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Rising from humble beginnings in the small town in Quebec, Celine Dion became one of the biggest international stars in pop music history, selling more than 100million albums worldwidE
Dion grew up in an environment full of the inherent chaos and material austerity that comes with a large working-class family. However, the Dion household was also one filled with love for children and music, and her parents and siblings were important figures in the early development of her singing career.
Celine Dion began singing in her parents' piano bar when she was just five years old. By the age of 12 she had written one of her first songs, It Was Only a Dream, which she recorded with the help of her mother and brother and shipped off to a manager named Rene Angelil, whose name they found on the back of an album by Ginette Reno, a popular Francophone singer. After weeks with no response from Angelil, Celine's brother Michel phoned him and said, "I know you haven't listened to the tape, because if you had, you would've called right away." Angelil dug up the tape and called the family back the same day to set up a meeting with Celine. When the 12-year-old performed in his office in Montreal, Angelil cried and set in motion the process of making her a Quebecois, and later international star. He mortgaged his house to pay for her first two albums, producing a local number one single. In 1983 she became the first Canadian to have a gold record in France and she won a gold medal at the Yamaha songwriting competition in Japan. Her worldwide reputation was in the making, but success in the United States was not yet forthcoming.
When she was 18, Dion saw Michael Jackson performing on television and told Angelil that she wanted to be a star like him. Angelil's response was to order her to take 18 months off to remake her image. The payoff came almost immediately. Her 1990 breakthrough album, Unison, was released in the U.S. by Epic Records and produced several hit songs, but it was her duet with Peabo Bryson on the theme song of Disney's Beauty and the Beast that was her true breakthrough. 3
The song reached number one on the pop charts and won both a Grammy and an Academy award. "Beauty and the Beast" was also featured on her second English album, 1992's Celine Dion, which launched another Top Ten American hit with "If You Asked Me To," while spawning two additional Top 40 singles, "Nothing Broken But My Heart" and "Love Can Move Mountains."
During this time there were also important developments in Dion's personal life. In 1988 Angelil crossed the line from manager to romantic partner when he kissed Dion one night after a show in Dublin. Fearful that fans would find the 26-year difference in their ages unsettling, the couple kept their relationship a secret for several years. But their 1994 wedding in Montreal was celebrated not only by the 250 invited guests, but by millions of fans worldwide.
One of the hardest working stars in show business, Dion continued to record and perform on a schedule that would kill most people. She recorded six albums between 1992 and 1996, when her album Falling Into You took her to a new level of stardom. The recording was a runaway hit, winning Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best Pop Album. 1996 also brought her another honor; she was asked to perform at the opening ceremonies of the Atlanta Olympics. Dion's longest tenure on the pop charts would come the following year, however, when she recorded "My Heart Will Go On," the theme song for James Cameron's blockbuster movie Titanic. "My Heart Will Go On" became omnipresent on the radio as Titanic fever swept the world and when it was featured on her album Let's Talk About Love it helped propel that recording to the top of the charts. By then, Dion had the power to gather a supporting cast of stars and the album contained an amazing collection of artists, including Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, and the Bee Gees. The album would win a host of awards and bring Dion a whole new world of fans.
Dion returned to the public eye in a big way in March 2002 with A New Day Has Come. The album debuted at number one in over 17 countries, and was accompanied by a full-scale media blitz.
1968年3月30日，Celine Dion出生在加拿大魁北克省的一个音乐之家，这是一个大家庭，兄弟姐妹一共有14个之多，Celine是最小的。在5岁的时候，Celine就充分展露了她的音乐才华。12岁时，Celine制作了她的第一张示范专辑Ce n'etait qu'un reve（It was only a dream)，同时她的才华得到了魁北克名经纪人Rene的支持。在Rene抵挡了他的住宅后，Celine出版了她的第一张专辑。之后她就在加拿大和法国取得了不错的战绩。
由于出生在法语区，在Rene的建议下，Celine去了蒙特利尔的一个学校学习英语，经过几个月的不懈努力，Celine基本掌握了英语。与此同时，她也与Sony公司签约，出版了第一张英文专辑Unison（调和）。之后Celine一发不可收拾，在Sony的旗帜下，先后出版了14张专辑，获得了无数的荣誉.
93年Dion与Peabo Bryson在电影《Beauty And Beasts》（美女与野兽）中演唱的歌曲获得了葛莱美奖。94年在影片《西雅图的不眠之夜》中又与Clive Grittin 联袂合作了一曲《When I Fell in Love》(当我坠入爱河)，这使她再度获得了多项殊荣。她的第一首单曲《The Power of Love》(爱之伟力)一经推出，立即成为Billboard 排行榜上的榜首歌曲。在新专辑《The Colour of My Love》（我爱的色彩）中，Celine Dion使乐迷们欣赏到了不借助现代电子技术合成而仅仅是天赋歌喉的美妙绝伦。
1997年随着电影《泰坦尼克号》的奇迹，由Celine Dion演唱的主题曲《My Heart Will Go On》获得了第41届格莱美年度最佳唱片奖(Record Of The Year)，Celine Dion也凭借这首歌获得了最佳流行音乐女歌手奖(Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)。
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