ALONE 100% confirmed as next U.S. single

[x_celinedion]

As much as I do love her cover of Alone, I just have that feeling in my stomach and I can tell not many of you are approving that this isn't going to work out. I don't get why they had to do it so late it's been a couple of months since the CD has been released. I think if they would have released Eyes On Me or Shadow Of Love that it would have been so much better.

 

Also I'm so with you guys. When I saw the so called official video for Alone was up, I couldn't wait to watch it. I opened it and I said "what a rip off, it's a performance they didn't include in That's Just The Woman In Me Special." I was a bit ticked off.

 

Ah well I still love Celine with all my heart and whatever she does I'm behind her 110%, even more.

Edited March 29, 2008 at 05:18 PM by x_celinedion

[Chula]

I don't think "Alone" is the right choice. I prefer "Can't Fight The Feelin' or "Fade Away" 'coz they are more rockier!

[Bellamy]

BTW, in my conversation at sony, i expressed my disappointment over "alone" and said, "I thought we were building toward 'Eyes On Me' after the performance with will.I.am on the special." the sony rep (and this was NOT john doelp) inferred that he THOUGHT the label had pursued it and the will.i.am camp refused to give clearance to add him to the song...

 

=chuck=

Thank you for the additional info, Chuck. If Sony doesn't care about your disappointment, how could they take in consideration fans' opinion?

 

We don't have any power.

 

Exactly, they don't even care about the expert thought from BillBoard. Of course they won't care about fans at all.

[Your_Su_Phu]

the album should've been called fade away..to represent celine's fading away from the industry

[Nat27]

the album should've been called fade away..to represent celine's fading away from the industry

 

Whoa, a bit harsh! This is still the sensational Celine we are talking about!

[Davey84]

the album should've been called fade away..to represent celine's fading away from the industry

 

 

well to tell you the truth... in this rate she'll be fading away from the charts quickly!!!

[fred]

BTW, in my conversation at sony, i expressed my disappointment over "alone" and said, "I thought we were building toward 'Eyes On Me' after the performance with will.I.am on the special." the sony rep (and this was NOT john doelp) inferred that he THOUGHT the label had pursued it and the will.i.am camp refused to give clearance to add him to the song...

 

=chuck=

Thank you for the additional info, Chuck. If Sony doesn't care about your disappointment, how could they take in consideration fans' opinion?

 

We don't have any power.

 

Exactly, they don't even care about the expert thought from BillBoard. Of course they won't care about fans at all.

Well like someone already stated, their main concern is the money from the tour (huge venues, with overpriced seats) and as long as it sells, they're happy, and wont care about anything else since mission is complete.

 

/fred

[Bellamy]

Well like someone already stated, their main concern is the money from the tour (huge venues, with overpriced seats) and as long as it sells, they're happy, and wont care about anything else since mission is complete.

 

/fred

If you're talking about Celine's management, yes. If you're talking about SONY, no. SONY can't get any money from Celine's tour.

[anna]

BTW, in my conversation at sony, i expressed my disappointment over "alone" and said, "I thought we were building toward 'Eyes On Me' after the performance with will.I.am on the special." the sony rep (and this was NOT john doelp) inferred that he THOUGHT the label had pursued it and the will.i.am camp refused to give clearance to add him to the song...

 

=chuck=

Thank you for the additional info, Chuck. If Sony doesn't care about your disappointment, how could they take in consideration fans' opinion?

 

We don't have any power.

 

Exactly, they don't even care about the expert thought from BillBoard. Of course they won't care about fans at all.

 

 

how unfortunate the reality of all this is...

[Ronny83]

BTW, in my conversation at sony, i expressed my disappointment over "alone" and said, "I thought we were building toward 'Eyes On Me' after the performance with will.I.am on the special." the sony rep (and this was NOT john doelp) inferred that he THOUGHT the label had pursued it and the will.i.am camp refused to give clearance to add him to the song...

 

=chuck=

Thank you for the additional info, Chuck. If Sony doesn't care about your disappointment, how could they take in consideration fans' opinion?

 

We don't have any power.

 

Exactly, they don't even care about the expert thought from BillBoard. Of course they won't care about fans at all.

Well like someone already stated, their main concern is the money from the tour (huge venues, with overpriced seats) and as long as it sells, they're happy, and wont care about anything else since mission is complete.

 

/fred

Exactly.

