Celine Dion

Celine Dion’s story proves that you never know where life will take

you, even when you’re one of fourteen children from a poor family.

Celine is one of the most popular singers the world has ever produced,

and is a multi-million dollar contributor to charities.

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As the best-selling female pop singer of all time - with some 200 million albums sold -
and one of the richest women in the world of entertainment, you might think that Celine
Dion has had an easy life.
In fact, along with the gold records and successful world tours, her life has had many
challenges, both in her childhood and during the days of her superstardom.
As the youngest of fourteen children in a poor Quebec family, Celine learned the value of
a dollar from an early age. Her huge family provided her with love, encouragement, and a
devotion to music, but all of the children had to pitch in to make ends meet financially.
Beginning with a homemade audio tape she made at age twelve, her career as a singer
and songwriter first blossomed in her native province. Celine then had to work hard to
learn English and perfect her show-business skills before she could break into the broader
world music market.
In 1989, at the beginning of her career, Celine Dion nearly lost her famously powerful
voice for good! She injured her voice box during a concert and was told she might need
surgery to ever speak properly again. It took weeks of rest, therapy, and a new regimen of
practice and technique before Dion regained her abilities.