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Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC ChLD OQ (French pronunciation: [selin djɔ̃] (
listen); born March 30, 1968 or 1968) Is a Canadian singer. She is mostly known for the song "My Heart Will Go On", which was made for the film Titanic. Dion became famous internationally in 1988 after winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
Céline Dion CC ChLD OQ | |
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.JPG) Dion performing in 2013 | |
| Born | Céline Marie Claudette Dion March 30, 1959 |
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| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Spouse | René Angélil (m. 1994–2016; his death) |
| Children | 3 |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1980–present |
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| Website | celinedion |
Family
She was born in the town of Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. She is the youngest of 14 children. Her parents were television personality Thérèse Dion (1927–2020) and businessman Adhémar Dion (1923–2003).
Marriage and children
On December 30, 1994, Dion married her manager René Angélil. They have three sons: René-Charles Angélil (born on January 25, 2001), and twins Eddy Angélil and Nelson Angélil (born on October 23, 2010). René died on January 14, 2016 from cancer. Her older brother, Daniel, died from cancer two days later, on what would have been Angélil's 74th birthday.
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When she was 12 years old, her brother sent a recording to a manager named René Angélil. With his help, she released her first album in 1981, and her first English album in 1990.
Dion first had international recognition in the 1980s. She won both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland.[3][4]
Her popularity continued through the 1990s. She recorded the song "My Heart Will Go On" for the film Titanic.
In 2007, she performed a show with Elvis Presley, which was arranged on the computer with old images from Elvis shows. It had been arranged for the TV show American Idol.
She has sold the most albums in the world for a female artist. For that, she received a special World Music Award in 2004.[5][6] She has also sold the most French albums with 7 million copies. Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time.[7][8]
In 2018, Dion released the song "Ashes", which appears on the soundtrack to the film Deadpool 2, starring fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds.
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