FAQ's about Celine Dion and Destin, the electronic mailing list about Celine. Author: Andy Wallis Published on: November 5, 1998 NOTE: There is a lot of names, songs, and titles that have various accents. I have omitted the accents and special characters in order for this file to be as viewable as possible. I am a big believer in using formats that can be viewed by anyone. So this is in plain vanilla ASCII and soon VERY strict and simple HTML. I apologize for any misrepresentation because of it because this is one of the times that using a universal standard is the most important thing so that as many people as possible can view this information. Adaptive technology like screen readers, Braille outputs and the like are usually very picky when it comes to online material and so I have adapted the view that anyone, anywhere should be able to view this text without problems. Revision History 1.0 First Posting 1.1 Corrections 1.2 More Corrections and I added questions about Celine's superstitions and Nickels 1.3 Even More corrections and Updates 1.4 Yet again, more corrections, updates and formatting revisions 1.5 Added question on subscribing to destin and destin-digest and additional info on where to find 'Plus Haut Qui Moi' 1) WHAT'S CELINE'S BIRTHDAY? Celine was born on March 30th, 1968. 2) HOW OLD IS CELINE? This year (1998), Celine is 30 years old. 3) IS CELINE MARRIED? Yes, she got hitched to her manager, Rene Angelil, on December 17, 1994. This marriage was the biggest social event in Quebec. Most Quebecois journalists said it was as big as the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana in England back in 1981. 4) WHEN WAS RENE (HER MANAGER AND HUSBAND) BORN? January 16, 1942 5) SO HOW OLD IS RENE? Rene is currently 56 and still kicking. 6) WHAT WAS CELINE'S FIRST FRENCH ALBUM AND SINGLE? 'La voix du Bon Dieu' (The voice of the Good Lord) was her first album back in 1981. Her first single off that album was 'Ce n'etait qu'un reve' (It was only a dream), which was written by Therese Dion Jacques Dion, and Celine herself. Therese is her mother and Jacques is an older brother of Celine's. 7) WHAT WAS CELINE'S FIRST ENGLISH ALBUM AND SINGLE? 'Unison' was her first English album. The title track is cover song done originally by Junior Miles back in 1983. The first single off of the album was 'Where Does My Heart Beat Now' 8) HAS CELINE SANG IN OTHER LANGUAGES? Yes. Celine has sung in German, Japanese, Spanish and Italian. 9) WHERE CAN I FIND SONG N (N BEING A RARE SONG TO FIND)? There are quite a few songs that hard as hell to find on Celine's album that she has done over the years. Some like 'Just Walk Away', 'Ma Chambre', formerly 'To Love You More', 'Be The Man' and others are only available on certain editions of an album like the Asian, British, Canadian edition of a certain album as opposed to the US release. This is called regionalization and the explanation is covered in a later question. Here is a more or less complete list of hard to find songs what where they may be dug up. 'Love You Blind' This can be found on B-side of the single 'If You Asked Me To' from 'Celine Dion' 'The Prayer' (by herself and with Andrea Bocelli) The former can be found on the 'Quest For Camelot' soundtrack and the latter can be found on 'These Are Special Times', Celine's English Christmas album. 'I'm Your Angel (with R. Kelly)' This song can be found on R. Kelly's album 'R' and Celine's 'These Are Special Times' 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting Over An Open Fire' This one is on David Foster's 'The Christmas Album' and as a B-side to the UK edition of the single, 'The Reason'. It will also be featured on the album 'These Are Special Times'. 'Be The Man' 'Be The Man' can be found on the Asian and European editions of 'Let's Talk About Love'. It also is on the UK edition of 'The Reason', the one without 'The Christmas Song' The Japanese version can only be found on the Japanese single for it. This is because the song is used as a theme to a Japanese TV series and the producers released the song as a single to increase viewers. 'Amar Haciendo El Amor' This song is on the Spanish, Latin American, and Canadian versions of 'Let's Talk About Love'. 