One year after Celine began to learn English, she successfully tried to enter the English music market with a song "Unison". She is lucky to cooperate with famous producers such as david fuster and Vito Luprano. The album Unison was obviously influenced by the soft rock style in the 1980s, and its works were also suitable for adult contemporary radio stations, which was continued in her later albums. "Unison" is generally positively evaluated in the United States. Jim Faber, a critic of Entertainment Weekly, wrote that this album is gratifying, Celine's voice is unpretentious but tasteful, and Celine is smart enough to "eliminate all music forms beyond her style". Stephen Thomas Irwin, a critic of All Music Guide, called "The Concert Club" "America's commendable mature debut". The singles in this album include Where Is My Heart Beating Now, a medium-sized soft rock pop song with an electric guitar, Any other way (if any), and the album's song of the same name Unison. This album made celine dion a rising star in Ran Ran in Ran Ran, USA, and it was equally successful in Europe and Asia.
However, this is not Celine's real international breakthrough. The real breakthrough was that she and Peabo Bryson sang the song of the same name "Beauty and the Beast" from the Disney animated film "Beauty and the Beast". This song embodies the consistent characteristics of Celine's later music: popular songs influenced by classical style and soft orchestration. This work is very successful. It not only topped the billboard charts in the United States, but also won the Oscar for Best Original Song and the Grammy for Best Pop Chorus. Thanks to the success of the first single and the cooperation between david fuster and Diane Warren, the new album has won the same praise as Sing Together. There are other influential singles in the album, including gospel-style Love Can Move Mountains and Water from the Moon. If You Ask Me (actually a reinterpretation of a song from Patty Labeth's album License to Kill in 1987) and Did You Give Enough Love? Like some of celine dion's early songs, the theme of this album is also about the secret display of love.
By 1992, the success of "UNISON" and "celine dion" albums and the frequent media exposure made Celine gradually become a star in the United States and Britain. She achieved one of her many goals: to enter the music market in English-speaking countries and gain people's recognition. Just as Celine was enjoying her gradual success in America, her French fans began to criticize her for ignoring them. After Flex Awards won the "British Artist of the Year" award, she publicly stated that she would not accept the award to express her hope of reconnecting with French fans. By definition, she said that she was, is and will be a French artist, not a British artist.
In addition to Celine's gradual success in her career, some changes have taken place in her personal life. René Angéli, her manager, is willing to change the position of manager to her lover. But this relationship has to be kept secret for a long time, because they are afraid that the public will find the age gap of 26 years old between them unacceptable. ● 1993- 1996 Establish prestige.
1993 Celine finally revealed that she was in love with her agent René Angéli. This kind of publicity appeared in the thank-you section of her third English album "Color I Love". To Celine's surprise, she is not afraid of being accused of their relationship. The public is very happy to accept the couple and bless them. Finally, they got engaged and held a grand wedding in199465438+February. Just as Celine poured out her love for Renee Anglia in her record, the theme of My Love Color revolves around love and romance. Typical representatives are the chart champion Jennifer Rush 1985 cover and the duet When I Fall in Love with Cliff Griffin. This album officially established celine dion's status as a superstar in Europe. The single "Think Again" became the fourth female artist's work in British history, with a sales volume of over 6,543,800 copies. Like the album, it has occupied the first place in the British singles chart and album chart for five weeks in a row, recreating the charts that have never appeared since the Beatles' 654.38+0965 sets. Look before you leap, stayed in the top spot for another two weeks.
After entering the English market, Celine still retains her French roots. She released a French album between English albums. These albums include Dion chante Plamondon and? L 'Olympia (live album 1994) and D 'Eux (released in 1995, known as French album in America). Because these albums are all in French, their commercial success in the world is limited. But Celine's French fans are very enthusiastic about every album. Generally speaking, these French works are more loved and trusted by them than her English works.
In the mid-1990s, Celine's music style changed. She gradually got rid of the influence of rock and roll, and gradually moved closer to the style of pop and soul music. Her songs usually start with a very gentle orchestration, playing a beautiful melody, and then gradually reach a climax, which highlights her beautiful voice in this background. The new voice made the critics frown. They think she is showing off her voice skills, and the songs are no longer inspiring. Most of them are pop songs that only focus on pleasing the audience. Therefore, she is sometimes used by the media to make unfriendly comparisons with Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Critics believe that the songs, lyrics and MVs in Color I Love are too cliche, which is not in the same strain as her previous works. However, the decrease of critics' praise has not affected her reputation, and her songs still shine in the charts of various countries. By the mid-1990s, she had become one of the best-selling artists in the world and one of the best-selling female artists such as Mariah Carey and shania twain. ● 1997- 1999 global success
Celine's album "Falling in Love with You" released on 1996 put her at a new height in pop music. This album with the participation of david fuster, Diane Warren, Aldenova and others shows the further maturity of Celine's music. This is an album that tries to gain more audience recognition. It added many musical elements: gorgeous orchestral instruments to sample African boat songs, and used instruments such as Spanish guitar, trombone, cavaquino and saxophone to create new sounds. The songs in the album cover many different styles of music, including pop dance music, allegro, gospel, soft rock songs and sentimental folk songs. The river is high in the mountains (a cover of tina turner's works) successfully uses percussion instruments; I remember now (a cover from Jim steinman) and On My Own (a cover from Eric Carmen) both retain the soft rock flavor of the original works, and add classical piano to set off the atmosphere. Diane Warren's work "Because You Loved Me" won the championship in Canada for two weeks, and maintained the title position in the United States for six weeks.
The reviews of this album are mostly positive, but there are also a few different voices. Dan Leroy's Falling in Love with You is not much different from Celine's previous works. Stephen holden, a critic of LA Times, and Natalie Nichols, a critic of The New York Times, both think that Falling in Love with You is a deliberately melodramatic album, and the song lacks deep emotions. Other reviews praised the album. Other critics such as Chuck Eddy, Erlewine and Daniel Durchholz praised the album as "eye-catching", "passionate", "absolutely popular", "elegant and smooth" and "excellent production". Falling in love with you became Celine's most successful album in business: it topped the charts in 14 countries and became one of the best-selling albums of all time. It also won two Grammy awards, album of the year and pop album of the year. When Celine was invited to sing at the opening ceremony of the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, her position on the world stage was further consolidated.
Celine released a Qvanxian Zhang album "Let's Talk about Love" on 1997, which is the name of the last song on the album. As the title of this album shows, the album is still about love, which continues the consistent theme of Celine album. However, Celine also began to emphasize brothers and sisters between human beings. The love of friends is reflected in the song "Where is Love" and the single of the same name "Let's Talk about Love". The most successful single on the album is My Heart Will Go On. This love song was written by James Honore, co-produced by James Honore and the famous producer Walter Afanasev, and used as the theme song of the movie Titanic. My heart is eternal, one of the most successful singles in recent ten years, and one of the few songs that topped the billboard singles list in the first week. In order to promote Let's Talk about Love, Celine Dion held a world concert tour from 1998 to 1999. The comments on the concert tour are basically full of praise, focusing on Celine's every move on the stage, including frequent high-fives, graceful bending and other dazzling moves. Of course, some people think that these performances on the stage are too exaggerated and seem silly, while others think that this fully demonstrates Celine's extraordinary ability to control the stage. This album has also been a great success.
Before the end of 1990s, Celine also released two other successful albums: The Are Special Times (the best-selling women's Christmas album in history) and The Ten Years of One Song along the Way. At that extraordinary time, Celine began to try to participate in song creation. This album is also her most influenced by classical music. Almost all songs are accompanied by large orchestral music. The duet "I am your angel" with R.Kelly became Celine's second weekly airborne billboard champion song, and also became a global hit song. All the way ... Ten years' songs are a collection of her most successful singles and seven brand-new songs (including the first single "That's it", the cover of Roberta Flack's famous song "Seeing your face for the first time" and Frank Sinatra's "All the way").
By the end of 1990s, Celine had sold more than/kloc-0 billion albums worldwide and won a series of awards in the recording industry. 1In April, 1998, she was invited to attend the Divas Alive concert of VH 1 and sang with aretha franklin, gloria estefan, Maria Kelly, shania twain and other superstars, which consolidated her position as one of the top female singers in contemporary pop music. She also won two awards symbolizing the highest honor in her hometown: "Outstanding Contribution Award of Canadian Contemporary Music" and "Canadian National Medal of Honor". Quebec. "1999, celine dion entered the Canadian Radio Hall of Fame and won the Best Pop Female Singer Award and the Best Record Award of the Year at the Grammy.
Compared with her first album, Celine's music style and voice have changed greatly. The soft rock style, which had a deep influence in the early days, no longer appeared in later works, but more appeared in the soul style or adult contemporary lyric style. However, the theme of "love" runs through all her albums. In the process of this music evolution, the praise for her is gradually decreasing. Some even say that she is the most gorgeous cookie maker in history. Although all her albums have achieved commercial success, the most important evaluation of her albums is that the works are almost identical, and the style and trend of songs are completely predictable. In a commentary on Let's Talk about Love, the author Rob O 'Connor wrote: "What always surprises me is that this trite music has been praised by professionals working in the record industry assembly line. -It's so common ... I have to control myself to make this song My Heart play smoothly for more than four minutes. When I listened to this song, the album sounded as if it would never end. So, isn't it strange that I am so afraid to go to the dentist? "
Celine's cover works have also been severely criticized by people. Allison Stewart, a contributor to the Chicago Tribune, and Erlwine of All Music Guide both criticized Roberta Flack's First Time Ever I Saw You Face. The cover and the chorus of Frank Sinatra's All The Way are "terrible" and "It seems that there are bugs crawling on you". However, critics still praised Celine's voice skills, calling them "the miracle of sound technology". The simple voice shown in early works has basically disappeared. Commenting on This is a Special Era, critic Steve Dollar wrote that Celine's voice is so outstanding that if she were a mountain, few higher mountains in the world could surpass her. Occupational suspension in 2000-2002
After releasing 13 albums in the 1990s, Celine felt that she should settle down. In her last album, Song of Ten Years, she said that she had experienced many things, and she felt that she should take a step back and enjoy life better. Besides, Angelina was diagnosed with throat cancer, which made her want to retire. After a series of medical efforts in fertility, she gave birth to her son René-Charles Angélil in June, 20001.
In the second half of 2002, The National Inquirer published an untrue report about Celine. Under a photo of Celine and Renee, the magazine ran the headline "Celine-I'm pregnant with twins!" Celine then took the magazine to court and demanded $20 million in compensation. The editors of the magazine quickly issued an apology statement in the next issue of the magazine and asked Celine to withdraw the lawsuit, and donated some money to the American Cancer Society in recognition of Celine and René Angélil's courage and perseverance in fighting cancer.
After the terrorist attacks on September 1 2006, Celine returned to the music front desk and sang "God Bless America" in a TV fund-raising concert. Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote: "This performance ... makes us fully realize that she is one of the best singers of our time, and she can perfectly present us with emotions that shock our souls. Touching, meaningful, gorgeous and elegant, we have been looking for ways to touch us for a long time, and we just need to share this musical concept. " Before the Super Bowl final in 2003, Celine sang God Bless America again. ● Return to music in 2002-2003.
In March 2002, Celine returned to the music scene with the release of the album "A New Day Comes", ending her two-year retirement. The theme of the album is "A brand-new beginning". Although there are not many music styles in the album, there are some pop dance songs such as I'm still alive and I'm sorry for love, and others are basically adult contemporary songs. Shania twain also appeared as the background and voice singer in this album. The song "A New Day Comes", "Natural Boy" and "Goodbye (the saddest word)" presents Celine's more mature side, and this change stems from Celine's new understanding of mother's responsibility. In her words, "only those who become mothers really grow up." A new day has reappeared her commercial success, and her album topped the charts in more than 23 countries (including the first week of airborne American pop charts). However, the critics criticized the album mercilessly, thinking that the album could not leave a deep impression and the lyrics were empty and lifeless. Rob Sheffield, a critic of Rolling Stone magazine, said that celine dion's music hasn't changed at all. He called Celine's music "inferior pop" and said that Celine's voice was still just polished furniture, with only a shiny appearance. The album's eponymous song "A New Day Has Arrived" and the cover song "Finally" from Etta James are both regarded by him as examples of the lack of inner expression of sound. Celine held a concert to promote the album, and artists including Destiny's Child and Brian McKnigh participated in the performance.
Celine continued to get inspiration from her personal life experience, and released another English album "One Heart" in the spring of 2003, which condensed her appreciation and gratitude for happiness in life. A large number of pop dance songs constitute the main part of One Heart, which is completely different from her previously widely accepted touching and lyrical pop songs. Although "One Heart" has achieved a certain degree of success, this album also implies that Celine has no ability to transcend the brilliant wall she once created. Words like "old-fashioned" and "nothing new" appear frequently even in the most tolerant comments. The cover of roy orbison's "I drove all night" opened Celine's business cooperation with Chrysler. This song, which combines pop dance and rock style, was popularized in 1980s as a tribute to Cher's works. However, this song was mercilessly forgotten while pleasing the sponsors.
By 2004, Celine's music began to become more maternal. The album Miracle released on June 5438+ 10, 2004 is part of the cross-media cooperation between Celine and photographer anne geddes. The central theme of cooperation is to express babies and mothers. This album consists of some lullabies and songs full of maternal brilliance, among which the most striking works are the covers of louis armstrong's famous songs What a Wonderful World and beautiful boy. This album has hardly caused any repercussions. Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote that the single "Beautiful Boy" is an unexpected treasure, Celine Dion is a "classic and all-round artist", while Nancy Miller of Entertainment Weekly commented, "The whole performance of Mother Earth is just.
French album "1fill &;" The score of 4 Types (English name translated as a girl and four boys) has been higher than the previous two return albums. Celine tried to get rid of the impression of "diva" in this album, and recruited producers Jean-Jacques Goldman, Gildas Arzel, Eric Benzi and Jacques Veneruso who had worked together on French albums "S 'il Suffissit d 'America" and "D'eux" to help her complete this album. The theme of this album is about happiness and relaxation. Celine herself defines this album as "an album full of pleasure". The album cover shows Celine's completely relaxed state, which is completely different from the shape she deliberately chose on the previous album cover. This album has been widely praised by critics. Steven Erlwine, a critic of All Music Guide, wrote, "Celine Dion returned to the roots of pop music, and her singing showed a high level in a short time. "People are eager for an English version of this album, but the record company didn't do it.
Although her album is still a success, with her three consecutive albums, Collector Series-Volume 1 (2000), a new day has arrived (2002) and One Heart (2003), the trend of sustained commercial success gradually shows signs of slowing down. There is less and less demand for Celine's later works on the radio, because the theme and content of Celine's songs are only suitable for contemporary adult radio stations, and only a little demand can be obtained. Radio stations are giving less and less support to pop singers such as celine dion, Mariah Carey and grouchy Houston. Their hot spots are those fast-paced songs and R&; B song. However, by 2005, celine dion had sold175 million records and won the Diamond Award of the World Music Award in recognition of her being the highest-selling female artist in history. ● Singing in Las Vegas from 2003 to 2007.
As early as 2002, Celine announced that she had signed up for 600 performances in three years, and would hold a performance called "A New Day" at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas every Friday. In the case of poor sales of her new record, this move is regarded as "the smartest decision made by artists in recent years" The idea came into being when she watched "O" directed by Dragone during her retirement. The concert officially started on March 25th, 2003, and was held on a stage specially designed for her concert, which can accommodate 4,000 people. The performance was planned and designed by Franco Dragone, which combined music, dance and visual effects. Celine will perform her most popular songs in a lot of accompaniment and visual effects.
Commentator Mike Weatherford thinks Celine is not as relaxed as she should be. Sometimes, it is difficult to find Celine herself from the vast stage and numerous dancers. But he still believes that her stage has changed, and simple costumes and scenery can turn her concert into an entertaining performance. The concert was also widely accepted and praised by the audience, although the tickets were very expensive. Since the performance began in 2003, almost every night tickets have been sold out. According to Pollstar, a professional newspaper, Celine sold 322,000 tickets in the first half of 2005, earning a total of $43.9 million at the box office, ranking second in the half-year box office list compiled by Billboard. By June 2005, 365,438+05 of the 384 performances were all sold out. Based on the success of the concert, she signed a contract to sing in 2007 and created more than 700 packed performances. The specific remuneration was not announced. The recording of her live performance was also compiled into an album and released commercially, which was also a great success. 2007- a new beginning
At the end of 2007, Celine ended her singing show "A New Day …Live In Las Vegas" in Las Vegas, USA, and released the English album "Taking Chances", which immediately became a global bestseller, reaching TOP 12 in at least 13 countries, and became the European music chart NO 1 2008 on Billboard. In March 15, she came to Macau, China, and in April 13, she performed successfully in Shanghai. This is her first time in China. In May 2008, Celine began her European tour.
On May 22nd, 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy held a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in the presidential palace to award celine dion the Medal of Honor. Celine dion went to the Elysee Palace on the same day accompanied by his mother, husband, agent, son and many other relatives and friends. She expressed her great honor to be awarded the Knights Order.
On August 29th, 2008, celine dion (40 years old), a Canadian female singer, will sing an episode in Japanese for the movie "Unreal Bad Horse Country" starring Sayuri Yoshinaga (63 years old) (directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi,1October1released). In 2009, celine got pregnant for the second time and suspended her acting career!