Celine Dion - A Super Star
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♣ Introduction
Hello Friends, I hope you are doing fine. Today, I have come up with my another new Blog with the title of Celine Dion - A Super Star. Friends, Celine Dion is known to be a Pop Music Icon. She has been serving Show Business and Entertainment Industry for a long time. From her teen years till now, she has been praised for her vocal quality and unique singing style. She started her singing career as a French Artist singing French songs for a limited French audience. However, with the passage of time, she has also conquered major North American Music Market and other continents with her English music talent. This Candian born My Heart Will Go On fame female singer has been successful worldwide as her released albums and singles have sold more than 200 Million copies across the world, which itself, is a record. Celine Dion is a Pop Music Icon and is regarded as an International Star who has sung in many languages such as French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin and even in Japanese languages. Throughout her music journey, she has acclaimed many mind-blowing awards and certifications such as Grammy Awards, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Billboard Icon Award, Golden Globe Award, American Music Awards and many other awards which prove that she has some real music talent with mesmerizing voice that has recognition all around the world. In this Blog, I shall discuss her career, her early life and the struggle she went through in her musical journey to become a star that she is today.
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I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.
Quote by: Celine Dion
Celine Dion was born in Quebec, Canada on March 30, 1968 in a large and poor French family. She was the youngest of 14 children in a small house. Her father was a butcher and her mother was a housewife. From early childhood, Celine Dion showed interest in music as her family was also fond of music. She began singing in her family gatherings and in the piano-bar that her parents owned for livelihood. In the love of music and singing, she forgot that she belonged to a poor family and her childhood was spent happily, though in poverty. She used to sing and made public appearances at her parents' bar with her siblings. When she was 12 years old, she created a demo tape with her mother and brother. It was a French song Ce n'était qu'un rêve which means It Was Only A Dream in English, and sent it to the Music Producer Rene Angelil who was very impressed by the Celine Dion's voice and her talent. He invited Celine Dion for audition in Quebec and eventually started working on Celine Dion's first French album La voix du bon Dieu which released in November 1981. The album was a success in Quebec and its songs managed to reach within top 20 spots on Music Charts. This album marked the start of the music career of a legendary artist and Pop Star. Celine Dion released further 7 studio albums in the 80's in French language and remained quite successful despite limited audience in Canada. She turned her attention towards English studio album in 1990 and released her first English album with the title of Unison in the same year which also went Platinum in Canada and Celine Dion won two Juno Awards for this album. Here, I shall highlight some of her popular English albums which contributed immensely in attaining the stardom that Celine Dion enjoys today.
♣ Studio Album - The Colour of My Love
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Celine Dion released her third English studio album with the title of The Colour of My Love in November 1993 under the banner of Columbia Records and 550 Music (which was owned by Sony Music). By the time this album released, Celine Dion had made a stable position in the Music Industry on International Level. This album was declared as a Commercially Hit album. It received mixed views from the music critics and generally liked by Celine Dion's fans. This album contained 15 tracks and was based on the Pop Music genre. This album sold no less then 20 Million copies worldwide which shows the popularity level Celine Dion had achieved by that time. This album was considered to be one the Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Celion Dion released seven singles from this album and quite a few songs The Power of Love, Think Twice and To Love You More managed to sell millions of copies and all progressed to reach top positions on the US Music Charts Billboard Hot 100 and also reached top spots on the Music Charts in Canada, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Celine Dion won many awards, accreditations and awards for this album besides multi-Platinum certifications in many countries such as the United States of America, Canada, many countries in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Some of the highlights of awards Celine Dion received for this album are given below:
♦ Three Nominations for Grammy Award and winning one for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals.
♦ Winner of Juno Awards of 1995 in the categories of Album of The Year and Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic).
♦ Winner of Ivor Novello Award for the song Think Twice in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
♦ Winner of Japan Gold Disc Awards for the song To Love You More.
♣ Studio Album - Falling into You
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Celine Dion released her fourth English studio album with the title of Falling into You in March 1996 under the banner of Columbia and Epic Records. This album was a follow up to her previous album "The Colour of My Love". This album was also based on Pop Music genre and contained 14 songs. For this album, Celine Dion worked under the collaboration of many Music Producers and Songwriters, some of them were Grammy Winning Music Producers and Songwriters such as David Foster and Diane Warren respectively. This album further cemented the impact of Celine Dion on the scenario of international music. This album was declared as Commercially Hit album and widely praised by music critics and music fans all around the world. This album managed to sell more than a staggering number of 32 Million copies worldwide and became one of the Best-Selling Music Albums in the history of music. Celine Dion released five singles from this album and all made tremendous progress on the Music Charts worldwide. Her singles Because You Loved Me, It's All Coming Back to Me Now and All by Myself were released in 1996 and were outstanding. These singles managed to reach within top ten spots on the Music Charts in many countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Ireland and in many other countries. For this album, Celine Dion again received a lot of acclaims, awards, certifications and accreditations besides multi-Platinum certifications in many countries such as the United States of America, Canada, European countries, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Some of the highlights of Celine Dion's awards for this album are as under:
♦ Four Nominations for Grammy Award and winning two in the categories of Album of the Year and Best Pop Album at 39th Annual Grammy Awards.
