I made a list of 12 things you should know about Celine Dion. Hope you'll like it!
1. Celine Dion was born on March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada.
2. Celine's parents Adhemar Dion and Therese Tanguay have 14 children with Celine as the youngest. Denise (1946), Clément (1947), Claudette (1948), Liette (1950), Michel (1952), Louise (1953), Jacques (1955), Daniel (1956), Ghislaine (1958), Linda (1959), Manon (1960), Pauline and Paul (1962) and Celine (1968).
3. Celine and her manager Rene Angelil (born January 16, 1942) got married on December 17, 1994. Their age difference is 26 years.
4. Celine has 3 children, all through in-vitro insemination. Rene Charles Angelil born January 25, 2001 and twins Eddy Angelil and Nelson Angelil, born in October 23, 2010.
5. Celine's french album "D'eux" (released in 1995) is the best selling french-language album of all time, selling 10 million copies worldwide and the best selling album of all time in France (selling 4.4+ million copies in France). "S'il suffisait d'aimer" (released in 1998), the second best-selling french album of all time is also Celine's.
6. Celine Dion was honored a star in Canada's Walk Of Fame in 1999 and the 2,244th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
7. Celine has 4 US #1 singles and 5 Grammy Awards.
US Billboard #1 singles: The Power of Love, Because You Loved Me, My Heart Will Go On and I'm Your Angel w/ R. Kelly.
Grammy Awards:
Beauty And the Beast, w/ Peabro Bryson (won 1993) for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Falling Into You (won in 1997) for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album
My Heart Will Go On (won in 1999) for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
8. It's All Coming Back To Me Now music video took place in Castle Ploskovice, Prague Czech Republic.
9. Celine Dion's height is 5'7.5" inches (1.71 m)
10. Celine has 25 studio albums, consisting 14 french albums and 11 english albums. Celine remain the best-selling Canadian artist in history and one of the best-selling music artist of all time, selling more than 175 million albums worldwide.
11. Celine Dion Parfums is a brand line of Celine Dion and Coty, Inc., with global retail sales of more than $850 million by March 2010, which makes it one of the most successful celebrity fragrances.
12. Celine has a residency show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada which started March 15, 2011 and has become the "most profitable music act in Las Vegas" since Elvis Presley.
According to Pollstar:
Celine ranked 10th on their Top 25 North American Tours grossing $41.2 million in 2011
Celine ranked 29th on their Top 50 Worldwide Tours grossing $36.5 million in 2012
Celine ranked 23rd on their Top 25 North American Tours list grossing $38.8 million and ranked 25th on their Worldwide Tours (including the number from the Sans attendre Tour.) in 2013
Celine ranked 28th on the Top 100 Worldwide tours list with a gross of $21.1 million in 2014
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