Editing God Bless America (section)

=== Celine Dion ===
{{Infobox song
| name       = God Bless America
| cover      = 
| alt        =
| type       = promo
| artist     = [[Celine Dion]]
| album      = [[God Bless America (charity album)|God Bless America]]
| released   = {{Start date|2001|9|}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 3:47
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer     = [[Irving Berlin]]
| producer   = [[David Foster]]
| misc       = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|syOEI9y7miM|"God Bless America"}}|type=song}}
}}

On September 21, 2001, following the [[September 11 attacks]], Canadian singer [[Celine Dion]] performed "God Bless America" during the television special ''[[America: A Tribute to Heroes]]''. Shortly afterwards on October 16, 2001 [[Sony Music]] released a benefit album called ''[[God Bless America (charity album)|God Bless America]]'', which featured Dion singing the song. The album debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and became the first charity album to reach the top since USA for Africa's ''[[We Are the World (album)|We Are the World]]'' in 1985. Dion's version was released as a promotional single in September 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-09-28.pdf|title=AC Most Added|work=[[Radio & Records]]|page=120|date=September 28, 2001|access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref> and received enough radio airplay to reach number 14 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart.<ref name=ac/> The music video also premiered in September 2001.

Dion performed the song also a few times during 2002. In 2003, she performed it at [[Super Bowl XXXVII]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Man, it feels like a great show|date=January 24, 2003|first=Barrett|last=Hooper|newspaper=National Post|page=A3|quote=[[Marc Anthony]] and [[Mary J. Blige]] sang "[[America the Beautiful]]", which was also performed at [[Super Bowl XXXV]] by [[Ray Charles]] and at "[[Super Bowl XI]]" by [[Vicki Carr]]. This is the first time for God Bless America, which Ms. Dion will perform to a prerecorded music track and to backing vocals by a large choir.}}</ref> She also sang it on July 4, 2004, in her ''[[A New Day...]]'' show. "God Bless America" performed by Dion exists in two versions, live and studio. Both included on collections to gather funds for the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and their families. The live version was released on ''America: A Tribute to Heroes'' CD and DVD on December 4, 2001. The studio version was released on the ''God Bless America'' album. The song was recorded on September 20, 2001, the day before the telethon. It was meant to be a replacement for the performance in the event something happened and Dion could not appear. The song was produced by [[David Foster]].

====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium Airplay ([[Ultratop]] Wallonia)<ref>{{cite book|first=Sam|last=Jaspers|title=Ultratop 1995-2005|publisher=Book & Media Publishing|year=2006|isbn=90-5720-232-8}}</ref>
| 74
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|14|artist=Celine Dion|rowheader=true|access-date=July 5, 2020|refname=ac}}
|-
! scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-10-26.pdf|title=AC Top 30|work=Radio & Records|page=73|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref>
| 14
|}

====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|title=2001: The Year in Charts|work=[[Billboard Radio Monitor]]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/2001/BBAM-2001-12-21.pdf|page=55|date=December 21, 2001|access-date=July 5, 2020}}</ref>
| 50
|}