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Doctor (h.c.) Céline Marie Claudette Dion (/se?l?n d??n/) OC OQ (born March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec) is a Canadian singer, and occasional songwriter and actress. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.[Celine Dion Biography
. "Canoe Jam!." Retrieved September 13, 2007.] In 1990, she released the anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.[Bliss, Karen. "25 Years of Canadian Artists." Canadian Musician. March 1, 2004, p. 34. ISSN: 07089635] Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to Sony Records in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide success with several English and French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music.[Taylor, Chuck. "Epic/550's Dion offers Hits." Billboard. November 6, 1999, p. 1.]["The Ultimate Diva". CNN. October 22, 2002. Retrieved September 13, 2007.] However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retirement from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer.[Celine Dion. "Interview with Celine Dion." Peter Nansbridge. The National. With Alison Smith. CBC-TV. March 28, 2002. Transcript.]["Celine Dion Biography." The Biography Channel. September 13, 2007.][Helligar, Jeremy. "Celine Dion livin' la vida Vegas!." Us. March 31, 2003, p. 56.]
Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical, and while her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals.[Alexander, Charles P. The Power of Celine Dion". Time. March 7, 1994][Gardner, Elysa. Review: Falling Into You. Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Calif.: November 16, 1997, p. 68)][ work= The 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists] In 2004, after amassing over 175 million albums worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best selling female artist of all time. In April 2007 Sony BMG announced that Celine Dion had sold 200 million albums worldwide.
Life and music careerChildhood and early beginningsThe youngest of fourteen children born to Adhémar Dion and Thérèse Tanguay both of French Canadian descent. Her paternal grandmother is of Syrian descent. Céline Dion was raised a Roman Catholic in a poverty-stricken, but, by her own account, happy home in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada.["Profiles of Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Moby." Paula Zahn, Charles Molineaux, Gail O'Neill. People in the News. May 18, 2002. Transcript.][Alexander, Charles P. The Power of Celine Dion". Time. March 7, 1994. Retrieved April 7, 2008.] In a 1994 interview with People magazine, she recalled, "I missed my family and my home, but I don't regret having lost my adolescence. I had one dream: I wanted to be a singer."
At age twelve, Dion collaborated with her mother and her brother Jacques to compose her first song, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" ("It Was Only a Dream").[Celine Dion Biography. "Canoe Jam!." Retrieved September 13, 2007] Angélil was moved to tears by Dion's voice, and decided to make her a star.
By 1983, in addition to becoming the first Canadian artist to receive a gold record in France for the single "D'amour ou d'amitié" ("Of Love or of Friendship"), Dion had also won several Félix Awards, including "Best Female performer" and "Discovery of the Year".[Alexander, Charles P. "The Arts & Media/Music: At Age Five She Belted Out French pop tunes standing atop tables." Time International. February 28 1994. pg 44.] At eighteen, after seeing a Michael Jackson performance, Dion told Angélil that she wanted to be a star like Jackson. Though confident in her talent, Angélil realized that her image needed to be changed in order for her to be marketed worldwide.
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