Celine Dion

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Celine Dion
Celine Dion

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

Album Certification Country
Tellement J'Ai d'Amour Platinum Canada
Les Chemins de Ma Maison Gold Canada
Mélanie Gold Canada
Incognito 2x Platinum Canada
Unison 7x Platinum Canada
Platinum U.S.
Dion Chante Plamondon 2x Platinum Canada
Celine Dion Diamond Canada
2x Platinum U.S.
The Colour of My Love Certified Diamond Canada
6x Platinum U.S.
Les Premières Années Gold France
À l'Olympia Platinum Canada
D'eux 7x Platinum Canada
Falling into You 11x Platinum U.S.
Diamond Canada
Live à Paris 2x Platinum Canada
Let's Talk About Love Diamond Canada
Diamond U.S.
Album Certification Country
S'il Suffisait d'Aimer 4x Platinum Canada
These Are Special Times 8x Platinum Canada
2x Platinum Australia
5x Platinum U.S.
Au Coeur du Stade 2x Platinum France
Gold Canada
All the Way...A Decade of Song 9x Platinum Canada
7x Platinum U.S.
A New Day Has Come 6x Platinum Canada
3x Platinum Europe
3x Platinum U.S.
One Heart 3x Platinum Canada
Platinum Australia
2x Platinum U.S.
1 Fille & 4 Types 2x Platinum France
Platinum Canada
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas Gold U.S.
Miracle Platinum U.S.
On Ne Change Pas 3x Platinum Canada

[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

[edit] Compilations & Live Releases

[edit] Other artists

[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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