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Originally posted by Flanders
Why? the album is an anomaly just like 21. do you honestly think Celine is to blame for the album's success? it was a phenomenon
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There have been a number of films that saw the comparative success that Titanic did in their time with equally memorable/romantic scores and yet they never sold on the basis of instrumental tracks alone in lieu of hit songs. Film soundtracks were even the first kind of album to sell en masse WW, and yet all the soundtracks that rank among the best-sellers of all time sold because of the SONGS included on them.
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She has ONE song on the whole album - again, why would people buy a 15 track album when the single was in every store as well?
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Why did anyone buy a whole album back then if they were just interested in the lead single and oblivious to any of the other tracks on the album? It was the 90s. Why pay $5 for one track when you can get that track and a whole bunch of others you might like for $12. And there was a limited number of copies issued for the single in the US, anyway, similar to the case with Britney early on.
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anyway the point is that while the artist listed as the "owner" of The Bodyguard soundtrack is Whitney , James Horner is the one listed on Titanic. So technically I'm also right 
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I never said anything about who was technically listed where in the credits, I said the album sold primarily because of Celine's song. Given the fact that no instrumental soundtrack has ever put up such numbers (or anything close), I'd say that's a reasonable inference.
