Celine Dion & Henri Salvador | Interview ("1 Fille & 4 Types" French TV Special, 2003)

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* Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist.

* Celine Dion (b. 30 March 1968) is a Canadian pop singer. She's noted for her powerful & technically skilled vocals. She's the best-selling Canadian & French artist of all time.

Youngest of 14 children. She emerged as a teen star. She won the 1982 Yamaha World Song Festival & the 1988 Eurovision representing Switzerland. After learning English, she released her 1st English album, Unison (1990).

She achieved worldwide fame after best-selling albums in history, like Falling into You & Let's Talk About Love, each with over 30 million copies. She scored a series of no1 hits, The Power of Love, Think Twice, Because You Loved Me, It's All Coming Back to Me Now, That's the Way It Is, I'm Alive & her signature song My Heart Will Go On, the theme for the film Titanic. D'eux is the best-selling French album ever. A New Day remains the highest-grossing concert residency & the Taking Chances Tour, one of the highest-grossing tours.

She’s one of the best-selling artists with 200 million copies & she’s one of music's most influential vocalists. Winner of 5 Grammys & 2 Oscars. She has the most no1 Adult Contemporary songs for a female artist.

In 2022, Dion disclosed that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a neurological disorder affecting her muscles.

* She’s named after Hugues Aufray song Céline

* She’s bullied at school for her appearance

* At 18 retreated from spotlight, doing dental work & learning English

* Her breakthrough came with the song of Disney's Beauty and the Beast (w/ Peabo Bryson, 1991)

* Celine & Rene married in 1994. They have 3 sons

* She suffered a miscarriage & lost one of the triplets

* She sang The Power of the Dream & Hymne a l’amour at the openings of 1996 & 2024 Olympic Games

* After Rene's diagnosis with cancer she took a break in 2000

* In 2016, within 2 days Rene & her brother Daniel died of cancer

* She is mezzo-soprano

* Her idols are: Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Charles Aznavour, Carole King, Anne Murray, Barbra Streisand & Bee Gees

* Artists cite her as influence: Britney Spears, Rihanna, Adele, Josh Groban, Delta Goodrem, Leona Lewis, Jennifer Hudson, Vanessa Hudgens, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith, Frank Ocean, Charlotte Cardin & BTS

* Artists praised her voice: Beyoncé, Carlos Santana, Elton John, Coldplay, Ne-Yo, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, Bee Gees, George Martin, Justin Bieber, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Drake, Cher, Quincy Jones,Tommy Mottola, David Foster, Shania Twain, Jennifer Lopez, Lea Michele, Patti LaBelle

* Since her debut, many followed with concert residencies in Las Vegas: Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Usher, Tiesto, Diana Ross, Mariah Carey, Aerosmith, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, Rod Stewart, Sting, Cardi B, Christina Aguilera, JLo, Adele

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