Celine Dion

For the album, see Celine Dion (album).

Céline Dion
CC OQ
Dion in 2012
Born
Céline Marie Claudette Dion

(1968-03-30) 30 March 1968 (age 56)
Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • entrepreneur
  • philanthropist
  • songwriter
Years active1980–present
Works
Spouse
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(m. 1994; died 2016)​
Children3
Parents
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websitecelinedion.com

Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ (/seɪˌliːn diˈɒn/ say-LEEN dee-ON,[a] French: [selin maʁi klodɛt djɔ̃];[b] born 30 March 1968)[3] is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads",[4][5] she is noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals.[6][7] Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, chanson, and classical music. Her recordings have been mainly in English and French, although she has also sung in several other languages including Japanese, Italian, German, Mandarin, Spanish and Neapolitan.[8]

Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion was discovered by her future manager and husband, René Angélil, and emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She gained international recognition by winning the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Her debut English-language album, Unison (1990), established her as a viable pop artist primarily in North America and several English-speaking markets, while The Colour of My Love (1993) gave her global success. Dion continued her success throughout the 1990s with several of the best-selling albums in history, such as Falling into You (1996) and Let's Talk About Love (1997), which were both certified diamond in the U.S. She has accumulated a catalog of numerous high-charting tracks, including "Beauty and the Beast", "The Power of Love", "Think Twice", "To Love You More", "Because You Loved Me", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", "All by Myself", "I'm Your Angel", "That's the Way It Is", "I'm Alive" and "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the 1997 film Titanic.[9]

Dion continued releasing French-language albums between each English record; D'eux (1995) became the best-selling French-language album of all time, while S'il suffisait d'aimer (1998), Sans attendre (2012), and Encore un soir (2016), were all certified diamond in France. During the 2000s, she built her reputation as a successful live performer with A New Day... on the Las Vegas Strip (2003–07), the highest-grossing concert residency of all time, and the Taking Chances World Tour (2008–09), one of the highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s. In 2009, she was named by the Los Angeles Times as the top-earning artist of the decade, with combined album sales and concert revenue exceeding $747 million.[10][11] In 2022, Dion canceled a tour due to her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disease.

With over 200 million records sold worldwide, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, the best-selling French-language artist, and one of the best-selling musical artists of all time.[12][13][14][15][16] She is the sixth most successful female artist in the history of U.S. Billboard 200 and received recognition from the IFPI for selling over 50 million albums in Europe.[17] Seven of her albums have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide, the second most among women in history. She was ranked as the fourth most outstanding pop vocalist by Cover Magazine and the ninth greatest voice in music by MTV. One of the highest-grossing touring artists in history, she is the second woman to accumulate US$1 billion in concert revenue.[18] According to Forbes, Dion was the world's highest-paid female musician in 1997, 1998, 2004, and 2006.[c] She received honorary doctorates in music from Berklee College of Music and Université Laval.[23][24]

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  2. ^ "Definition of 'Dion'". Collins English Dictionary. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Celine Dion". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ Roth, Madeline (23 November 2015). "9 Moments From The AMAs That Prove The Dream Of The '90s Is Alive". MTV. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  5. ^ Raguraman, Anjali (10 May 2018). "Celine Dion's lasting Power Of Love". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Celine Dion: Perfect Singing Voice". Become Singers. 22 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Celine Dion". On This Day. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. ^ "This video of Celine Dion singing in 9 different languages is absolutely incredible". Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  9. ^ TIME Annual 1998: The Year in Review. New York: TIME Books. 1999. p. 134. ISBN 1-883013-61-5. ISSN 1097-5721.
  10. ^ "GRAMMY Winners To Perform At Haiti Benefit". www.grammy.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. ^ Randy Lewis (19 January 2010). "Celine Dion reaches peak of Ultimate Top 10". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Will Celine Dion perform at the 2024 Olympics? What to know about her health condition". The Columbus Dispatch. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Celine Dion Chronicles Hard Road Back From Life-Altering Health Crisis in 'I Am: Celine Dion' Doc Trailer: 'If I Can't Walk, I'll Crawl'". Billboard. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Céline Dion's Triumphant Return: Performing at the Paris 2024 Olympics". Il Messaggero. 25 July 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Celine Dion and James Corden recreate famous Titanic scene for Carpool Karaoke". Irish Independent. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Céline Dion doesn't make Rolling Stone's list of top singers; Quebec is outraged". Le Monde. 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Artists Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  18. ^ "These Five Artists Have Made Over a Billion Dollars Touring". Consequence. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  19. ^ "In the money". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Forbes list of entertainers". Associated Press. 7 September 1998. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  21. ^ "The Best Paid Musicians". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  22. ^ "The Celebrity 100 - Forbes.com". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Celine Dion to receive honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music". Good Morning America. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  24. ^ Billboard Staff (31 May 2018). "20 Musicians With Honorary Degrees". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.


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