Throughout the 1990s Dion continued to record in French, with D’eux (1995 also released as The French Album) becoming the best-selling Francophone album of all time.Īt the beginning of the 21st century, Dion took a hiatus from her career to focus on her family. The song won an Academy Award, topped charts in multiple countries, and helped propel sales of her album Let’s Talk About Love (1997)-which also featured duets with Barbra Streisand and Luciano Pavarotti-into the tens of millions. Perhaps Dion’s greatest renown, however, came from her recording of “ My Heart Will Go On,” the theme of the blockbuster motion picture Titanic (1997). With The Colour of My Love (1993), she scored another hit single (the soaring “The Power of Love”), and Falling into You (1996) earned two Grammys, including album of the year. Before long, Dion’s evident vocal talent and emotionally driven songs had made her a worldwide phenomenon, even as some critics dismissed her music as schmaltzy and overly polished. She attracted further international attention for her Grammy Award-winning duet with Peabo Bryson on “ Beauty and the Beast” (1991), from the Disney animated feature of the same name. In 1990 Dion released her first English-language album, Unison, and the romantic ballad “Where Does My Heart Beat Now” became her first top-10 single in the United States. As she transitioned into adulthood, she shed her image as a winsome naïf in favour of a more worldly look and sound. By the end of the 1980s, she had recorded eight studio albums in French. Invited to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988, Dion won with her performance of “Ne partez pas sans moi” (“Do Not Leave Without Me”). Also in 1983 she became the first Canadian recipient of a gold record in France. Dion subsequently won an award at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1982, and the following year she received the first of many Félix awards (for musicians from Quebec). At age 12 she came to the attention of impresario René Angélil-whom she eventually married in 1994-and he launched her career with the album La Voix du bon Dieu (1981 “The Voice of God”). The youngest of 14 children raised in a small town near Montreal, Dion began singing with her musically inclined family when she was five years old. Working primarily in the pop ballad tradition, she recorded numerous hit albums in both French and English and was the recipient of several prestigious awards. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Ĭéline Dion, in full Céline Marie Claudette Dion, (born March 30, 1968, Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada), French Canadian pop singer, known for her vocal prowess and her passionate showmanship, who achieved international superstardom in the 1990s.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions. This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.
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