Celine Dion was born in Charlemagne, Quebec on March 30, 1968 and is the youngest of 14. She was named after the Canadian ballad Celine.

She started singing at a young age and she gained international recognition in the 1980s after she won the 1982 Yahama World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. At 14, Celine toured Quebec singing French standards. She only sang one English song, What A Feeling from Flashdance. In 1986, she disappeared from the music scene for 18 months to change her image. During this time, she learned to speak English.

Her first English album sold 2 million copies and she won an Oscar in 1992 for best song for Beauty and The Beast. Her hits include My Heart Will Go On and The Power of Love.

She married her manager, Rene Angelil, and they have a son. Celine had a chain of restaurants in Quebec called Nickel's. The restaurants have jukeboxes that cost a nickel to listen to and features some of Celine's music.

In 1999, at the height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retirement from entertainment. She returned to the music scene in 2002 and signed a three-year contract to perform nightly in a theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from pop, soul and rock to gospel and classic and she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. In 2004, after amassing 175 million in album sales, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond award from the World Music Awards show for becoming the "Best-selling Female Artist in the World". In April 2007, she had sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.

She is currently on tour promoting her new album, Taking Chances.