The legacy of My Heart Will Go On

[scielle]

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Edited October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM by scielle

[Derek F.]

Hope you all have been doing well! It’s been too long since I’ve posted any new updates here in this topic!

As others posted in this topic earlier this yr., how incredible that “My Heart Will Go On” was 1 of only 25 titles inducted into The Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry!, and there were over 2,600 nominations made for this yr’s picks!

 

Recent updated “My Heart Will Go On” stat’s:

• “My Heart Will Go On” single version/LTAL album version, now has over 657 million total streams on Spotify!!!, as of 10/19/25, and has increased in total streams by 72 million since early Dec. of ’24!
  
• “My Heart Will Go On” soundtrack version, now has over 71 million total streams on Spotify!!!, as of 10/19/25!
  
• “My Heart Will Go On” now has over 89 million total UK streams, as of 2025, according to officialcharts.com, which increased from 27 million total streams as of 2019, a increase of 62 million total streams in just 6 yrs. In the UK!!
  
• According to YouTube Music, “My Heart Will Go On” single version/LTAL album version, has over 356 million plays, while the soundtrack version now has over 261 million plays on YouTube Music as of Oct. ‘25!!
  
• As of Oct. ’25, “My Heart Will Go On” is the #1 most streamed song on the extremely popular YouTube page- HD Film Tributes, with over 207 million plays/views!! HD Film Tributes has about 3 million subscribers, & about 300 videos!
  
• As of Oct. ’25, “My Heart Will Go On” is one of the most streamed songs on the popular YouTube page-7clouds (also a record label & music curation brand on YouTube), with over 52 million plays/views!! 7clouds has more than 30 million subscribers, & more than 3,000 videos!
  
• According to Songstats, a website which aggregates music data into one comprehensive analytics platform, as of Oct. ’25, “My Heart Will Go On” now has over 500K+ radio plays/spins!!
  
• The special 25^th Anniversary “My Heart Will Go On” music video, released just 2 yrs ago, now has over 56 million views on YouTube!!
  
• Some classic LIVE performances of “My Heart Will Go On” now have some amazing amounts of views/plays on YouTube: the live performance of the classic song from the Taking Chances World Tour, released on Celine’s official YouTube channel has over 110 million views!, the Billboard Music Awards 20th Anniversary live performance has over 16 million views!, and the live performance from Celine’s first U.S. network TV special “These Are Special Times”, released just 2 yrs. Ago, now has over 8.5 million views!!
  

Here are some other previous achievements and facts, of the iconic “My Heart Will Go On” that I hadn’t posted in this topic yet:

• “My Heart Will Go On” the timeless, original music video released in Nov. ’97 not only peaked at #1 on the successful, long-running Canadian music video countdown show- “MuchMusic Countdown”, the music video also had a impressive run on the countdown for several months in ’98, from 2/6/98-4/17/98!
  
• Did you know that “My Heart Will Go On” was actually the LAST #1 music video ever aired on MTV’s official weekly Top 20 countdown? That was surprising, as Celine never had a music video make the countdown until 1996, as she received much more video play on VH1 than MTV. The MTV Top 20 music video countdown first aired in 1984!, and ended in 1998 with Celine being the last #1 music video! “My Heart Will Go On” was actually the #1 most played video for SEVERAL weeks in ’98! MTV later went on the begin the MTV TRL daily Top 10 music video countdowns.
  
• “My Heart Will Go On” was on the classic British record chart UK TV show “Top of the Pops” 5X in 1998, reaching #1, including the special edition Christmas broadcast in ‘98! The show ran from 1964-2006, and was “the world’s longest-running weekly music show” on TV!
  
• Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On” was named the #1 best song of 1998!, on MTV Asia Hitlist!
  

Recent honors for “My Heart Will Go On”-

• The website- When Things Go Pop, recently named “My Heart Will Go On” one of Celine’s Greatest Pop Moments!, in a article released in 2023, and they stated “Dion and Cameron made history with the most commercially successful pairing of song and movie ever. The song, on its own, is a powerful tribute to never-ending love.”, as well as saying “My Heart Will Go On” solidified Dion as a legend.”!
  
• WatchMojo.com, which has over 25 million subscribers, recently this yr. named Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On” one of the top 2 movie soundtrack songs of all time!
  
• Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On” was named the #1 song on Forbes new list of the “15 Celine Dion songs that stand the test of time”, just released this year!
  
