version of "[[Petit Papa Noël]]" with [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] for the 1994 holiday album ''[[A Very Merry Chipmunk]]''. ''[[D'eux]]'' (also known as ''The French Album'' in the United States), was released in 1995, and it would go on to become the best-selling French-language album of all time.<ref name= "autogenerated15" /> The album was mostly written and produced by [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]], and amassed huge success with the singles "[[Pour que tu m'aimes encore]]" and "[[Je sais pas]]". "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" reached No. 1 in France and stayed at the top position for twelve weeks. It was later certified Platinum in France.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=1995&type=9 | title= Celine Dion| website= disqueenfrance.com| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120111014755/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=1995&type=9| archivedate= 11 January 2012| accessdate = 12 October 2009}}</ref> The single reached the top ten in the UK and Ireland, a rare accomplishment for a French song. "Je sais pas", the second single off the album, reached No. 1 on the French Singles Chart as well and was certified Silver there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les disques d'or |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=1995&type=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011202015/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=1995&type=6 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=27 September 2013 |language=fr}}</ref> During the mid-1990s and onward, Dion's albums were generally constructed on the basis of melodramatic soft rock ballads, with sprinklings of up-tempo pop and rare forays into other genres.<ref>[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine|Erlewine, Stephen Thomas]]. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r328599|pure_url=yes}} Let's Talk About Love: Album review]. Allmusic; retrieved 12 October 2009.</ref> She collaborated with writers and producers such as [[Jim Steinman]] and David Foster, who helped her to develop a signature sound.<ref name="Time1" /><ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r232836|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic.com; retrieved 12 October 2009.</ref> While critical reviews fluctuated, her releases performed increasingly well on the international charts, and in 1996, she won the [[World Music Award]] for "World's Best-selling Female Recording Artist of the Year" for the third time. By the mid-1990s, she had established herself as one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling artists in the world]].<ref name="Inter">Jerome, Jim. "The Dream That Drives Her. (Singer Celine Dion) (Interview)", ''Ladies Home Journal'', 1 November 1997. 146(4).</ref>
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