[Nmj]

They are sick I think Mentally OFF because you did pick alone of all the songs there is something wrong with them

What About "Eyes On Me", "Fade Away", "Shadow Of Love" or Even "My Love"

-Nmj

[OnlyCeline]

They are sick I think Mentally OFF because you did pick alone of all the songs there is something wrong with them

What About "Eyes On Me", "Fade Away", "Shadow Of Love" or Even "My Love"

-Nmj

 

 

Will they EVER GET WELL soon!?

[celine_rox]

i knew it was gonna be a single

i was walking in the mall

then suddenly i hear the violins and giutar

i was listening quite carefully

then BOOM

"how do i get you allloooooonnnne"

it wasnt that bad really

but another song would have been a better pick for the second single

but who knows

it may be popular if heard by everyone

im hoping it does well

[Hilda]

Am I just being really slow with this or...., Alone on i tunes as a single? with artwork and everything! I havnt even seen a hint of a promo cd with proper artwork yet? Is this old news. Are they actually gonna bother witha cd release for it coz suddenly its just on itunes to download as a single.

[stillwater]

Sad but true... Hate to compare Celine with other artists, but given Celine's bad recording career moves the past several years, it wouldn't be surprising to see if one of these days Mariah surpasses her record album sales worldwide and earn Mariah the title - the world's biggest-selling female artist of all time! And did I hear it right, Mariah's quickly closing in on Celine's sales record? Also, to quote Billboard Music Charts news about Mariah, "Ms. Carey is on track to collect her 18th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart next week. That will push Carey to second place among artists with the most No. 1s in the rock era. The record is held by the Beatles with 20; Carey is currently tied with Elvis Presley." Impressive, right!

 

And one thing more is certain. Mariah made a wise career move when she left Sony!

 

 

 

the album should've been called fade away..to represent celine's fading away from the industry

[celinefanonline]

maybe we should have a poll for the next album for like how quick / how many weeks do u think the album will stay on chart or go off chart!

[Chin]

I think the choice of single is not the problem... The problem is the promotion of the single or the album.

We need a real music video for the new single, and we need the single played everywhere.

Also, the second single is such a long time since the first single were out!

[Prince Whiskers]

"Alone" could still work if they come up with a hot music video, but then again............

[JP]

That's so sad they kill this album again.. They are murderer loll

They kill every album since 6 years

[Celine=Love]

Another funny little tidbit to add to this debaucle is that Sony is stupidly oblivious to the fact that Heart's original (and better, might I add) version of this song is STILL PLAYING often on many of the United States AC radio stations.

[Elaine]

Fans should stop voting for Alone, and don't buy it if it's released in digital or CD format.

 

That's what I stopped doing since Garou released his new single!! I'm sorry Céline, but I'm voting for him!

 

BTW, in my conversation at sony, i expressed my disappointment over "alone" and said, "I thought we were building toward 'Eyes On Me' after the performance with will.I.am on the special." the sony rep (and this was NOT john doelp) inferred that he THOUGHT the label had pursued it and the will.i.am camp refused to give clearance to add him to the song...

 

=chuck=

The Sony representatives with their inferences... it's plain clear that they didn't want to cash out a certain sum of money for Céline Dion is not worth it currently.

 

Or maybe Will.i.am doesn't want to hurt his "cool" reputation on a Celine song...??

I don't know what to think anymore. I bet Clive Davis is paying someone at Sony to ruin Celine's career...

As for René and Céline... well, it's usually up to the record label to decide which songs are released as singles. Not many artists have a say on that matter unfortunately...

 

First of all, if Will.I.am thought his reputation would be bad, he wouldn't have even accepted being a guest on Céline's TV special whatsoever. There was a huge boom after that, and even some of my students who have never heard Céline in thrir lifetime came to me to comment on how good it had been and how Céline was great. I don't think it has to do with Will.I.am, but with the fact that they don't think Céline is worth investing. The saddest conclusion I can come to, but also realistic. "You never know what you have until you lose it" and in this case I believe they'll never lose her, therefore they'll never realize what they have.

[Dionesque]

In my opinion, even if I also agree that the Heart version is still better and still played in some radio stations in Poland/Germany too, I think the main problem isn't the choice of the song but exactely, as someone else already said, the promotion. Loads of those songs which make it to #1 are often not even 1/50 as good as some songs of Céline from "TCH", "D'elles" and "1f4t" or even from "Miracle"! But they are more promoted than Céline's songs... As far as Sony/her management won't give a damn to her recordings and releases than we can say goodbye to Céline on the top of the charts... Sad but true.

 

Although I will still be happy even if she won't have any more big hit in her career but still keeps on recording and performing, it still hurts a bit to see Mariah and other "divas" still being on top of the chart and gaining new public, new fans through their frequent airplays...

