Celine Marie Claudette Dion (OC, OQ) (born March 30, 1968) is a French-Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer, and occasional songwriter[1] and actress.[2] Born to an impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion achieved success in francophone Canada after her manager and future husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home in order to finance her career. She later gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia after she won both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. In 1990 Dion established a foothold in the anglophone music market with the release of Unison, published by Epic Records.
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