Biografia de la cantate del titanic en ingles , ?

Dion was born in Charlemagne, Quebec, the youngest of 14 children ofThérèse(née Tanguay), a homemaker, and Adhémar Dion, a butcher, both of French - Canadian descent.

[3][4]Dion was raised a Roman Catholic in a poor, but, by her own account, happy home in Charlemagne.

[5][6]Music had always been a major part of the Dion family ; indeed, Dion herself was named after the song "Céline, " which French singerHugues Aufrayhad recorded two years before her own birth.

[7]On 13 August 1973, at the age of five, the young Céline made her first public appearance at her brother Michel's wedding, where she performedChristine Charbonneau's song "Du fil des aiguilles et du coton".

[8]She continued to perform with her siblings in her parents' smallpiano barcalledLe Vieux Baril, "The Old Barrel.

" From an early age, Dion had dreamed of being a performer.

[9]In a 1994 interview withPeoplemagazine, she recalled, "I missed my family and my home, but I don't regret having lost my adolescence.

I had one dream : I wanted to be a singer.

"[10]Dion at the age of 18At age 12, Dion collaborated with her mother and her brother Jacques to write and compose her first song, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve, " whose title translates as "It Was Only a Dream" or "Nothing But A Dream.

"[6]Her brother Michel sent the recording to music manager René Angélil, whose name he discovered on the back of aGinette Renoalbum.

[11]Angélil was moved to tears by Dion's voice and decided to make her a star.

[6]In 1981, he mortgaged his home to fund her first record, La voix du bon Dieu, which later became a local No.

1 hit and made Dion an instant star in Quebec.

Her popularity spread to other parts of the world when she competed in the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival inTokyo, Japan, and won the musician's award for "Top Performer" as well as the gold medal for "Best Song" with "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi".

[11]By 1983, in addition to becoming the first Canadian artist to receive a gold record in France for the single "D'amour ou d'amitié" ("Of Love or of Friendship"), Dion had also won severalFélix Awards, including "Best Female performer" and "Discovery of the Year".

[11][12]Further success came when Dion representedSwitzerlandin the1988 Eurovision Song Contestwith the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" and won the contest by a close margin inDublin, Ireland.

[13]At age eighteen, after seeing aMichael Jacksonperformance, Dion told Angélil that she wanted to be a star like Jackson.

[14]Though confident in her talent, Angélil realized that her image needed to be changed in order for her to be marketed worldwide.

[6]Dion receded from the spotlight for a number of months, during which she underwent dental surgery to improve her appearance, and was sent to theÉcole Berlitzin 1989 to polish her English.

[15]In 1989, during a concert on theIncognito Tour, Dion injured hervoice.

She consulted theotorhinolaryngologistWilliam Gould, [16][17]who gave her an ultimatum : have immediate surgery on her vocal cords or do not utilize them at all for three weeks.

[16]Dion chose the latter and underwent vocal training with William Riley.

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