Celine Dion

Celine Dion is a musical sensation from Quebec, Canada. She was born in March of 1968 and quickly demonstrated amazing musical talents. Her yen to perform and her gorgeous, clear, lyrical voice distinguished her even at a young age. However, she struggled for quite a while before breaking through in the late 1980s. Her first Canadian breakthrough album, Incognito, made her a household name in the French-speaking quarters of Canada. She won several musical contests the next year and debuted her English-speaking album in 1990.

Despite Celine Dion's initial successes in Canada and internationally, she still wasn't a household name in the United States. However, when the Disney animated movie Beauty and the Beast featured her voice on the title duet, Dion began her rise to superstardom. In 1992, she won numerous awards, including a Juno Award, for her double platinum album.

Dion earned surprise reactions when she announced in 1993 that she was in love with her longtime manager, Rene Angelil. The next year, they married and years later gave birth to a son. In the 1990s, Celine Dion released one of her best-selling singles, My Heart Will Go On, as part of the Titanic soundtrack. In 2003, the casino Caesars Palace signed Dion to perform in a daily show in Las Vegas.

Celine Dion's extremely high paying Las Vegas gig requires that the pop superstar work almost every day. Beloved both by French-speaking and English-speaking fans the world over, Celine Dion will no doubt continue to astound audiences everywhere with her lucid voice and spirited renditions of classics.