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Celine Dion

When big-voiced French-Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion burst onto the international music scene in 1991, it was apparent that the female counterpart to Michael Bolton had emerged. Whether that was a necessary or desirable development is a matter of some debate, but the fact remains that Dion has joined the equally operatic Bolton as a fixture in the upper reaches of the charts.

The youngest of 14 children, Quebec native Dion recorded her first demo at age 12, which caught the ear of local Svengali Rene Angelil. By the time Dion was 22, she had recorded four pop albums in French under Angelil's guidance, all of which went platinum in Canada. In 1991 Dion signed with Epic U.S., delivering Unison, her first album in English, later that year. The overblown ballad "Where...
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