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Best 21 Celine Dion Facts

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1- Celine Dion was born on March 30, 1968, in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada.

Celine Dion childhood

2- In September 1984, she performed “Une Colombe,” a popular French song, for Pope John II

3- She Has her own brand of perfume called “Celine Dion: Parfum”.

Celine Dion Parfum

4- She and Madonna share the same French-Canadian heritage through a common ancestor, Zacharie Cloutier.

5- She won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland

Celine Dion Eurovision

6- She Signed Her First Recording Contract At age 12

7- She helped raise $1 million for the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami.

8- She sings frequently in English and French, but she has also sung in Spanish, German and Japanese.

9- Her full name is Celine Marie Claudette Dion

10- Celine Dion has over 500 pairs of shoes

Celine Dion shoes

11- She was awarded a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in 1999

12- Celine Dion had recorded nine French albums and won numerous awards by the time she was 18

13- Her family owned a piano bar called Le Vieux Baril, where Dion and her siblings would regularly perform

14- She remains the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million copies worldwide.

15- She has her own magazine, Celine Dion Magazine

16- She has won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

17- The first record album Céline ever bought was Stevie Wonder’s “Talking Book” (1972).

18- As of August 2008, Celine became Dr. Dion when she received an honorary doctorate from Laval University in Quebec

Celine Dion doctorate

19- Dion’s music has been influenced by genres, ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical.

20- The Dions opened up piano bar called Le Vieux Baril (The Old Barrel) in Charlemagne, Quebec

Celine Dion golf club

21- She owns the golf club Le Mirage in Terrebonne near Montreal.

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