These Are Special Times

1998 studio album by Céline Dion
MusicAlbum album Q1393288
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These Are Special Times

Summary

These Are Special Times is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • These Are Special Times's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • These Are Special Times's genre is pop music[4].
  • These Are Special Times's genre is Christmas music[5].
  • These Are Special Times was produced by David Foster[6].
  • These Are Special Times was produced by R. Kelly[7].
  • These Are Special Times was produced by Tony Renis[8].
  • These Are Special Times was produced by Carole Bayer Sager[9].
  • These Are Special Times was produced by Ric Wake[10].
  • Among the performers on These Are Special Times was Céline Dion[11].
  • These Are Special Times's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[12].
  • These Are Special Times's place of publication is recorded as United States[13].
  • These Are Special Times is part of Celine Dion's albums in chronological order[14].
  • These Are Special Times's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • These Are Special Times was distributed by compact disc[16].
  • These Are Special Times was distributed by music streaming[17].
  • These Are Special Times was distributed by music download[18].
  • These Are Special Times's review score is recorded as 3[19].
  • These Are Special Times was published on October 30, 1998[20].
  • These Are Special Times's tracklist is recorded as These Are the Special Times[21].
  • These Are Special Times's distributed by is recorded as Tidal[22].
  • These Are Special Times's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Album of the Year[23].
  • These Are Special Times's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for International Album of the Year[24].
  • These Are Special Times's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'These Are Special Times'}[25].
  • These Are Special Times's has characteristic is recorded as Christmas-themed album[26].
  • These Are Special Times's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+16'}[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1998-10-31[29]

  • Genre(s): ballad, christmas music, electronic, pop, pop rock[30]

  • Community tags: 5+ wochen, ballad, christmas, christmas music, diva style, electronic, english, female vocal, holiday, offizielle charts, pop, pop rock, soundtrack[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dbc4727d-320c-3868-beb0-e25c0586a4ee[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

These Are Special Times was performed by Céline Dion[11]. Producers include David Foster[6], R. Kelly[7], Tony Renis[8], Carole Bayer Sager[9], and Ric Wake[10].

Publication

These Are Special Times was released on October 30, 1998[20]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Genres include pop music[4] and Christmas music[5]. It is part of Celine Dion's albums in chronological order[14]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[16], music streaming[17], and music download[18].

Reception

These Are Special Times's review score is recorded as 3[19].

Why It Matters

These Are Special Times ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Tidal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . AllMusic. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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