Celine Dion is a Canadian singer renowned for her powerful and distinctive vocals. She has sold well over 200 million record sales worldwide. Born (Mar 30) in Charlemagne, Quebec, her first success was when representing Switerzland in winning the 1988 Eurovision Song Content with "Ne partez pas sans moi" where she narrowly beat the UK (Scott Fitzgerald's "Go") by un point. Up to 1990s, she had recorded in French. She learned English around 1988 and couple years recorded here first anglophone album "Unison" in 1990.
Her breakout hit in North America was "Where does my heart beat now" where it reached #4 in the States, top 10 in Canada and #1 in Quebec. Her first UK success was with Peabo Bryson on Disney track "Beauty and the Beast". She continued North American success with her version of Patti LaBelle's "If you asked me to" and "Love can move mountains", "When I fall in love" (duet with Clive Griffin).
Her first US#1 was the old Jennifer Rush song, "The Power of Love" in 1993. In 1994, a song that didn't far as well in the states, "Think twice" cemented her place in the UK. In the UK, it was released in the middle of October and only reached the top 40 after its 4th week of release. After 16 weeks, where it had spent 3 weeks at #2, "Think Twice" reached UK #1 and spent 7 weeks at #1. (Path to the top 53-42-52-30-28-22-20-9-8-5-6-4-2-2-2-1). That was then her best selling single.
That would be superceded by the theme song to the movie, "Titantic", "My heart will go on" in 1998 despite spending a total of 2 weeks at the top of charts in February and March. "My heart will go on" was also a US#1. Celine also reached the top in the states with "Because you loved me" from the soundtrack to the movie "Up close and personal" in 1996 and the duet with R Kelly called "Angel" in 1998.
"Misled" spent 2 weeks at #1 on US Dance Chart in July 1994.
Date UK Song May 1992 9 Beauty And The Beast (with Peabo Bryson) Jan 1994 4 The Power Of Love Apr 1994 40 Misled Oct 1994 1 Think Twice May 1995 8 Only One Road Sep 1995 7 Tu M'Aimes Encore (To Love Me Again) Dec 1995 15 Misled (re-issue) Mar 1996 10 Falling Into You Jun 1996 5 Because You Loved Me Oct 1996 6 All By Myself Oct 1996 3 It's All Coming Back To Me Now Jun 1997 11 Call The Man Dec 1997 11 The Reason Feb 1998 1 My Heart Will Go On Jul 1998 5 Immortality (with Bee Gees) Nov 1998 3 I'm Your Angel (with R Kelly) Jul 1999 29 Treat Her Like A Lady Dec 1999 12 That's The Way It Is
What happened next?
Celine Dion went on to have a residency in Las Vegas and currently lives in Nevada. Her latest release is "Courage"
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