Celine on The Billboard Hot 100

[LuisMa]

Here are all of Celine's singles on the Billboard Hot 100 on their peak weeks. The pics from the 2000s charts are not that great because I made them from photocopies, but still you can see. It's interesting to see where she was and what songs were around her at the moment she charted. Hope you enjoy this!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LuisMa]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Xpresso]

Thanks Luis!! That's a lot of work on your part.

Amazing to see all those Céline hits!

[celinemaniacaik]

Nice to see Celine on all those lists!

 

Thanks!

[mike_z]

wow man, I really hope we'll see her score a TOP 10 hit this year...

[Hilda]

i thought all by myself was number 1 on hot 100?

[Hilda]

p.s - its weird to think that some of her biggest and best hits here in the uk didnt even barely register in the US such as think twice and only one road. bizarre

[chocolatechip15]

Thanks so much for compiling these!! So interesting! Interesting, too, how until Falling Into You, she only had one really big hit per album, with several singles that didn't go too far.

[CelinesDIVO5]

p.s - its weird to think that some of her biggest and best hits here in the uk didnt even barely register in the US such as think twice and only one road. bizarre

 

I had a similar thought.... It's funny how songs like "All By Myself" charted MUCH higher in the US than "Love Can Move Mountains" and was not even included on "All The Way...A Decade of Song".... "Nothing Broken But My Heart" even charted higher than LCMM. Strange...

[LuisMa]

p.s - its weird to think that some of her biggest and best hits here in the uk didnt even barely register in the US such as think twice and only one road. bizarre

 

In a way, I'm happy this happened this way, because that proves that she cemented her superstar status with a variety of hits worldwide, not with just one or two singles that were megahits everywhere.

[joaofilho]

Nice work, and think that some of these songs had better performances and she never sings, and some are not in ATW.

[LuisMa]

One thing I'll never understand is why they failed to include WDMHBN in the ATW collection, since it was a smash, it started it all in the US, and "Unison" was not represented in that CD. Edited January 14, 2013 at 03:55 PM by LuisMa

[Hilda]

yeah that is strange - love that song

[Hilda]

i think all the way is a terrible representation of her decade of anglo song - thank got for the essential collection

[LuisMa]

I got this scan from the fabulous Top Pop Singles 12th Edition book by Joel Whitburn, with a comprehensive look at Celine on the Hot 100. It also features weeks at number one of the songs that topped the AC chart, and songs that did not make it onto the Hot 100 but were big radio hits, like "To Love You More", as well as those that "bubbled under".

 

 

 

The weird thing about this is the last statement: Classic Non Hot 100 hit: If You Could See Me Now. Of course it is a classic, but it didn't win a Grammy.

Edited January 19, 2013 at 09:51 PM by LuisMa

[cdeas]

she needs more Nr 1 hits... hope her new album is going to change it....

[Jimnezis]

AMAZING

[J-Man]

Beautifully presented Luis. Thanks so much for doing thus

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

LOVE all of this, thanks for posting them! I really liked seeing all of the artists that rise around her through the decades. In the beginning you see names that are gone and replaced by new ones by the end, it's cool. I still look - in bitterness - at the peak of That's The Way It Is. It got to the top ten on airplay alone. Who knows what a well-timed physical release may have done for it...

[LuisMa]

You're welcome!

 

For those of you who are interested in fun chart facts, I have prepared a Celine trivia for each of her Hot 100 singles:

• When “Where Does My Heart Beat Now” moved from number 51 to 39 on the Hot 100 in the first week of 1991, she became the first French-Canadian woman to reach the Top 40 since Nancy Martinez was at its peak of number 32, in the exact same week in 1987.
  
• When “(If There Was) Any Other Way” entered the Top 40, it made a healthy six notch jump to number 35, but the following week, it disappeared, retreating to number 41. It became the highest debuting single in the Top 40 to drop out the following week, since Tiffany made the same movement in 1989 with “Radio Romance”.
  
• “Beauty And The Beast” was the first song of the 90s to move into the top 10, drop out, and then return to a higher peak position, as it moved 10-13-9 in early 1992.
  
• “If You Asked Me To” became the first Celine Dion song to have already appeared on the Billboard Hot 100. Patti LaBelle’s version went to number 79 in October 1989.
  