 

And I just hope Céline won't switch to "Barbra-modus" in terms of concert ticket prices. I mean, they are already overpriced on most shows but if she does next tour in some years and throw prices like on Barbra's last year tour than it will be just a disastair and so sad for many maaany fans who won't be able to afford those prices... Even now many can't affort so what would happend if the prices were double as high as they are now?!...

Better not to think about this issue....

[stillwater]

If Celine or Rene don't give a damn about these album sales hoopla, no-say on single releases, or, for example, what critics say and think, etc..(as what others claim in this forum), they should have packed it all up after Vegas, scrapped this tour altogether, and be a full-time mom to Rene-Charles. No wonder Celine's music and recording career, at the moment, is on a downtrend and continuous slide --- a sad, sad reality her fans have to face!!!

[Kyle_Jared]

Ok thanks Chuck, but when is this song ''offically'' going for adds at of course none other then "AC" radio? At this point I wouldnt be surprised if they held out 'til June! But, I digress.

 

Here's hoping we have another top ten AC Hit! Whooooptie doOO! lol. BTW, Chuck, from your opinion would it be advantageous for Sony to plug this song at HOT AC formats?? Maybe do Ryan Seacrests show? I mean, AC is 'her' format, but I think this track screams HOT AC too!

Edited March 30, 2008 at 11:53 PM by Kyle_Jared

[celinefan1985]

I think Sony secretly wants Celine to fail so she goes off their label. They have killed her career and that is no exageration. And if the "fans"are feeling this way, what about the rest of the population? Celine is indeed FADING AWAY... while Mimi and Madonna continue to be relevant. Sorry to say but her laissez-faire attitude vis-a-vis her career has finally caught up to her. My prediction, this is the second and last single off this album, if it even gets a release.

 

Wonder how sales of her North American tour are going?

[C<3sCeline]

OMG! Come On!!!

I mean I like the song, but why release it when its a cover! the 2nd single should have been Eyes On Me or Fade Away !!

Seriously she really needs to change her record label.

Stupid Sony BMG, doesnt Leona Lewis have the same record label?? and look how much she's being promoted at the moment!! And they do jack all for Celine!! Celine could be even bigger than she is if it wasnt for the crap job they have done of promoting her! I mean she could be more popular with younger audiences and stuff. Im really p*d off with Sony!! URGH!

Isnt there actually somewhere we can all complain to and say we want them to promote her more?

[stillwater]

This is exactly what I mean...

 

Which is why Mariah's career move to leave Sony is commendable; and on the other end, Madonna collaborating with Justin Timberlake is simply wow!

 

And Celine? I sense a less enthusiastic response to her tour in the US. I hope I'm wrong.

 

 

 

 

I think Sony secretly wants Celine to fail so she goes off their label. They have killed her career and that is no exageration. And if the "fans"are feeling this way, what about the rest of the population? Celine is indeed FADING AWAY... while Mimi and Madonna continue to be relevant. Sorry to say but her laissez-faire attitude vis-a-vis her career has finally caught up to her. My prediction, this is the second and last single off this album, if it even gets a release.

 

Wonder how sales of her North American tour are going?

[JLynnL24]

Maybe they are counting on the popularity of the original song to pull some weight? Don't know- I'm not a record exec... just a thought. I don't think the song is that bad.

[Prince Whiskers]

The ball is in Celine's court: DOES SHE STILL WANT IT?

 

Sony is Sony but IF Celine were to pull her diva rank and demand more, her recording co. would have no choice but to oblige bec. they would know that she has enough money to buy out her contract and switch to somewhere more competent. For somebody of her status, I see nothing wrong about asking for better promotion and better singles. It's not like heaven and earth have to be moved to make her recording situation better.

 

I wish she doesn't take her recording success FOR GRANTED bec. her current family life won't last forever. She's significantly younger than Rene and RC won't always want to be by her side. What will she do when Rene is gone and RC the teenager prefers to spend more time with his peers?

 

And I think it's UNFORGIVABLE that Sony is forgetting one cardinal rule:THE FANS KNOW BEST.

[Nando Férri]

I think Sony secretly wants Celine to fail so she goes off their label. They have killed her career and that is no exageration. And if the "fans"are feeling this way, what about the rest of the population? Celine is indeed FADING AWAY... while Mimi and Madonna continue to be relevant. Sorry to say but her laissez-faire attitude vis-a-vis her career has finally caught up to her. My prediction, this is the second and last single off this album, if it even gets a release.

 

Wonder how sales of her North American tour are going?

You have said everything that I think. 100% with you.