- Born
- Birth nameCéline Marie Claudette Dion
- Nicknames
- Queen Céline
- The Queen of Pop
- Queen of Adult Contemporary
- Queen of Power Ballads
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Hailing from the small town of Charlemagne, Québec, Céline Dion has become one of the all-time greatest singers. Céline was born in 1968, the youngest of 14 children. Early in childhood, she sang with her siblings in a small club owned by her parents. From these early experiences, Céline gained the know-how to performing live. At the age of 12, Dion composed a song in her native French and sent it to a record company, where it garnered the attention of René Angélil, a respected manager. Angélil believed in Céline so much that he actually mortgaged his house in order to finance her debut album. Already very popular and successful internationally, Céline burst onto the U.S. stage when she recorded the theme song to Disney's hit Beauty and the Beast (1991). The song garnered a Grammy and an Oscar, and from this point Céline has brought forth hit after hit. Her 'Falling Into You' album, released in 1996, became the best-selling album of that year, selling more than 25 million copies worldwide. In 1999, Dion took a hiatus in order to begin a family. She returned to the spotlight in 2002, releasing yet another hit album. Starting in 2003, Céline began a three-year commitment to perform in an arena built for her in Las Vegas.- IMDb Mini Biography By: T.J. Magwire
- SpouseRené Angélil(December 17, 1994 - January 14, 2016) (his death, 3 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesLouise Dion(Sibling)Jacques Dion(Sibling)Daniel Dion(Sibling)Ghislaine Dion(Sibling)Linda Dion(Sibling)Denise Dion(Sibling)Clement Dion(Sibling)Claudette Dion(Sibling)Liette Dion(Sibling)Michel Dion(Sibling)Manon Dion(Sibling)Paul Dion(Sibling)Pauline Dion(Sibling)
- Powerful voice spanning three octaves
- Distinctive Quebec accent
- Long brown flowing hair
- November 30, 2003: She performed the same night her father died and dedicated the show to him.
- Soon after giving birth to her twin sons Eddy and Nelson, she admitted she initially expected triplets, but one of the babies has died.
- Husband mortgaged his house to fund Celine's first album when she was an unknown 12-year-old.
- She sings frequently in English and French, but she has also sung in Spanish, German and Japanese.
- She is three months younger than her stepson Patrick Angélil.
- I guess it all depends on your nature. Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.
- There's always a new thing happening to me that's even more extraordinary, so pressure gets harder. But I like it when it's hard. Anyone can do it when it's easy. When it's hard and you can do it good, you're proud of yourself. There's going to be more pressure as the years go by, that's for sure. But I think I'm a hard worker and I'm ready for that. As long as I believe in what I'm doing, the pressure is okay with me.
- For me, singing was real life, not two plus two equals four.
- I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec and every time I go to a country I say that. It's my roots, my origins and it's the most important thing to me.
- There's one way to do showbiz, if you want to do it perfectly, you have to be disciplined and you have to be ready to work really hard.
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