♦ Winner of three World Music Awards in 1997 for in the categories of World's Best-Selling Artist of the Year, World's Best-Selling Pop Artist of the Year and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist of the Year.
♦ Winner of American Music Award in the category of Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist.
♦ Winner of IRMA Award, Bambi Award, Amigo Award and VH1 Award.
♣ Studio Album - Let's Talk About Love
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Celine Dion released her fifth English studio album with the title of Let's Talk About Love in November 1997 under the banner of Columbia and Epic Records. This Pop Music album has undoubtedly been the best album of Celine Dion so far in terms of international liking and sales. This album became an instant hit upon release and sold over whopping 31 Million copies worldwide. The song My Heart Will Go On (written by James Horner and Grammy Award winning Will Jennings) became the signature song of Celine Dion and was taken in the blockbuster movie Titanic as its theme song giving Celine Dion an immense popularity across the globe. This album proved to be a hallmark in the music career of Celine Dion. Celine Dion released eight songs from this album and all managed to reach top spots on Music Charts in various countries. Especially the song My Heart Will Go On reached number one spots for many weeks on Music Charts all over the world. It is considered to be one of the Best-Selling Singles Of All Time and was the World's Best-Selling Single of 1998. It was also declared to be the biggest love ballads of the 1990s and was certified as Diamond, multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold across the globe. Celine Dion became the household name around the world and reached a new height of stardom in her career. For this album as well, Celine Dion received a lot of awards and certifications. Some of the highlights of Celine Dion's awards for this album are as under:
♦ Winner of Grammy Award for the song My Heart Will Go On in the categories of Record of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.
♦ Winner of American Music Award in 1999 in the categories of Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.
♦ Winner of Billboard Music Awards in its 1998 edition in the categories of Top Billboard 200 Album Artist, Hot Adult Contemporary Artist, Hot Soundtrack Single, Top Billboard 200 Album and Hot Soundtrack Album.
♦ Winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
♦ Winner of Academy Award for Best Original Song.
♣ Studio Album - A New Day Has Come
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Celine Dion released her seventh English studio album with the title of A New Day Has Come in March 2002 under the banner of Sony Music Entertainment. This album was released after a gap of about 4 years because Celine Dion had started her family and gave birth to her first child. She had been having difficulties earlier in conceiving and child-birth since 1994 after her marriage with Rene Angelil and had a few miscarriages. However, she managed to succeed in pregnancy and subsequent delivery this time through advance fertility techniques. Because of the reason to start her family, she was thinking about retirement at this stage from show business industry but later decided otherwise because she was at the peak of her music career and her fans wanted her to sing more to entertain them. Her decision proved to be correct because this album was also famous and declared to be a Commercially Hit album. For this Album she collaborated for the first time with other Swedish Producers and Composers such as Anders Bagge and Peer Åström and this collaboration created award winning songs for this album.
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This Celine Dion's album A New Day Has Come received positive reviews from the music critics and the music fans around the world. This album managed to sell more than 12 Million copies worldwide which showed that staying away from the limelight for some years did not affect Celine Dion's image in the Music World. Celine Dion released three singles from this album and all managed to reach top spots on the Music Charts across the world. This album contained 17 tracks and the song A New Day Has Come was the best among others and impressed the music lovers across the world. This song broke the record on the Music Charts for most weeks at number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks as it managed to remain on top for 21 weeks. Other released singles were Goodbye's (The Saddest Word) and I'm Alive which also reached within top 10 spots in various countries and were regarded as international success.
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Celine Dion received a lot of awards and certifications for this album. Some of the highlights of Celine Dion's awards for this album are as under:
♦ Winner of Billboard Music Award in the category of Hot Adult Contemporary Artist.
♦ Winner of the French Félix Award in the category of Artist of the Year being the most successful artist in a language other than French.
♦ Certified as three times Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
♦ Certified as six times Platinum in Canada.
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♣ Some Important Links
♦ wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion
♦ www.instagram.com/celinedion
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♣ Conclusion
Celine Dion is the name of music sensation and a legendary vocal range and quality. She is a successful Singer, Mother, Businesswoman and occasional songwriter at the same time. She started from a modest beginning and showed extreme determination and enthusiasm to reach stardom that she enjoys today. She has this amazing ability to show emotions and sentiments in her songs which touches the hearts of music lovers. As a Business Entrepreneur, she is the owner of Les Productions Feeling Inc which is an artist management company in Quebec, Canada and it helps in making the artists' career and their overall well-being. Celine Dion is also owner of Nickels Restaurant Food Chain and runs it professionally. She is an active Philanthropist, Social Worker and is associated with many charity organizations and loves to contribute in fund raising for noble causes to serve humanity. For instance, during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina which hit the USA along Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas in 2005, Celine Dion donated USD 1 Million to the victims of the storm. Besides, she has been taking active participation in fund raising and research program for Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation which is a Canadian base organization and helps patients suffering from Cystic Fibrosis. She has been a part of many other health and educational campaigns for children and adults. Celine Dion is undoubtedly a role-model for many junior artists around the world who have passion for music just like her.
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