Celine Dion

Céline Dion
Celine Dion in 2002 Celine Dion in 2002
Born	March 30 1968 Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada
Years active	1981–present
Genre(s)	Pop, Classical, Soul, Rock
Biggest single	"My Heart Will Go On" (1998)
Biggest record	Falling Into You (1996)
Label(s)	SonyBMG/Sony 550/Epic
Official website	celinedion.com

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30 1968) is a French-Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer, and occasional songwriter and actress. Dion became an adolescent star in francophone Canada (Quebec) after her manager and future husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home in order to finance her career. She also gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia after she won both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. In 1990, Dion established a foothold in the anglophone music market with the release of Unison, published by Epic Records.

Dion's music has been influenced by various genres, which range from pop and rock, to gospel and classical, and she is noted for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. Her work usually centres on love and romance, but is often dismissed by critics as being clichéd or trite. During the 1980s and 1990s, she released a number of chart-topping English and French records, of which her most successful was "My Heart Will Go On", the theme to the 1997 film Titanic. In 1999, Dion announced a temporary break from entertainment in order to put focus on her husband, who had contracted throat cancer.

Dion returned to the music scene in 2002 with the release of A New Day Has Come, and in 2004, received the Chopard Diamond award from the World Music Awards show for becoming the Best-selling Female Artist of all time. As of 2003, Dion has performed nightly in her show, A New Day, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, under a contract that extends through 2007.

Childhood and early career

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Dion's performance at the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival won her the gold medal as well as top performer

The youngest of fourteen children born to Adhémar Dion and Thérèse Tanguay, Celine Dion grew up in a poverty-stricken, but "happy home", in Charlemagne, a small town about thirty miles from Montreal. Dion grew up singing with her siblings in the small piano bar belonging to her parents called "The Vieux Baril", and had always wanted to become a singer: in a 1994 interview with People magazine, she recalled, "I missed my family and my home, but I don't regret having lost my adolescence. I had one dream: I wanted to be a singer."

At the age of twelve, Dion collaborated with her mother and her brother, Jacques, for the composition of her first song, "Ce N'était Qu'un Rêve" ("It Was Only a Dream"). Her brother, Michel, sent the recording to music manager René Angélil, whose name he discovered on the back of Ginette Reno's album. Angélil was brought to tears by Dion's voice, and decided to make her a star. He mortgaged his home in order to fund her first record, "La Voix Du Bon Dieu" ("The Voice of God") (1981), which became a local number-one record, and made Dion an instant star in Quebec. Her popularity also spread to other parts of the world when she competed in the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan, and won both the gold medal and the musician's award for "Top Performer" with the song "Tellement J'ai D'amour Pour Toi" ("I Have So Much Love For You"). By 1983, in addition to becoming the first Canadian artist to receive a gold record in France for the single "D'amour Ou D'amitié" ("Of Love or of Friendship"), Dion had also won several Félix awards, including "Best Female performer" and "Discovery of the year".

At eighteen, Dion saw Michael Jackson performing on television, and she told Angélil that she wanted to be a star like Jackson. Even though Angelil was confident in her talent, he realized that in order for her to be marketed worldwide, her image needed to be changed. Dion receded from the spotlight for a number of months, during which she underwent a physical make over.

Further success in Europe, Asia, and Australia came in 1987, when Dion represented Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi" ("Don't Go Without Me") and won the contest in Dublin, Ireland. However, her American success was yet to come, partially due to her status as a francophone artist. Finally, in 1989, Dion was sent to the École Berlitz School to polish her English and interviewing skills, and this marked the start of her anglophone career.

Music and recording career

1990–1992: Career breakthrough

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Dion's earlier singles and videos had a strong rock influence.

A year after she learned English, Dion made an attempt at breaking into the anglophone market with Unison (1990). She incorporated the help of many established musicians, including Canadian producer David Foster and Vito Luprano. The album was largely influenced by 1980s soft rock that was fit for the adult contemporary radio format. Unison hit the right notes with critics: Jim Faber of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Dion's vocals were "tastefully unadorned", and that she never attempted to "bring off styles that are beyond her". Stephen Erlwine of All Music Guide declared it as "a fine, sophisticated American debut". Singles from the album included "(If There Was) Any Other Way", "The Last To Know", "Unison", and "Where Does My Heart Beat Now", a mid-tempo soft-rock ballad which featured an electric guitar. The latter became her first single to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four. The album established Dion as a rising music artist in the United States, and across Continental Europe and Asia.

