Biography of Celine Dion

On the wings of melody

March 30, 1968
How many discs will have sold the singer exploded worldwide due to the soundtrack of "Titanic"? Its producers certainly will know by heart, we just report that it is a figure with a good number of zeros. And who would have thought that that child, that in five years she sang at the wedding of his brother Michel, surprising everyone by his intonation would become a hen that lays golden eggs? The uvula happy where each note that arrives becomes shovelfuls of money? Someone must've predicted, things to bet, but neither his parents (all inter alia much brought to the music) as dreamers, hoped so much at the moment to put the child at canonical singing lessons.
Them anyway we put all "cultivate" their jewel. Had a local, "the old barrel" where every night it was a family member, including the shy Celine. Last of fourteen children, Celine Marie Claudette Dion was born on March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, a village near Montreal in Quèbec. The real bells are singing Celine Dion begins in 1981 when recording "there était qu'un rêve" ("it was only a dream") and forwards to René Angélil, talent scout, former manager of Ginette Reno (famous singer of Quèbec), very well known in the musical environment.
As soon as René hears that sweet melody and that tiny voice remains immediately enchanted; Decides to convene that Angel in his study. It's the springboard to a career. The deus ex machina of everything is always the volcanic René. First makes it appear on a popular television program, then the next day does distribute in stores on 45 rpm of "Ce n ' était qu'un rêve". Result: a huge success. Another good move is to ask Eddy Marnay to write more songs for a Christmas album. To do this it needs funds and no one is willing to invest in a 12-year-old. René he wanted at all costs to take off this prodigy mortgage their homes. The November 9, 1981 they released their first album of Celine: "La Voix Du Bon Dieu" consisting of nine songs written by Eddy Marnay. Three weeks after he released the infamous Christmas album: "Celine Dion Chante Noel".
And for commercial success. In autumn 1982 he released the third album: "Tellement j'ai d'Amour" consisting of nine songs. "Tellement j'ai d'Amour" was chosen to represent France at 13° Festival internazionale Yamaha in Tokyo. Celine Dion takes out everyone by winning the gold medal and a special prize by the orchestra. In 1983 Celine represents the Canada at Super RTL Gala "d'amour ou d ' amitié" triumphing with. In France comes out "Du soleil au coeur" which is a collection of his albums in Canada. With "d'amour ou d ' amitič" is the first Canadian artist to win gold in France thanks to the more than 700,000 copies sold. In 1983 he released the second album "Chants et Contes de Noël" and the fourth album "Le chamins de ma maison", while the now famous singer collects Gold records by the handful (plus four Felix Awards). The final touch comes next year, when she was chosen to represent Canadian youth for the visit of Pope Karol Wojtyla at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
Here she sings in front of an ecstatic crowd and imposing "Une colombe". Still in France Meanwhile released the second album: "Les oiseaux du boneur" containing seven of his greatest hits and three new songs. And say that only sixteen at the time Celine! Even then he could afford to let out a "best of", called for the occasion "Les plus grands succes de Celine Dion" (part of the proceeds will go to the Association for the fight against cystic fibrosis, a disease that struck her niece Karine). Now is ripe timing for a jump at an international level. His managers are studying the transition from TBS to CBS (Sony Music), a change of label that it is easy to see will prove to be very important, especially from the point of view of distribution. Between a success and another, between a tour and a television participation, divorces and then finally impalma René stainless before Celine. It is an opportunity to start together toward a long European tour, the crowbar to get Celine Dion to the rest of the world.
On his return to Quebec are there waiting for her other 4 Felix Awards and a millionaire contract with Chrysler Motors so that you advertise their cars. The other and far more ambitious projects by René: conquer the us. They moved to Los Angeles and entrusted the composition of the new album, the first in English, in true masters: David Foster, Christofer Neil and Andy Goldman. Meanwhile, Celine went to the new edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to award the prize to the song first place: on that occasion Celine will sing a song on the new album: "Have a heart". Finally on 2 April 1990 the much anticipated album Anglophone goes to the Metropolis of Montreal: it's called "Unison", a disc composed of ten songs entirely in English. The album hits immediately conquering immediately the first places in the ranking.
Thanks to the song "Where does my heart beat now" Celine can participate in the first American broadcast: the Tonight Show. That same year he unleashes a controversy when Celine refuses a Felix Award for best singer-songwriter (refuses the prize as French singer who sings in English). What really demoralizes Celine is the episode in which he loses his voice during a concert. Everyone fears the worst but, after a visit and three weeks of absolute silence, slowly begins its activity. Since then Celine follows harsh rules to ensure that the event does not recur: relaxation and heating of the vocal cords, no smoke daily, and especially absolute silence on rest days. Efforts rewarded by duets performed with Barbra Streisand ("Tell him"), or with the ubiquitous Luciano Pavarotti ("I hate you then I love you") or even with the Bee Gees ("Immortality").
All collaborations that appear on his album perhaps more important, what she sees the presence of "My heart will go on", the song soundtrack of colossal blockbuster "Titanic" who will win the American Music Award, the Golden Globe and the Oscar. A dream that brought Celine to Crown his romance with René with a second symbolic wedding was celebrated in Las Vegas this time with Syrian Orthodox rite and a chapel converted into a mosque. The grounds were landscaped with Berber tents inspired by "one thousand and one nights", complete with exotic birds, camels, dancers and Oriental dancers and refined clothes. After many attempts to get the long-awaited son, got through in vitro fertilization. Rene-Charles was born on 25 January 2001. The baptism of little occurred in the Notre Dame basilica in Montreal with Melkite Catholic rite (which in addition to baptism also provides confirmation) and with a ceremony fit for a little Prince, the Prince of Pop Queen international.
In November 2007 he receives at the hands of Prince Albert of Monaco the prestigious "Legend Award". After four years of silence, he released the album "Taking Chances" (2007) and a DVD of a show held in Las Vegas. The album will be followed by a world tour (2008). The next job is of 2013 and is titled "Loved Me Back to Life". At the beginning of 2016 remains widow: her husband René Angélil dies; is the same singer news via Twitter with a message: "... He's gone this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle with cancer".
Article contributed by the team of collaborators.