

After learning to speak English, she signed with Epic Records in the United States. She gained international recognition by winning the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland with " Ne partez pas sans moi".

Her recordings since have been mainly in English and French, although she has also sung in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese, and Chinese.īorn into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. Referred to as the " Queen of Power Ballads", she is noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals. Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ ( / s eɪ ˌ l iː n d i ˈ ɒ n/ say- LEEN dee- ON born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.
