Gold Vol. 2 Explained

Gold Vol. 2
Type:compilation
Artist:Celine Dion
Cover:Gold Vol. 2 (Céline Dion album - cover art).jpg
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Recorded:1983–87
Genre:Pop
Label:Versailles
Prev Title:Gold Vol. 1
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Falling into You
Next Year:1996

Gold Vol. 2 is a French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in France by Versailles on 2 October 1995. It features fourteen rare songs recorded between 1983 and 1987, including the whole Incognito album. In France, it was certified Gold. Gold Vol. 2 was also released in Belgium reaching number fifty-one on the chart in Wallonia.

Background, content and commercial performance

After the success of D'eux, which became the best-selling French-language album of all time, Versailles issued Gold Vol. 2 on 2 October 1995, a second compilation (after Gold Vol. 1) of Dion's early and rare recordings from the '80s. It includes the whole 1987 album, Incognito. Gold Vol. 2 peaked at number fifty-one in Belgium Wallonia in May 1996 and was certified Gold in France in 1998 and sold 130,000 copies. In 1997, the album was re-released as Les premières chansons vol. 2.

Charts

Chart (1996)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[1] 51

Release history

Release history for Gold Vol. 2! Region! Date! Label! Format! Catalog
France2 October 1995CDVER 481431 2

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sam Jaspers. Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. 2006. 90-5720-232-8.