Celine Dion doesn't applaud Garth Brooks after winning his American Music Award, 1997

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Celine Dion (b. 30 March 1968) is a Canadian pop singer. She's noted for her powerful & technically skilled vocals. She's the best-selling Canadian & French artist of all time.

Youngest of 14 children. She emerged as a teen star. She gained international recognition winning the 1982 Yamaha World Song Festival & the 1988 Eurovision representing Switzerland. After learning English, she released her 1st English album, Unison.

She achieved worldwide fame after releasing best-selling albums in history, such as Falling into You & Let's Talk About Love, each with over 30 million copies. She also scored a series of no1 hits, The Power of Love, Think Twice, Because You Loved Me, It's All Coming Back to Me Now, That's the Way It Is, I'm Alive & her signature song My Heart Will Go On, the theme for the film Titanic. D'eux became the best-selling French album ever. A New Day remains the highest-grossing concert residency & the Taking Chances Tour, one of the highest-grossing tours.

She is one of the best-selling artists with more than 200 million copies & regarded as one of music's most influential vocalists. Winner of 5 Grammys & 2 Oscars. She has the most no1 Adult Contemporary songs for a female artist.

* She was named after Hugues Aufray song Céline

* At 12 Celine, her mother & her brother wrote Ce n'était qu'un rêve & sent it to René Angélil. He mortgaged his home to fund her 1st record, La voix du bon Dieu

* She was bullied at school for her appearance

* She is the 1st Canadian to receive a gold record in France for D'amour ou d'amitié

* At 18 she retreated from spotlight for months, doing dental work & learning English

* Her breakthrough came with the song of Disney's Beauty and the Beast (w/ Peabo Bryson, 1991)

* Celine & Rene married in 1994. They have 3 sons

* She suffered a miscarriage & lost one of the triplets

* She sang The Power of the Dream at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games

* After Rene's diagnosis with cancer she took a break in 2000

* In 2016, within 2 days Rene & her brother Daniel died of cancer

* She claimed to be a mezzo-soprano.

* She cites as idols: Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Charles Aznavour, Carole King, Anne Murray, Barbra Streisand & Bee Gees

* Artists cite Dion as influence: Britney Spears, Rihanna, Adele, Josh Groban, Delta Goodrem, Leona Lewis, Jennifer Hudson, Vanessa Hudgens, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith, Frank Ocean, Charlotte Cardin & BTS

* Artists praised her voice: Beyoncé, Carlos Santana, Elton John, Coldplay, Ne-Yo, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, Bee Gees, George Martin, Justin Bieber, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Drake, Cher, Quincy Jones,Tommy Mottola, David Foster, Shania Twain, Jennifer Lopez, Lea Michele, Patti LaBelle

* Since her debut, many followed with concert residencies in Las Vegas: Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Usher, Tiesto, Diana Ross, Mariah Carey, Aerosmith, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, Rod Stewart, Sting, Cardi B, Christina Aguilera & JLo

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