'Just Walk Away' This emotional tune is found on the Canadian, Asian and UK editions of 'The Colour Of My Love'. 'Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi' and 'Hand In Hand' (1988 Eurovision song contest winning song and it's German translation) The former is found on the album 'Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi', various 'The Winners of Eurovision'(title varies), and the 1988 edition of 'Incogntio' and and the Quebecois single of "D'abord c'est quoi l'amour.". 'Hand in Hand' is only found on the German edition of the single 'Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi 'Mejor Decir Adios (and it's English translation of 'It's So Hard to Say Goodbye)' The original bi-lingual(Spanish and English) song was on Paul Anka's album 'Amigos'. The full English version is on Anka's album 'It's Hard To Say Goodbye' 'Cry Just A Little' This rarity, like 'Love You Blind' is on a single from the album 'Celine Dion'. This particular one is the B-side to various editions to 'Love Can Move Mountains' 'Quand on n'a que l'amour' (with Mauranne) This song is on the charity album 'Soiree des enfoires 96' 'Petit Papa Noel' (with the Chipmunks) This rather humorous song(Celine and Alvin get into a fight at the end and Celine curses French at him then stomps off) is on the Chipmunk album 'A Very Merry Chipmunk'. 'Can't Live With, Can't Live Without You' (with Billy Newton-Davis) The duet about obsessive love is only found on Billy Newton-Davis's album 'Spellbound' 'Love Lights The World' (with Peabo Bryson and Color Me Badd) This song about universal love and humanity is coupled with 'Brahms's Lullaby' on the charity album 'For Our Children, Too' 'Send Me A Lover' This and the following tune's locations have been asked time and time again. 'Send Me A Lover' has had quite a bit of radio and Muzak(the music one hears in stores) play over the years. 'Send Me A Lover' can be found on 'Women For Women 2', 'Kumbaya 94', 'In Between Dances', and 'The Power Of Peace' 'Power Of The Dream' This was song at the 96 Olympics, which was viewed by billions. As a result, many wanted to find this song. It can be found as a B-side to a few versions of the single 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now' and on a few versions of 'Falling Into You' 'Tonight We Dance' and 'Ziggy' (English Version) This pair are on the 'Tycoon' soundtrack, which is the English translation of the ever-popular 'Starmania'. The soundtrack in itself is a rare find. 'Tycoon' was written by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger and Tim Rice. Starmania was written by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger back in the late 70s. 'Ma Chambre' Ma Chambre(My bedroom) is available on the Quebecois version of the 'Incognito' single, Gold Vol 1., Lolita', 'On traverse un miroir' and 'Comme un coeur fois' It is also on the 1998 French release of the album 'Incognito'. 'Here There, Everywhere' This Beatles cover is on the tribute to Sir George Martin, the producer of the Beatles and also a Celine producer(He did 'The Reason' for her before he retired), 'In My Life' 'Happy To Meet You' Celine performed this on Sesame Street with one of the Muppet Monsters. It is available on the Elmopolooza album. 'Voices That Care' Celine performed this back in 1991 with other artists at the time as a tribute to the soldiers of the Gulf War. It is only available as a single. 'Listen To Me' This is the rarest song of all. It was on a tape called 'Celebration' and was music from the movie 'Listen To Me', which by the way didn't have a soundtrack. 'Testimony' (with Shania Twain, Carole King, Arthea Franklin, Mariah Carey and Gloria Estefan) 'You've Got A Friend (same as above)' 'The Reason' (with Carole King) This set of songs are from the 'Divas Live' concert put on by VH-1, an American music cable channel. The first two songs and last one are on the album that has been released from the concert. 'Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel)' This cover of the Carole King original is on the 'Tapestry:Revisited' album, along with various editions of 'Falling Into You' which was a tribute to Carole King. This song is also how Carole King met Celine and later wrote 'The Reason' for 'Let's Talk About Love'. 