Celine Dion

Celine Dion is probably the most popular female songstress and performer of all time. Her signature powerful voice has made her become the highest paid female musician ever behind only Madonna.

Early Accomplishments

She began singing with her family at the family-owned club right from 5 years old and when she was 12, she wrote and recorded her first song.

When top music executive René Angélil heard her song, he was so convinced that he mortgaged his house to promote her music. 

She already had 9 albums (French) and won several awards before she was 18.

Best Known For

With 5 Grammy awards and over 200 million records sold, evergreen songs such as The Power Of Love in 1993, Because You Loved Me in 1996, I’m Your Angel in 1998, and A New Day Has Come in 2002, are credited to Dion.

Also, My Heart Will Go On (soundtrack from Titanic in 1997) and Beauty and the Beast (soundtrack from the 1991 film of same title) have been provided by her.

Sexual Orientation

Céline is straight and right from when she was 19, she had been dating René Angélil and got married in 1994 after a 3-year engagement. The couple lived happily together until René’s death in 2016. After this, she dated Pepe Muñoz for a year until 2017.

Family

She comes from a large family, the littlest child of Adhémar and Thérèse Dion with sisters Denise, Claudette, Liette, Louise, Ghislane, Linda, Manon and Pauline and brothers Clément, Michel, Jacques, Daniel and Paul. 

She is the mother of 3 sons who are René-Charles, born in 2001 and twins Eddy and Nelson, born in 2010.

Religion

Céline was raised in a devout Catholic home and still adheres to her faith, acknowledging God for the gift of her voice. 

Worth To Know

She sang Une Colombe for Pope John Paul II in front of 65,000 people when she was 16.

She has a Guinness World Record for the highest-selling French album ever. D’eux sold over 6 million copies.