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Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Québécoise vocalist. She does not like the label "Québécoise" above all others, however; she wishes to be known first and foremost as a Canadian.
Career Beginnings
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.
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Québécoise vocalist. She does not like the label "Québécoise" above all others, however; she wishes to be known first and foremost as a Canadian.
Career Beginnings
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, she received a large boost to her career in Europe. Her first English-language album, Unison (1990), expanded her international recognition with the breakthrough single, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now".
Many of the hit singles that followed over the next ten years ("If You Asked Me To", "Water from the Moon", and "Nothing Broken but My Heart") were written by Diane Warren, a composer best known for power ballads. However, Céline Dion finally showcased her talents as a songwriter when she co-wrote "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" for the 1998 Christmas album, These Are Special Times and "Treat Her Like a Lady" on her Let's Talk About Love album, 1997.
In late 1993, she indicated to the public for the first time that she was in love with her manager, René Angélil. In the dedication section of her third English-language album, The Colour of My Love, Dion named Angélil "the colour of [her] love". Eventually, they were engaged, and she married him in 1994. The wedding was broadcast on television across Canada and was very highly rated. The couple also has a son, René-Charles Angélil (born January 2001).
To date Dion has sold around 175 million albums, making her the best-selling female artist of all time.
Many of the hit singles that followed over the next ten years ("If You Asked Me To", "Water from the Moon", and "Nothing Broken but My Heart") were written by Diane Warren, a composer best known for power ballads. However, Céline Dion finally showcased her talents as a songwriter when she co-wrote "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" for the 1998 Christmas album, These Are Special Times and "Treat Her Like a Lady" on her Let's Talk About Love album, 1997.
In late 1993, she indicated to the public for the first time that she was in love with her manager, René Angélil. In the dedication section of her third English-language album, The Colour of My Love, Dion named Angélil "the colour of [her] love". Eventually, they were engaged, and she married him in 1994. The wedding was broadcast on television across Canada and was very highly rated. The couple also has a son, René-Charles Angélil (born January 2001).
To date Dion has sold around 175 million albums, making her the best-selling female artist of all time.
Band
Élise Duguay - backing singer
Julie LeBlanc - backing singer
Terry Bradford - backing singer (ex)
Barnev Valsaint - backing singer
Claude "Mégo" Lemay - piano, music director
André Coutu - guitar
Paul Picard - percussion
Yves Frulla - keyboard
Marc Langis - bass guitar
Discography
Albums
Miracle 2004 1 million
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (Live album/DVD from her show in Vegas) 2004 1 million
1 Fille & 4 Types (in French) 2003 2,5 million
One Heart 2003 7 million
A New Day Has Come 2002 12 million
The Collector's Series - Volume 1 2000 3 million
All the Way...A Decade of Song (greatest hits CD) 1999 20 million
Au cœur du stade (Live album/DVD from two sold-out shows in Paris) 1999 2 million
These Are Special Times 1998 12 million
S'il suffisait d'aimer (in French) 1998 4 million
Let's Talk About Love 1997 31 million
Live à Paris (live album/VHS/DVD) 1996 3 million
Falling into You 1996 32 million
D'eux (in French, known as The French Album in the United States) 1995 9 million
Céline Dion à l'Olympia (in French, live recording from Paris) 1994 2 million
The Colour of My Love 1993 20 million
Céline Dion 1992 5 million
Dion chante Plamondon (in French) 1991 2 million
Unison 1990 3 million
Incognito (in French) 1989 500 000
Total: 175 million
Hit Singles
from Unison
1990 "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" #4 US
1991 "(If There Ever Was) Any Other Way" #35 US
from Céline Dion
1992 "Beauty and the Beast" (with Peabo Bryson) #9 US, #9 UK
1992 "If You Asked Me to" #4 US
1992 "Introduction/Love Can Move Mountains" #36 US
1992 "Nothing Broken but My Heart" #29 US
from The Colour of My Love 1993 "When I Fall in Love" #23 US
1993 "The Power of Love" #1 US, #4 UK (1994 release)
1994 "Misled" #23 US, #40 UK
1994 "Think Twice" #1 UK
1995 "Only One Road" #8 UK
from D'eux
1995 "Pour que tu m'aimes encore (To Love Me Again)" #7 UK
from The Colour of My Love
1995 "Misled" (re-issue) #15 UK
from Falling into You
1996 "Falling into You" #10 UK
1996 "Because You Loved Me" #1 US, #5 UK
1996 "All by Myself" #4 US (1997 release), #6 UK
1996 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" #2 US, #3 UK
1997 "Call the Man" #11 UK
from Let's Talk About Love
1997 "Tell Him" (with Barbra Streisand) #3 UK
1997 "The Reason" #11 UK
1998 "My Heart Will Go On" #1 US, #1 UK
1998 "Immortality" (with The Bee Gees) #5 UK
from These Are Special Times
1998 "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) #3 UK
from Let's Talk About Love
1999 "Treat Her Like a Lady" #29 UK
from All the Way: A Decade of Song
1999 "That's the Way It Is" #6 US, #12 UK
2000 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" #19 UK
from A New Day Has Come
2002 "A New Day Has Come" #22 US, #7 UK
2002 "I'm Alive" #17 UK
2002 "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" #38 UK
from One Heart
2003 "One Heart" #27 UK
"Think Twice" and "My Heart Will Go On" appeared 45th and 39th respectively in the official list of the best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002.
