- Name: Celine Dion
- Date of Birth: March 30, 1968
- Place of Birth: Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada
Celine Dion Wiki Profile
I knew it was going to be the most extraordinary thing in my life, but how powerful it is, you can never know until you have a baby. |
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Celine Dion was born to a very large family reduced to extreme poverty living in Charlemagne, Quebec. Celine Dion had the innate skill of singing and she managed to show herself to the world with the help of her manager and future husband René Angélil who mortgaged his own house, so that her first album could be released, and all the finances could be managed. Celine Dion became increasingly popular with her works and she gained immense popularity in the continents of Europe and also Asia which was after her victory of the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. It was in 1990 that Celine Dion made her debut with the English Language in the Anglophone album Unison, which was published by the very famous Epic Records. It was after the release of this debut album that Celine Dion immediately became successful worldwide having a number of English and even some French records, which was all under the guidance of her loving husband. She later on ended the decade with her name being amongst the most famous pop music artists. In the decade between 1980 and 1990 Celine Dion reached the highest Standards in her career of music and released about a total of twenty-five albums in that time period. There was a major personal disaster in Celine's life at the end of the 90's when in the year 1999 she announced that she was taking a break from her profession because she intended to start a family, and more importantly she had to look after and give more time to her husband who was diagnosed with throat cancer. She is one of the world's top selling female singers and last year earned more than US$235 million (HK$1.83 billion) from her first world tour in eight years, according to trade publication Pollstar.In 2003 she began a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and grossed more than US$385 million by the time the final show ended in December 2007. |
| Early Life |
Celine Dion got more and more inclined towards music because of the family's interest and enthusiasm towards it. Celine in fact grew up singing with her siblings and parents in their common town bar called the 'Le Vieux Baril.' It was since then that Celine developed a passion for music and at a very early age she also dreamed to become a performer one day. In the year 1994, Celine stated for a magazine about her childhood, and dream for singing: When she was eighteen, she was greatly inspired by the famous Celine soon became the most famous singer in the year 1983 in Canada after she won the awards like the record in France for her single "D'Amour Ou d'Amitié" ("Of Love or of Friendship") and also some great awards like the Félix Awards which included the "Best Female performer" and also "Discovery of the year." |
| Media Career Success |
The album was a huge hit and appreciated worldwide, not only did she receive commercial success but also a major critical acclaim. The reason for the success of the album was that it suited to the adult contemporary style and the 1980's soft rock music. She was appreciated by the Jim Faber of Entertainment Weekly, for staying in her style and not going beyond it trying to act someone else. The All Music Guide member Stephen Erlewine declared it as "a fine, sophisticated American debut" The album included some greatest hit singles of all times such as "(If There Was) Any Other Way," "The Last to Know," "Unison," and "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" the latter became her first single ever to reach the US billboard Hot 100 charts at the number 4 position. She was then known as the rapidly rising star of all times worldwide in all of the continents of the world, including Asia and Europe. A major achievement in Celine's career was brought about after her work with Peab o Bryson in which she recorded the title track of the famous Disney's animated movie Beauty and the Beast in the year 1991. The song was a classical type with the sweeping ballad style accompanied by soft instrumentation, which indeed was Celine's niche. This song brought her the greatest acclaim from all over the world it was the second song to reach the top 10 singles in the US top charts. She won the Academy Award for the Best Song and also the Grammy Award for the Best pop Performance. The most famous song of Celine Dion was thus the title track of "Beauty and the Beast" which was then featured in her album released in the year 1992 which had a rock influence with a classical music style. |
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| Vital Stats |
| Birth Name: | Celine Marie Claudette Dion |
| Birth Date: | March 30, 1968 |
| Birth Play: | Charlemagne, Quebec,Canada |
| Height: | 5' 7'' |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Race or Ethnicity: | White |
| Nationality: | Canada |
| Executive summary: | Canadian diva |
| Astrological signs : | Aries, with Lion ascendant (Monkey in Chinese horoscope) |
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| Colour of her eyes: | Hazelnut |
| Musical instrument: | Piano |
| Other career choice: | Actress |
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| Favorite colors: | Black, white and red |
| Collections : | Shoes |
| Perfume : | Chanel n° 5 |
| Sports: | Golf |
| Favorite male singers : | Stevie Wonder et Michael Jackson |
| Favorite female singers : | Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand et Ginette Reno |
| Top awards: | for celine awards please visit here |
In January 2004, Celine Dion received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She dedicated her star to her father, who died the month prior. Other stars who attended the ceremony included talk In 2007, Celine Dion was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 5th richest woman in entertainment with an estimated net worth of US$250 million.[ She also received France's highest award, the Légion d'honneur, in May 2008. In August 2008, she received an honorary doctorate in music from the Université Laval in Quebec City. On 16 April 2009, it was announced that Celine Dion and other Quebec elites were slated to bid on the purchase of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens and Montreal's Bell Centre which are both up for purchase. Dion, Karl Peladeau, and Stephen Bronfman have all formed a joint bid to purchase the team and the venue, and to also create a television channel that would air games and other hockey-related programming. |
On February 5, 2006 was unveiled a wax-statue of Celine Dion at the Parisian Grèvin Museum. On May 7, 2006 Celine unveiled her second wax statue on The Colosseum of Las Vegas. The statue wears the dress that Celine Dion wore for the ceremony of the Oscars in 1998 and also a copy of the famous jewel "The Heart Of Ocean" created by the jeweller Asprey for the "Titanic". |
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maq05posted 33 days ago -
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I absolutely love Celine! she was and still is an inspiration for me. she was helped me alot in my music. i love her!
xoxo Vanessaposted 120 days ago -
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she is such a beautiful singer i love her voice ma fav song of all time waz sung by her....heart will go on..:)
posted 347 days ago -
you are the great singer i ever knew
you have a brilliant voice...
love ya...posted 347 days ago -
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My son and I really enjoy listening to your music, they put us in a relaxing mood.
posted 364 days ago -
j'aime beaucoup vos musiques et
j'aimerais être un chanteur couragé comme vous.
vous êtes une vraie star.posted 386 days ago


































