Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli - Taking Chances Tour in Boston (August 2008) - The Prayer

Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli - Taking Chances Tour in Boston (August 2008) - The Prayer The song "The Prayer" was written by David Foster and Carol Bayer Sager for the 1998 animated feature film "Quest for Camelot." In the film Celine Dion sings "The Prayer" as the character Juliana. Jane Seymour did the speaking part of that character. Later that year Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli sang the first duet of "The Prayer." This duet 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 in 1999. "The Prayer" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the "Quest for Camelot" movie in 1999, the second win in a row for a Celine Dion song. It was also nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) 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. Céline Marie Claudette Dion (French pronunciation: [selin djɔ̃] ( listen)) (CC, OQ; born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian recording artist and entrepreneur. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec,[4] Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.[5] In 1990, she released the English-language album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.[6] Dion ...

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