By 1988, Celine had established a strong name for herself in her native province of Quebec,
where she was enjoying superstar status, receiving numerous Felix Awards and racking up
platinum albums. That same year, Celine won the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest in
Dublin Ireland, where she performed live before a television audience of 600 million viewers
throughout Europe, the USSR, the Middle East, Japan, and Australia.
In September, 1990 Celine released "Unison" - her first English-language album and her first
for Sony Music - and scored a breakthrough US hit with the Top 5 single "Where Does My
Heart Beat Now."
Celine's international breakthrough came when she recorded the title track for the soundtrack
to the animated Disney hit movie "Beauty and the Beast." The song went to #1, garnering an
Academy Award for Best Song and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or
Group with Vocal. "Beauty and the Beast" became the cornerstone for Celine's second
English language album, simply titled "Celine Dion." That album produced four more hit
singles including "Love Can Move Mountains," "Water From The Moon," "If You Asked Me
To" and "Did You Give Enough Love." In Canada, the album went six times platinum and set
the stage for an incredible streak of Juno Awards.
On December 17, 1994, Celine Dion and René Angélil were married at Notre Dame Basilica
in Montreal.
At this time, the Celine juggernaut started rolling at a momentous pace in the UK. British
fans took extremely well to "Think Twice," a ballad on "The Colour Of My Love." For five
consecutive weeks, the song and album stood on top of the respective British charts, an
achievement not replicated since 1965 during the heyday of The Beatles. "Think Twice"
remained at #1 for two more weeks, surpassing the magic million mark to become only the
fourth million-selling single ever in the UK by a female artist. With "D'eux," Celine achieved
a feat which everyone thought impossible: she'd successfully introduced French music to the
top rungs of the British charts. Selling more than 7 million copies and topping charts around
the world, the album became the largest-selling French-language album and the best-selling
non-English-language album in music history. The world had truly discovered Celine Dion.
Blessed with one of popular music's great voices, she has crossed all barriers - including that
of language - with her electrifying series of international hits. Given her breakneck pace of
recording, video shoots, touring and appearances on TV shows and awards specials, it seems
like Celine has time for little else. Not the case when it comes to causes she believes in.
Celine has used her talents to further the cause of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
In fact, one of Celine's most emotional songs ("Vole," from the "D'eux" album, later
translated into English as the song "Fly," which appears on the "Falling Into You" album) is a
touching memorial to her niece, Karine, who was taken from her by this disease.
Released in March 1996, "Falling Into You" became that year's best-selling album. Topping
the charts in 11 countries, "Falling Into You" was voted Album of the Year and Best Pop
Album at the 39th annual Grammy Awards ceremony and has gone on to sell more than 30
million copies worldwide.
where she was enjoying superstar status, receiving numerous Felix Awards and racking up
platinum albums. That same year, Celine won the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest in
Dublin Ireland, where she performed live before a television audience of 600 million viewers
throughout Europe, the USSR, the Middle East, Japan, and Australia.
In September, 1990 Celine released "Unison" - her first English-language album and her first
for Sony Music - and scored a breakthrough US hit with the Top 5 single "Where Does My
Heart Beat Now."
Celine's international breakthrough came when she recorded the title track for the soundtrack
to the animated Disney hit movie "Beauty and the Beast." The song went to #1, garnering an
Academy Award for Best Song and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or
Group with Vocal. "Beauty and the Beast" became the cornerstone for Celine's second
English language album, simply titled "Celine Dion." That album produced four more hit
singles including "Love Can Move Mountains," "Water From The Moon," "If You Asked Me
To" and "Did You Give Enough Love." In Canada, the album went six times platinum and set
the stage for an incredible streak of Juno Awards.
On December 17, 1994, Celine Dion and René Angélil were married at Notre Dame Basilica
in Montreal.
At this time, the Celine juggernaut started rolling at a momentous pace in the UK. British
fans took extremely well to "Think Twice," a ballad on "The Colour Of My Love." For five
consecutive weeks, the song and album stood on top of the respective British charts, an
achievement not replicated since 1965 during the heyday of The Beatles. "Think Twice"
remained at #1 for two more weeks, surpassing the magic million mark to become only the
fourth million-selling single ever in the UK by a female artist. With "D'eux," Celine achieved
a feat which everyone thought impossible: she'd successfully introduced French music to the
top rungs of the British charts. Selling more than 7 million copies and topping charts around
the world, the album became the largest-selling French-language album and the best-selling
non-English-language album in music history. The world had truly discovered Celine Dion.
Blessed with one of popular music's great voices, she has crossed all barriers - including that
of language - with her electrifying series of international hits. Given her breakneck pace of
recording, video shoots, touring and appearances on TV shows and awards specials, it seems
like Celine has time for little else. Not the case when it comes to causes she believes in.
Celine has used her talents to further the cause of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
In fact, one of Celine's most emotional songs ("Vole," from the "D'eux" album, later
translated into English as the song "Fly," which appears on the "Falling Into You" album) is a
touching memorial to her niece, Karine, who was taken from her by this disease.
Released in March 1996, "Falling Into You" became that year's best-selling album. Topping
the charts in 11 countries, "Falling Into You" was voted Album of the Year and Best Pop
Album at the 39th annual Grammy Awards ceremony and has gone on to sell more than 30
million copies worldwide.
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