Released on Columbia Records in April , Unison was Dion 's first English-language album, following a concerted effort to improve her language skills and vocal training. The leap paid off and Unison was a massive success, selling more than a million copies in the U. Unison 's performance helped Dion attract the attention of Disney and she was recruited for 's "Beauty and the Beast," a duet with Peabo Bryson from the animated film of the same name. Her second English-language album arrived in Featuring songwriting by Afanasieff , Diane Warren , and Prince , the self-titled effort entered the top 40 of the Billboard , eventually outselling Unison.
It was her highest-selling effort to date with over million copies sold. As Love became Dion 's biggest album to date, she shifted focus back to her French audience with another blockbuster. The album itself stayed atop the French chart for a whopping 44 weeks, becoming the best-selling French album of all time.
Her months of French chart dominance came to an end in when she was toppled from the top spot by her own album, Falling Into You. Frequent collaborators Diane Warren and David Foster returned to work on the project, which won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album while becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time. In support of the effort, Dion embarked on a world tour that lasted over a year, hitting spots in Asia and Australia. Mere months after the tour's final date in Switzerland, Dion returned to the top of the charts with a follow-up.
Let's Talk About Love arrived in late With its unmistakable flute melody and cinematic scope, the single matched the film's cultural dominance, becoming a ubiquitous radio staple and topping charts in Canada, Europe, Australia, and the U.
After her unbroken run of '90s chart success and international touring, Dion took a well-deserved break to focus on her family, prompted in part by a cancer diagnosis for Angelil and the birth of their first child. Another multi-platinum chart-topper, the album was inspired by the birth of her son and the September 11th attacks, which pushed Dion to focus on love, hope, and fresh beginnings.
While not as globe-conquering as her late-'90s releases, A New Day managed to yield uplifting hits like "A New Day Has Come" and "I'm Alive," a pair of sweeping tracks that highlighted her new-millennium pop confidence. Settling into this reenergized comfort zone, Dion quickly followed with 's One Heart , home to the urgent dance-pop single "I Drove All Night," a cover of the Roy Orbison song that was popularized by Cyndi Lauper in The rest of the album showcased this sleek, pop-friendly rebirth, hiring producers like Cathy Dennis and Max Martin , known for their work with acts like Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue.
Despite the attempt at reinvention, One Heart 's stylistic shift was met with criticism, becoming her lowest-selling English-language effort in over a decade. Yet, even with this seemingly commercial disappointment, the album was still certified platinum and sold over five million copies worldwide. The mid-aughts remained relatively quiet for Dion. A year later, she retreated to familiar adult contemporary territory on the baby-centric, multimedia collaboration with photographer Anne Geddes, Miracle , which featured Dion 's covers of songs by John Lennon , Louis Armstrong , Roberta Flack , and others.
Live in Las Vegas , a concert recording of her multi-million-dollar, five-year residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Occupied by these live shows -- which had Dion booked for nightly performances five days a week -- she released a comprehensive greatest-hits collection, On Ne Change Pas , which compiled her French-language hits from to In , after the release of another French album, D'elles -- an ambitious concept featuring songs written by French female authors -- Dion returned with a course-correcting follow-up to One Heart.
Taking Chances arrived at the end of Despite being one of her lowest-selling English efforts, Taking Chances was supported with a record-breaking international tour that made stops in South Africa, China, Malaysia, and Australia, becoming one of the highest-grossing treks of all time. Another best-of compilation, My Love: Essential Collection which collected hits released after 's All the Way… , kept Dion on the charts following the conclusion of her world tour, which was commemorated on 's Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert , recorded in Boston and Montreal.
She also signed on for a second multi-year concert residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which had a planned run that extended into Meanwhile, she issued another French album, Sans Attendre , in late In , Dion 's Vegas residency and an Asia tour were abruptly halted after Angelil 's health began to further deteriorate.
Although her performances resumed a year later in the summer of , they were once again halted in early with the tragic deaths of both Angelil and her brother, Daniel Dion, which came within two days of each other. After this taste of international acclaim, she began looking to the south and American stardom. Dion recorded her first English-language album, Unison , in Like most of her English-language albums, it was a collaboration with the songwriter-arranger-musician David Foster.
Dion's real breakthrough into pop music stardom came in , when she recorded the theme to Disney's hit animated feature Beauty and the Beast , a duet with Peabo Bryson. The song, "Beauty and the Beast," made it to No.
It was featured on her second English album, Celine Dion , which became her first gold record in the United States and sold more than 12 million copies internationally. The undeniable success of her self-titled effort, which also includes the hit "If You Asked Me To," which made it to No. Dion quickly capitalized on her newfound fame, releasing the top-selling The Colour of My Love in The album showcased the romantic power ballads that Dion had become known for, including "When I Fall in Love," which was featured on the soundtrack for the hit film Sleepless in Seattle , and "The Power of Love," her first single to hit No.
In , Dion merged her personal and professional life when she married Angelil, who was 26 years her senior. Angelil and his second wife had divorced in the s, and, around this same time, he and Dion had begun a romantic relationship. The couple became engaged in and tied the knot at Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica in an elaborate ceremony that was celebrated throughout Canada.
Dion's international stardom was solidified by her performance of "The Power of the Dream," at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. That same year, her album Falling Into You , including the No. Dion received the National Order of Quebec, her province's highest honor, in April While touring relentlessly and recording several albums including S'il Suffisait d'Aimer and a holiday album, These Are Special Times , both released in , Dion was well-rewarded at the Billboard Music Awards in late , where she won six awards, including for artist of the year and album of the year, for 's Let's Talk About Love.
Her extensive country tour, which began in the summer of , culminated in a gala concert in Montreal on December 31, , in honor of the new millennium. Dion scored her fourth No. Kelly featured on These Are Special Times. In early , Dion announced that she was taking time off from her career in order to focus on her family. She and Angelil had been trying to have children for years, and eventually decided to use in vitro fertilization to conceive.
In May , Dion underwent two small operations at a fertility clinic in New York to improve her chances of becoming pregnant. Her efforts were successful, and on January 25, , Dion gave birth to a boy, Rene-Charles. She revealed in interviews that she had stored another fertilized egg in the fertility clinic and planned someday to give her son a sibling.
On October 23, , at age 42, Dion gave birth to twin boys, Eddy and Nelson. Angelil, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in , was in remission.
A year later, she began a much-hyped month engagement at Caesars Palace, the famous Las Vegas hotel and casino. Dion simultaneously released the album One Heart , which did not fare as strongly as its predecessor. In , Dion released two albums: Taking Chances, which nearly reached the top of the pop album charts, and D'Elles , another French-language recording. While no longer dominating the charts as she once did, Dion remained a popular entertainer.
Dion's follow-up albums included the French-language Sans attendre and Encore un soir , as well as Loved Me Back to Life for English-speaking fans. She also embarked on a long-running residency at Caesar's Palace in In August , Dion canceled all of her shows scheduled through March 22, , to focus on her year-old husband, whose throat cancer had returned, and her children.
The superstar also dealt with her own health issues in According to a press release, she had "inflammation in her throat muscles" which prevented her from performing in her Las Vegas show. Dion apologized for "inconveniencing her fans" and thanked them for their support during her hiatus from performing. In a interview with USA Today , the singer spoke about her husband's battle with cancer: "When you see someone who is fighting so hard, it has a big impact on you," she said.
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