While Dion was enjoying her rising success in the U.S., her French fans criticized her for neglecting them. After she won "Anglophone Artist of the Year" at the Felix Awards show, she attempted to reconnect with her French fans by openly refusing to accept the award. She stated she was, and will always be, a French, and not an English artist.

Dion's real international breakthrough came when she paired up with Peabo Bryson to record the title track to Disney's animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The song captured a musical style that Dion would utilize in the future: sweeping, classically influenced ballads with soft instrumentation. Both a critical and commercial smash, the song became her second U.S. top ten hit, and also won the Academy Award for Best Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. "Beauty and the Beast" was featured on Dion's 1992 eponymous album, which, like her debut, had a strong rock influence that was combined with elements of soul and classical music. Due to the success of the lead-off single and her collaboration with Foster and Diane Warren, the album was as well received as Unison. Other singles that achieved moderate success included "If You Asked Me To" (a cover of Patti LaBelle's song from the 1989 movie Licence to Kill) which peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the gospel-tinged "Love Can Move Mountains", and "Nothing Broken But My Heart". As with Dion's earlier releases, the album had an overtone of love.

By 1992, Unison, Céline Dion and media appearances had propelled Dion to superstardom in the North America. She had achieved one of her main objectives: wedging her way into the anglophone market and establishing fame. Apart from her rising success, there were also changes in Dion's personal life, as Angélil would make the transition from manager to lover. However, the relationship was kept a secret as both feared that the public would find the twenty-six-year difference between their ages incongruous.

1993–1995: Popularity established

In 1993, Dion publicly indicated her feelings for her manager by declaring him "the colour of my love" in the dedication section of her third anglophone album, The Colour Of My Love. However, instead of criticizing their relationship as Dion had feared, fans embraced the couple. Eventually, Angelil and Dion married in an extravagant wedding ceremony in December 1994.

As it was dedicated to her manager, the album's motif focussed on love and romance. The album spawned the singles "The Power Of Love", a remake of Jennifer Rush's 1985 hit, which became Dion's first U.S. number-one single; "When I Fall In Love", a duet with Clive Griffin; "Misled"; and "Think Twice". The album established her success in Europe, and in particular, the United Kingdom, where both the album and "Think Twice" stood on top of the respective British charts for five consecutive weeks— an achievement not replicated since the heyday of The Beatles. "Think Twice", which remained at number one for seven weeks, went on to become the fourth single by a female artist to sell in excess of one million copies.

Dion kept to her French roots, and continued to release many francophone recordings between each English record. These included Dion Chante Plamondon (1991); À L'Olympia (1994), a live album that was recorded during one of Dion's concerts at the Olympia Theatre in Paris; and D'eux (1995 — also known as The French Album in the United States), which would go on to become the best-selling French album of all time. As these albums were in French, the worldwide commercial success was limited, but Dion's francophone fans embraced each release, and generally, they achieved more credibility than her anglophone works.

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The video for "Next Plane Out" depicts Dion and her lover on the beach in the sunset. It started a trend of typical and clichéd love ballads, lyrics and videos.

The mid-1990s was a transitional period for Dion's musical style, as she slowly moved away from strong rock influences and transitioned into a more pop and soul style. Her songs began with more delicate melodies that used softer instrumentations, and built up to strong climaxes, over which her vocals could be displayed. This new sound raised critics' eyebrows, and Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly accused her of preferring vocal acrobatics over dynamics, and embarking on a trend of uninspiring, crowd-pleasing ballads. Resultantly, she earned frequent comparisons to artists such as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. There were also signs that her work was becoming more clichéd; critically, The Colour Of My Love was not consistent with earlier works. However, while critical praise declined, Dion's releases performed increasingly well on the international charts, and in 1996, she won the World Music Award for "World’s Best-Selling Canadian Female Recording Artist of the Year" — a title she had earned twice before. By the mid-1990s, she had established herself as one of the best-selling artists in the world, among female performers such as Carey, Houston and fellow Canadian country singer, Shania Twain.