'The Reason' was originally the album's name. At the last minute Bryan Adams wrote a translation of Jean-Jacques Goldman's 'Puisque Tu Pars'(Because You Are Leaving) which was renamed 'Let's Talk About Love' 'Wishful Thinking' (with Dan Hill) This duet is on Dan Hill's 1989 album 'Real Love' 'Plus Haut Que Moi' (with Mario Pelchat) This duet is on Mario Pelchat's self titled album and his greatest hits album 'Incontournables' 'Sola Otra Vez' (Spanish version of "All By Myself") This song is available on the Spanish and Mexican versions of 'Falling Into You' and on a compliation called 'Solo Latino' 'La Bas' (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) Celine did this duet with Goldman on the 'Les enfoires au Grand Rex' which was a charity CD. Incidentally, before this duet, Goldman had the female part of the song done on a sax because Sirima, a Sri Lankan singer Goldman found on the Paris subway, who did the original female part was murdered by her husband out of jealousy. Goldman thought it best to do the song like that since he loved Sirima's voice and wanted to pay tribute to her by not letting another woman sing it when he was on tour. 'Brahms's Lullaby This, like 'Love Lights The World' is found on the 'For Our Children, Too' album as well as 'These Are Special Times'. 10) HOW MANY AWARDS HAS CELINE WON OVER THE YEARS? Celine has won 27 different awards over the years from the standard Junos and Grammys to the Order of Canada and Order of Quebec. 11) HOW MANY TOP 10 HITS AND NUMBER ONES HAS CELINE HAD? Celine has had 2 #1 albums and 3 #1 singles in her English career. ==================================================================== ALBUMS ==================================================================== Unison................................#74.................1 platinum Celine Dion...........................#34.................2 platinum The Colour Of My Love..................#4.................4 platinum Falling Into You.......................#1...(3 weeks)....10 platinum Let's Talk About Love..................#1...(1 week)......8 platinum TOTAL SALES..............................................25 million ==================================================================== SINGLES ==================================================================== Where Does My Heart Beat Now..........#4 (If There Was) Any Other Way.........#35 Beauty And The Beast (w/P. Bryson)....#9........................Gold If You Asked Me To....................#4 Nothing Broken But My Heart..........#29 Love Can Move Mountains..............#36 When I Fall In Love (w/C.Griffin)....#23 The Power Of Love.....................#1...(4 weeks)......1 platinum Misled...............................#23 Think Twice..........................#95 Only One Road........................#93 Because You Loved Me..................#1...(6 weeks)......1 platinum It's All Coming Back To Me Now........#2...(5 weeks)......1 platinum All By Myself.........................#4........................Gold My Heart Will Go On...................#1...(2 weeks)............Gold ==================================================================== AIRPLAY-ONLY PEAKS ==================================================================== Tell Him (w/ Barbra Streisand)........#58 To Love You More......................#11 12) HOW MANY ALBUMS HAS CELINE SOLD(ALSO EACH ALBUM'S TOTAL TO DATE, PLEASE)? These are worldwide figures and I use units because not everyone buys compact discs. The grand total, so far and as far I know is 91,380,000 units(approximately). Can you say a huge amount, kids? I knew you could. These Are Special Times: 700,000 Units S'il Suffisait D'aimer: 3,000,000 Units Let's Talk About Love: 25,000,000 Units The Collection 1982-1988 C'est Pour Vivre Live A Paris: 2,500,000 Units Falling Into You: 28,500,000 Units Gold vol. 2: 100,000 Units Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi(aka Celine Dion Gold,For You, La Romance): 250,000 Units D'eux (Known in the US as 'The French Album'): 7,000,000 Units A l'Olympia: 800,000 Units Les Premieres Annees: 200,000 Units The Colour Of My Love: 15,000,000 Units Celine Dion: 4,000,000 Units Dion Chante Plamondon (Known in some countries as Des Mots Qui Sonnent): 1,400,000 Units Unison: 2,000,000 Units The Best Of (aka Vivre): 100,000 Units Incognito: 500,000 Units Les Chansons En Or: 150,000 Units Operation Beurre De Pinottes (Peanut Butter Solution): 25,000 Units Celine Dion En Concert: 50,000 Units C'est Pour Toi: 50,000 Units Les Plus Grands Succes De Celine Dion: 75,000 Units Les Oiseaux Du Bonheur: 50,000 Units Melanie: 175,000 Units Chants Et Contes De Noel: 75,000 Units Du Soleil Au Coeur: 50,000 Units Les Chemins De