History Music / CelineDion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CC]] (born March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec) is one of the most popular [[CanadaEh Canadian]] singers of all time. Born in [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} Quebec]], ''the'' Canadian province whose majority of populace speak French[[note]]Canadian French, that is. It has evolved in a different direction compared to European French since it stopped being a French colony.[[/note]]. Thus, she spent her early years speaking and singing French. Met her future husband, music manager René Angélil in 1981, who remained her manager ever since (although he officially stepped down as his health deteriorated later in his life). Started singing English in the late 1980s and released her first English album in 1990, and to this day has maintained successful careers singing in both French and English and has recorded in several other languages, including Spanish and even Japanese. Married René in 1994 and lived happily together along with three sons despite [[MayDecemberRomance the two's age difference]] until René passing due to throat cancer on January 14, 2016, 21 years into their marriage.

* ChristmasSongs: Céline has ''three'' Christmas albums. Her two French-language Christmas albums, ''Céline Dion chante Noël'' (Céline Dion Sings Christmas) and ''Chants et contes de Noël'' (Songs and Stories of Christmas), were both released during her teens (the latter album actually includes only two new songs, with the balance being songs from the first Christmas album and a few Christmas stories). Her third Christmas album, 1998's ''These Are Special Times'', was her first in English and her best-selling, with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide. She's also recorded one-off Christmas songs (in both English and French) for a few other album projects.

** CoveredUp: Some of her covers outfamed the originals, such as ''The Power Of Love'' (from Jennifer Rush and a chart hit for several others, including Laura Branigan, prior to Dion's version), ''It's All Coming Back to Me Now'' (Pandora's Box), ''All By Myself'' (Music/EricCarmen), ''The Last to Know'' (Music/SheenaEaston), ''Unison'' (British R&B singer Junior, also covered by Laura Branigan), and ''If You Asked Me To'' (Music/[=PattiLaBelle=]). So much so, that many people tend to mistakenly attribute those songs to having been originally sung by her.

* YourCheatingHeart: "(If There Was) Any Other Way" is sung from the POV of a woman telling her (presumably extramarital) lover she can't see him anymore, because her (presumably) husband has found out about the affair despite her attempts to cover her tracks.

Her first American hit song was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" and she attracted even more attention through her Oscar- and Grammy-winning theme song to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1991 [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]] ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', but it was a [[BreakthroughHit pair of movie themes]] later in the '90s that made her a true household name: "Because You Loved Me" from ''Up Close and Personal'' and "My Heart Will Go On" from ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.

* AwardBaitSong: It started with ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and she went on to sing a few more, winning some Grammys (such as "Because You Loved Me") and Oscars ("My Heart Will Go On") along the way. Parodied with "Ashes" in ''Film/Deadpool2.''

** Averted with Dion's French-language albums, which generally receive more favourable critical notice due to their more diverse mix of styles. Dion's reputation in Quebec is more that of a general pop singer than of specifically adult contemporary ballads, as her French albums have included more material in dance and even rock styles. Her English debut, ''Unison'', has similar stylistic diversity, which would largely be left by the wayside as subsequent English albums placed her firmly in the AC ballad box.

** CoveredUp: Some of her covers outfamed the originals, such as ''The Power Of Love'' (from Jennifer Rush and a chart hit for several others, including Laura Branigan, prior to Dion's version), ''It's All Coming Back to Me Now'' (Pandora's Box), ''All By Myself'' (Music/EricCarmen), ''The Last to Know'' (Music/SheenaEaston), ''Unison'' (British R&B singer Junior), and ''If You Asked Me To'' (Music/[=PattiLaBelle=]). So much so, that many people tend to mistakenly attribute those songs to having been originally sung by her.

*** One particularly interesting case is the song "Have a Heart" on Dion's first English-language album, ''Unison''. The song was originally written in English and was one of the first songs she learned while preparing for her English-language debut, but the first time Dion recorded it, it was in French on her 1987 album ''Incognito'' as "Partout je te vois" ("I See You Everywhere").

* OhCrap[=/=]OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She normally stays out of talks when it came to politics, especially about other countries; Celine tearfully criticized George Bush’s Iraq War and response to Katrina during her interview on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXD4BGvPngM Larry King in 2005]]. Considering the situations happening at time and the fact she’s grew up in poverty when talking Katrina, [[YouAreNotAlone who can honestly blame her]]?

* She sometimes invokes GratuitousFrench instead, such as her English version of "Je T'aime Encore" which is English except for that specific phrase (while the French version of that song, "Et Je T'aime Encore", is fully French), as well as her rendition of Brahmm's Lullaby, which is English but has some French lines in the middle of the song.

* ''D'elles'' [[note]]meaning ''About Them'' or ''From Them''[[/note]] (2007)

Céline Marie Claudette Dion [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CC]] (born March 30, 1968) is one of the most popular [[CanadaEh Canadian]] singers of all time. Born in [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} Quebec]], ''the'' Canadian province whose majority of populace speak French[[note]]Canadian French, that is. It has evolved in a different direction compared to European French since it stopped being a French colony.[[/note]]. Thus, she spent her early years speaking and singing French. Met her future husband, music manager René Angélil in 1981, who remained her manager ever since (although he officially stepped down as his health deteriorated later in his life). Started singing English in the late 1980s and released her first English album in 1990, and to this day has maintained successful careers singing in both French and English and has recorded in several other languages, including Spanish and even Japanese. Married René in 1994 and lived happily together along with three sons despite [[MayDecemberRomance the two's age difference]] until René passing due to throat cancer on January 14, 2016, 21 years into their marriage.

