History Music / CelineDion

* AbsoluteCleavage: In her video ''Then You Look at Me'', she wore a low-cut cat-suit.

** CoveredUp: Some of her covers become this trope, such as ''The Power Of Love'' (from Jennifer Rush), ''It's All Coming Back to Me Now'' (from Pandora's Box), ''All By Myself'' (from Eric Carmen), and ''If You Asked Me To'' (from Patti La Belle).

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Some of her older videos were shot this way, such as ''All by Myself'', ''Je Sais Pas'' and ''Water from the Moon''. Even some of her album covers are also monochromes, such as ''D'eux'', ''D'Elles'', ''Unison''.

* TheFourLoves: Notable in her French discography.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Céline herself is named after the song ''Céline'' by Hugues Aufray. Then she made a self-referential case of this by naming her first son René [[OddNameOut Charles]] Dion Angélil. Then she named her next twin sons Eddy (after Eddy Marnay, Francophone songwriter) and Nelson (after Nelson Mandela).

* TruckDriversGearChange: Quite fond of this.

[[caption-width-right:290:[-HerHeartWillGoOn... [[IncrediblyLamePun Straight To The Bank]].-] ]]

One of the most popular [[CanadaEh Canadian]] singers of all time. Born in 1968 in Quebec, ''the'' Canadian province whose [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench majority of populace speak French]]. Thus, she spent her early years speaking ''and'' singing French. Met her future husband, music manager René Angélil in 1981, who has been her manager ever since. Started singing English in 1990, but until present day she still sings in both French and English. Married René in 1994 and has been living happily despite [[MayDecemberRomance their age difference]], and they have three sons.

* CoverVersion: So many of her songs are covers.
** CoveredUp: Some of her covers become this trope, such as ''ThePowerOfLove'' (from Jennifer Rush), ''It's All Coming Back to Me Now'' (from Pandora's Box), ''All By Myself'' (from Eric Carmen), and ''If You Asked Me To'' (from Patti La Belle).
** TranslatedCoverVersion: Some of her French songs have their lyrics re-written in English, although usually only the titles are translated verbatim (for example, ''Je sais pas'' became ''I don't know''). On the other hand, some of her French songs are [[TranslatedCoverVersion translated covers from English songs]] (for example, her ''A Quatre pas D'ici'' is based on an English song ''The Land of Make Believe'' by Bucks Fizz). And then she also adapted some of her English songs to even more languages, such as Spanish (''All by Myself'' to ''Sola Otra Vez'') and Japanese (a Japanese version of ''Be The Man'').
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Some of her older videos are shot this way, such as ''All by Myself'', ''Je Sais Pas'' and ''Water from the Moon''.

* IncrediblyLongNote: One of the most famous is the last chorus of "My Heart Will Go On".
** "''All By Myself''" as well. She isn't just showing off IncrediblyLongNote, she's showing off incredibly long, LOUD, '''POWERFUL''' note.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: ''Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore'' (''So that you will love me again''), at least the French version. The lyrics is a bit obsessive, and then there's the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzaTyxMduH4 music video]].

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Céline herself is named after the song ''Céline'' by Hugues Aufray. Then she made a self-referential case of this by naming her first son René [[OddNameOut Charles]] Dion Angélil. Then she named her next twin sons Eddy (after Eddie Marnay, Francophone songwriter) and Nelson (after Nelson Mandela).

* BilingualBonus: Some of her French songs have their lyrics re-written in English, although usually only the titles are translated verbatim (for example, ''Je sais pas'' became ''I don't know''). On the other hand, some of her French songs are [[TranslatedCoverVersion translated covers from English songs]] (for example, her ''A Quatre pas D'ici'' is based on an English song ''The Land of Make Believe'' by Bucks Fizz). And then she also adapted some of her English songs to even more languages, such as Spanish (''All by Myself'' to ''Sola Otra Vez'') and Japanese (a Japanese version of ''Be The Man'').

** TranslatedCoverVersion: Combined with BilingualBonus above, this happens sometimes.

*** Also her wedding [[http://images.wedding-dress-secret.com.s3.amazonaws.com/badcelebwedding/3.jpg attire]]. And how!

* AwardBaitSong: A couple, and in fact, some of hers had been Oscar-nominated (''"Because You Loved Me"''), or won (''"My Heart Will Go On"'').

