<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Je vis pour elle" (1997) Je vis pour elle 1997 </Td> <Td> "The Prayer" (1999) The Prayer1999 </Td> <Td> "Canto della Terra" (1999) Canto della Terra 1999 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Je vis pour elle" (1997) Je vis pour elle 1997 </Td> <Td> "The Prayer" (1999) The Prayer1999 </Td> <Td> "Canto della Terra" (1999) Canto della Terra 1999 </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Prayer" is a popular song written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa and Tony Renis . It is most commonly known as a duet between Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli . It is from Quest for Camelot: Music from the Motion Picture, the second single from Dion's Christmas album These Are Special Times and the first from Bocelli's album Sogno and was released as a promotional single on 1 March 1999 . The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000 . </P> <P> Originally "The Prayer" was recorded as two separate solo versions, Dion's in English and Bocelli's in Italian . They appeared on the Quest for Camelot soundtrack in May 1998 . The duet was included on albums by both artists, released a few months later on Sogno and These Times Are Special Times . Bocelli sung original Italian while Dion translated into English . The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the 1998 film Quest for Camelot, the second win in a row for a Celine Dion song . In that film, Dion sang it as a solo with slightly different lyrics . It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000 . Dion performed it with Bocelli at both ceremonies . </P>

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