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The Celine Dion album was an even bigger success than her debut English album, selling six million copies worldwide and reaching number 3 in Canada and 34 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. This is when Dion was starting to shine in the United States. As of September 2007, Celine Dion has sold 2,982,000 copies in the U.S. alone, making it double platinum, closing in on triple.
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Japanese translation of Celine Dion's official biography is published. This book gives some interesting information related to David Foster. For instance, Celine was anxious to sing "Dreams To Dream", which was sung by Linda Ronstadt in the original sound track "An American Tail Fievel Goes West", but due to the constraint, Celine gave up. There is a possibility that David Foster produces all songs in Celine's first English album....
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Idol Headlines for 2/8/08 Celine Dion, Katharine McPhee's Wedding Album! From the kiss to the cake, go inside the singer's Feb. 2 nuptials to producer Nick Cokas People Carrie certified for septuple platinum Carrie's Some Hearts has been certified seven-times-platinum by the RIAA, the highest certification yet earned by an Idol. Remember, thatdoesn't mean she's sold 7 million copies. It means her label applied for the certification and that she's been audited to have shipped 7 million, and generally that the record label is.
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Celine Dion's first English-language studio album since 1997's "Let's Talk About Love" will be previewed a week before its release during with a one-hour network television musical special, Billboard Bulletin reports. The album "A New Day Has Come" is set for worldwide release March 11 on Epic, and will contain songs produced by David Foster, Robert "Mutt" Lange, Christopher Neil, Humberto Gatica, Walter Afanasieff, and Ric Wake, among others.
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Biography: Rising from humble beginnings in the small town of Charlemagne, Quebec, Celine Dion became one of the biggest international stars in pop music history, selling more than 100 million albums worldwide. The youngest in Adhemar and Therese Dion's family of 14 children, Dion grew up in an environment full ...Read full biography
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At the age of 12, Dion recorded a demo tape of a song she had written with her mother. They sent the tape to the manager and producer Rene Angelil, who handled the career of the popular French singer Ginette Reno. After hearing the tape and inviting Dion to perform for him in person, Angelil signed her immediately under the condition that he would have complete control over her career. He mortgaged his own home to finance her debut album, La Voix du bon Dieu (The Voice of God). The investment paid off, as Dion soon earned popular notice throughout Canada, along with the affectionate nickname “la p’tite Quebeçoise” (the little girl from Quebec). In 1983, Dion became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record in France.
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