Her first American hit song was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" and she attracted even more attention through her Oscar- and Grammy-winning theme song to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1991 [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]] ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', but it was a [[BreakthroughHit pair of movie themes]] later in the '90s that made her a true household name: "Because You Loved Me" (from ''Up Close and Personal'') and "My Heart Will Go On" from ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.

* ''D'eux'' [[note]]French for "Of Them, "About Them", or "From Them"; homophonic with deux, meaning "two". This album was released in the United States as ''The French Album''.[[/note]] (1995)

Her first American hit song was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" and she attracted even more attention through her Oscar- and Grammy-winning theme song to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1991 [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]] ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', but it was a [[BreakthroughHit pair of movie themes]] later in the '90s that made her a true household name: "Because You Loved Me" (from ''Up Close and Personal'') and "My Heart Will Go On" ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.

Her first American hit song was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" and she attracted even more attention through her Oscar- and Grammy-winning theme song to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1991 [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]] ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', but it was a [[BreakthroughHit pair of movie themes]] later in the '90s that made her a true household name: "Because You Loved Me" (from ''Up Close and Personal'') and "My Heart Will Go On" (''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' [1997]).

Céline Marie Claudette Dion [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CC]] (born March 30, 1968) is one of the most popular [[CanadaEh Canadian]] singers of all time. Born in [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} Quebec]], ''the'' Canadian province whose majority of populace speak French[[note]]Canadian French, that is. It has evolved in a different direction compared to European French since it stopped being a French colony.[[/note]]. Thus, she spent her early years speaking and singing French. Met her future husband, music manager René Angélil in 1981, who remained her manager ever since (although he officially stepped down as his health deteriorated later in his life). Started singing English in the late 1980s and released her first English album in 1990, but until present day she still sings in both French and English and has recorded in several other languages, including Spanish and even Japanese. Married René in 1994 and lived happily together along with three sons despite [[MayDecemberRomance the two's age difference]] until René passing due to throat cancer on January 14, 2016, 21 years into their marriage.

** CoveredUp: Some of her covers outfamed the originals, such as ''The Power Of Love'' (from Jennifer Rush and a chart hit for several others, including Laura Branigan, prior to Dion's version), ''It's All Coming Back to Me Now'' (Pandora's Box), ''All By Myself'' (Music/EricCarmen), ''Unison'' (British R&B singer Junior), and ''If You Asked Me To'' (Music/[=PattiLaBelle=]). So much so, that many people tend to mistakenly attribute those songs to having been originally sung by her.

** CoveredUp: Some of her covers outfamed the originals, such as ''The Power Of Love'' (from Jennifer Rush and a chart hit for several others, including Laura Branigan, prior to Dion's version), ''It's All Coming Back to Me Now'' (Pandora's Box), ''All By Myself'' (Music/EricCarmen), ''Unison'' (British R&B singer Junior), and ''If You Asked Me To'' (Music/PattiLaBelle). So much so, that many people tend to mistakenly attribute those songs to having been originally sung by her.

* PrecisionFStrike: The track "Perfect Goodbye" on 2019's ''Courage'' features possibly the first documented instance of Dion uttering a curse word on one of her English-language albums: "This sh*t is perfect."

*** 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.

* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire family is famous in Quebec mostly because of her. Her mom, known has Thérèse Dion, aka Maman Dion (Mommy Dion) had her own cooking show. Her old sister, Claudette Dion, is also a singer, though she remained strictly local and target a older audience. Her siblings as a whole produced a few albums, mostly under the name "La Famille Dion" (The Dion Family). And when her father, Adhemar Dion, passed away, it was all over the news, while her husband's death and funeral became a national affair.

** "Tous Les Blues Sont Ecrits Pour Toi" (All the blues written for you") is practically a half-English song, even with a few phrases such as "I woke up this morning, baby", "Nobody knows" and "Nobody cares" being repeated a few times during the song.

* MayDecemberRomance: René Angélil was 26 years older than Celine. They first met when she was 12 and their relationship (officially) began 7 years later. It was ''another'' 7 years before they were actually married.
** In an interesting twist, ''she'' pursued ''him'', despite his initial discomfort. He even made it a point to not be alone in a room with her so as not to encouraging. Celine's mother tried to dissuade her, but she wouldn't hear of it.

* TruckDriversGearChange: The number of songs she has sung ''without'' this probably doesn't reach double digit. In fact, she's been doing gear change ever since her first single ''C'est n'etait qu'un reve''.

* UpToEleven: In her music video to the song ''Ashes'', SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} tells her the song is ''[[SelfDeprecation too good]]'' for his [[Film/Deadpool2 trashy superhero sequel]] and she should phone it in more - "You're at like, an eleven, we need to get you down to a five, five and a half tops." Celine's response? "This thing[[note]][[BadassBoast pointing to herself]][[/note]] ''only'' goes to eleven, so ''beat it'', [[MaliciousMisnaming Spider-Man]]!"