Taking Chances - Promotion

Promotion

Dion visited the United Kingdom in late October 2007 and started promoting the album by singing "Taking Chances" on The X Factor on October 27, 2007. Later, she performed "Alone" and "Taking Chances" on Saturday Night Divas bradcasted on November 3, 2007. Dion also filmed An Audience with Celine Dion which was bradcasted on December 22, 2007 and performed "Taking Chances," "Eyes on Me," "Alone" and few of her previous hits including: "My Heart Will Go On," "Think Twice," medley of "It's All Coming Back to Me Now/Because You Loved Me/To Love You More," "I Drove All Night," "River Deep – Mountain High" and "The Prayer" in duet with Andrea Bocelli. Next, Dion visited France and sang "Taking Chances" and two of her French-language hits with the contestants on Star Academy on November 2, 2007. She also filmed performances of "Taking Chances" for two other French television shows, Hit Machine and Vivement Dimanche, which were broadcasted on December 1, 2007 and December 9, 2007 respectively. On November 4, 2007, Dion flew to Monaco where she received the Legend Award at the World Music Awards and sang "Taking Chances." This performance was shown on television on November 22, 2007. On November 7, 2007, Dion visited Italy and performed "Taking Chances" and "I Knew I Loved You" on Domenica In, which was broadcasted four days later. On November 10, 2007, she flew to Germany and sang "Taking Chances" on Wetten, dass..?.

The promotion in the United States started on November 12, 2007, when The Oprah Winfrey Show dedicated to Dion was bradcasted on television. Dion filmed it before her visit to the United Kingdom and performed "Taking Chances," "Alone" and also few of her previous hits: "My Heart Will Go On," "Because You Loved Me," "A New Day Has Come" and "I Drove All Night." On November 14, 2007, Dion performed three songs on the Today, including "Taking Chances," "Alone" and "I Drove All Night." On the same day, The Ellen DeGeneres Show featuring Dion was broadcasted and included performances of "Taking Chances" and "Because You Loved Me." Dion also sang "Taking Chances" at the American Music Awards on November 18, 2007 and on All My Children on November 21, 2007. On November 23, 2007, she performed "Taking Chances," "Alone" and "Because You Loved Me" on The Early Show and "Taking Chances" and "Alone" on The View. On November 27, 2007, Dion sang "Taking Chances" and "My Heart Will Go On" on the finale of Dancing with the Stars. The next day, she performed "Taking Chances," "Alone" and "The Christmas Song" at the Annual NYC Tree Lighting Ceremony. On December 21, 2007, two performances filmed during one of the last A New Day... concerts were shown on Larry King Live: "Taking Chances" and "The Christmas Song."

In late January 2008, Dion returned to France. On January 25, 2008, she appeared on Star Academy finale and sang "Alone" and two of her French-language hits with the contestants. The next day, Dion performed "Taking Chances" at the NRJ Music Awards where she received the NRJ Award of Honor. Before her second visit to France, Dion filmed That's Just the Woman in Me television special for the United States and Canada, which was broadcasted on February 15, 2008. She sang "Taking Chances," "Alone," "Eyes on Me" Remix featuring will.i.am, "That's Just the Woman in Me," and also "Something" with Joe Walsh on guitar, "The Power of Love," "River Deep – Mountain High" and "The Prayer" in duet with Josh Groban. The latter track was released as a digital download on February 12, 2008.

On February 14, 2008, Dion started her Taking Chances Tour which visited Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, and ended on February 26, 2009. The tour grossed over US$279 million becoming the third highest-grossing tour of all-time by a female artist, only behind Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour and MDNA Tour. The tour was chronicled in the Celine: Through the Eyes of the World documentary issued on DVD and Blu-ray in April 2010. The concert itself was released on DVD and CD at the same time as Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert and Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: Le spectacle.