CÉLINE DION BIOGRAPHY


There's no shortage of hyperbole when describing the meteoric rise of Céline Dion's career. Barely four years ago Céline Dion was a virtual unknown outside of her native province of Québec, today she is an international superstar with sales of her first two English language albums numbering in the millions throughout the world.
In Canada alone, she has sold over several million albums both French and English. Her debut English language album, "Unison" yielded four Top 10 singles and sold over 400,000 records. Céline captured Juno Awards that year for "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Album of the Year" for "Unison".
She followed that release album with a tribute album to Quebec songwriter Luc Plamondon called "Dion Chante Plamondon". It went double platinum overnight in Quebec, but also enjoyed considerable sales in English Canada as well.
Céline's international breakthrough came with the soundtrack to the animated Disney hit movie "Beauty and the Beast". The song went number one and garnered an Academy Award for "Best Song". "Beauty and the Beast" formed the cornerstone for Celine's second English language album called simply, "Celine Dion". That album produced five hit singles including "Love Can Move Mountains", "Water From the Moon", "If You Asked Me To", "Did You Give Enough Love" and "Beauty and the Beast", which also earned Céline a Grammy Award. In Canada, the album went six times platinum and continues to dominate radio airwaves.
The woman who was once Québec's best kept secret has now appeared on the Academy Awards, twice at the Grammy's, twice at the American Music Awards and countless times on the Tonight Show (she is a personal favorite of host Jay Leno). Last year she hosted the Juno Awards and won for the third consecutive year, "Female Vocalist of the Year".
"The Colour of My Love" is her third English language record. The anticipation for this release had been building with the success of the soundtrack to the hit film, "Sleepless in Seattle", for which Céline sang the theme song, "When I Fall in Love". That album has gone double platinum in the U.S. and platinum here in Canada.
"The Colour of My Love", teams Céline Dion with some of the best songwriters and producers of the day, many of whom have worked successfully with Céline before. "The Colour of My Love" includes songs written by David Foster, Dianne Warren, Phil Goldstone, A.A. Robertson, Ric Wake and Jennifer Rush. The songs on the album were produced by old friend David Foster, Ric Wake, Guy Roche, Christopher Neil, Walter Afanasieff, Steve Lindsay, Aldo Nova and Humberto Gatica.

Celine Dion's star continues to rise while her Canadian roots remain firm.



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