| "Because You Loved Me" | ||||
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| Single by Celine Dion | ||||
| from the album Falling into You | ||||
| Released | 19 February 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:33 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Diane Warren | |||
| Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
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| "Because You Loved Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Because You Loved Me" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion on her fourth English-language studio album, Falling into You (1996). It was released on 19 February 1996 as the first single in North America, and as the second single in the United Kingdom on 20 May 1996. "Because You Loved Me" was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, and served as the theme song from the 1996 film Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Billboard ranked it as the 14th "Top Love Song of All Time".[1]
"Because You Loved Me" received critical acclaim and became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and reaching the top ten in many other countries. In the United States alone, it has sold over two million copies. "Because You Loved Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The single sold more than five million copies in its first six months of availability worldwide.[2]
- ^ Bronson, Fred (9 February 2022). "Top 50 Love Songs of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Joyce, Mike (2 August 1996). "Celine Dion's Olympian Octaves". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 7 October 2020.