New French single : Bonjour, Pardon, Merci - July 3rd, 2026

[yoyoma88]

You know what is really annoying !!!! 

The collaboration with Sebastian Ingrosso (New Day) has clocked 45 million streams so far, and at least it gets 200K streams per day, and Celine spotify did not consider that to be part of collaboration, otherwise it will elevate the monthly listeners rank. I just I don't understand why ??? Do they fear it will taint her discography ? Most female artist who made a comeback like Madonna, Cher (in early 2000s), and Kylie got streams from dance playlist
They did for Set My Heart on Fire but not this........ Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh @@!

Edited July 14, 2026 at 01:18 AM by yoyoma88

[rodrigofreitas]

BPM

YoutubeMusic 1,100,000 
VEVO video 881,494
AutoGenerated audio 186,006
Spotify 1,257,481

3,424,981 million 

On YoutubeMusic the song is now at # 9 on Celine most streaming songs (Yesterday was at #22)
On Deezer at #3
On AmazonMusic at #6
On AppleMusic at #10

[Alex_Incognito]

On 7/13/2026 at 9:08 AM, zuv said:

I retract everything i said about Madonna’s album. It’s lit af.

Probably her best work. 
 

my apologies, i was in a Celine spell that day. 

Unhinged.lol

[Squall]

I think these days how an album or single performs doesn't matter so much. What matters is whether or not concert tickets are selling. And I think Celine is fine in that area.

But for her to have success with her new music, I think she needs to go back to what made her famous. Stop chasing trends. Don't try to be cool. Just do what she does best.

I know Lara Fabian expressed interest in singing with her recently. If Rene were still alive, I think he'd want to take advantage of something like that. Get a duet with her on the next album.

For her next English album, try to recapture what made Falling Into You and Let's Talk About Love so successful. Do a Tell Him style duet with Ariana Grande but with Celine acting as the seasoned artist passing the torch to the new generation. And just focus on songs that showcase Celine's voice.

Most importantly, I want Celine to sing like Celine. I don't want Celine trying to sing like Sia or Adele. 

[Celine Fan 77]

On 7/14/2026 at 8:39 PM, Squall said:

I think these days how an album or single performs doesn't matter so much. What matters is whether or not concert tickets are selling. And I think Celine is fine in that area.

But for her to have success with her new music, I think she needs to go back to what made her famous. Stop chasing trends. Don't try to be cool. Just do what she does best.

I know Lara Fabian expressed interest in singing with her recently. If Rene were still alive, I think he'd want to take advantage of something like that. Get a duet with her on the next album.

For her next English album, try to recapture what made Falling Into You and Let's Talk About Love so successful. Do a Tell Him style duet with Ariana Grande but with Celine acting as the seasoned artist passing the torch to the new generation. And just focus on songs that showcase Celine's voice.

Most importantly, I want Celine to sing like Celine. I don't want Celine trying to sing like Sia or Adele. 

Agree with 95% of what you said. As much as I’d love a duet with Lara Fabian, she stated multiple times that it never happened because of Celine’s entourage (I’m suspecting René didn’t want to make that happen but that’s just my guess).

[Squall]

On 7/14/2026 at 2:14 PM, Celine Fan 77 said:

Agree with 95% of what you said. As much as I’d love a duet with Lara Fabian, she stated multiple times that it never happened because of Celine’s entourage (I’m suspecting René didn’t want to make that happen but that’s just my guess).

I think the two of them are as compared in the French world as Celine and Barbra were in the English world. Having the two finally duet in a French song would be huge. 

And Lara has already said she's interested. So, the ball is in Celine's court. But I doubt it will ever happen.

[MaiconSC]

On 7/14/2026 at 4:14 PM, Celine Fan 77 said:

Agree with 95% of what you said. As much as I’d love a duet with Lara Fabian, she stated multiple times that it never happened because of Celine’s entourage (I’m suspecting René didn’t want to make that happen but that’s just my guess).

Lara's producer and pianist of that time Rick Allison already made a video explaining that René and Celine did not have anything to do with Lara's blocking in Sony Music... it was totally invented by Vito Luprano on that recent book he's trying to sell...

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1388560022752287

Edited July 14, 2026 at 09:30 PM by MaiconSC

[Alex_Incognito]

On 7/14/2026 at 3:22 PM, Squall said:

I think the two of them are as compared in the French world as Celine and Barbra were in the English world. Having the two finally duet in a French song would be huge. 

And Lara has already said she's interested. So, the ball is in Celine's court. But I doubt it will ever happen.