1996–1999: Worldwide commercial success

Falling Into You (1996) presented Dion at the height of her popularity. Working with Foster, Warren and Aldo Nova, this album showed a further progression of her music. In an attempt to reach a wider audience, the album combined many elements: ornate orchestral frills and African chanting, and instruments like the violin, Spanish guitar, trombone, the cavaquinho, and saxophone created a new sound. The singles encompassed a variety of musical styles: the title track and "River Deep, Mountain High" (a Tina Turner cover) made prominent use of percussion instruments; "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" (a remake of Jim Steinman's song) and a remake of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" kept their soft-rock atmosphere, but were combined with the classical sound of the piano; and the maudlin ballad, "Because You Loved Me", written by Diane Warren, served as the theme to the 1996 film Up Close & Personal. The song spent two weeks at number one in Canada and six weeks at number one in the United States.

Reviews were generally favourable. On the one hand, Dan Leroy wrote that Falling Into You was not very different from her previous work, and Stephen Holden of The New York Times and Elysa Gardner of Los Angeles Times wrote that the album was formulaic, and the songs suffered from a lack of emotional connection. However, other critics such as Chuck Eddy, Erlewine and Daniel Durchholz lavished the album as "compelling", "passionate", "stylish", "elegant", and "remarkably well-crafted". Falling Into You became Dion's most critically and commercially successful album: it topped the charts in eleven countries and became one of the best-selling albums of all time. It also won Grammy Awards for Best Pop Album, and Album of the Year. Dion's status on the world stage was further solidified when she was asked to perform "The Power Of The Dream" at the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Dion followed Falling Into You with Let's Talk About Love (1997), which she publicized as its sequel. The recording process took place in London, New York City, and Los Angeles, and featured a host of special guests: Barbra Streisand ("Tell Him"), the Bee Gees ("Immortality"), and world-renowned tenor, Luciano Pavarotti ("I Hate You Then I Love You"). Other musicians included Carole King, Sir George Martin, and Jamaican singer Diana King, who added a reggae tinge to "Treat Her Like A Lady". As the name suggests, the album had the same theme as Dion's preceding albums: love. However, emphasis was also placed on "brotherly love", with "Where Is The Love" and "Let's Talk About Love". The most successful single from the album became the classically influenced ballad "My Heart Will Go On", which was composed by James Horner, and produced by Horner and Walter Afanasieff and served as the love theme for the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. "My Heart Will Go On" topped the charts in many countries across the world, and has come to be known as her signature song.

Dion embarked on a world tour between 1998 and 1999 in support of both Falling into You and Let's Talk About Love. Comments were mostly favorable, but much focus was placed on her on-stage movements, which often consisted of chest-pounding, backward bending, and other flashy movements. While some people found these bombastic and even silly, others simply saw it as another extension of Dion's commanding stage presence.

Dion ended the 1990s with two more successful albums: the Christmas album, These Are Special Times (1998), and All the Way... a Decade of Song (1999). On These Are Special Times, Dion had a hand in writing some of the material. The album was her most classically influenced yet, with orchestral arrangements found on all tracks. "I'm Your Angel", a duet with R. Kelly, became Dion's final U.S. number one single, and another hit single across the world. All The Way... A Decade Of Song was a compilation of her most successful hits coupled with seven new songs, including the leadoff single "That's The Way It Is", a cover of Roberta Flack's "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", and "All The Way", a duet with Frank Sinatra.

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"My Heart Will Go On" became one of the biggest successes of the 1990s, and won four Grammy awards.

By the end of the 1990s, Céline Dion had sold nearly 100 million albums worldwide, and had won a slew of industry awards. Solidifying her status as one of the biggest divas of contemporary music, she was asked to perform on VH1's Divas Live special in 1998 with superstars Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, and Mariah Carey. She had also received two of the highest honors from her home country — "Officer of the Order of Canada for outstanding contribution to the world of contemporary music" and "Officer of the National Order of Quebec". In 1999, she was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame and won the Grammy awards for "Best Female Pop Vocals" and the most coveted "Record of the Year" for "My Heart Will Go On" (the song won four awards, but two were presented to the songwriters) .

Compared to her debut, both the quality and sound of Dion's music had also changed significantly. The soft-rock influence on her earlier releases were no longer prominent; they were replaced by more soul/adult contemporary styles. However, the theme of "love" remained in all her releases, and this led to many critics dismissing her work as banal. In a scathing review of Let's Talk About Love, Rob O'Connor wrote:

"What never ceases to amaze me is how the trite-est, most cliché-ridden music often takes an assembly-line of lauded music industry professionals to perfect... Sinking ships are what I imagine as this tune ["My Heart Will Go On"] plows onward of four-plus minutes, and this album feels as if were never to end. Is it no wonder why I have such fears of going to the dentist?"

