Short, simple, and to-the-point.
This is the perfect section for those who want to learn a bit about Celine, but would rather not spend time reading the entire biography. These are simple to-the-point facts. Very basic and very straight-forward.
- Born March 30th, 1968 at 12:30 AM on a Satruday.
- Born in Le Gardeur Hospital in Charlemagne, Quebec (Canada).
- Weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces at birth.
- Celine stands about 5"7 1/2 (175cm).
- She has hazelnut-coloured eyes.
- Was named after popular french song called Dis-Moi Celine.
- Born youngest of 14 children (of the same parents).
- Her natural hair colour is medium-brown.
- Her singing debut was in 1973 at her brother, Michel's wedding on August 18.
- Celine was the accident of the family.
- There are 9 girls and 5 boys in the Dion family.
- Ce N'etait Qu'une Reve was written in the spring of 1980 by Celine,
her mother and her brother Jacques.
- Her siblings used to fight over who would get to play with Celine.
- Her siblings are: Denise, Clement, Liette, Michel, Louise, Jacques,
Daniel, Ghislaine, Linda, Manon, Paul, and Pauline.
- Her siblings used to put her up on the kitchen table so she could sing for them.
- Her parents owned a resaurant (piano bar) called La Vieux Baril (The Old Barrel).
- Celine's first sentence was: "Maman, je t'aime" (Mama, I love you).
- She really hated school, and still dislikes it today.
- Celine starred in a four-episode television miniseries called Des Fleurs
Sur La Neige (Flowers Over The Snow).
- D'eux (The French Album) is the best-selling French album in music history.
- Celine used to daydream about being a superstar during school.
- Rene (Celine's husband/manager) cried when he first saw Celine perform in his office.
- When she sang for Rene in his office, he gave her an enormous pen to use as a microphone.
- Celine sang to and dined with Prince Charles and Princess Diana in Ottawa in October of 1991.
- Celine won (the Gold Medal) her first award at the Yamaha World Song Festival in Tokyo in 1982.
- Celine's first English album called Unison, which sold 1 million copies.
- Her first hit in the U.S. was Where Does My Heart Beat Now.
- She once lost her voice while performing and could not speak.
- Celine has gone three straight weeks without talking (to rest her voice).
- Celine performed The Power Of The Dream on July 19th, 1996 at the
opening ceremonies of the Olympic games in Atlanta.
- Beauty And The Beast made her more popular in the U.S..
- Celine made her television debut on Michel Drucker's Champs-Elysees on January 29th, 1983.
- Celine is the celebrity partron for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF).
- Celine's niece, Karine, died of Cystic Fibrosis in her arms at the age of 16 in 1993.
- Celine plays the piano.
- Celine took English classes 9 hours a day, 5 days a week for three months at the Berlitz School.
- Celine married Rene on December 17, 1994 at the age of 26.
- Their wedding was held at the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec.
- Instead of wedding presents, Celine and Rene asked everyone to donate to the CCFF.
- The 7 Jours magazine was the first to publish Celine and Rene's wedding photos.
- Celine wore an 8 pound tierra with Austrian crystals for her wedding.
- Celine likes frogs.
- She is superstitious.
- When touring, before every concert, Celine steps on her sister's foot.
- Celine and Rene have a 26-year age difference.
- Celine's best-selling English album Falling Into You (Which sold about
16 million copies worldwide) won two Grammies.
- Celine's astrological sign is Aries (Monkey in Chinese Zodiac).
- Celine adores children.
- During Celine's first sabbatical, Celine got her "transformation" and got
her teeth fixed by getting braces.
- Celine's shoe size is 8.5 in the U.S./Canada.
- Celine loves shoes and has over 3000 pairs.
- Celine likes to dust, clean, vacuum, and cook!
- She loves to go golfing and owns her own golf course.
- On September 11th, 1984, Celine sang Une Colombe (A Dove) to Pope John Paul II.
- Celine had a crush on a hockey player when she was a teenager.
- Celine's baby boy was born January 25th, 2001 at 1:00 AM (after 14 hours of labour).
- Her baby's name is (Joseph) Rene-Charles Angelil.
- Rene-Charles weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces at birth.
- Rene Charles was conceived through in vitro fertilization.
- He was born three weeks before his due date (February 14th, 2001).
- Hello!, Hola!, and Oh La! were among the first magazines to released photos of Rene-Charles.
- Celine's favourite sport is shopping!
- Celine loves to talk. There's no stopping her once she starts.
- Celine has a star on the Walk of Fame in Toronto, Montreal, and Hollywood.
- Celine's second career choices were to be an actress or a model.
- Celine had a very sucessful show in Vegas for nearly five years!
- A New Day Has Come is a song dedicated to Rene-Charles.
- Celine was hit by a car at the age of 3 while trying to cross the street.
- Celine has described herself as someone who is emotional, a dreamer, a perfectionist,
a mother, a wife, a sister, and whatever else you want her to be.