• “Nothing Broken But My Heart” is the lowest peaking Hot 100 hit for Celine (#29) to reach number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
  
• “Love Can Move Mountains” is the only Celine Hot 100 hit to have lost steam before reaching the Top 40, dropped down, lost its airplay and sales gains (50-50-55), but then rebounded and ultimately peaked at number 36.
  
• “When I Fall In Love” became the first song by Celine to chart on the Hot 100 and be featured on a number 1 album. “Sleepless In Seattle” commanded the Billboard Top 200 albums for one week in 1993.
  
• “The Power Of Love” had charted 3 times before on the Billboard Hot 100. Jennifer Rush took the original to number 57 in 1986. But her own composition was not the first to chart on the Hot 100, as Air Supply hit number 68 with their version, which had the parenthetical subtitle “(You Are My Lady)”; then in 1988 Laura Branigan took the song to Top 40 for the first time, peaking at number 26. Of course, Celine took it out of the stratosphere when she commanded the list for 4 weeks.
  
• “Misled” became the first Celine hit to reach number 1 on the dance charts.
  
• “Think Twice” was snubbed by radio in the US, where it only hit number 95, but overseas it was a huge hit, reaching number 1 in the UK for 7 weeks.
  
• “Only One Road” at the time became her song that spent the fewest weeks on the chart, as it only stayed there 3 weeks. Though “Think Twice” got to a lower position, it stayed five weeks on the Hot 100.
  
• When “Because You Loved Me” hit number 1, I remember writing a letter to Chart Beat, asking if she had been the fastest non-American artist to reach number one, as at the time only four artists had debuted at number one: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Boyz II Men. By zooming 36-5-1, Celine only took three weeks to reach pole position. The Billboard columnist wrote, “Luis, she was fast but hasn’t been the fastest, as The Beatles zoomed 27-1 with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” so they are the fastest non-Americans to reach number 1.”
  
• “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” is in a strange group of songs that made the 12-7-4 movement on the Hot 100 and never reached number 1. Other songs that made the dreaded movement include “I’ll Remember” by Madonna, “Giving You The Benefit” by Pebbles, and “Buttons” by The Pussycat Dolls. The strangest thing is that this “rule” had been going for years, since the mid 1980s. I just received my Billboard Hot 100 book of the 2000s, so I’ll check to see if it has been broken.
  
• “All By Myself” became the first Celine song to enter the Hot 100 in its top ten, as it debuted at number 7 on the March 29, 1997.
  
• “My Heart Will Go On” was her first song to debut at number one, and it was highly expected at the time, as it had been commanding the Hot Airplay chart for weeks, and only a limited quantity (640,000 copies) was released. So it squashed the competition when it debuted, but its reign was unfortunately short-lived, as it sold out very fast.
  
• “I’m Your Angel” has probably the most bogus chart consideration of all songs. It debuted the week of December 5, 1998, which was the week in which the Hot 100 would change to include Airplay-only hits. Given that the week before no airplay-only songs had been allowed to chart, and that the anticipated duet was released, it would make a splashy debut the following week… but it didn’t (sort of). As Billboard produced its chart “I’m Your Angel” didn’t appear to debut, as it showed it had moved from number 46 to 1, as Billboard’s numbers for “Last Week” and “Two Weeks” had been taken from Hot 100 test charts that had been published internally in order to preview the big chart changes. Up to this day, anytime “I’m Your Angel” is to be given credit for either its big chart movement or its debut status, it is ignored by magazine columnists.
  
• “That’s The Way It Is” is not only the last Celine song to grace the Top 10, but the only one to make it there without a commercial single available to help its position. In other words, its number 6 position was only due to airplay.
  
• “A New Day Has Come” remains Celine’s last Top 40 hit. This was also the first time that the track that gives name to her album was released as first single.
  
• Even though “I Drove All Night” failed to hit the Top 40, reaching number 45, it did hit the Top 40 pop chart.
  
• “Taking Chances” is the second cover of hers to make the Hot 100, whose original never charted at all.
  
• “The Prayer” is the only live recording of hers to grace the chart. I’ll have to do some research on this, but I think she’s one of very, very few people to have charted with more than three Academy-Award nominated songs.
  

[DionFanAlways]

Nice work Luis! It really irks me about "Think Twice" Excellent song! Stupid decision by radio stations in the states...............

[chocolatechip15]

You're welcome!

