Phenomenon

1990_________________

After conquered Canada singing in French, Celine decided start a career in English.

She recorded "Unison", her first English album, with the hit single "Where does my heart beat now", that reaches number 4, at the Top Billboard Hot 100, in USA.

1992_________________

She's invited to sing "Beauty and the Beast", a duet with Peabo Bryson to the Walt Disney movie.

Celine won 1 Oscar and 1 Grammy Award with this song.

It was the beginning of her international career.

The songs "Nothing Broken But My Heart" and "If You Asked Me", achieved nr. 1 at Adult Contemporary top , in USA.

1993_________________

"The Color of My Love" is released.

The song "Think Twice" reached number number 1 in Britain.

The album stayed on the charts the amazing 149 weeks (an achievement not replicated since 1965 with the Beatles), and sold more than 2 million copies in England.

Achieved six platinum in the U.S.

"The Power of Love" reaches nr.1 at the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary top, in USA.

"Misled" is number 1 on the top Hot Dance Music/Club Play, in USA.

1995_________________

The French album, "D'eux", with the song "Pour que tu m'aimes encore", makes history.

It remained 44 weeks as number 1 in France and sells over 4 million copies in that country.

In the UK, "D'eux" became the first French-language album ever to be certified gold.

"D'Eux" became the best-selling French album of all time.

1996_________________

"Falling Into You" turns into one of the best selling albums ever.

Reached number 1 all over the world.

"Because You Loved Me" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary, in USA.

"All By Myself" and "To Love You More", accomplished nr. 1 in the Adult Contemporary top, in USA.

It's the best selling album of the year, selling more than 32 million copies worldwide.

Falling Into You received 11 Platinum Discs in United States and won 2 Grammy Awards:

"Album of the Year" and "Best pop Album".

1997_________________

"Let's Talk About Love" - another nr.1

"My Heart Will Go On" reaches nr. 1 at the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and even the Hot Latin Tracks, in USA.

TITANIC song makes Celine Dion one of the most successful singers ever.

"Let's Talk About Love" receives 10 Platinum Discs in USA

Celine achieved her 2^nd Oscar and two more Grammys,

"Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" and "Record Of The Year".

It was the best selling album of the year (1998), with 31 million copies.

1998_________________

Her Christmas album - "These are Special Times" reached nr. 2 all over the world.

"I'm Your Angel", a duet with R. Kelly, went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1999_________________

"All The Way...a decade of song", featuring 9 of her greatest hits and 7 brand new songs is released.

One more time, Celine reaches number 1 all over the world.

Celine Dion ends the decade with almost 140 million albums sold. She also received a Sony Music Award.

2002_________________

After her two year hiatus, Celine Dion released "A New Day Has Come".

A new nr. 1 around the world for Celine.

It debuts as number 1 on the charts of 18 countries, including the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia...

The sales for the first week of Celine's album are, the biggest for any album released by the diva.

The title song of the album hold for 21 consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

On March 21, in London, Céline Dion was presented with the most expensive disc ever in recognition of 15 million album and single sales in the UK.

2003_________________

Dion signed a 10 million, contract to promote Chrysler's vehicles.

On March 25, Celine Dion starts her 3 year show in Las Vegas - A New Day...

A show that bring to the stage an unprecedented combination of performance, passion and technical innovation.

Audiences and critics consider that the show goes out of its way not to defy expectations, but to exceed them.

Also in March 2003, Celine Dion was presented with a special IFPI Award in honour of a total of 50 million albums sold in Europe.

2004_________________

Celine releases the "Miracle" project. It's so far the best-selling album ever, dedicated to children, in the United States.

On January 6, 2004 Celine Dion unveils her Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

On September 15, Celine Dion received an Diamond Award, at the "World Music Awards", for becoming the best selling female artist ever.

2006_________________

Celine Dion celebrates her 25 years in showbiz.

Celine's Vegas show exceeds expectations and is extended until 2007.

Over 185 000 000 albums sold all over the world.

> Celine Dion has sold over forty-nine million albums in the United States (according to RIAA), and fifty-four million albums in Europe (making her the best selling female artist in Europe), according to IFPI.

> With over 185 million albums and over 35 million singles sold across the globe, she ranks as the biggest-selling female musicians in music history.

> Celine is the most successful artist in Canadian music history. She has sold over 14 millions albums in Canada (according to CRIA).

> In the U.S. Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks are the only female artists with multiple diamond (shipped over ten million copies) albums.

> In October 2005, with the release of "On ne change pas", her French-language greatest hits package, Dion set a record for the sales of a compilation (in its opening week) in France. In a week, "On ne change pas" had sold more than 108,000 copies. The watermark for an album is Celine's own 1995 hit album "D'eux" / "The French Album", which sold more than 600,000 copies in its first week.

> On September 15 2004, Celine Dion received a Diamond Award at the World Music Awards show, for selling over 175 million albums during her career.

> Dion has received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto on 25 June 2003, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2004.

> In the United States, Celine's song "I Drove All Night" from the "One Heart" album was used, from 2003 to 2004, in an advertising campaign for Daimler Chrysler. The contract earned her a reported $10 million.

> In 1998 she was honoured by two governments in two days: on 30 April her home province made her an officer of the National Order of Quebec, and on 1 May she became an officer of the Order of Canada.

> Celine Dion performed the hit single of the film "Titanic", the second best-selling CD of the 1990s, and her albums "Falling into You" and "Let's Talk About Love" are both in the third position, having sold more than thirty million copies each.

> "My Heart Will Go On" has become the all-time best-selling orchestral soundtrack in recording history.

> On U.K. singles chart Dion has had two number ones, and thirteen top-ten and twenty-three top-forty singles.

On the U.K. album chart she has had five number ones, and ten top-ten and fourteen top-forty albums.

> On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, Dion has had four number ones, and ten top-ten and twenty-four top 100 singles.

On the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart she has had four number ones and nine top-ten albums.

> "D'Eux" / "The French Album" has sold over nine million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling album in a language other than English of all time.

> Dion is the only woman in history to have had two million-selling singles in the U.K. The first one was her U.K. hit "Think Twice" in 1994, which sold more than 1.2 million copies. The second one was "My Heart Will Go On" in 1998, which sold about 1.3 million copies in the U.K. alone.

"My Heart Will Go On" is also one of the best-selling singles in music history with worldwide sales reaches 12-15 million copies.