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Global superstar Céline Dion has had an incredible musical career spanning more than 40 years - amassing an array of awards along the way, while also meeting the  love of her life René Angélil, who began as her manager before becoming her husband. 

The phenomenal international success that Dion has achieved once seemed like an impossible dream for a two-year-old girl living in a tiny Canadian town on the outskirts of Montréal yet her sheer grit and determination saw her defeat the odds to achieve what many never will. 

It is that same grit and determination that the singer must now rely on as she faces what is arguably her toughest battle yet: an incurable neurological disorder diagnosis that could see her stripped of her musical gifts for good. 

Dion previously spoke to People in about music being a 'healing force' and how writing her album, Courage, helped her find new strength even in the face of devastating tragedy - including the loss of her husband and her brother, who died within days of one another. 

'It’s no secret that I’ve gone through some tough times, obviously losing my husband and my brother a few years ago, and my mother very recently,' she said.

'Life presents challenges to us and we try to find ways to move on. Music can be a healing force, and the songs on my new album have helped me find new strength in my life… and perhaps a bit more independence, because I’m the head of the household now.' 

The iconic songstress revealed on Thursday she has Stiff Person Syndrome - a rare and incurable neurological disease.

And in the wake of the devastating news, FEMAI

Grunge. Wu-Tang Clan. Radiohead. “Wonderwall.” The music of the ’90s was as exciting as it was diverse. But what does it say about the era—and why does it still matter? On our show 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s,Ringer music writer and ’90s survivor Rob Harvilla embarks on a quest to answer those questions, one track at a time. Follow and listen for free exclusively on Spotify. Below is an excerpt from Episode 49—about Céline Dion’s megahit “My Heart Will Go On”—which features journalist and author Leslie Steeter, whose book Black Widow is available now.

Céline Dion sings her songs like they owe her money. She sings her songs like she’s a street-walkin’ cheetah with a heart full of napalm. She sings like she’s Marshawn Lynch and her songs are the New Orleans Saints in the NFC wild-card game. She sings as though the listener were Sisyphus and she were the boulder. She came here to kick ass and sing songs, and she’s about out of ass. She sings the songs that make the whole world cower in the storm cellar. She sings as though she intends to fell the mighty oak and drink every drop of the sea. Put Céline Dion in Super Smash Bros. She sings like the floor, the ceiling, and also the very air she breathes is lava. She sings these songs like she has a very particular set of skills. Skills she has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make her a nightmare for songs like these. She sings hard, man. Do you get what I’m saying? She sings hard even at her softest; she sings loud even at her quietest. She is everything louder than everything else. She is the Too Much that will never be Enough. She is the Final Boss of Popular Song.  Take for example the song she sang in Three purposes for this song, to my mind. Three objectives. Objective no. 1: Win Céline Dion boatloads of prestigious awards: Grammys, Oscars, even a Golden Globe. Objective no. 2: Hit no. 1

It starts the way a dream might start: I’m in a boat riding down a canal inside a shopping mall that is also somehow Venice, and Céline Dion is my gondolier. Her voice is right there, singing just for me. “Take me back into the arms I love,” she begins, so close it’s more like temperature than sound.

This gondola is made for love. It carries passengers in units of two, or two and two plus the gondolier makes five, which happens to be Céline Dion’s lucky number. I’m riding alone, balanced in what isn’t so much a seat as a place to cuddle up, press knees, hold hands. “Just believe in me, I will make you see all the things that your heart needs to know,” Céline reminds me, romantic as hell.

We pass under a bridge and the key changes, the song gliding up to meet its own bridge. The word for what’s happening is coincidence. Céline lets her voice open all the way up, reaching out to caress every stone: “Whatever it takes, we’ll find a waaaaaaaay—”

We emerge into the light, and the singing is cut short. Dream over: I’m in Las Vegas, being ferried on a twelve-minute journey up and down the Grand Canal Shoppes of the Venetian, which is an almost-pretty thing to call a mall. For the remainder of the ride, my gondolier, who moonlights as a Céline Dion impersonator, slips back into character, and we pretend to pretend that we’re in the real Venice. It’s only kind of a stretch—the boat is real, and the canal is really man made, like all canals are. My gondolier, clad in a navy-striped T-shirt, straw hat, and red satin neckerchief and sash, serenades me with an old Italian folk song as we glide past an Auntie Anne’s pretzel shop and a store called Socks & Bottoms.

The mall’s ceiling is a trompe l’oeil mural of the sky, and I find myself checking to be sure it isn’t a screen projecting a moving image. It’s only paint, but the light is warm, and without thinking, I close my eyes and dial my face upward like a starved Canadian heliotrope searching for vitamin D and ha

All by Myself, The Power of Love, It's All Coming Back to Me and of course, My Heart Will Go On. It's no wonder Celine Dion has such an impressive net worth, given her iconic hits that have stood the test of time. Despite temporarily stepping away from the limelight in recent years due to her ill health, the Canadian singer is reported to be worth a cool $million.

It was actually her late husband René Angélil who first discovered her talent, becoming moved to tears when he listened to a recording sent in by her brother Michel. René mortgaged his home to fund her first record and the rest is history – a star was born.

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How did Celine Dion start her career? 

After being discovered by René aged 12, who she went on to marry, Celine, born as Céline Marie Claudette Dion, emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world.

Her first record, La voix du bon Dieu, became a local number one hit in Quebec. She gained international fame and went on to win Eurovision in , representing Switzerland with the track, Ne partez pas sans moi. At age 18, Celine saw Michael Jackson perform and it was then that she told her manager René that she wanted to be a star like him.

The couple first met when Celine was 12, but didn't start dating until she was 19

After spending time polishing her English and undergoing more vocal training, Celine felt ready to take on the world. She made her debut in the Anglophone world with Unison.

But her real international breakthrough came when she duetted with Peabo Bryson on Disney's Beauty and the Beast. It gave Celine her first top-ten hit in the UK and her second top-ten hit in the US, not to mention her first Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

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