 

For those of you who are interested in fun chart facts, I have prepared a Celine trivia for each of her Hot 100 singles:

• When “Where Does My Heart Beat Now” moved from number 51 to 39 on the Hot 100 in the first week of 1991, she became the first French-Canadian woman to reach the Top 40 since Nancy Martinez was at its peak of number 32, in the exact same week in 1987.
  
• When “(If There Was) Any Other Way” entered the Top 40, it made a healthy six notch jump to number 35, but the following week, it disappeared, retreating to number 41. It became the highest debuting single in the Top 40 to drop out the following week, since Tiffany made the same movement in 1989 with “Radio Romance”.
  
• “Beauty And The Beast” was the first song of the 90s to move into the top 10, drop out, and then return to a higher peak position, as it moved 10-13-9 in early 1992.
  
• “If You Asked Me To” became the first Celine Dion song to have already appeared on the Billboard Hot 100. Patti LaBelle’s version went to number 79 in October 1989.
  
• “Nothing Broken But My Heart” is the lowest peaking Hot 100 hit for Celine (#29) to reach number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
  
• “Love Can Move Mountains” is the only Celine Hot 100 hit to have lost steam before reaching the Top 40, dropped down, lost its airplay and sales gains (50-50-55), but then rebounded and ultimately peaked at number 36.
  
• “When I Fall In Love” became the first song by Celine to chart on the Hot 100 and be featured on a number 1 album. “Sleepless In Seattle” commanded the Billboard Top 200 albums for one week in 1993.
  
• “The Power Of Love” had charted 3 times before on the Billboard Hot 100. Jennifer Rush took the original to number 57 in 1986. But her own composition was not the first to chart on the Hot 100, as Air Supply hit number 68 with their version, which had the parenthetical subtitle “(You Are My Lady)”; then in 1988 Laura Branigan took the song to Top 40 for the first time, peaking at number 26. Of course, Celine took it out of the stratosphere when she commanded the list for 4 weeks.
  
• “Misled” became the first Celine hit to reach number 1 on the dance charts.
  
• “Think Twice” was snubbed by radio in the US, where it only hit number 95, but overseas it was a huge hit, reaching number 1 in the UK for 7 weeks.
  
• “Only One Road” at the time became her song that spent the fewest weeks on the chart, as it only stayed there 3 weeks. Though “Think Twice” got to a lower position, it stayed five weeks on the Hot 100.
  
• When “Because You Loved Me” hit number 1, I remember writing a letter to Chart Beat, asking if she had been the fastest non-American artist to reach number one, as at the time only four artists had debuted at number one: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Boyz II Men. By zooming 36-5-1, Celine only took three weeks to reach pole position. The Billboard columnist wrote, “Luis, she was fast but hasn’t been the fastest, as The Beatles zoomed 27-1 with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” so they are the fastest non-Americans to reach number 1.”
  
• “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” is in a strange group of songs that made the 12-7-4 movement on the Hot 100 and never reached number 1. Other songs that made the dreaded movement include “I’ll Remember” by Madonna, “Giving You The Benefit” by Pebbles, and “Buttons” by The Pussycat Dolls. The strangest thing is that this “rule” had been going for years, since the mid 1980s. I just received my Billboard Hot 100 book of the 2000s, so I’ll check to see if it has been broken.
  
• “All By Myself” became the first Celine song to enter the Hot 100 in its top ten, as it debuted at number 7 on the March 29, 1997.
  
• “My Heart Will Go On” was her first song to debut at number one, and it was highly expected at the time, as it had been commanding the Hot Airplay chart for weeks, and only a limited quantity (640,000 copies) was released. So it squashed the competition when it debuted, but its reign was unfortunately short-lived, as it sold out very fast.
  
• “I’m Your Angel” has probably the most bogus chart consideration of all songs. It debuted the week of December 5, 1998, which was the week in which the Hot 100 would change to include Airplay-only hits. Given that the week before no airplay-only songs had been allowed to chart, and that the anticipated duet was released, it would make a splashy debut the following week… but it didn’t (sort of). As Billboard produced its chart “I’m Your Angel” didn’t appear to debut, as it showed it had moved from number 46 to 1, as Billboard’s numbers for “Last Week” and “Two Weeks” had been taken from Hot 100 test charts that had been published internally in order to preview the big chart changes. Up to this day, anytime “I’m Your Angel” is to be given credit for either its big chart movement or its debut status, it is ignored by magazine columnists.
  
