Financial Success
Céline Dion made a fortune from record sales and live appearances. Creating tremendous demand for her singing and exploiting it let Céline build a $700 million fortune. Mike Tyson had had a similar net worth, but he spent it on an abandoned mansion in Ohio, expensive (depreciating) cars, and a $2.2 million 24-karat gold bath for his ex-wife. Celine took his advice. The musician has also launched a profitable clothing line, sold real estate, and owned many restaurant chains. Cystic Fibrosis Canada, T. Princess Diana’s Memorial Fund, J. Martell Foundation. She still makes a lot of money from royalties and performs twice a week despite not having to work since her late twenties.
Her international breakthrough was Beauty and the Beast
Céline Dion is well known for singing “My Heart Will Go On” from James Cameron’s Titanic. The artist also sang the title song for Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” Céline Dion tends to dislike performing film theme songs; she almost skipped Titanic. Her worldwide reputation began with the Beauty and the Beast duet she recorded with Peabo Bryson. This was Céline Dion’s first UK top-ten hit and second US top-ten smash. She won the Oscar for Best Song and her first Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song was a lead single from her diamond-certified 1992 album “Céline Dion”. She almost didn’t record the Beauty and the Beast theme song since it reminded her of René, but she did.