Celine Dion

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This article is about the singer. For her self-titled album, see Celine Dion (album).

Céline Dion

CC OQ

Dion performing in Birmingham, UK in 2017

Born 30 March 1968 (age 52)

Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada

Occupation Singer

Years active 1980–present

René Angélil
Spouse(s)

(m. 1994; died 2016)
 Children 3

 Thérèse Dion (mother)
Parent(s)

Awards Full list

Musical career

Genres  Pop

 chanson

 soft rock

Instruments Vocals

Labels  CBS

 Epic

 Columbia

 550

 Legacy

Associated acts David Foster

Website celinedion.com

Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ (/seɪˌliːn diˈɒn/,[1] also UK: /- ˈdiːɒn/;[2] French: [selin maʁi

klodɛt djɔ̃], Quebec French: [- d͡zjɔ̃]; born 30 March 1968)[3] is a Canadian singer. She is
renowned for her powerful, technically skilled vocals, [4][5] and remains the best-selling
Canadian recording artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record
sales of over 200 million worldwide.[6][7] Born into a large family from Charlemagne,
Quebec, she emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-
language albums during the 1980s. She first gained international recognition by winning
both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song
Contest, where she represented Switzerland. After learning to speak English, she
signed on to Epic Records in the United States. In 1990, Dion released her debut
English-language album, Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North
America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
During the 1990s, she achieved worldwide fame after releasing several best-selling
English-language albums, such as Falling into You (1996) and Let's Talk About
Love (1997), which were both certified diamond in the US. She also scored a series of
international number-one hits, including "The Power of Love", "Think Twice", "Because
You Loved Me", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", "My Heart Will Go On", and "I'm Your
Angel". Dion continued releasing French 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
highly successful live performer with A New Day... on the Las Vegas Strip (2003–07),
which remains the highest-grossing concert residency of all time, as well as the Taking
Chances World Tour (2008–09), one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time.
Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock
and R&B to gospel and classical. Her recordings are mainly in French and English,
although she also sings in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese, and Mandarin
Chinese. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is
regarded as one of pop music's most influential vocalists. She has won five Grammy
Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Billboard named her the
"Queen of Adult Contemporary" for having the most number-one songs on the radio
format for a female artist.[8] She is the second best-selling female artist in the US during
the Nielsen SoundScan era. In 2003, she was honoured by the International Federation
of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for selling over 50 million albums in Europe.