Celine Dion: A Monument of Pop Music with an Impressive Career

Beginning her career at the age of 12 alongside the impresario René Angélil (who later became her husband), she managed, tube after tube, to establish herself as a monument of French and English pop, with more than 130 million records sold around the world.

Relying on both an impressive mastery of his voice and an assumed bilingualism, his work quickly took on an international dimension. She participates very young in events in Europe as in Asia, and does not hesitate to cross the language barrier, singing in Spanish, German, Japanese or Mandarin.

Celine Dion makes herself known to an American public singing for movies, including the cartoon “Beauty and the Beast” (1992) and “Titanic” (1997) by James Cameron. She becomes an essential element of the Las Vegas scene after two residencies at Caesars Palace from 2003 to 2007, then from 2011 to 2019. The two most lucrative shows in the history of the city, ahead of King Elvis Presley.

Among her most famous titles are “My heart will go on”, “so that you still love me”, “All by myself” or “Encore un soir”, and she is now the holder of 5 Grammys, and 41 Félix awards (Quebec equivalent of the Victoires de la Musique).

How Celine Dion met René Angélil, her husband and impresario?

At the age of 12, the young Céline wrote her first song, “It was only a dream”, with the help of her mother and her brother Jacques. His family sends the tape to the person who until then took care of the Quebec star Ginette Reno, René Angélil. About to be thanked by her, René is about to leave the music when he listens to the piece.

After summoning the young girl, he is seduced by her talent and decides to produce her. He goes so far as to mortgage his own house in order to be able to finance a first album, “La voix du bon Dieu”. It was the start of a long collaboration that took an unexpected turn when, around 16, Celine Dion began to develop feelings for René.

A love that is far from easy because he is 26 years older than her, and Celine’s mother strongly opposes it. On April 30, 1988, when the singer was twenty years old, and after more than a year apart, the two lovers met on the evening of Eurovision, where they shared a first kiss.

Their relationship was revealed to the public in 1993 and they married the following year. Céline took a three-year break from her career for the birth of their son René-Charles in 2001. They then had twins Eddy and Nelson in 2010.

How did Celine Dion get famous?

Celine’s career began under the impetus of René Angélil, with a first appearance on Quebec television in 1981. She collaborated for her debut with the lyricist Eddy Marnay, and distinguished herself in 1982 at the Japanese music competition Yamaha Song Festival.

At 15, she left school to devote herself entirely to music. She gained notoriety in Quebec but also in France, where she was the first Canadian to win a gold record for “D’amour et d’Amitié” in 1983.

In 1988, she won Eurovision for Switzerland with “Ne partez pas sans moi”, which contributed even more to her success.

Two soundtracks propelled his career: that of the Disney film “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), whose title song earned him an Oscar, but above all that of Titanic (1997) by James Cameron, which made the song ” My heart will go on” a planetary hit. An ironic triumph, for this piece that the singer would have refused without the encouragement of her husband.

Elle collaborates with Jean-Jacques Goldman in 1995 (who wrote 29 titles for her) on the album “D’eux”, whose title “Pour que tu m’aimes encore” was a great success in French-speaking Europe.

Her career gained new momentum in 2003 when she began a first four-year residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, followed by a second from 2011 to 2019. Totaling 1,141 concerts in the mythical hall, she brought up to date the practice of “residence” in Sin City. She will be followed by other superstars, including Britney Spears, Adele or rappers Drake and Cardi B.

How did René Angélil die?

René Angélil died on January 14, 2016 from throat cancer he had been battling since 1999.

He is buried a week later in the same basilica where they were married. Celine Dion leaves a final message on a card distributed at the entrance, explaining that she wants to continue “without him, for him”. “I understood that my career was in a way his masterpiece, his song, his own symphony. The idea that it could remain unfinished would have pained him terribly. »

The same year, the now widow of René Angélil released “Encore un soir”, a song written in his memory by Jean-Jacques Goldman.

She remains single thereafter, despite rumors about her relationship with the dancer Pepe Munoz (which she silences by revealing his homosexuality) and she explains that she devotes herself to the education of her children. The eldest René-Charles also tries his hand at music, going out in 2021 the rap EP “CasiNo.5”.

What is Celine Dion sick of?

In December 2022, Celine Dion announces on Instagram be forced to cancel his European tour. She then declares to have been diagnosed with a rare neurological pathology, Stiff-person syndrome, or stiff person syndrome.

This poorly understood disease, and poorly treated, is the cause of stiffness and spasms throughout the body. The singer testifies to this in her short video: “I sometimes have a lot of difficulty walking and I can’t always use my vocal cords to sing as I would like. »

Since this diagnosis, she has given little news, apart from those transmitted by his family.

What are Celine Dion’s activities outside of music?

In 1990, Celine Dion launched the Nickels restaurant chain, from which she separated seven years later. The passion for cooking does not leave her since she bought with René the Montreal Delicatessen “Schwart’s” in 2012.

After the death of her niece Karine at the age of 16 following cystic fibrosis, she became in 1993 godmother of the Canadian foundation for disease. She does several concerts for charity purposes, the funds of which she donates to organizations, for example Unicef ​​or the American Red Cross.

Celine Dion also has a charitable activity through the Celine Dion Foundation. She is godmother of the CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal and ambassador of the FAO (UN organization for agriculture and food) since 2010.

2023-07-29 20:04:47
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