Élise Duguay - backing singer
Julie LeBlanc - backing singer
Terry Bradford - backing singer (ex)
Barnev Valsaint - backing singer
Claude "Mégo" Lemay - piano, music director
André Coutu - guitar
Paul Picard - percussion
Yves Frulla - keyboard
Marc Langis - bass guitar
Discography
Albums
Miracle 2004 1 million
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (Live album/DVD from her show in Vegas) 2004 1 million
1 Fille & 4 Types (in French) 2003 2,5 million
One Heart 2003 7 million
A New Day Has Come 2002 12 million
The Collector's Series - Volume 1 2000 3 million
All the Way...A Decade of Song (greatest hits CD) 1999 20 million
Au cœur du stade (Live album/DVD from two sold-out shows in Paris) 1999 2 million
These Are Special Times 1998 12 million
S'il suffisait d'aimer (in French) 1998 4 million
Let's Talk About Love 1997 31 million
Live à Paris (live album/VHS/DVD) 1996 3 million
Falling into You 1996 32 million
D'eux (in French, known as The French Album in the United States) 1995 9 million
Céline Dion à l'Olympia (in French, live recording from Paris) 1994 2 million
The Colour of My Love 1993 20 million
Céline Dion 1992 5 million
Dion chante Plamondon (in French) 1991 2 million
Unison 1990 3 million
Incognito (in French) 1989 500 000
Total: 175 million
Hit Singles
from Unison
1990 "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" #4 US
1991 "(If There Ever Was) Any Other Way" #35 US
from Céline Dion
1992 "Beauty and the Beast" (with Peabo Bryson) #9 US, #9 UK
1992 "If You Asked Me to" #4 US
1992 "Introduction/Love Can Move Mountains" #36 US
1992 "Nothing Broken but My Heart" #29 US
from The Colour of My Love 1993 "When I Fall in Love" #23 US
1993 "The Power of Love" #1 US, #4 UK (1994 release)
1994 "Misled" #23 US, #40 UK
1994 "Think Twice" #1 UK
1995 "Only One Road" #8 UK
from D'eux
1995 "Pour que tu m'aimes encore (To Love Me Again)" #7 UK
from The Colour of My Love
1995 "Misled" (re-issue) #15 UK
from Falling into You
1996 "Falling into You" #10 UK
1996 "Because You Loved Me" #1 US, #5 UK
1996 "All by Myself" #4 US (1997 release), #6 UK
1996 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" #2 US, #3 UK
1997 "Call the Man" #11 UK
from Let's Talk About Love
1997 "Tell Him" (with Barbra Streisand) #3 UK
1997 "The Reason" #11 UK
1998 "My Heart Will Go On" #1 US, #1 UK
1998 "Immortality" (with The Bee Gees) #5 UK
from These Are Special Times
1998 "I'm Your Angel" (with R. Kelly) #3 UK
from Let's Talk About Love
1999 "Treat Her Like a Lady" #29 UK
from All the Way: A Decade of Song
1999 "That's the Way It Is" #6 US, #12 UK
2000 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" #19 UK
from A New Day Has Come
2002 "A New Day Has Come" #22 US, #7 UK
2002 "I'm Alive" #17 UK
2002 "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" #38 UK
from One Heart
2003 "One Heart" #27 UK
"Think Twice" and "My Heart Will Go On" appeared 45th and 39th respectively in the official list of the best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002.
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