Celine Dion Profile

Celine Dion is my big Idol.  Celine was born at Charlemagne (a small town 30 miles est of Montreal, Quebec, Canada). She is the youngest of 14 children of higly musiacal family. Her parents both musicians, and on weekend, the entire family performed and entertained the local population. Celine Dion singing with her sibilings and quicly acquired the ability to perform live, from the tender age of  5. At the 12 years old, together with her mother and one of her brothers, Celine composed a French song which would forever alter the course of her life.

Celine began to receive recognation for her talent in 1982, winning the Gold Metal at the Yamaha World Song Festival in Tokyo, along with the conveted Musician's Award for top performer. In 1983, she becomes the first Canadian ever to receive a Gold Record in France.

The streak of recognition had only just begun. By 1988, Celine had established a strong Celine had established a strong name for herself in her native province of Quebec, where she was enjoying superstar status, receiving numerous Felix Awards and racking up platinum albums. That same year, Celine won the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin Ireland, where she performed live before a television audience of 600 million viewers throughout Europe, the USSR, the Middle-East, Japan, and Australia.

Celine's international breakthrough came when she recorded the title track for the soundtrack to the animated Disney hit movie 'Beauty and the Beast.' The song went to number one and garnered an Academy Award and a Grammy Award. ''Beauty and the Beast'' formed the cornerstone for Celine's second English language album, called simply 'Celine Dion.' That album produced four more hit singles including ''Love Can Move Mountains'' , ''Water From The Moon'' , ''If You Asked Me To'' and ''Did You Give Enough Love.'' In Canada, the album went six times platinum and set the stage for an incredible streak of Juno Awards.

Blessed with one of popular music's great voices, she has crossed all barriers - even that of language - with her electrifying series of international hits. With her breakneck pace of recording, video shoots, touring and appearing on TV shows and awards specials, it seems like Celine has time for little else. Not the case when it comes to an important cause. Celine has used her talents to further the cause of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In fact, one of Celine's most emotional songs (''Vole,'' from the 'D'eux' album, later translated into English as the song ''Fly,'' which appears on the 'Falling Into You' album) is a touching memorial to her niece, Karine, who was taken from her by this disease.

A new peak in Celine's spectacular career was reached when she released her new album 'A New Day Has Come' in March 2002, which ended her two-year hiatus. The album entered number one in more than 17 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States within two weeks of its debut. It features new tracks that range from pure 21st century pop, ''A New Day Has Come'' to dramatic ballads ''Have You Ever Been In Love'' and ''I Surrender,'' from breathtaking dance music ''Sorry For Love'' to a pair of pre-rock classics ''At Last;'' and ''Nature Boy.'' Other highlights include ''I'm Alive,'' ''Goodbye's (The Saddest Word),'' and ''Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable).''
The release of the album was accompanied by a blitz of TV specials, appearances on talk shows and magazine interviews all over the world.

In March 2003, Celine begins a three-year commitment to appear five nights a week at Caesars Palace Coliseum in Las Vegas, a three-tier, 4000-seat arena designed and currently being built for her show. The 90-minute spectacle will introduce a new form of entertainment, a fusion of song, performance art, theatrical innovation and state-of-the-art technology that will inspire its own creative genre. The show is created by Dragone Productions, a team led by Franco Dragone, the creative spirit behind ten of the critically acclaimed productions by Cirque du Soleil.

With each new release, Celine has managed to top her previous successes and, along the way, has become one of the brightest stars in the world of popular music. Who would have imagined that Quebec's best kept secret could have conquered the world the way she has?
Looking back now, we should have known it all along.