Ma Maison: 150,000 Units Tellement J'ai D'amour: 125,000 Units Celine Dion Chante Noel: 25,000 Units La Voix Du Bon Dieu: 50,000 Units 13) SO WHAT DOES CELINE LIKE? This list was gathered from the official fan club, interviews and the like. I am in doubt about the Diet Coke and Dodge Stealth because at the times at she said those, Celine was promoting those two products. Favorite Activity : Shopping Favorite Sports : Swimming, Golf, and water skiing Favorite Cars : Dodge Stealth, Jeep Cherokee, BMW Favorite Drinks : Diet Coke, Aqua Libra mineral water, Evain Favorite Colors : White, Red, and Black Favorite Foods : Lebanese, Italian, Home cooking Favorite Group : Soul II Soul and AC/DC Favorite Male Singer and Female Singers : Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand, Anita Baker, Ginette Reno and Annie Lennox Favorite TV Show : The Price Is Right, Gilligan's Island Favorite Film : Endless Love, The Thorn Birds, and Gone With The Wind Favorite Actors : Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman Favorite Actress: Meryl Streep and Barbra Streisand 14) IS CELINE SUPERSTITOUS? Celine is a bit superstitous. She has a routine of things she does for good luck before a show and she carries a 1968 nickel most everywhere she goes. 15) SO WHAT DOES CELINE NOT LIKE? Politics, Politics, Politics. 16) WHAT KIND OF MUSIC IS CELINE INTO? From what can be gathered from the fact sheets and the little she does say about other musicians, Celine likes funk, heavy metal, Adult Contempary, Pop, and old style R&B. 17) WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DOES CELINE NOT LIKE? We have no idea. She has never said anything about not liking another form of music. This is a general trend with her public image. She doesn't say that she doesn't like something. This maybe because she wants as large an audience as possible and not to offend the public by saying what she dislikes. 18) WHAT ARE THE MAJOR WEB SITES OUT THERE ABOUT CELINE? This is a list of the most well known and largest sites out there. Sony Music's official Site: http://www.celineonline.com/ Sylvain Beauregrad's site: http://www.celine-dion.net/ French Music Database: http://www.sirius.com/~alee/d/dion.htm Colour Of My Love Website: http://www.geocities.com/~c-e-l-i-n-e/ 19) WHAT MUSIC VIDEOS ARE OUT THERE AND WHERE CAN I FIND THEM? Celine has a good amount of music videos out there and really the only way to see them is to watch music television(MTV, VH-1, MTV Europe...). There are no plans to release the music videos as a collection. Every single Celine has done since the Incognito album have a music video, with some exceptions. 20) WHAT CONCERT VIDEOS OF CELINE'S ARE OUT THERE? There are two, soon to be three concert videos out there. 'Colour Of My Love', 'Live A Paris' and soon 'Live in Memphis'. COML was from the 'Colour Of My Love' tour, LAP was from the 'D'eux' tour and 'Live in Memphis'(aka 'This is Celine') was a part of the 'Falling into You' tour. 21) WHAT WAS/IS 'DES FLEURS SUR DE NEIGE' On March 9th, 1991, SRC(The French-Canadian arm of the CBC) broadcast a miniseries called 'Des Fleurs Sur La Neige'(Flowers in the Snow), a drama based on the real life experience of a woman from the early 70s to early 80s, who was abused in foster care and grew up with mental illness. The woman had a child she then beat and then gave up to stop the cycle of abuse. It was a very good miniseries and showed that Celine could act in serious roles. 22) WHAT VARIOUS EDITIONS OF CELINE'S ALBUMS ARE OUT THERE? The following is a list of pretty complete list of albums compiled by Shane Ludwig: S'il suffisait d'aimer 1998 Canada......Sony 550 CT 80339 1998 France......Columbia 491859 Let's Talk About Love (1997) 1997 Canada......Columbia CK 68861 (Amar Haciendo El Amor was added) 1997 USA.........Sony 550 BK 68861 (To Love You More was added) 1997 France......Columbia 489159 (Amar Haciendo El Amor and Be The Man was added) 1997 UK..........Epic 489159 ("") 1997 Australia...Epic 489159 ("") 1997 Taiwan......Columbia 489159 ("") 1997 Japan.......Epic ESCA 6877 ("") The Collection 1982 - 1988 1997 Holland.....BR Music BS 8101 C'est Pour Vivre (1997) 1997 Holland.....BR Music BX 512-2 (Hymne à l'amitié, Je ne veux pas, and C'est pour vivre are chopped) 1997 UK..........Nectar NTRCD076 (Missing intro to En Amour) 1997 UK..........Nectar NTRCD076 (Missing intro to En Amour - Has "The