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

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”.

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

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

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

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

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