Celine Marie Claudette Dion was born to a poor French family in Canada but rose to stardom at a young age in Francophone Canada after her manager and future husband Rene Angelil mortgaged his home to finance her first record in 1981. She later gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia after she won both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1990, Celine Dion made her English song debut with the album Unison. During 1990s she won worldwide fame with several English and French records and ended the decade as one of the most successful pop singer of the world.
Celine Dion’s music has been influenced by various genres, which range from pop and rock to gospel and classical. She is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. In 2004, after accumulating record sales in excess of 175 million copies, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award for becoming the Best Selling Female Pop Artiste in the world.
From 1990 till 2007, Celine Dion released 17 albums. Those are Incognito (1987), Unison (1990), Dion chante Plamondon (1991), Celine Dion (1992), The Color of My Love (1993), D’eux (1995), Falling into You (1996), Let’s Talk About Love ( 1997), S’il suffisait d’aimer ( 1998), A New Day Has Come ( 2002), One Heart and I fille & 4 types (2003) Miracle (2004), On ne change pas (2005) Taking Chance and D’elles (2007). Celine Dion’s hit singles include Where Does My Heart Beat Now, If You Asked Me To, Beauty and the Beast, The Power of Love, Think Twice, Because You Loved Me, It’s All Coming Back to Me, All by Myself, Think Twice, Because You Loved Me, I Drove All Night, Tell Him, Immortality, The Reason, My Heart Wil Go On, Je sais pas, Ungacon pas, Pour que tu and Sous le vent, Celine Dion won numerous awards including two Oscars, five Grammy Awards, ten World Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, Twenty one Juno Awards, thirty eight Felix Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
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