line Marie Claudette Dion, CC OQ ChLD (/din/;[5] French: [selin dj ] (

listen);

born 30 March 1968) is

a Canadian singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and occasional actress. Born into a large family
from Charlemagne, Quebec,[6] Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her
manager and future husband Ren Anglil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.[7] In 1990,
she released the English-language album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North
America and other English-speaking areas of the world. [8]
Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World
Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland.[9]
[10]

Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in

1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Anglil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing
with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums,
becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history.[11][12] However, in 1999 at the height
of her success, Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend
time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer.[12][13] She returned to the top of pop
music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform
nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada.[14][15][16]
Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. Her
recordings are mainly in French and English, although she also sings in Spanish, Italian, German,
Latin, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. While her releases have often received mixed critical
reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. [17][18][19] Dion has won
fiveGrammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Falling Into You and Record of the Year for "My
Heart Will Go On".[20] She is the second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen
SoundScan era, with her albums Falling Into You and Let's Talk About Love both certified
Diamond in the US,[21][22] In addition, her 1995 album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language album
of all time.[23] In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with
the Chopard Diamond Award at theWorld Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of
all time.[24][25] Dion remains the best-selling Canadian artist in history and one of the best-selling artists
of all time with record sales of more than 200 million copies worldwide.[26][27][28]