Uploaded on Jul 6, 2009
THE PRAYER with LYRICS - CELINE DION
& JOSH GROBAN. One of the best duet I ever heard. Powerful voices
with an amazing song. Definitely, one of the best songs ever composed.
Thanks to National Geographic for the photos.
Thanks to National Geographic for the photos.
"The Prayer" is a popular song written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It is most commonly known as a duet between Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli.
It is the second single from Dion's Christmas album These Are Special Times and the first from Bocelli's album Sogno, and was released as a promotional single on March 1, 1999.[1]
The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the 1999 film Quest for Camelot.
It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000.
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| Single by Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album These Are Special Times and Sogno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | March 1, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Promotional recording | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | Chartmarker Studios, Sony Sound Stage, Criteria Recording Studios | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | popular, Christmas, Christian, classical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Columbia, Epic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | David Foster, Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
Originally "The Prayer" was recorded as two separate solo versions, Dion's in English and Bocelli's in Italian.They appeared on the Quest for Camelot soundtrack in May 1998. The duet was included on albums by both artists, released a few months later.
The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the 1999 film Quest for Camelot, the second win in a row for a Celine Dion song. In that film, Dion sang it as a solo with slightly different lyrics.
It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000. Dion performed it with Bocelli at both ceremonies.
It was also featured on Dion's compilation The Collector's Series, Volume One (2000) and greatest hits My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection (2008).
A re-recorded solo version by Celine Dion (renamed "A Mother's Prayer") appeared on her 2004 album Miracle. Dion performed "The Prayer" live during her Taking Chances Tour as a virtual duet with Bocelli on the screen; the performance was released in the Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert CD/DVD.
The song appeared also on Bocelli's 2007 compilation The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere. Both Dion and Bocelli have sung the song with other artists, and various other artists have recorded the song, either as a duet or a solo.
"The Prayer" was popular on the adult contemporary charts in Canada and the United States, peaking at number 8 and number 22 respectively. It has also become popular during Christmas.
Celine Dion and Josh Groban cover
Celine Dion performed "The Prayer" live with Josh Groban, during her CBS TV special That's Just the Woman in Me, aired on February 15, 2008.This version was released as a music download in the U.S. and Canada, two days earlier.
It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 70 and appeared on a few other Billboard charts: Pop 100 at number 50, Hot Digital Songs at number 32 and Hot Digital Tracks at number 29.
The single has sold 37,531 copies in its first week. In Canada, the song peaked at number 37 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 19 on the Canadian Top Digital Downloads.
Groban also sang "The Prayer" live with Celine Dion 6 years earlier, at the Concert for World Children's Day in 2002.
The two first sang the song together in 1999, when Groban filled in for Andrea Bocelli at rehearsal for the 1999 Grammy Awards.
Nearly 10 years later, Groban and Bocelli performed the song together for the first time during the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
Source: Wikipedia
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