These Are Special Times

These Are Special Times
Studio album by Celine Dion
Released	30 October 1998 (1998-10-30)
Recorded	1998
Studio	Avatar Studios, Clinton Recording, The Dream Factory, Nervious Music, Right Track Recording, WTM Studios (New York City) Chartmaker Studios, Enterprise Recorders, The Record Plant, Sony Sound Stage (Los Angeles) Cove City Sound Studios (Glen Clove) Criteria Recording Studios (Miami) Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove) Le Studio (Morin-Heights) The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver)
Genre	Christmas pop classical
Length	64:35
Language	English French Spanish Italian
Label	Columbia Epic
Producer	David Foster Ric Wake Bryan Adams Tony Renis Carole Bayer Sager R. Kelly Humberto Gatica
Celine Dion chronology
S'il suffisait d'aimer (1998) These Are Special Times (1998) Au cœur du stade (1999)
Singles from These Are Special Times
"I'm Your Angel" Released: 16 November 1998

These Are Special Times is the seventeenth studio album and sixth English-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and also her first English-language Christmas album. It was first released in Europe on 30 October 1998, by Columbia Records. In the United States, it was released on 3 November 1998 through Epic Records. The album features cover versions of popular Christmas songs and original material, including "I'm Your Angel" and "The Prayer". Dion worked with David Foster and Ric Wake, who produced most of the album. These Are Special Times was released after two of Dion's most successful third and fourth English albums, Falling into You (1996) and Let's Talk About Love (1997).

Upon its release, These Are Special Times received generally positive reviews from music critics. Many praised Dion's commitment to the project, as well as the production of the songs. The album has been certified six-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of six million copies in the United States. In Canada, the album has sold one million copies and been certified Diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). These Are Special Times has sold over 12 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time.

The album spawned two singles. "I'm Your Angel" was released as the lead single on 16 November 1998 and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. "The Prayer", a duet with Andrea Bocelli, was released as a promotional single on 1 March 1999 and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 56th Golden Globe Awards. In addition, "I'm Your Angel" and "The Prayer" were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 41st and 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, respectively. In 2021, Billboard named These Are Special Times the 8th Greatest Holiday Album of All Time.^[1]