Celine Dion
Céline Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian vocalist.
She was born in the small town of Charlemagne, Quebec, with a singing voice that her mother encouraged. By the age of five she was performing for anyone who would listen.
In 1980 her mother brought her to agent/manager René Angélil, who so believed in her voice that he mortgaged his home to help finance her career. In 1981 they released her first record in her native French language, "La Voix du bon Dieu" ("The Voice of God"), that made her an instant star in Quebec. The following year she competed and won the gold medal at the Tokyo World Song Festival. Her career continued to blossom, and in 1987 she produced the album Incognito, which became a huge success. Approached by Swiss song writers Atilla Serefthug and Nella Martinetti she was chosen to represent Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest singing "Ne partez pas sans moi". By winning the Contest in Dublin, Ireland on April 30, 1988, Eurovision gave her career a large boost in Europe. Her 1991 album, Unison, expanded her international recognition.
Back in North America, and working in the United States, her song for
Disney's Beauty and the Beast and others, added to her growing stardom. By 1997 her records and her rendition of Will Jennings' song "My Heart Will Go On", written for the motion picture Titanic, made her the top-grossing star of the music world, with more than 50 million records sold.
Married to her manager René Angélil, Dion took two years off to have a child. In 2002 she returned to the music world with a new album and a contract to play again in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Discography
- 1 Fille & 4 Types (in French) -- (2003)
- One Heart -- (2003)
- A New Day Has Come -- (2002)
- All the Way...A Decade of Song -- (1999)
- These Are Special Times -- (1998)
- S'il suffisait d'aimer (in French) -- (1998)
- Let's Talk about Love -- (1997)
- Falling into You -- (1996)
- D'eux (in French, known as "The French album" in the US) -- (1995)
- Céline Dion à l'Olympia (in French) -- (1994)
- The Colour of My Love -- (1993)
- Céline Dion -- (1992)
- Dion chante Plamondon (in French) -- (1991)
- Unison -- (1990)
- Incognito (in French) -- (1989)
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