• In Aug. of this yr., the respected website American Songwriter, and the long-running magazine said “Soundtrack cuts don’t get much more iconic than Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.” Featured in the timeless retelling of the Titanic sinking, this ballad acts as the emotional core of this love story.”, and “We’d find it hard to believe there is a ’90s kid out there who doesn’t know this ballad by heart. Moreover, we’d feel safe saying almost everyone in the world knows this instant classic.”, and also said in Nov. ’23, “Her heart will go on (and on and on) It wouldn’t be a proper celebration of Dion’s legacy without taking a moment to honor perhaps her career-defining hit: “My Heart Will Go On.” The song anchored the soundtrack to the blockbuster film Titanic in 1997, but has since gone on to live its own life as a standalone success. Dion always closed her Vegas residency with the iconic ballad. It was a must-see moment on every one of her post-Titanic tours. And now, as she soldiers through her heartbreaking diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, the song represents both Dion at her very best and serves as a reminder to all her fans of her strength, tenacity, and unending impact on millions of hearts around the globe.”
  

 

What a classic, iconic song Celine gave our world! She is such a blessing from God!

 

Looking forward to more achievements to come! This song only gets more loved & appreciated over time!

[GoldenLeaf]

This is so... cringey lol. Clearly there's only one Celine.

Carmen Di Pietro è Céline Dion - My heart will go on - Tale e Quale Show 17/10/2025

 

[neocshs]

This is so... cringey lol. Clearly there's only one Celine.

Carmen Di Pietro è Céline Dion - My heart will go on - Tale e Quale Show 17/10/2025

 

 

 

I am italian, and this specif performance was meant to be funny.. The performer is a TV celebrity whom is famous for no particular reason, and she is totally tone-deaf😅

[jpatdeleon09]

On 2/10/2021 at 2:43 AM, jpatdeleon09 said:

We need this. Just incase someone will bring this up... again lol

 

Vocals only

 

Horner’s version (Soundtrack)

 

 

 

Walter’s version (Album)

 

 

Here we go again lol

[jpatdeleon09]

The proof 🆙

[Dion my heart Barbra]

MHWGO sold over 18 million physical copies according to Juno Awards.

The single should had been sold at least 22 million records totally excluding streams number.

 

[Dion my heart Barbra]

On 10/20/2025 at 8:36 AM, Derek F. said:

Hope you all have been doing well! It’s been too long since I’ve posted any new updates here in this topic!

As others posted in this topic earlier this yr., how incredible that “My Heart Will Go On” was 1 of only 25 titles inducted into The Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry!, and there were over 2,600 nominations made for this yr’s picks!

 

Recent updated “My Heart Will Go On” stat’s:

• “My Heart Will Go On” single version/LTAL album version, now has over 657 million total streams on Spotify!!!, as of 10/19/25, and has increased in total streams by 72 million since early Dec. of ’24!
• “My Heart Will Go On” soundtrack version, now has over 71 million total streams on Spotify!!!, as of 10/19/25!
• “My Heart Will Go On” now has over 89 million total UK streams, as of 2025, according to officialcharts.com, which increased from 27 million total streams as of 2019, a increase of 62 million total streams in just 6 yrs. In the UK!!
• According to YouTube Music, “My Heart Will Go On” single version/LTAL album version, has over 356 million plays, while the soundtrack version now has over 261 million plays on YouTube Music as of Oct. ‘25!!
• As of Oct. ’25, “My Heart Will Go On” is the #1 most streamed song on the extremely popular YouTube page- HD Film Tributes, with over 207 million plays/views!! HD Film Tributes has about 3 million subscribers, & about 300 videos!
• As of Oct. ’25, “My Heart Will Go On” is one of the most streamed songs on the popular YouTube page-7clouds (also a record label & music curation brand on YouTube), with over 52 million plays/views!! 7clouds has more than 30 million subscribers, & more than 3,000 videos!
• According to Songstats, a website which aggregates music data into one comprehensive analytics platform, as of Oct. ’25, “My Heart Will Go On” now has over 500K+ radio plays/spins!!
• The special 25^th Anniversary “My Heart Will Go On” music video, released just 2 yrs ago, now has over 56 million views on YouTube!!
• Some classic LIVE performances of “My Heart Will Go On” now have some amazing amounts of views/plays on YouTube: the live performance of the classic song from the Taking Chances World Tour, released on Celine’s official YouTube channel has over 110 million views!, the Billboard Music Awards 20th Anniversary live performance has over 16 million views!, and the live performance from Celine’s first U.S. network TV special “These Are Special Times”, released just 2 yrs. Ago, now has over 8.5 million views!!

