In 1993, when Celine was 25 and her manager Angelil was 51, she declared her love for him by dedicating a portion of her album, The Colour of My Love to him. The song was recorded two years prior to her birth.ĭuring her teenage years, she was bullied in school and often tagged “Vampire” due to her skinny appearance and teeth.Īfter receiving criticism from her French fans, she openly rejected an award for “English Artist of the Year” during the 1991 Felix Awards show, stating that she would always be a French artist. Her parents named her after Hugues Aufray’s song titled Celine. Trivia/Interesting Facts about Celine Dion She was honored in 2003 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for selling more than 50 million albums in Europe. In 2016, she became the recipient of the Billboard Icon Award. Her 2002 album, A New Day Has Come debuted at number one in over 17 countries. In 1998, she was honored as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her Outstanding Contribution to the World of Contemporary Music. She later earned a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, and an induction into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. The song earned her two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It’s most successful single was My Heart Will Go On, which would become Celine’s signature song after it featured as the theme song for the film, Titanic. The album earned 10x Platinum Certification in the United States and sold a record 230,212 copies in Canada during the first week of its release. Let’s Talk About Love (1997) debuted at number one in several countries in the world. It received the Grammy Awards for Best Pop Album and Album of the Year as well. Her 1996 album, Falling Into You ushered her into even greater international success, as it reached number one in the United States and earned 11x Platinum certifications. Her third English language album, The Colour of My Love sold over six million copies in the United States, more than two million copies in Canada, and topped the charts in several countries.īy 1996, she had won the World Music Award for World’s Best-Selling Female Recording Artist of the Year three times. She broke through internationally with the title track to Disney’s 1991 animated film, Beauty and the Beast. This was the track that earned her a first Grammy Award and an Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. This song became the first of hers to reach the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, at number four. The singer released her debut English album, Unison in 1990, spawning hit singles such as Where Does My Heart Beat Now. During this time, Celine underwent dental surgery and attended the Ecole Berlitz to improve on her English. Thus Angelil ensured that she receded her career for a few months to improve her image. The song earned her immense popularity in Quebec, and other parts of the world when she participated and won the Top Performer and Best Song awards in the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival.Ĭeline Dion’s admiration for Michael Jackson was so strong that she told her manager, Angelil that she wanted to be a big star just like him. He mortgaged his own home in 1981 to fund her first recording, La voix du bon Dieu. The recording of that song was sent by her brother Michel to music manager Rene Angelil.Īngelil, who was touched by young Celine’s voice, vowed to transform her into a star. Her dreams to become a performer grew stronger and at age 12, she together with her brother Jacques and her mother, wrote her first song titled, Ce n’etait qu’un reve (It Was Only a Dream). Her first public performance was at her brother’s wedding in 1973 at age five. She grew up with thirteen older siblings. She was born to French-Canadian butcher, Adhemar Dion and Therese, who also loved music and owned a piano bar named Le Vieux Baril.
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