Why is she famous?

Celine has beocme one of the divas on the 20th century, with

 her song "It's All Coming Back To Me Now", and her Titanic 

hit,

 "My Heart Will Go On", that even shed our macho image

Her Personal Information

Date of Birth:

30 March 1968, Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada

Mini Biography:

Hailing from the small town of Charlemagne, Québec, Céline

 Dion has become...

Trivia:

She and her siblings sit on the board of Fondation 

Achille-Tanguay, an...

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Alternate Names:

Celine Dion 

Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world 

after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged

 his home to finance her first record. In 1990 she released the

 anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable 

pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas 

of the world.

Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s after 

she won the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and 

the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.

 Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she

 signed on to Sony Records in 1986. With the help of her 

husband, she achieved worldwide success with several English

 and French albums, ending the decade as one of the most 

successful artists in pop music. However, in 1999, at the 

height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retraction

 from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time 

with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She

 returned to the music scene in 2002 and signed a four-year

 contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the 

Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from pop,

 soul and rock to gospel and classical, and while her releases 

have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned 

for her technically skilled and powerful vocals.

 In 2004, after accumulating record sales in excess of 175 

million, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award

 from the World Music Awards show for becoming the 

"Best-selling Female Artist in the World."In April 2007 

Sony BMG announced that Celine Dion had sold more

 than 200 million albums worldwide. 

Dion's real international breakthrough came when she

 paired up with Peabo Bryson to record the title track to

 Walt Disney Pictures animated film Beauty and the Beast

 (1991). The song captured a musical style that Dion would 

utilize in the future: sweeping, classical and soft rock influenced

 adult contemporary ballads with soft instrumentation. Both a 

critical and commercial smash, the song became her second 

United States top ten hit, and also won the Academy Award 

for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Pop 

Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and the 

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. That song was 

also the first single from Celine Dion album which had a soft 

rock influence that was combined with elements of soul and

 classical music. Due to the success of the lead-off single, the

 album was as well received. As with Dion's earlier releases, 

the album had an overtone of love.

Dion worked with new team of writers and producers. Five

 songs were written by Diane Warren. "With This Tear" was

 a gift from Prince who wrote the song especially for Céline 

Dion and offered it to her. Tracks were produced by Walter

 Afanasieff, Ric Wake and Guy Roche. "Send Me a Lover" 

was a "leftover" from the recording sessions of the Celine 

Dion album. It was released in 1994.By 1992, Unison, Celine 

Dion and media appearances had propelled Dion to superstardom

 in the North America. She had achieved one of her main 

objectives: wedging her way into the anglophone market and 

establishing fame. Apart from her rising success, there were 

also changes in Dion's personal life, as René Angélil would 

make the transition from manager to lover. However, 

the relationship was kept a secret as both feared that the 

public would find the twenty-six-year difference between their

 ages incongruous. European version of Celine Dion included 

"Where Does My Heart Beat Now" as a bonus track. The album 

was re-released on September 7, 1992 in Australia with a bonus

 disc containing four songs from Unison.

Dion's Albums

ll the Way: A Decade of Song 1999

My Heart Will Go On: Love Theme from Titanic

1998

A New Day Has Come

2002

Let's Talk About Love

1997

Falling into You

1996

Miracle

2004

Unison/Celine Dion/The Colour of My Love

2002