Celine Dion

BORN: March 30, 1968, Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada

Celine Dion was the first French-Canadian performer to reach superstar status in North America. She rose to international stardom in the 1990's; adored by fans for her vocal prowess, her smooth, melodramatic brand of adult-contemporary pop has remained a fixture at the top of the charts throughout the decade. Celine was the youngest of 14 children; her parents operated a small club, and on weekends the entire family would regularly convene there to perform folk music. At the age of 12, she, her mother and one of her brothers assembled a demo tape which found its way to the offices of local pop manager and promoter Rene Angelil, who was so impressed with the young Celine's voice that he mortgaged his home to finance her first recording. The result was 1981's 'La voix du Bon Dieu'. Despite the 26-year difference in their ages, Celine and Rene were later married in 1994.

Quickly Celine began to earn global renown, and with 1983's 'Les chemins de ma maison', she became the first Canadian performer ever to score a gold record in France. As the decade progressed, she became a phenomenon throughout French-speaking Canada, producing a series of platinum records. In 1988 Celine won the famed Eurovision Song Contest (although I'm not exactly sure how a Canadian qualifies to enter it). Finally, in 1990, Celine issued 'Unison', her English-language debut, just a year after learning the language. The album produced a number of hits, among them "(If There Was) Any Other Way," "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" and "Have a Heart." However, her true commercial breakthrough was the title track to the 1991 Disney classic Beauty and the Beast, a duet with Peabo Bryson; the single topped the U.S. pop charts, and also scored an Academy Award.

1992's Celine Dion was a huge success, producing four major hits, "Love Can Move Mountains", "If You Asked Me To", "Water From the Moon" and "Did You Give Enough Love". The follow-up, 1993's 'The Colour of My Love', was just as popular, with hits like "When I Fall In Love", "The Power of Love" and "Think Twice".

In 1994, Celine issued a live album, 'A L'Olympia', and a year later returned to her French roots with 'D'eux'. Celine's next single, "Because You Loved Me", the theme to the 1996 film 'Up Close and Personal', became her biggest hit yet, as well as the best-selling adult contemporary hit of all time; additionally, the accompanying album, 'Falling Into You', was another huge success. In 1997, she released 'Let's Talk About Love', and also scored big with "My Heart Will Go On," the love theme to the movie Titanic. Dion's fourth French language LP, 'S'il Suffisait d'aimer', followed a year later.

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