 

Here are some other previous achievements and facts, of the iconic “My Heart Will Go On” that I hadn’t posted in this topic yet:

 

• “My Heart Will Go On” the timeless, original music video released in Nov. ’97 not only peaked at #1 on the successful, long-running Canadian music video countdown show- “MuchMusic Countdown”, the music video also had a impressive run on the countdown for several months in ’98, from 2/6/98-4/17/98!
• Did you know that “My Heart Will Go On” was actually the LAST #1 music video ever aired on MTV’s official weekly Top 20 countdown? That was surprising, as Celine never had a music video make the countdown until 1996, as she received much more video play on VH1 than MTV. The MTV Top 20 music video countdown first aired in 1984!, and ended in 1998 with Celine being the last #1 music video! “My Heart Will Go On” was actually the #1 most played video for SEVERAL weeks in ’98! MTV later went on the begin the MTV TRL daily Top 10 music video countdowns.
• “My Heart Will Go On” was on the classic British record chart UK TV show “Top of the Pops” 5X in 1998, reaching #1, including the special edition Christmas broadcast in ‘98! The show ran from 1964-2006, and was “the world’s longest-running weekly music show” on TV!
• Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On” was named the #1 best song of 1998!, on MTV Asia Hitlist!

 

Recent honors for “My Heart Will Go On”-

• The website- When Things Go Pop, recently named “My Heart Will Go On” one of Celine’s Greatest Pop Moments!, in a article released in 2023, and they stated “Dion and Cameron made history with the most commercially successful pairing of song and movie ever. The song, on its own, is a powerful tribute to never-ending love.”, as well as saying “My Heart Will Go On” solidified Dion as a legend.”!
• WatchMojo.com, which has over 25 million subscribers, recently this yr. named Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On” one of the top 2 movie soundtrack songs of all time!
• Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On” was named the #1 song on Forbes new list of the “15 Celine Dion songs that stand the test of time”, just released this year!
• In Aug. of this yr., the respected website American Songwriter, and the long-running magazine said “Soundtrack cuts don’t get much more iconic than Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.” Featured in the timeless retelling of the Titanic sinking, this ballad acts as the emotional core of this love story.”, and “We’d find it hard to believe there is a ’90s kid out there who doesn’t know this ballad by heart. Moreover, we’d feel safe saying almost everyone in the world knows this instant classic.”, and also said in Nov. ’23, “Her heart will go on (and on and on) It wouldn’t be a proper celebration of Dion’s legacy without taking a moment to honor perhaps her career-defining hit: “My Heart Will Go On.” The song anchored the soundtrack to the blockbuster film Titanic in 1997, but has since gone on to live its own life as a standalone success. Dion always closed her Vegas residency with the iconic ballad. It was a must-see moment on every one of her post-Titanic tours. And now, as she soldiers through her heartbreaking diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, the song represents both Dion at her very best and serves as a reminder to all her fans of her strength, tenacity, and unending impact on millions of hearts around the globe.”

 

 

What a classic, iconic song Celine gave our world! She is such a blessing from God!

 

Looking forward to more achievements to come! This song only gets more loved & appreciated over time!

And MHWGO is the most streams Billboard hot100 no.1 of 90s in US even without official mv in her channel untill 2023

Streaming Data for No. 1 Singles of the '80s and '90s

https://jezebel.com/which-no-1-singles-from-the-80s-and-90s-stand-the-test

[celine2199]

The unbelievable success of MHWGO has always been downplayed by the industry,the media, the critics, and even Céline herself and some of her fans.It literally is the biggest hit in music history, it is the best-selling song and most played song in music history, if you call it the most known song in huamn history you aren't exaggerating... it reached a peak no song had ever reached before, and no song ever will,at least in foreseeable future... I may be a little tired of hearing it for a million times,But I can't deny it's still the most beautiful song in the world,the otherworldly emotional explosion at the climax still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it...

[Dion my heart Barbra]

Yes, it's the most successful song in history, as even Celine's haters Chartsmaster have to recognize it  after underrate its sales and involved album, streams number.

It's at least as equivalent as over 64 million album or 640 million records or 96 billion audio streams

 

[george_matei]

2 hours ago, Dion my heart Barbra said:

Yes, it's the most successful song in history, as even Celine's haters Chartsmaster have to recognize it  after underrate its sales and involved album, streams number.

It's at least as equivalent as over 64 million album or 640 million records or 96 billion audio streams

 

Link, please? Thanks 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

[Dion my heart Barbra]

42 minutes ago, george_matei said:

Link, please? Thanks 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

https://chartmasters.org/biggest-songs-of-the-1990s-cspc/

[rodrigofreitas]

If we consider the current situation, where 1500 plays = 1 unit sold, we would have:

1998
ALBUM LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE 31 million copies (album with 16 songs) total album streams = 46,5 billion plays per song x 16 songs = 744 Billion 
Single My Heart Will Go On 18 million copies= 18 million x 1500 plays = 27 Billion 
Album Titanic 30 million copies (45 billion plays just for My Heart Will Go On)

Total plays for only My Heart Will Go On = 118,5 Billion 

[Dreamy]

.
 

