Celine Marie Claudette Dion is a strong music vocalist; a pop, soft rock and R&B singer. She was well known and adored by ardent followers of love songs, as she was very prominent in the 80's and 90's.
Celine has paid her dues in the global music arena, as she has produced hits after hits, including the soundtrack for the movie Titanic, titled "My Heart Will Go On", "The Power of Love", "Beauty and the Beast", "A New day has Come", "Immortality", "I'm Alive" and many others.
Today, the legendary singer may have left the scene as an active performer, but her many works of the past still speak for her, any day any time. As we celebrate this music icon, here are 10 facts about her that you may never have come across anywhere before.
- Celin Dion is a Canadian by nationality. She was born in French-speaking Quebec, Canada, in 1968 (49 years).
- She started music in 1980, at a tender age of 12.
- Celine Dion was the last of the fourteen children of her parents.
- Her father, Adhémar Dion was a butcher and was of both French and Canadian descent.
- Dion herself was named after the song "Celine," which French singer Hugues Aufray had recorded two years before her own birth.
- Dion's then manager and future husband, Rene Angelil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.
- Dion remains the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million copies worldwide.
- Aside music, Dion is also a business woman.
- Apart from French and English, she also sings in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese.
- Dion has won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.
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