Lara isn't nearly as revered in France as Barbra is. Hell, even Barbra has a légion d'honneur.

and btw, I love your profile name and photo.

Edited July 14, 2026 at 09:43 PM by Alex_Incognito

[Celine Fan 77]

On 7/14/2026 at 11:28 PM, MaiconSC said:

Lara's producer and pianist of that time Rick Allison already made a video explaining that René and Celine did not have anything to do with Lara's blocking in Sony Music... it was totally invented by Vito Luprano on that recent book he's trying to sell...

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1388560022752287

I believe Lara herself mentioned that Celine’s entourage didn’t want to make it happen. I was re-watching a few videos trying to find it, unsuccessfully. Now, maybe she didn’t mean René but a producer who was working with Céline at the time… Who knows. I really hope to find that clip!

[emiliejolie]

To me the truth is in between. Celine does not really like to sing with singers from her generation, i guess to avoid comparaison. But i do think that it's was useless to Celine or Rene to make pressure upon Sony regarding Lara contracts because Lara always arrived, let's say "too late".

Though their voices are differents, Celine and Lara played in the same category. Lara arrived in Canada, Celine's career was of course well settled there. When Lara arrived in France with the fantastic PURE album .... It was a year after Celine had robbed everything with D'eux. Plus Lara TOUTt videoclip with the lights looked like PQTME videoclip with candles, same kind of minimalist cover, and other similaristies. And when Lara finally landed off USA it was, once again, a year after Celine.s titanic landslide.

When Lara gaves interviews they also sound like Celine ones : the Eurovision, conquering France and then USA, her same idol Barbra Streisand, her duet with Mauranne,  her love with  her manager :  she was like a broken disc of Celine. 

Then Lara took a new artistic direction after 2000, to get out of the Celine.s path.

Even if Lara made a life goal to sing with Celine I dont' think it will ever happen since Celine is not interested.

Plus i believe it's too late. This duet should have been reunited late 90's or beginning 2000's, when both were at the top, vocally speaking. Today Celine's voice is what it is and Lara sings with too many manners... I don't think both voices would match together today !!

Edited July 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM by emiliejolie

[jolo87]

On 7/9/2026 at 11:38 PM, CelinesDIVO5 said:

Exactly. That’s not how she gets most of her money these days, but she still churns things out for her fans despite that fact. 

I think she does it out of guilt -- she knows she's robbing people blind at the ticket booth. I don't know if it's age, medication side effects or just the long term effects of nodules, but her performance ability has fallen off a cliff. That is the product she sells and gets paid for and it's what her fans are paying her to do. The albums and reissues are just freebies at this point. Good for her for doing that, but that doesn't negate the endless grift that is her performing career. At least Celine knew when to stop and did something about it. My guess is Mariah can't afford to. 

Edited July 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM by jolo87

[meandmrjones]

On 7/14/2026 at 7:22 PM, Squall said:

I think the two of them are as compared in the French world as Celine and Barbra were in the English world. Having the two finally duet in a French song would be huge. 

And Lara has already said she's interested. So, the ball is in Celine's court. But I doubt it will ever happen.

Please, no duet with Fabian. I honestly think Céline should focus on collaborations with world-class artists rather than local B-list pop singers.

[comingback]

On 7/15/2026 at 4:51 PM, meandmrjones said:

Please, no duet with Fabian. I honestly think Céline should focus on collaborations with world-class artists rather than local B-list pop singers.

Yes, I'm not a fan of Fabian either.

[comingback]

On 7/14/2026 at 8:39 PM, Squall said:

I think these days how an album or single performs doesn't matter so much. What matters is whether or not concert tickets are selling. And I think Celine is fine in that area.

But for her to have success with her new music, I think she needs to go back to what made her famous. Stop chasing trends. Don't try to be cool. Just do what she does best.

I know Lara Fabian expressed interest in singing with her recently. If Rene were still alive, I think he'd want to take advantage of something like that. Get a duet with her on the next album.

For her next English album, try to recapture what made Falling Into You and Let's Talk About Love so successful. Do a Tell Him style duet with Ariana Grande but with Celine acting as the seasoned artist passing the torch to the new generation. And just focus on songs that showcase Celine's voice.

Most importantly, I want Celine to sing like Celine. I don't want Celine trying to sing like Sia or Adele. 

Ariana Grande? No

Adele Yes!

 

 

 

[mebe]

I would have loved a duet with Charlotte Cardin. Apparently, she was asked to collaborate and she refused because of a bad timing in her career.

[Del]

On 7/15/2026 at 12:39 PM, mebe said:

I would have loved a duet with Charlotte Cardin. Apparently, she was asked to collaborate and she refused because of a bad timing in her career.

