Angelil and his second wife had divorced in the 1980s, and, around this same time, he and Dion had begun a romantic relationship. In 1994, Dion merged her personal and professional life when she married Angelil, who was 26 years her senior. 1 on the adult contemporary chart, allowed Dion to launch her first headlining tour in the United States.
The undeniable success of her self-titled effort, which also includes the hit "If You Asked Me To," which made it to No. It was featured on her second English album, Celine Dion, which became her first gold record in the United States and sold more than 12 million copies internationally. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won both a Grammy and an Academy Award. The song, "Beauty and the Beast," made it to No.
Breakthrough with 'Beauty and the Beast'ĭion's real breakthrough into pop music stardom came in 1992, when she recorded the theme to Disney's hit animated feature Beauty and the Beast, a duet with Peabo Bryson. Driven by the Top 5 single "Where Does My Heart Beat Now," Unison sold more than one million copies worldwide. Like most of her English-language albums, it was a collaboration with the songwriter-arranger-musician David Foster. They later opened a piano bar, where the 5-year-old Dion would perform to the delight of customers.ĭion recorded her first English-language album, Unison, in 1990. Her parents formed a singing group, Dion's Family, and they toured Canada when Dion was still an infant. The youngest of 14 children of Adhemar and Therese Dion, she grew up in a close-knit musical family. 1's: "The Power of Love," "Because You Loved Me," "My Heart Will Go On" and "I'm Your Angel." Early Life and French AlbumsĬeline Marie Claudette Dion was born on March 30, 1968, in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. She went on to record several hits, including four No. Dion's real breakthrough into pop music stardom came in 1992 when she recorded the theme to Disney's hit animated feature Beauty and the Beast. She delivered her first English-language album, Unison, in 1990. 1 hits like "The Power of Love" and "Because You Loved Me." Who Is Celine Dion?Ī star from a young age, singer Celine Dion had recorded nine French albums and won numerous awards by the time she was 18. French-Canadian singer Celine Dion dominated the pop charts in the 1990s with No.
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