Dion was also criticized for some of her remakes and duets: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and the "All The Way" were described as disastrous and "creepy" by Allison Stewart of The Chicago Tribune and Erlwine of All Music Guide. Even though she was still praised for her vocal abilities (critics called it a technical marvel), the much favored vocal restraint heard on her early releases had also waned, and Steve Dollar, in reviewing These Are Special Times wrote that Dion was a "vocal Olympian for whom there ain't no mountain—or scale—high enough [to hit]".

2000–2002: Career break

Dion singing "God Bless America" at a May 2, 2002 concert aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.

After releasing and promoting thirteen albums during the 1990s, Dion felt that she needed to settle down, and announced on her final album, All The Way... A Decade Of Song, that she had experienced many things and needed to take a step back and enjoy life. Angélil's diagnosis with throat cancer also prompted her to retire. After undergoing fertility treatments, she gave birth to a son, René Charles Angélil, on January 25, 2001.

While on break, Dion was not able to escape the spotlight. In late 2002, the National Enquirer published a false story about the singer. Brandishing a picture of Dion and her husband, the magazine misquoted Dion, printing the headline: "Celine — 'I'm Pregnant With Twins!'" Dion later sued the magazine for over twenty million dollars. The editors of the Enquirer printed an apology and a full retraction to Dion in the next issue, and donated money to the American Cancer Society in honor of Dion and her husband.

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Dion returned to the music scene, and in a televised performance, sang "God Bless America" at the benefit concert America: A Tribute to Heroes. Chuck Taylor of Billboard wrote that "the performance... brings to mind what has made her one of the celebrated vocalists of our time: the ability to render emotion that shakes the soul. Affecting, meaningful, and filled with grace, this is a musical reflection to share with all of us still searching for ways to cope."

2002–2003: Return to music

Dion's aptly titled A New Day Has Come, released in March 2002, ended her two-year break from the music industry. The theme of the album was "new beginnings", and, even though it did not incorporate many genres, a few dance-pop tunes ("I'm Alive" and "Sorry For Love") could be found among a throng of adult contemporary tracks. Shania Twain and Chantal Kreviazuk also appeard on the album and sang backing vocals. The album established a more mature side of Dion with the songs "A New Day Has Come", "Nature Boy" and "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)". This change was as a result of her new-found maternal responsibilities, because, in her own words, "becoming a mother makes you a grown-up." A New Day Has Come restarted her commercial success as it topped the charts in seventeen countries. The album featured the title track, "A New Day Has Come", and a cover of Etta James' "At Last". A CBS television concert helped to promote the album, during which Dion performed with Destiny's Child and Brian McKnight. While the album achieved success, critical comments suggested that it was "forgettable" and the lyrics were "lifeless". Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone magazine wrote that there was no maturation of Dion's music, and that she still suffered from mediocre vocal talent and music. Similarly, Sal Cinquemani of Slant magazine called the album "a lengthy collection of drippy, gooey pop fluffer-nutter".

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The upbeat tempo of "One Heart" and the bright colours and "party" style of the music video were a new direction to Celine Dion's work.

In drawing inspiration from personal experiences, Dion released One Heart (2003), an album that encapsulated her appreciation for the joys of life. The album was largely comprised of dance music—a deviation from the soaring, melodramatic ballads, for which she had once been given mixed reception. Although it achieved moderate success, One Heart gave indication that Dion was unable to surpass the creative wall that she had hit, and words such as "predictable" or "banal" appeared even in the most lenient reviews. A cover of Roy Orbison's "I Drove All Night", released to launch her new advertising campaign with Chrysler, incorporated dance-pop and rock and roll and was called reminiscent of Cher's 1980s work, but it was dismissed as Dion trying to please her sponsors.

By the mid 2000s, Dion's music had changed to the point where her releases possessed maternal overtones: Miracle (2004), a multimedia project conceived by Dion and photographer Anne Geddes had a theme centering on babies and motherhood. The album was saturated with lullabies and other songs of maternal love and inspiration, the most popular being a cover of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" and John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy". The reviews for Miracle were generally weak: while Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote that the single "Beautiful Boy" was "an unexpected gem" and called Dion "a timeless, enormously versatile artist", Nancy Miller of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "the whole earth-mama act is just opportunism".