I thought that was regarding writing for the new album. She's a mega fan and seems strange if given the opportunity to collaborate she'd day no.  I also read somewhere she mentioned going to the Paris shows.

[LukeD]

I have immense respect for Lara's talent - a Top Tier vocalist and very good performer, maybe too theatrical at times, but still strong performing skills.

My issue is that I do not see how Celine would benefit from a duet with her. I do not see a commercial incentive nor an artistic one. Lara has been regarded as a Celine Dion knock off by many, despite her original catalogue and amazing albums like 'Pure' and 'Nue'. And this is the result of some choices she made - for one, she has covered too many Celine songs, for example Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore, S'il Suffisait D'aimer, L'amour Existe Encore, Le Blues Du Businessman, The Prayer, Calling You, Une Chance Qu'on S'a, and her versions usually pale in comparison. I know some of these songs are covers for Celine as well, but they have her trademark all over them. I just feel like Lara kept reaching and that was quite reductive artistically.

Edited July 15, 2026 at 04:26 PM by LukeD

[emiliejolie]

On 7/15/2026 at 4:51 PM, meandmrjones said:

Please, no duet with Fabian. I honestly think Céline should focus on collaborations with world-class artists rather than local B-list pop singers.

You are somehow right but I think she already had the collaborations with A list singer or band of her Time.

and please I pray she will NOT comprise herself singing with Adèle, A Grande or T Swift !!she needs a duet that surprise people.

i am not  a fan at all of this Guy but can you image a duet with Bad Bunny 😂😂😂 ?

Verses in French and Spanish and the chorus in English 😂😂😂

Edited July 15, 2026 at 05:13 PM by emiliejolie

[MaiconSC]

On 7/15/2026 at 6:00 AM, Celine Fan 77 said:

I believe Lara herself mentioned that Celine’s entourage didn’t want to make it happen. I was re-watching a few videos trying to find it, unsuccessfully. Now, maybe she didn’t mean René but a producer who was working with Céline at the time… Who knows. I really hope to find that clip!

or maybe Lara BELIEVED in what she heard about this situation, but that never really happened... remember Lara and Walter Afanasieff had some kind of relationship in the 90s... and we all know Walter is a problematic guy who always like to create storys to rivalize female singers...

[Shamrock_1982]

Mods can we stay on topic please!

This Lara conversation is not only tragic but embarrassing… 

Please move to another topic.

Thanks 

[LukeD]

On 7/15/2026 at 7:16 PM, Shamrock_1982 said:

Mods can we stay on topic please!

This Lara conversation is not only tragic but embarrassing… 

Please move to another topic.

Thanks 

And what is left to discuss?

BPM is falling off the charts faster than a meteor. It only pulled 47k Spotify streams on its 10th day. No promo whatsoever. And TeamCeline just posted an old photo from Singapore. Now that's tragic and embarrassing, if you ask me. 😅 

 

[Shamrock_1982]

How about for this particular topic… enjoy the song or don’t and let’s leave it at that.

Nothing else is gonna come of it… we have had the song, the lyric video and no one cares about charts these days, so leave everything else for other topics!

[jpatdeleon09]

I don’t know how many stream counts I played for this song when I take shower every night. 4-5 times on repeat for this song? That’s how long I take shower LOL. 

I’m streaming on Apple Music. We can’t know how many streams on other platforms only in Spotify and YouTube. I don’t think we should just focus on these 2 like this only streams we got as we have so many streaming platforms to listen to not just Spotify and YouTube. So, I don’t think we should be worried that much.

Edited July 16, 2026 at 03:55 AM by jpatdeleon09

[ordinary fan]

On 7/16/2026 at 5:54 AM, jpatdeleon09 said:

I don’t know how many stream counts I played for this song when I take shower every night. 4-5 times on repeat for this song? That’s how long I take shower LOL. 

I’m streaming on Apple Music. We can’t know how many streams on other platforms only in Spotify and YouTube. I don’t think we should just focus on these 2 like this only streams we got as we have so many streaming platforms to listen to not just Spotify and YouTube. So, I don’t think we should be worried that much.

And she often has more listeners on those other platforms as well 

[jolo87]

On 7/16/2026 at 3:22 AM, LukeD said:

And what is left to discuss?

BPM is falling off the charts faster than a meteor. It only pulled 47k Spotify streams on its 10th day. No promo whatsoever. And TeamCeline just posted an old photo from Singapore. Now that's tragic and embarrassing, if you ask me. 😅 

 

Maybe it doesn't really matter? Maybe she's trying to figure out what the right course of action is if, in fact, she wants to get back to the top of the charts? She's been gone for YEARS. Plenty of people think she's literally dead and are shocked to see her release anything at all.

