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Céline Dion: The Voice from Quebec
Canadian singer and global superstar, born in Charlemagne on 30 March 1968
Céline Dion was born on 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, the youngest of 14 children. Her manager, René Angélil, mortgaged his house to fund her first record and later became her husband.
She first found fame singing in French, then broke through in English with hits such as Beauty and the Beast and The Power of Love. My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic, became one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Her Las Vegas residency, A New Day..., began in 2003 and was hugely successful. In 2022 she revealed she had stiff-person syndrome, and in 2024 she made an emotional return, singing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
Career highlights
- 1968Born in Charlemagne, Quebec: youngest of 14 children
- 1981First album: recorded at 13
- 1990Unison: first English-language album
- 1992Beauty and the Beast: Oscar-winning duet
- 1997My Heart Will Go On: theme from Titanic
- 2003Las Vegas residency: A New Day... begins
- 2016Death of René Angélil: her husband and manager
- 2022Stiff-person syndrome: reveals her diagnosis
- 2024Paris Olympics: sings from the Eiffel Tower
Did you know?She sang almost only in French early in her career and learned English as a young adult before her international breakthrough.
