Let's Talk About Love - Chart Success

Chart Success

Before Let's Talk About Love was even released, Sony Music Entertainment announced they had orders for almost 11 million copies worldwide (10,750,300), making it the most expected album of 1997. The sales skyrocketed right at the beginning, and the album quickly topped the charts all around the world, smashing sales records in many countries. Let's Talk About Love has sold over 31 million copies worldwide and became one of the best-selling albums in history, 20 million of which were sold in first four months, 6 of that total in the United States.

In the U.S., it debuted at number 2 with 334,000 copies. The sales kept increasing until a 624,000 total in its sixth week, though remaining at number 2. Finally, Let's Talk About Love topped the Billboard 200 the following week. Until May 1998, the album stayed a total of 17 weeks at number 2, despite reaching number 1 only once. It was certified diamond by the RIAA, for shipping 10 million copies in the U.S. (9,597,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan).

In Canada, it debuted at number 1 with 230,212 copies sold, setting another record by Dion in her native country that still remains, and after only three weeks it was certified diamond. Let's Talk About Love has sold 1.7 million copies in Canada.

In 2003, the album received an IFPI Award to commemorate the sales of 10 million copies of Let's Talk About Love in Europe. It has sold almost 2 million copies in the United Kingdom and was certified 6x platinum. In the UK the album spent 17 straight weeks in the Top 10, with 29 weeks in total, entering at number 1, it went back to the summat 3 times, knocking off the Spice Girls twice and Madonna's Ray of Light once. After selling 1.5 million copies in Germany, it was certified 3x platinum. Other countries, where the album has sold over 1 million copies include France (diamond award) and Japan (million award).

Let's Talk About Love reached number 1 all over the world, spending 11 weeks at the top in the Netherlands, 10 weeks at number 1 on the European Top 100 Albums chart, 9 weeks at number 1 in Switzerland and Norway, 8 weeks in New Zealand, 7 weeks in France, Italy and Belgium Wallonia, 5 weeks in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Denmark, 3 weeks in Austria, 2 weeks in Canada, Ireland and Belgium Flanders, 1 week in the United States, Sweden and Finland. Let's Talk About Love reached also the top in Greece. In 1997 the album sold almost 9 million copies with 1 million plus sales during 6 consecutive weeks. In February 1998 "Love" sold 1 million copies worldwide thanks to Valentine Day's holiday shopping in U.S., in the end of 1998 the album sold 19.3 million copies.