Who won the Album of the Year Grammy in 1997 for "Falling Into You"?

Celine Dion won the 1997 Album of the Year Grammy for “Falling Into You.”

Strictly speaking, Falling Into You is the album title rather than a single song. Dion’s fourth English-language studio album was released in 1996 and became one of the biggest commercial successes of her career. Its songs included “Because You Loved Me,” “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” and the title track.

At the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997, the album won both Album of the Year and Best Pop Album. The Album of the Year field included major releases such as Beck’s Odelay, the Fugees’ The Score, the Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack.

The award recognized the album’s overall artistic and production achievement, not just Dion’s singing on one track. The win helped confirm her position as one of the dominant pop vocalists of the 1990s, although she later became even more closely associated with the Grammy-winning “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic.