Celine Dion
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Celine Dion is a French-Canadian, Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. She began her career in music early 1980's as a French singer before breaking the international music scene by storm in the 1990's.
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[edit] About
Born Céline Marie Claudette Dion on born March 30, 1968, she is professionally known as Celine Dion who is of French and Canadian decent. She was born to a large and impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec. As a teen, she achieved minor successes in her local hometown in Canada where her manager who became her future husband, René Angélil, sold his home to finance her first record.
It was on 1982 that she gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia after she won the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and on 1988, won the Eurovision Song Contest. Success came one after another where on 1990 she gained popularity worldwide after her release of her English debut album Unison. Several English records were released after such as the famous "My Heart Will Go On" on 1998, which became the theme to the 1997 film Titanic.
On 1999, she decided to give herself a temporary break from music to take care of her husband who was diagnosed with cancer. And upon her return on 2004 from the three-year hiatus released A New Day Has Come. On the same year, she accumulated a record sales of 175 million becoming the Best Selling Female Artist in the World.
[edit] Awards & Certifications
Awards
| Year | Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dragon Award | International Female Artist of the Year |
| 2003 | American Music Award | Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist in January |
| 2003 | American Music Award | Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist in November |
| 2001 | American Music Award | Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist for "A Decade Of Song" |
| 2000 | Gold Disc Award | Artist of the Year (International Music Category) |
| 2000 | Gold Disc Award | Pop Album of the Year for "All The Way ... A Decade Of Song" |
| 1999 | Gold Disc Award | Pop Album of the Year for "These Are Special Times" |
| 1999 | Gold Disc Award | Song of the Year (International Music Category) for "My Heart Will Go On" |
| 1999 | South African Music Award | Best Selling International Album for "Let’s Talk About Love" |
| 1999 | Echo Award | Most Successful International Female Artist |
| 1999 | NRJ Radio Award | Best International Song for "My Heart Will Go On" |
| 1999 | Gold Disc Award | Artist of the Year (International Music Category) |
| 1999 | Grammy Award | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "My Heart Will Go On" |
| 1999 | Grammy Award | Record of the Year for "My Heart Will Go On" |
| 1999 | Juno Award | Best Female Vocalist |
| 1999 | Juno Award | Best Album for "Let's Talk About Love" |
| 1999 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Favorite Song from a Movie (Titanic 1997) for "My Heart Will Go On" |
| 1999 | World Music Award | World's Best-Selling Female Pop Artist |
| 1999 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
Certifications
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[edit] Chart Toppers
Singles that reached top five in the U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom Singles Chart.
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | U.S. | UK | |||
| 1990 | Where Does My Heart Beat Now | 6 | 4 | 72 | |
| 1992 | If You Asked Me To | 3 | 4 | 57 | |
| Beauty and the Beast | 2 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1993 | The Power of Love | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1994 | Think Twice | 14 | 95 | 1 | |
| 1996 | Because You Loved Me | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| It's All Coming Back to Me Now | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1997 | All by Myself | — | 4 | 6 | |
| Tell Him | 12 | — | 3 | ||
| 1998 | My Heart Will Go On | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Immortality | — | — | 5 | ||
| I'm Your Angel | 37 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2000 | I Want You to Need Me | 1 | — | — | |
| 2002 | A New Day Has Come | 2 | 22 | 7 | |
| 2003 | I Drove All Night | 1 | 45 | 27 | |
| Tout l'Or des Hommes | 2 | — | — | ||
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[edit] Tours & Concerts
Dec. 1, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
Dec. 2, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
Dec. 3, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
Dec 28, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
Dec 29, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
Dec 30, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
Dec 31, 2006, Caesars Palace - Colosseum, Las Vegas , NV
View complete tour schedule and information on this link.
[edit] Announcements
- Dion's 2002 600-show contract to appear five nights a week in an entertainment extravaganza, A New Day..., at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas was extended up to 2007 due to the show's success! Grab your tickets now!
[edit] Discography
Comprehensive list of the recordings made.
[edit] Albums
 November 9, 1981 Super Étoiles |
 November 8, 1982 Saisons |
 September 7, 1983 Saisons |
 August 6, 1984 TBS |
 September 9, 1985 TBS |
 March 8, 1987 Carere/Columbia |
 March 26, 1990 Epic/Columbia |
 November 4, 1991 Epic/Columbia |
 March 31, 1992 Epic/Columbia |
 November 9, 1993 Epic/Columbia |
 March 27, 1995 Epic/Columbia |
 March 11, 1996 Epic/Columbia |
 November 15, 1997 Epic/Columbia |
 September 7, 1998 Epic/Columbia |
 March 26, 2002 Epic/Columbia |
 March 24, 2003 Epic/Columbia |
 October 13, 2003 Epic/Columbia |
 October 11, 2004 Epic/Columbia |
[edit] Compilations & Live Releases
 November 30, 1981 Super Étoiles |
 October 3, 1983 Pathé Marconi/EMI |
 November 14, 1983 Saisons |
 September 17, 1984 TBS |
 October 8, 1984 Pathé Marconi/EMI |
 December 2, 1985 TBS |
 June 2, 1986 TBS |
 June 6, 1988 Carrere/Mega |
 November 14, 1994 Columbia |
 October 28, 1996 Columbia |
 October 31, 1998 Columbia/Epic |
 September 3, 1999 Columbia |
 November 13, 1999 Columbia/Epic |
 June 14, 2004 Columbia/Epic |
 October 3, 2005 Columbia/Epic |
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[edit] Similar artists
[edit] Influences
[edit] Contemporaries
[edit] Trivia
- Ranked the 10th in the Rolling Stone's 5th-annual list of Biggest Moneymakers.
- Has her name listed on Forbes list of "Hollywood's 10 Most Generous Entertainers" on May 12, 2006.
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