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''Let's Talk About Love'' is the fifth English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 November 1997, by Columbia/Epic Records. The follow-up to her commercially successful album ''Falling into You'' (1996), ''Let's Talk About Love'' showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project, she collaborated with Barbra Streisand, the Bee Gees, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King, George Martin, Diana King, Brownstone, Corey Hart and her previous producers: David Foster, Ric Wake, Walter Afanasieff, Humberto Gatica and Jim Steinman. ''Let's Talk About Love'' includes Dion's biggest hit, "My Heart Will Go On." Written by James Horner and Will Jennings, and serving as the love theme for the 1997 blockbuster film ''Titanic'', "My Heart Will Go On" topped the charts around the world, and has become Dion's signature song. ''Let's Talk About Love'' and its songs won many awards around the world. "My Heart Will Go On" won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television. ''Let's Talk About Love'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and "Tell Him" for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. ''Let's Talk About Love'' became one of the best-selling albums in history, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. It topped the charts around the world, including number one in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Australia and many more. It became one of the best-selling albums of 1997 and 1998 in various countries and also one of the top-selling albums of the decade. It was certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold around the world. The album has sold ten million copies in the US, another ten million in Europe, two million in Latin America, two million in the UK, 1.7 million in Canada, 1.5 million in Germany, 1.2 million in France and over one million in Japan. Various singles were released from the album, depending on the country. In addition to the major success of "My Heart Will Go On," other singles included "Tell Him," "Be the Man," "The Reason," "To Love You More," "Immortality," "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" and "Treat Her Like a Lady." ==Conception and composition== The follow-up to her successful album ''Falling into You'' (1996), ''Let's Talk About Love'' was recorded in London, New York, and Los Angeles, and featured a host of special guests: Barbra Streisand on "Tell Him," Bee Gees on "Immortality," Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti on "I Hate You Then I Love You," and Jamaican reggae singer Diana King and American R&B group Brownstone on "Treat Her Like a Lady." "The Reason" was co-written by Carole King and produced by George Martin, who produced nearly all of The Beatles' recordings. The most successful single from the album became the classically influenced ballad "My Heart Will Go On," which was written by James Horner and Will Jennings. Serving as the love theme for the 1997 blockbuster film ''Titanic'', "My Heart Will Go On" topped the charts around the world, and has become Dion's signature song. Tracks on ''Let's Talk About Love'' were produced mainly by: David Foster, Ric Wake, Walter Afanasieff, Humberto Gatica and Corey Hart. ''Let's Talk About Love'' includes several covers: Leo Sayer's "When I Need You," Diana King's "Treat Her Like a Lady," Billy Porter's "Love Is on the Way," Jean-Jacques Goldman's "Puisque Tu Pars" (recorded with English lyrics by Bryan Adams as "Let's Talk About Love"), Billy Mann's "You Only Love Once" (recorded with Spanish lyrics by Manny Benito as "Amar Haciendo el Amor"), and Mina's "Grande grande grande" (recorded as an English-language duet titled "I Hate You Then I Love You"). Sony Music Entertainment issued few different editions of ''Let's Talk About Love'' around the world. Aside from the main thirteen tracks, "To Love You More" was included on the US and Latin America editions, "Be the Man" on the European, Australian and Asian editions, "Amar Haciendo el Amor" outside the US and "Where Is the Love" outside Latin America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Let's Talk About Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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