Celine Dion is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on March 30, 1968, in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada.
She is 55 years old.
Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 representing Switzerland.
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She went on to become one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 200 million records sold worldwide.
Dion is known for her powerful and emotive vocals, and has released numerous hit songs throughout her career, including “My Heart Will Go On,” “The Power of Love,” “Because You Loved Me,” “All By Myself,” and “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.”
She has won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards, and has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has also performed a long-running residency show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Celine Dion Biography
During the Incognito tour in 1989, she suffered a vocal injury. She saw otorhinolaryngologist William Gould, who gave her an ultimatum: have immediate surgery on her vocal cords or stop using them for three weeks. Dion chose the latter option.
Celine Dion is the eldest of 14 siblings. She was raised as a Roman Catholic in a poor but, according to her, happy home in Charlemagne.
Music had always been an important part of the Dion family, and she was named after the song “Céline,” which had been recorded two years before her birth by French singer Hugues Aufray.
She made her first public appearance on August 13, 1973, at her brother Michel’s wedding, where she performed Christine Charbonneau’s song “Du fil, des aiguilles et du cotton.”
She continued to perform with her siblings in her parents’ small piano bar, Le Vieux Baril, which translates as “The Old Barrel.” She had wanted to be a performer since she was a child.
At the age of 12, she wrote and composed her first song, “Ce n’est qu’un rêve,” with her mother and brother Jacques. The title translates as “It Was Only a Dream” or “Nothing But A Dream.”
Michel forwarded the recording to René Angélil, a music manager whose name he discovered on the back of a Ginette Reno album. Dion’s voice moved Angélil to tears, and he decided to make her a star.
In 1981, he mortgaged his home to fund her first album, La voix du bon Dieu, which became a local No. 1 hit and catapulted her to stardom in Quebec.
When she competed in the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, she won the musician’s award for “Top Performer” as well as the gold medal for “Best Song” with “Tellement j’ai d’amour pour toi.”
By 1983, Dion had won several Félix Awards, including “Best Female Performer” and “Discovery of the Year,” in addition to becoming the first Canadian artist to receive a gold record in France for the single “D’amour ou d’amitié.”
She had even more success when she represented Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi,” which she won by a narrow margin in Dublin.
After seeing a Michael Jackson performance when she was 18, Dion told Angélil she wanted to be a star like Jackson.
Despite her confidence in her abilities, Angélil recognized that her image needed to be altered for her to be marketed globally.
She stepped away from the spotlight for several months, during which she underwent cosmetic dental surgery and was sent to the École Berlitz in 1989 to improve her English.
Celine Dion Age
Celine Dion was born on March 30, 1968, so as of the year 2022, her age was 54 years.
Celine Dion Parents
She is the daughter of Thérèse, a housewife, and Adhémar Dion, a butcher of French ancestry.
Celine Dion Husband
Currently, she is not married, however, she was married to René Angélil and they were married from 1994 to 2016.
Celine Dion Children
She has three children and their names are René-Charles Angélil, Eddy Angélil, and Nelson Angélil.
Celine Dion’s Net Worth
She reportedly has a net worth of $800 million.
According to Forbes, she earnt $37.5 million in 2019 alone.
An incredible half of her wealth has been earned in Las Vegas alone. Since the 2003 opening of her A New Day show, Celine has earned around $400 million performing 70 shows a year.
Celine has sold 220 million albums during her 30-year career and is also a spokesperson for L’Oreal.
What are Celine Dion’s most famous songs?
Arguably one of the most famous songs in musical history, Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ from the film Titanic, which won the 1998 Oscar for Best Original Song.
The next year at the 1999 Grammy Awards, Celine Dion cleared the boards with ‘My Heart Will Go On’ winning Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.
Other famous songs by Celine include ‘Because You Loved Me’, ‘The Power Of Love’, ‘That’s The Way It Is’, Falling Into You’ and ‘All By Myself’.
What health issues does Celine Dion have?
Celine Dion has been quietly battling Stiff-Person Syndrome after being diagnosed in 2022.
The rare autoimmune neurological disorder affects ‘one in a million’ people, and is characterized by muscle spasms, often triggered by noise, touch, and stress.
Celine said her health had been causing her trouble for an extended time. She said: “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face my challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.
“While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all the spasms I’ve been having,” she added.
“Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.”It hurts me to tell you that I won’t be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February.“
