Transcript Celine Dion - Zadaj - Zadania domowe i wypracowania szkolne

Renata Panasyuk
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Celine Dion is a Canadian
singer, songwriter, actress, and
entrepreneur. Born in a large
family from Charlemagne,
Quebec Dion emerged as a teen
star in the French-speaking
world after her manager and
future husband René Angélil
mortgaged his home to finance
her first record. In 1990, she
released the English-language
album Unison, establishing
herself as a viable pop artist in
North America and other
English-speaking areas of the
world.
Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982
Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.
Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS
Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved
worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English
albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful
artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion
announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with
her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop
music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to
perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las
Vegas.
Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical.
While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her
technically skilled and powerful vocals. Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time, is the
second best-selling female artist in the United States of America during the Nielsen Sound Scan
era, and is the only female artist to have two singles that have sold more than a million copies in
the United Kingdom. In addition, her 1995 album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language
album of all time. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was
presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the bestselling female artist of all time. According to Sony Music Entertainment, Dion has sold over 200
million albums worldwide.