The Colour of My Love - Chart Success

Chart Success

In the United States, it has shipped 6 million copies and was certified 6x platinum (4,502,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan).

After selling 4 million copies in Europe, The Colour of My Love was certified 4x platinum by the IFPI. It was awarded with multi-platinum certifications in many European countries, including the United Kingdom where it has sold 1,816,915 and achieved 5x platinum status (and is eligible for 6x platinum after selling over 1,800,000 copies). Dion garnered tremendous success with The Colour of My Love, particularly in the UK, where the album stood for five weeks at the top of the British albums chart, while "Think Twice" reigned simultaneously atop the British singles chart. This accomplishment was last achieved by The Beatles. Both album and single spent 7 weeks in total at the top of the UK charts.

In Canada, the album has sold 1.4 million copies and it was certified diamond. Also in Japan it has topped the 1 million units sales point and was certified with a million award.

The album was also successful in Australia and New Zealand, where it was certified 8x platinum and 6x platinum, respectively. The Colour of My Love became the second best-selling album of 1995 in Australia and spent the longest run at number 1 for that year.

The album went to number 1 the following countries: Norway (ten weeks at the top), Australia (eight weeks), UK (seven weeks), Canada (six weeks), Ireland (four weeks), Belgium Flanders (four weeks), and Greece. The Colour of My Love reached also top 10 in many other charts, including number 2 in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Portugal, number 4 in the U.S., Sweden and on the European Top 100 Albums, number 7 in France, Japan, Finland and Spain, and number 9 in Switzerland.