[[BreakthroughHit Gained full mainstream attention]] when she sang "My heart will go on" for the film ''{{Titanic}}''.

[[BreakthroughHit Gained full mainstream attention]] (as well as a major {{Hatedom}}) when she sang "My heart will go on" for the film ''{{Titanic}}''.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Céline herself is named after the song ''Céline'' by Hugues Aufray. Then she made a self-referential case of this by naming her first son René [[OddNameOut Charles]] Dion Angélil. Then She named her next twin sons Eddy (after Eddie Marnay, Francophone songwriter) and Nelson (after Nelson Mandela).

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Céline herself is named after the song ''Céline'' by Hugues Aufray. Then when she gave birth to her first son, she made a self-referential case of this by naming her son René [[OddNameOut Charles]] Dion Angélil. Then when her next twin sons came, she named them Eddy (after Eddie Marnay, Francophone songwriter) and Nelson (after Nelson Mandela).

*** Of course, he now has his own satellite characters - in Quebec, if an artist gets picked up by René Angelil, you know he or she is gonna be a big star, at least in the French-speaking world. He recently made a cameo as an Mafia Godfather in a recent movie ''"Omertà"''- every Quebec critics said it was perfect casting as soon as it was announced.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: ''Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore'' (''So that you will love me again'')'s French lyrics can sound a bit obsessive. Then there's the music video.

*** Of course, he now has his own satellite characters - in Quebec, if an artist gets picked up by René Angelil, you know he or she is gonna be a big star, at least in the French-speaking world. He recently made a cameo as an Mafia Godfather in a recent movie - every Quebec critics said it was perfect casting as soon as it was announced.

One of the most popular [[CanadaEh Canadian]] singers of all time. Born in 1968 in Quebec, ''the'' Canadian province whose [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench majority of populace speak French]]. Thus, she spent her early years speaking ''and'' singing French. Met her future husband, music manager René Angélil in 1981, who has been her manager ever since. Started singing English in 1990, but until present day she still sings in both French and English. Married René in 1994 and has been living happily despite [[MayDecemberRomance their age difference]]. They now have three sons.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Some of her videos, notably the older ones, are shot this way, such as ''All by Myself'', ''Je Sais Pas'' and ''Water from the Moon''.

* KeepTheReward: In 1990, she won "Best English Speaking Artist" in Felix Award, essentially the Quebec Grammys. She rejected the award because she felt she has always been a French artist, not English. This reportedly caused the award name to be changed into "''Quebec Artist Achieving Most Success in A Language Other Than French''".

[[BreakthrougHit Gained full mainstream attention]] (as well as a major {{Hatedom}}) when she sang "My heart will go on" for the film ''{{Titanic}}''.

Gained full mainstream attention (as well as a major {{Hatedom}}) when she sang "My heart will go on" for the film ''{{Titanic}}''.

* IncompatibleOrientation: ''(Un Garçon Pas Comme les Autres) Ziggy'' is about a girl who falls in love with a gay.

* KeepTheReward: In 1990, she won "Best English Speaking Artist" in Felix Award, a Quebec-only music award in short. She rejected the award because she felt she has always been a French artist, not English. This reportedly caused the award name to be changed into "''Quebec Artist Achieving Most Success in A Language Other Than French''".

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Sort of. Céline herself is named after the song ''Céline'' by Hugues Aufray. Then when she gave birth to her first son, she made a rather self-referential case of this by naming her son René [[OddNameOut Charles]] Dion Angélil (well, she ''is'' famous). Then when her next twin sons came, she named them Eddy and Nelson, after songwriter Eddy Marnay and Nelson Mandela, respectively.

One of the most popular Canadian singers of all time. Born in 1968 in Quebec, ''the'' Canadian province whose [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench majority of populace speak French]]. Thus, she spent her early years speaking ''and'' singing French. Met her future husband, music manager René Angélil in 1981, who has been her manager ever since. Started singing English in 1990, but until present day she still sings in both French and English. Married René in 1994 and has been living happily despite [[MayDecemberRomance their age difference]]. They now have three sons.

* IncrediblyLongNote

* PrettyInMink: Wore a white mink jacket over he wedding dress.

** Wore a white fox wrap for a magazine shoot; See the page picture.