• “That’s The Way It Is” is not only the last Celine song to grace the Top 10, but the only one to make it there without a commercial single available to help its position. In other words, its number 6 position was only due to airplay.
  
• “A New Day Has Come” remains Celine’s last Top 40 hit. This was also the first time that the track that gives name to her album was released as first single.
  
• Even though “I Drove All Night” failed to hit the Top 40, reaching number 45, it did hit the Top 40 pop chart.
  
• “Taking Chances” is the second cover of hers to make the Hot 100, whose original never charted at all.
  
• “The Prayer” is the only live recording of hers to grace the chart. I’ll have to do some research on this, but I think she’s one of very, very few people to have charted with more than three Academy-Award nominated songs.
  

 

 

Thanks Luis! Interesting stuff! Do you know if any other singles were released from Unison, or did they stop at If There Was Any Other Way? I've always wondered why they never released the David Foster songs from that album as singles, because Celine and Rene make such a big deal about how important his involvement in that first album was. I think "Have a Heart" could have been huge.

 

Maybe they stopped releasing songs from Unison because of Beauty and the Beast.

[Hilda]

jesus yr like a billboard encyclopaedia - interesting about im yr angel! and i didnt realise that all by myself was released in the US later than the rest of the world - for example here it was christmas 96 - i guess that explains why its artwork in the US is the same as our call the mans as they would have been released at similar-ish times.

[Shaun]

Depressing that the last Top 10 hit was 14 years ago. More depressing that the last Top 40 hit was 11 years ago.

[LuisMa]

Thanks Luis! Interesting stuff! Do you know if any other singles were released from Unison, or did they stop at If There Was Any Other Way? I've always wondered why they never released the David Foster songs from that album as singles, because Celine and Rene make such a big deal about how important his involvement in that first album was. I think "Have a Heart" could have been huge.

 

Maybe they stopped releasing songs from Unison because of Beauty and the Beast.

 

They did release another one! "The Last To Know" was the third and final single in the United States. I remember the second Billboard magazine I had ever bought included its review, and I remember it more or less going like this:

 

"After a tepid response to '(If There Was) Any Other Way', French Canadian lass Celine Dion returns to familiar ballad territory with 'The Last To Know'. While this is a lovely track, its B-side "Unison" is far superior. This song is ready to set dancefloors on fire."

 

"The Last To Know" would become her first US single not to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

[mb011]

this is one great thread, with some great information, thanks!

[LuisMa]

I made this video with all of Celine's Billboard Hot 100 hits, including some other data, and a small promo at the end:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5CN-kjoXw&feature=youtu.be

[marc-02]

I made this video with all of Celine's Billboard Hot 100 hits, including some other data, and a small promo at the end:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5CN-kjoXw&feature=youtu.be

 

Thanks for this amazong compilation.

 

I do have a few questions however.

 

- Sony only released limited copies of the MHWGO single 600k+ that's why the single only topped the chart for two weeks, apparently after the singles had been sold out. Now, my question, if all or almost all of the 600k copies had already been sold out, how did the song manage to stay in the chart for 18 more weeks, given that the chart that time was only a singles-based chart and airplay was not yet being xonsidered that time?

 

- second question, if TTWII was only an airplay-only single for celine... how come there is a b-side (IWYTNM)... that would seem it had a physical single...

 

Thabks again!

Edited November 1, 2013 at 05:08 PM by marc-02

[LuisMa]

 

 

Thanks for this amazong compilation.

 

I do have a few questions however.

 

- Sony only released limited copies of the MHWGO single 600k+ that's why the single only topped the chart for two weeks, apparently after the singles had been sold out. Now, my question, if all or almost all of the 600k copies had already been sold out, how did the song manage to stay in the chart for 18 more weeks, given that the chart that time was only a singles-based chart and airplay was not yet being xonsidered that time?

 

- second question, if TTWII was only an airplay-only single for celine... how come there is a b-side (IWYTNM)... that would seem it had a physical single...

 

Thabks again!

 

I guess as the single had already entered the chart based on its commercial availability, the other 18 weeks it stayed were merely on the strength of its airplay and the remaining scans it had.

 

TTWII was released as a double A side single with "I Want You To Need Me", but it was much later, so its sales did not aid towards its chart placement.