biography

b 30 March 1968, Charlemagne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The youngest of 14 children,
Celine Dion was a vastly popular artist at home long before
her success in the US and European charts
as Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey'.
Her parents and large family had a singing group
and toured playing folk music,
the influence of which was soon felt.
It was Dion's mother who wrote the first song for her,
which she recorded with her brother at the age of 12.
Together with Mrs Dion, the two siblings were sent to the
office of René Angélil, then a local rock manager,
who took over the young star's guidance

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