Celine Dion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Celine Dion

Canadian recording artist; singer

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1968

Place of Birth: Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada

Profession: actor, composer, singer, pianist, musician, voice actor, restaurateur, film actor, recording artist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Celine Dion

  • Céline Marie Claudette Dion (, also UK: , French: [selin ma?i klod?t dj?~], Quebec French: [- d?zj?~]; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.
  • Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, she emerged as a teen star in her homeland with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s.
  • She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland.
  • After learning to speak English, she signed on to Epic Records in the United States.
  • In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world. During the 1990s, she achieved worldwide fame after releasing several best-selling English albums, such as Falling into You (1996) and Let's Talk About Love (1997), which were both certified diamond in the US.
  • She also scored a series of international number-one hits, including "The Power of Love", "Think Twice", "Because You Loved Me", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", "My Heart Will Go On", and "I'm Your Angel".
  • Dion continued releasing French albums between each English record; D'eux (1995) became the best-selling French-language album of all time, while S'il suffisait d'aimer (1998), Sans attendre (2012), and Encore un soir (2016), were all certified diamond in France.
  • During the 2000s, she built her reputation as a highly successful live performer with A New Day...
  • in Las Vegas Strip (2003–07), which remains the highest-grossing concert residency of all time, as well as the Taking Chances World Tour (2008–09), one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time.
  • Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical.
  • Her recordings are mainly in French and English, although she also sings in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese.
  • While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is regarded as one of pop music's most influential voices.
  • She has won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.
  • Billboard named her the "Queen of Adult Contemporary" for having the most number ones on the radio format for a female artist.
  • She is the second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era.
  • In 2003, she was honoured by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for selling over 50 million albums in Europe.
  • She remains the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record sales of 200 million copies worldwide.
  • Her concert tours and Las Vegas residencies have grossed over $1.4 billion, making her one of the most profitable live performers of all time.

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