Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ (/seɪˌliË n diˈÉ'n/,[1] also UK:
/-ˈdiË É'n/,[2] French: [selin maÊ i klodÉ›t djÉ"̃], Quebec French:
[- dÍ¡zjÉ"̃]; born 30 March 1968)[3] is a Canadian singer. She is
renowned for her powerful, technically skilled vocals,[4][5] and
remains the best-selling Canadian recording artist and one of the
best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million
worldwide.[6][7] Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec,
she emerged as a teen star in her home country 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-language 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... on
the Las Vegas Strip (2003â€"07), which remains the highest-grossing
concert residency of all time, as well as the Taking Chances World
Tour (2008â€"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 vocalists. 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-one songs on the radio
format for a female artist.[8] 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.
/-ˈdiË É'n/,[2] French: [selin maÊ i klodÉ›t djÉ"̃], Quebec French:
[- dÍ¡zjÉ"̃]; born 30 March 1968)[3] is a Canadian singer. She is
renowned for her powerful, technically skilled vocals,[4][5] and
remains the best-selling Canadian recording artist and one of the
best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million
worldwide.[6][7] Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec,
she emerged as a teen star in her home country 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-language 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... on
the Las Vegas Strip (2003â€"07), which remains the highest-grossing
concert residency of all time, as well as the Taking Chances World
Tour (2008â€"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 vocalists. 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-one songs on the radio
format for a female artist.[8] 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.
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