Céline Dion
One of the most powerful and prolific vocalists of her time, Celine Dion was born the youngest of 14 children in Charlemagne, Quebec in 1968. Profoundly interested in music from the time she could talk, Dion was performing at her family's piano bar Le Vieux Baril from the time she was seven. At 12, she co-wrote her first song with her mother and her brother Jacques, and her other brother Michel sent the demo to music producer Rene Angélil. Angélil was so moved by young Dion's searing voice that he mortgaged his own house to finance her first album, 1981's La voix du bon Dieu, which became a local hit in Quebec. Dion's popularity in the French-Canadian music industry would grow exponentially over the following decade until she ultimately decided to go international, releasing her English-language debut Unison in 1990. Two years later, Dion recorded the duet with Peabo Bryson "Beauty and the Beast," the title track from the Disney animated musical, and Dion's fame in the U.S. began to climb. Her next Anglophone album, 1993's The Colour of My Love, proved a massive hit, catapulting Dion to superstar status. Simultaneously, her affection for her producer/manager Angélil was also evolving and by the following year, the pair were married in a lavish ceremony broadcast live on Canadian television. Dion would continue to record in French, releasing D'eux in 1995, while her English-language albums would prove substantially more commercially successful, with 1996's Falling Into You selling over 11 million copies in the U.S. alone. 1997's Let's Talk About Love was also a massive hit, thanks in no small part to the appearance of Dion's love theme from the blockbuster "Titanic," "My Heart Will Go On." From 2003 to 2007, Dion performed a wildly popular residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas titled "A New Day " After embarking on a world tour in 2010, Dion ultimately returned to Caesars in 2011 for a second residency. Though she would take a hiatus from performances for several months following the tragic death of Angélil in 2016 from complications due to throat cancer, the residency would ultimately continue until 2019.
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Céline Dion
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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100% |
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I Am: Celine Dion | Self | $281.6K | 2024 |
30% |
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Love Again |
Self, Executive Producer |
$5.9M | 2023 |
92% |
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John Farnham: Finding the Voice | Self | - | 2023 |
78% |
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David Foster: Off the Record | Self | - | 2019 |
80% |
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Muppets Most Wanted | Piggy Fairy Godmother (Character) | $51.2M | 2014 |
33% |
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Celine: Through the Eyes of the World | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
43% |
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Quest for Camelot | Juliana (singing voice) (Voice) | $22.7M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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VH1 Divas Live 1998 | Music Performer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Bee Gees, The - One Night Only | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016 2019 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Music Performer | 2013 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 2017 Billboard Music Awards | Music Performer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Voice |
Music Performer, Guest |
2013 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Music Performer | 2013 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest Hits | Music Performer | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dr. Oz Show | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2008 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 54% | American Idol | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deal or No Deal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Princes of Malibu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street |
Music Performer, Guest |
1998 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |