| Celine Dion's
ascent from stardom in her native Canada to the upper echelons of
international pop divadom is one of the 1990s major success stories.
Blessed with a formidable set of pipes and a preference for
heart-in-the-throat ballads, the precociously talented Dion initially
won over American listeners in 1991, 10 years after her French-language
debut, with the title track from Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. From
then on, Dion became a music-biz phenomenon, with platinum record sales,
sold-out concerts, and across-the-board appeal rivaling her idol, Barbra
Streisand. |
