Latest Release
- 3 MAY 2024
- 1 Song
- Set My Heart On Fire (I'm Alive x And The Beat Goes On) - Single · 2024
- A New Day Has Come · 2001
- Falling Into You · 1996
- Falling Into You · 1996
- Let's Talk About Love · 1997
- The Colour of My Love · 1993
- One Heart · 2003
- My Love - Essential Collection · 1999
- The Colour of My Love · 1993
- All the Way...A Decade of Song · 1996
Essential Albums
- Celine Dion had plenty of career momentum going into the release of 1996’s Falling Into You. The Quebec native had been a superstar in Canada since the ’80s thanks to a string of French-language albums, and she was gaining ground in the U.S. thanks to her multiplatinum 1993 English-language effort The Colour of My Love. But Falling Into You ended up becoming a bona fide global phenomenon, selling more than 30 million records worldwide and winning a GRAMMY® Award for Album of the Year. The album’s appeal largely stems from its heart-on-sleeve romanticism and Dion’s talent as a vocal interpreter. Although she’s without question a singular belter—witness the anguished wails ending a majestic, orchestrated take on Eric Carmen’s "All By Myself", or her brassy spin on the Tina Turner-popularized “River Deep, Mountain High”—her sense of dynamics is even more impeccable. For example, the Jim Steinman-penned power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” amasses melodrama at a leisurely pace, aided by moments of tranquility—plaintive piano melodies and heavenly harmonies featuring (among others) Todd Rundgren—alternating with periodic surges of crashing chords and intense vocal emoting. Although Falling Into You’s success was accelerated by this kind of blockbuster single, the album’s range gives it endurance. Dion moves easily from upbeat pop songs—the splashy, horn-peppered soul-rocker “Declaration of Love” and the guitar- and sax-heavy “I Don’t Know”—to more delicate numbers such as the sparkling R&B ballad “Dreamin’ of You" or the Spanish guitar-driven "Call the Man”. Falling Into You rightfully catapulted Dion permanently into the soft-rock stratosphere.
- Celine Dion was already an international star by 1995, when D'eux became the best-selling French language album of all time. But the best was yet to come. There is something wonderfully innocent about this release, which finds her at home in her native tongue whilst testing her vast potential as a performer. She ranges from breathy emotion to unbridled passion on "Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore", dips into soul-shakedown mode for "Regarde-Moi" and brings freewheeling spontaneity to "Destin".
Artist Playlists
- How an immaculate voice made a global superstar.
- Discover the other side of one of the world's top pop divas.
- Clips as spectacular as the belter's voice.
- When it comes to loving moments, Céline's got you sorted.
- Céline doubles the romance when she sings in her native tongue.
Live Albums
- 1996
Compilations
Appears On
More To Hear
- Celine Dion’s record turns 25 this week.
- The legend's best moments, and the artists that look up to her.
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About Céline Dion
Born in the tiny town of Charlemagne, Quebec, in 1968, Céline Dion became renowned for having one of pop’s biggest voices, full of emotion and fire on songs that examine all of love’s most stirring facets. Dion released her first album at the age of 13, showing off her budding songwriting talent and establishing herself as a francophone star in her home province. She shifted to singing in English with 1990’s Unison, and her powerful voice, which fuelled hits like the mournful “Where Does My Heart Beat Now” and the slinky “If There Was Any Other Way”, fit in perfectly with early-’90s soft-rock trends. As the decade progressed, Dion honed her blend of chart-pop slickness and unabashed romanticism, adding a dash of prog-rock pomp to the sweeping “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”. The slow-burning “The Power of Love” and the tender “Because You Loved Me” were smashes, but “My Heart Will Go On”, the love song from the 1997 romance Titanic, left the biggest impression on pop history. A flute-aided ballad that shows off the full bloom of Dion’s voice, it exemplifies the ’90s blockbuster ideal, its grandiosity matched only by its worldwide success. Dion has continued recording in French and English since, taking cues from modern pop by collaborating with of-the-moment artists like Ne-Yo (on 2007’s Taking Chances) and Sia (on 2019’s Courage), and thrilling audiences with concerts that show off her commanding voice and sincerely forthright—and, at times, charmingly goofy—stage presence at her two Las Vegas residencies and on multiple arena tours.
- HOMETOWN
- Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada
- BORN
- 30 March 1968
- GENRE
- Pop