Céline Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a popular vocalist from Québec, Canada. Her music has been influenced by pop, rock and soul, and from humble beginnings she has risen to become one of the best-selling female artists of all time, with worldwide record sales surpassing 200 million.

Career achievements

• Celine Dion has sold over 47 million albums in America (according to RIAA), and 40 million albums in Europe, (making her the best selling female artist in Europe) according to IFPI. With over 180 million albums and over 35 million singles sold across the globe, she ranks as one of the best-selling female artists in music history.
• Dion is the most successful artist in Canadian music history.
• On September 15, 2004, Dion received a Diamond Award at the World Music Awards show, for selling over 175 million albums during her career. Only one other female artist, Mariah Carey, has ever received the award.(http://www.worldmusicawards.com/diamondaward.html)
• Has an estimated wealth between $320 million to $400 million (Hello magazine, 2002).
• In 1998 she was honoured by two governments in two days: on 30 April, her home province made her an officer of the National Order of Quebec, and on 1 May she became an officer of the Order of Canada.
• She received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto on 25 June 2003, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
• "My Heart Will Go On" has become the all-time best-selling orchestral soundtrack in recording history.
• The French Album has sold over nine million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling French-language album of all time.
• In the US, Dion, Britney Spears, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks are the only female artists with multiple Diamond (shipped over 10 million copies) albums.
• On UK singles top Céline has: 2 No. 1s, 13 "Top 10" and 23 "Top 40" singles. On UK albums top: 5 No. 1, 10 "Top 10" and 14 "Top 40" albums.
• On US The Billboard Hot 100 singles top Céline has: 5 No. 1s, 10 "Top 10" and 24 "Top 100" singles. On US The Billboard 200 albums top Céline has: 4 No. 1s and 9 "Top 10" albums.
• Céline Dion performed the hit single of the film Titanic, the second best-selling CD of the 1990s, and her albums Falling into You and Let's Talk About Love are both in the third position, having sold more than 30 million copies each.
• In the United States, Céline Dion's song "I Drove All Night" from the "One Heart" album was used from 2003-2004 in an advertising campaign for DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group. The song in the advertising campaign was used exclusively for the Chrysler brand.