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I'm Your Angel

"I'm Your Angel"
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Single by Celine Dion and R. Kelly
from the album These Are Special Times and R.
Released 1 December 1998 (1998-12-01)
Format
Recorded 1998
  • Battery Studios
  • Studio Morin-Heights
  • Cove City Sound Studios
  • The Dream Factory
  • Right Track Studios
Genre
Length 5:31
Label
Writer(s) Robert Kelly
Producer(s) R. Kelly
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Zora sourit"
(1998)
"I'm Your Angel"
(1998)
"S'il suffisait d'aimer"
(1998)
R. Kelly singles chronology
"Home Alone"
(1998)
"I'm Your Angel"
(1998)
"When a Woman's Fed Up"
(1998)

"I'm Your Angel" is a duet by Celine Dion and R. Kelly from Dion's These Are Special Times album and Kelly's R. album. It was released on 1 December 1998. The song was written and produced by R. Kelly. The single was very successful, reaching number 1 in the United States and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The single also reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The single was very successful in the United States and worldwide. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. This was the first number one on Billboard's new charting method of including airplay only tracks. The song remains both artists' latest U.S. number one single to date. It spent also twelve weeks at number 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. The song also reached number 1 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales for six weeks and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. The single also became a top 10 hit in various European countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

I'm Your Angel has sold over 1,550,000 copies in the United States alone and was certified platinum by the RIAA. In addition, the single was certified gold in Australia for 35,000 copies shipped and silver in the United Kingdom for 200,000 copies shipped.

The single was nominated at the 41st Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, but lost to I Still Have That Other Girl, by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach.

The song was included later on Dion's greatest hits albums; All the Way… A Decade of Song and My Love: Essential Collection. It was also performed by her live during the Let's Talk About Love Tour (included on the Au cœur du stade DVD) and the Taking Chances Tour. "I'm Your Angel" appeared also on R. Kelly's compilation album, The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 in 2003.


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