She hasn't really had to fight before to maintain dominance on the French charts. The reaction to these singles shows that she can't just walk back into our lives and expect to be right back at the top. She's going to have to work for it. 

She's going to do that on the stage. Opening night of this residency is going to be absolutely historic. The moment she steps out onto the stage will be historic. It's actually what she does right around then that matters, not what she did when they announced the shows or what she did two weeks ago. And she will do precisely what she wants to do and nothing more. 

She doesn't have something to sell. She's already sold it. The seats are filled. If she wants to put out a single that will actually return her to the top, she knows what to do and when to do it. That's all up to her. 

 

[LukeD]

On 7/16/2026 at 2:33 PM, jolo87 said:

Maybe it doesn't really matter? Maybe she's trying to figure out what the right course of action is if, in fact, she wants to get back to the top of the charts? She's been gone for YEARS. Plenty of people think she's literally dead and are shocked to see her release anything at all.

She hasn't really had to fight before to maintain dominance on the French charts. The reaction to these singles shows that she can't just walk back into our lives and expect to be right back at the top. She's going to have to work for it. 

She's going to do that on the stage. Opening night of this residency is going to be absolutely historic. The moment she steps out onto the stage will be historic. It's actually what she does right around then that matters, not what she did when they announced the shows or what she did two weeks ago. And she will do precisely what she wants to do and nothing more. 

She doesn't have something to sell. She's already sold it. The seats are filled. If she wants to put out a single that will actually return her to the top, she knows what to do and when to do it. That's all up to her. 

 

How does this respond to what I said? Maybe she is doing all the things you mentioned, sure. This still does not change the fact that the single is currently flopping and that there is no promo, which means that there is not much to discuss at the moment. This is what I was reinforcing - that there is not much to discuss at the moment, hence it makes sense for this discussion to lose focus.  

[LukeD]

On 7/16/2026 at 4:54 AM, jpatdeleon09 said:

I don’t know how many stream counts I played for this song when I take shower every night. 4-5 times on repeat for this song? That’s how long I take shower LOL. 

I’m streaming on Apple Music. We can’t know how many streams on other platforms only in Spotify and YouTube. I don’t think we should just focus on these 2 like this only streams we got as we have so many streaming platforms to listen to not just Spotify and YouTube. So, I don’t think we should be worried that much.

Spotify and YT are the most indicative though. We never saw a low-performing single in these platforms getting certified due to performing well on other platforms. 

Even in France, Spotify is the largest music streaming service. Some people think it is Deezer but that is not correct. It is just that Deezer performs well in France compared to other markets because it's a French company. 

Under the current SNEP rules a single needs 15m streams in France to be certified 1xGold. This means that 'Dansons' has a long way to go still, but it is more eligible than BPM. I am hoping for a spike in its streams when the residency and public appearances kick off in autumn.

[mebe]

On 7/15/2026 at 12:05 PM, Del said:

I thought that was regarding writing for the new album. She's a mega fan and seems strange if given the opportunity to collaborate she'd day no.  I also read somewhere she mentioned going to the Paris shows.

Yes you are right. I read the same thing.

Hope they will perform together in Paris!

[pat200]

Amazing the disrespect people on here show to Lara. She is a singer of the highest caliber who has preserved her voice better than Celine and still releases music that is good. Her last french album Je suis la, was a beautiful listen from start to end, I can't skip any song. 

When the greatest voices sing together on a song, it is a treat to the ears. Celine sang with Barbra, Ginette, Aretha (live). It was a pity her voice and Whitney's never joined on a song, I hope she gets to sing live at least with Lara, it could be magical, and when the 2 biggest French voices EVER join forces, it can be a song for the ages. At least I hope so assuming they make the right song choice.

[meandmrjones]

On 7/16/2026 at 2:32 PM, pat200 said:

Amazing the disrespect people on here show to Lara. She is a singer of the highest caliber who has preserved her voice better than Celine and still releases music that is good. Her last french album Je suis la, was a beautiful listen from start to end, I can't skip any song. 

When the greatest voices sing together on a song, it is a treat to the ears. Celine sang with Barbra, Ginette, Aretha (live). It was a pity her voice and Whitney's never joined on a song, I hope she gets to sing live at least with Lara, it could be magical, and when the 2 biggest French voices EVER join forces, it can be a song for the ages. At least I hope so assuming they make the right song choice.

I'd rather have Céline sing solo than waste one of her last big collaborations on Lara.