Claim: Peer Astrom is a music producer.

A New Day Has Come is the seventh English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion , released by Sony Music Entertainment on 22 March 2002 . It was her first new studio album since 1997 's Let 's Talk About Love . Dion returned to the music scene after a two-year hiatus when she gave birth to her first child . She collaborated on A New Day Has Come with various producers , including Anders Bagge and Peer Åström for the first time . Dion 's long-time producer and friend , David Foster , did not appear on this album .   A New Day Has Come garnered mostly positive reviews from the music critics , who noticed that Dion explores a `` broader , more adventurous '' range of pop music and `` dips its toe '' into modern music , particularly dance -LRB- `` Sorry for Love '' -RRB- . However , the album also contains the usual adult contemporary songs , including power ballads like `` I Surrender '' and `` Have You Ever Been in Love '' , or the title track . Critics also praised `` Ten Days '' , `` Goodbye 's -LRB- The Saddest Word -RRB- '' , `` I 'm Alive '' , `` When the Wrong One Loves You Right '' , `` The Greatest Reward '' , and two covers : `` Nature Boy '' and `` At Last '' .   A New Day Has Come became a commercial success throughout the world and entered number one in more than seventeen countries . It has sold 3.3 million units in the United States and was certified three-times Platinum by the RIAA . In Canada , after shipping 600,000 copies , the album was certified six-times Platinum . The IFPI certified it three-times Platinum for selling three million units in Europe . Overall , A New Day Has Come has sold twelve million copies worldwide .   The first single , `` A New Day Has Come '' was released in March 2002 and peaked inside the top ten in Canada and Europe . In the United States , it reached number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke the record for most weeks at number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart , staying on top for twenty-one weeks . The next single , `` I 'm Alive '' was issued in August 2002 and also peaked inside the top ten in numerous European countries . The last commercial single , `` Goodbye 's -LRB- The Saddest Word -RRB- '' was released in November 2002 and performed moderately on the charts , reaching the top forty in Europe .