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The cover and music of 1 Fille & 4 Types presents Dion in one of her most relaxed states.

The Francophone album, 1 Fille & 4 Types (English: One Girl And Four Guys, 2003), fared better than her first two comebacks, and presented Dion as attempting to distance herself from the "diva" image. She recruited the help of Jean-Jacques Goldman, Gildas Arzel, Eric Benzi, and Jacques Veneruso, whom she had previously worked with on S'il Suffisait D'aimer and D'eux. The album's musical theme was one of fun and relaxation, and Dion herself has referred to it as "the album of pleasure". The cover showed Dion in a simple and relaxed manner, a contrast to the choreographed poses usually found on her album covers. The album achieved critical success; reviewer Stephen Erlwine of "All Music Guide" wrote that Dion was "getting back to pop basics and performing at a level unheard in a while". An English version of the album was highly anticipated, but it has yet to surface.

Though her albums were relatively successful, signs of slowing down had began to appear in the poorer critical reception of The Collector's Series — Volume 1 (2000), A New Day Has Come (2002), and One Heart (2003). The mass appeal of Dion's later works had declined due to the nature of the themes, and her songs, received less airplay, as radio became less embracing of balladeers like Dion, Carey and Houston, and now focused on more up-tempo, R&B/Hip-hop songs. The albums became her lowest-sellers up to this point, with the exception of her Francophone releases. However, by 2005, Dion had accumulated sales of over 175 million records, and received the Diamond Award from the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artists in the world.

2003–present: A New Day... Live In Las Vegas

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Dion performing "I'm Alive" during her show A New Day... Live In Las Vegas.

In early 2002, Dion announced a three-year, 600-show contract to appear five nights a week in an entertainment extravaganza, A New Day, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. This move was seen as "one of the smartest business decisions in years by any major recording artist" given the poor performance of her current releases.

She conceived the idea for the show after seeing O by Dragone early in her break from recording, and began on March 25 2003, in a 4000-seat arena designed for her show. The show, put together by Franco Dragone, is a combination of dance, music, and visual effects. It includes Dion performing her biggest hits against an array of dancers and special effects.

Reviewer Mike Weatherford felt that, at first, Dion was not as relaxed as she should be, at times, it was hard to find the singer among the excessive stage ornamentations and dancers. However, the show has become more enjoyable due to an improved stage-presence and simpler costumes. The show has also been well-received by audiences, despite the complaints of expensive tickets; the show has sold out almost every night since its 2003 opening. According to Pollstar, Dion had sold 322,000 tickets and grossed $43.9 million in the first half of 2005, and by July 2005, she had sold out 315 out of 384 shows. By the end of 2005, Dion grossed over $76 million, placing sixth on Billboard's Money Makers list for 2005.Because of the show's success, Dion's contract was extended into 2007 for an undisclosed sum.

In 2005, Dion released her first comprehensive greatest hits album in French, On Ne Change Pas, which features three new songs, including a duet with Il Divo called "I Believe In You".

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Dion's conservative nature, stage movements, and music is often the subject of media ridicule, and she is often impersonated on Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, and South Park. However, Dion seems unabashed by media ridicule: "I’m flattered when they take the time to impersonate you", she says, "I think it’s a good sign." She even invited Ana Gasteyer, who parodied her on SNL to appear on stage with her during one of her performances. Dion is often perceived as a diva, where mimicking her songs is popular among female impersonators.

Dion is often held in regard for her vocal talents, which has influenced the singing styles of others such as Jessica Simpson and Kelly Clarkson. In "MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music" countdown, she placed ninth (sixth for a female), and she was also placed fourth in Cove Magazine's list of the "100 Outstanding Pop Vocalist". In MuchMoreMusic's "Top 20 Divine Divas" program, Dion ranked at number three, behind Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. They also described her voice as "one of the most powerful vocal workouts ever to be recorded".

