Céline Dion - Biography

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy, Juno, and Oscar award-winning pop singer and songwriter. Dion became an adolescent star in Francophone Canada after her manager and future husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home in order to finance her career. She also gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, and established a foothold in the Anglophone music market with the release of her first English albu ...

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• Céline Dion - Biography
• Céline Dion - Childhood and career beginnings
• Céline Dion - 1990–1992: Career breakthrough
• Céline Dion - 1993–1996: Popularity established
• Céline Dion - 1997–1999: Worldwide success
• Céline Dion - 2000–2002: Career break
• Céline Dion - 2002–2003: Return to Music
• Céline Dion - 2003: 1 Fille & 4 Types
• Céline Dion - 2003–present: A New Day...Live in Las Vegas
• Céline Dion - Image
• Céline Dion - Other activities
• Céline Dion - Selected discography
• Céline Dion - Anglophone albums
• Céline Dion - Francophone albums
• Céline Dion - Notes

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Céline Dion - Childhood and career beginnings. Céline Dion, the youngest of fourteen children born to Adhemar and Therese Dion (who named Dion after a song she sung while pregnant), grew up in a poverty-stricken home in a small town thirty miles east of Montréal, Québec, Canada called Charlemagne. Dion honed her talents by singing with her siblings from the age of five in the small piano bar belonging to her parents, gaining an appreciation for music of all genres, especially classical, and eventually decided ...

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Céline Dion - Anglophone albums. 1990: Unison 1992: Céline Dion 1993: The Colour of My Love 1996: Falling into You 1997: Let's Talk About Love 1998: These Are Special Times 1999: All the Way... a Decade of Song 2000: The Collector's Series Volume 1 2002: A New Day Has Come 2003: One Heart 2004: Miracle Céline Di ...

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Apart from her success as a musician, Dion has also become an entrepreneur with the establishment of her franchise restaurant, "Nickels", in 1990 (though she is no longer affiliated with Nickels as of 2006), her own magazine — The Céline Dion Magazine, which is printed in both English and French — and her own line of perfume. Dion has been an active supporter of many charity organizations worldwide. Since 1982, she has been promoting the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) by participating in media interviews, publi ...

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Unlike most modern pop stars of the contemporary music industry, Dion dresses modestly in her videos, performances and public appearances, and has vowed never to wear revealing outfits. This has led some to believe that her image does not play a large role in garnering media attention or selling records. In addition, her demeanor, stage movements and music is often the subject of media ridicule, where she is repeatedly impersonated on shows like Mad TV and Saturday Night Live. However, Dion seems unabashed by media ridicule: "I ...

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