Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Celine Dion is a proud Canadian, that is why she has sung our national

anthom at countless events, that is why she financially supports

numerous Canadian organizations, that is also why she continues to make

french and english albums. She is a healthy role model for young and

old people all over the world, and it is an honour to say she is

Canadian.

Celine Dion was born in Charlemagne, Quebec, on March 30, 1968 and was

the youngest of 14 children in a large musical family. Celine Dion was

named after a song her mother was singing while pregnant. She was

discovered singing in the family owned restaurant, at age 12, but had

been singing there ever since age five, along with her other siblings.

It was a small restaurant and club where the children could often

showcase their musical talents where her father would play the

accordian and mother the violin. At only five years old, she had

already began to develop as a singer and entertainer, so it makes sense

she had the talent and capability to produce her very first recording

at only age twelve with her mother and her brothers. Celine was

discovered by Montreal Impresario, Rene Angelil, who later became her

husband, in 1981. Celine's mother had found Rene's address in an album

of Ginette Reno, a popular french singer. Rene had heard the demo-tape

containing the songs Cel! ine had written (In particular "Ce N'etait

Qu'un Reve"-or in english, "It was Only a Dream"), and he was

immediatly taken by the voice of young Celine that he became determined

to make her an internationally known talent. When he first heard her

sing live, he cried because it was so beautiful. Rene had so much

faith in Celine, that he even mortgaged his house to finance the

production of Celine's debut album. Her only obstacle for success

beyond Canada and France was her French lyrics.

Record companies, as it turned out, were less enthusiastic of investing

in a low-class preteen than Rene Angelil was. The financial support

they needed to make Celine a success was not being produced, so they

created a low budget Christmas album, "Celine Chante Noel," (Celine

Sings Christmas), and another album, "Voix du bon Dieu," (The Voice of

God). Celine released these singles at the young age of 13, yet they

proved to be very successful. Even though these were low budget, people

gave the albums a chance, and soon Celine had become the teen sensation

of Quebec. Her early years also brought a string of awards, allowing