Dion is rarely caught up in media controversies. However, in 2005, following the Hurricane Katrina disaster, she appeared on Larry King Live and tearfully criticized U.S. President George W. Bush regarding the Iraq War and his slow response in aiding the victims of Hurricane Katrina: "How come it's so easy to send planes in another country, to kill everyone in a second, to destroy lives? We need to be there right now to rescue the rest of the people." She later claimed, "When I do interviews with Larry King or the big TV shows like that, they put you on the spot, which is very difficult. I do have an opinion, but I'm a singer. I'm not a politician".

Other activities

Apart from her success as a musician, Dion has also divested her interests as an entrepreneur with the establishment of her franchise restaurant, "Nickels", in 1990 (as of 1997 she was no longer affiliated with Nickels). She also has a range of eyewear, and her own line of perfume, manufactured by Coty, Inc.. In October 2004, Canada's national air carrier Air Canada hired Dion as part of the new promotional campaign as the airline unveiled new in-flight service products and new aircraft livery. You And I, the theme song sung by Dion, was written by an advertising executive working for Air Canada. The endorsement was not without controversy, however. Union workers criticized that the airline could have spent money elsewhere to improve service and on employees. At the time of the new branding, the airline had come out of bankruptcy protection just 18 months prior and thousands of workers were laid off in the restructuring. Management defended the celebrity endorsement as money well spent to boost corporate morale.

Dion has been an active supporter of many charity organizations worldwide. Since 1982, she has been promoting the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF), becoming the foundation's National Celebrity Patron in 1993. She has an emotional attachment to the foundation, as her niece, Karine, succumbed to the disease at the age of sixteen. In 2003, Dion joined a number of other celebrities, athletes and politicians in support of World Children's Day, a global fundraising effort for children, which was sponsored by McDonald's. The effort, which raised money from over 100 countries, benefited many orphanages and children's health organizations. Dion has also been a major supporter of many health and education campaigns, the T.J. Martell Foundation and the Diana Princess Of Wales Memorial Fund.

Dion has donated proceeds from selected performances of her Las Vegas show to various charitable causes.

Selected discography

For a full listing of albums and singles, with sales records and chart positions, see Celine Dion discography.

Anglophone albums

• 1990: Unison
• 1992: Celine Dion
• 1993: The Colour Of My Love
• 1996: Falling Into You
• 1997: Let's Talk About Love
• 2002: A New Day Has Come
• 2003: One Heart
• 2004: Miracle

Francophone albums

• 1987: Incognito
• 1991: Dion Chante Plamondon
• 1995: D'eux
• 1996: Live À Paris
• 1998: S'il Suffisait D'aimer
• 1999: Au Coeur Du Stade
• 2003: 1 Fille & 4 Types
• 2005: On Ne Change Pas

References

• Beaunoyer, Jean; Beaulne; (2004). Don Wilson (ed.). Rene Angelil: The Making of Celine Dion: The Unauthorized Biography. Dundurn Group. ISBN 1550024892.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bogdanvo, Vladimir;Woodstra;Erlewine (2001). All Music Guide:The Definitive Guide to Popular Music. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0879306270.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Celine Dion. Artist direct. Retrieved on December 18, 2005.
• Celine Dion Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
• Celine Dion provided by VH1.com Retrieved August 16,2005.
• Dion extends long Las Vegas stint bbc news. com. Retrieved November 5, 2005.
• Durchholz, Daniel. Review: One Heart. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Mo.: April 24, 2003. pg. F.3)
• Germain, Georges-Herbert (1998). Celine: The Authorized Biography. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1550023187.
• Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Celine Dion for keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 100740755595.
• The 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalist covemagazine.com Retrieved November 1, 2005.
• The Journey so far celinedion.com. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
• World Music Awards Diamond Award Retrieved November 1, 2005,
• The Canadian Encyclopedia [1] Retrieved July 2, 2006
• Celine Dion's biography Biography Retrieved April 7, 2006.
• Celine Dion's TV Series TV Series Retrieved April 15, 2006.

Further reading

• Germain, George-Hébert (1998). Celine: The Authorized Biography. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1550023187.
• Dion, Céline (2001). Céline Dion: My Story, My Dream. Avon. ISBN 0380819058.
• Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Celine Dion: For Keeps. Becker & Mayer Ltd. ISBN 0740755595.

External links

• CelineDion.com — official website, managed by Sony BMG Music Canada.
• CelineDionWeb.com — additionnal informations.
• CelineDionUSA.com — official U.S. website.
• AEG Live - A New Day — Official AEG site for A New Day...