Edited March 14, 2026 at 07:52 PM by Dreamy

[Dreamy]

On 3/13/2026 at 7:29 PM, rodrigofreitas said:

If we consider the current situation, where 1500 plays = 1 unit sold, we would have:

1998
ALBUM LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE 31 million copies (album with 16 songs) total album streams = 46,5 billion plays per song x 16 songs = 744 Billion 
Single My Heart Will Go On 18 million copies= 18 million x 1500 plays = 27 Billion 
Album Titanic 30 million copies (45 billion plays just for My Heart Will Go On)

Total plays for only My Heart Will Go On = 118,5 Billion 

This is insane, huge?

How many albums has Céline sold more or less?

More than 220 millions that is for sure.

[rodrigofreitas]

On 3/14/2026 at 4:52 PM, Dreamy said:

This is insane, huge?

How many albums has Céline sold more or less?

More than 220 millions that is for sure.

Yes! 

According to updates from Sony Music:

1999 - Commemorative plaque for surpassing 100 million albums sold.
2004 - 175 million albums (Diamond Award)
2012 - + 220 million albums (Before the release of Sans Attendre album)
2015 - + 250 million albums (This is the latest update made by Sony) And according to the documentary I Am: Celine Dion, Celine sold over 250 million albums with 27 albums.

So it's very clear that Sony doesn't count sales of the first albums in French (which were released by another record label) and also doesn't count compilation albums.

Edited March 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM by rodrigofreitas

[Dreamy]

31 minutes ago, rodrigofreitas said:

Yes! 

According to updates from Sony Music:

1999 - Commemorative plaque for surpassing 100 million albums sold.
2004 - 175 million albums (Diamond Award)
2012 - + 220 million albums (Before the release of Sans Attendre album)
2015 - + 250 million albums (This is the latest update made by Sony) And according to the documentary I Am: Celine Dion, Celine sold over 250 million albums with 27 albums.

So it's very clear that Sony doesn't count sales of the first albums in French (which were released by another record label) and also doesn't count compilation albums.

Thank you so much rodrigofreitas.
If I have understood correctly, it is depends of Sony Music to update the sales. They have to pay for that right?
Thank you very much again for your kindness and for the updates.
Good job!
All my best wishes 🫂💐💯

[rodrigofreitas]

51 minutes ago, Dreamy said:

Thank you so much rodrigofreitas.
If I have understood correctly, it is depends of Sony Music to update the sales. They have to pay for that right?
Thank you very much again for your kindness and for the updates.
Good job!
All my best wishes 🫂💐💯

It depends on Sony releasing the current numbers. Because they control sales and streaming worldwide, they know how many copies Celine sold globally.
 But if we think about it, the last sales update for the public was in 2015, René was alive then... he always cared about numbers, but we've noticed that Celine didn't.

Sony doesn't need to pay anything to update the numbers to the public; it just needs to report how much it sold. The record label needs to pay to issue music sales certificates in each country, such as in the US with the RIAA, which costs $350 per certificate.

[Dreamy]

38 minutes ago, rodrigofreitas said:

It depends on Sony releasing the current numbers. Because they control sales and streaming worldwide, they know how many copies Celine sold globally.
 But if we think about it, the last sales update for the public was in 2015, René was alive then... he always cared about numbers, but we've noticed that Celine didn't.

Sony doesn't need to pay anything to update the numbers to the public; it just needs to report how much it sold. The record label needs to pay to issue music sales certificates in each country, such as in the US with the RIAA, which costs $350 per certificate.

I see. Thank you so very much. 🫂

[PuraVida]

Have we ever gotten a completely orchestral live version of her singing MHWGO?

[Koolan]

Guzheng cover

 

[chs]

On 3/16/2026 at 7:19 PM, PuraVida said:

Have we ever gotten a completely orchestral live version of her singing MHWGO?

I think there's a few times :

Academy Awards 1998:

Grammy Awards 1998:

 A concert for world children's day 2002:

 

[asmith]

I love the ones where she’s improvised a bit and sung some parts a little bit differently (I think she’s probably sick of this song and usually just sings it on auto-pilot.)

 

#1 - Stockholm 17th June 2017 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cwaOXaXan8

The way she does the “near, far” at around 2:22 give me chills

 

#2 -  her Vegas Opening Night on 27th August 2015 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhjbZa7rHFU

Especially the ending ( from 3:03) and the way she does a higher “I fear” at 2:33 - maybe a mistake but I like it. 

She also comes in a bit late on the “You’re here” at 2:26. 

 

#3 - Billboard Music Awards 2017 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHUDqk724rg 

The way she did “open the door” at 1:23, “once more” at 2:45, “on and on” at 3:05.

But I think the climax section is dubbed with a pre-record backing track. 

 

#4 - Oprah performance in 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ-WydWV-Xk 

Sang in the original key but softer on the 2 high notes (“nothing” 1:42 and “forever” 2:01).