French Love Album" written at the top) Live à Paris 1996 Canada......Columbia CK 80238 1996 France......Columbia 486606-2 1996 UK..........Epic 486606-2 Falling Into You 1996 USA.........Sony 550 Music/Epic BK 67541 1996 Japan.......Epic/Sony ESCA 6410-2 (To Love You More) 1996 Malaysia....?? (To Love You More and Natural Woman) 1996 Asian SE....Sony 550 Music 483961-2 (To Love You More and Natural Woman and Includes Bonus CD with The Power Of The Dream, Your Light, It's All Coming Back To Me Now (Classic Paradise Mix), The Power Of Love (live) and River Deep, Mountain High (live)) 1996 European....?? (Your Light and Natural Woman) 1996 Canada......Columbia CK 33068 (Canadian - Your Light) 1996 Austrailia..Epic 483967-2 (Australian Special Edition - Your Light, Natural Woman and Includes Bonus CD (SAMP753) with Everybody's talking my baby down (live), Love can move mountains (live), If you asked me to (live), Only one road (live), Think Twice (live) and The Power of Love (live)) 1996 UK/Aus/Arg..Epic 483792-2 (Natural Woman) 1996 Austr. Ed.2.Epic ?? (as above and Includes Bonus CD with Because You Loved Me, I Don't Know, Le Ballet, The Power of the Dream, and Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore) 1996 Mexico......SonyMusic BK 484172 (Mexico - Sola Otra Vez and Natural Woman) 1996 Spain.......Columbia 484172-2 (Sola Otra Vez and Natural Woman) Gold Volume 2 1995 France......Versailles VER 481431-2 Gold Volume 1 1995 France......Versailles VER 480287-2 (La Romance -- 14 Love Songs From The Heart) 1996 Australia...Startel Star CD1069 (Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi) 1996 Hollands....BR Music BX 511-2 D'Eux 1995 Canada......Sony Musique CK 80219 1995 France......Columbia 480286-2 1995 UK..........Epic 480286-2 1995 Australia...Epic 480615-2 1995 Japan.......Epic ESCA 654 The French Album 1995 USA.........Sony 550 Music/Epic 67107 Céline Dion à L'Olympia 1994 Canada......Columbia CK 80212 (Canada) 1994 France......Columbia 478161-2 1994 Korea.......Sony CK 80212 Les Premières Années 1993 France......Versailles 474653-2 1995 France......Versailles 481303-2 1995 UK..........Epic 481303-2 The Colour Of My Love 1993 USA.........Sony 550 Music/Epic BK 57555 (Does NOT include Just Walk Away) 1993 UK/Aus......Epic 474743-2 (Does NOT include JWA) 1993 Australia...Epic 474743-9 1993 Canada......Columbia CK 57555 1993 France......Columbia 474743-2 1993 Japan.......Epic ESCA 5893(To Love You More) Céline Dion 1992 USA.........Epic EK 52473 1992 Canada......Columbia CK 52473 1992 Jap/Turkey..Epic ESCA 5587 1992 France......Columbia 471508-2 1992 Aus/UK......Epic 471508-2 1992 Aus/UK......Epic 471508-9 (Where Does My Heart Beat Now) 1992 Australia...Epic 471508-9 (Includes Bonus CD (SAMP424) with Where Does My Heart Beat Now, (If There Was) Any Other Way, Unison, and The Last to Know) Dion Chante Plamondon 1991 USA.........550 Music/Epic BK 64363 1991 Japan.......Epic ESCA 6101 1991 Australia...Sony 550 477215-2 1991 Canada......Epic EK 80168 (J'ai Besoin d'un Chum and Piaf Chanterait du Rock) Des Mots Qui Sonnent 1991 France......Columbia 471344-2 (France - J'ai Besoin d'un Chum and Piaf Chanterait du Rock) Unison 1989 ??..........Epic 31451-89532 1990 USA.........Epic EK 46893 1990 Canada......CBS CK 80150 1990 France CBS..467203-2 1990 Malaysia....Sony EK 46893 1990 UK..........Epic 467203-2 1990 Japan.......Epic ESCA 5184 Incognito 1987 Canada......Columbia (CBS) CK 80119 1988 France......Carrere 96 600 (Does NOT have Partout Je Te Vois and Délivre-Moi, but it includes Ma Chambre and Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi) 1992 France......Columbia 472682-2 Les Chansons En Or 1986 Canada......TBS (TransCanada) TBS CD-507 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following were released only on Vinyl and with 2 exceptions, only in Canada: 1981 La Voix du Bon Dieu 1981 Céline Dion Chante Noël 1982 Tellement J'ai D'amour... 1983 Les Chemins de Ma Maison 1983 Du Soleil au Coeur (released only in France) 1983 Chants et Contes de Noël 1984 Mélanie 1984 Les Oiseaux du Bonheur (released only in France with a different version of title track than La Voix du Bon Dieu) 1984 Les Plus Grands Succès de Céline Dion 1985 C'est Pour Toi 1985 Céline Dion en Concert 23) WHAT OTHER ARTISTS ARE LIKE CELINE? As far as French artists go Lara Fabian, Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Mario Pelchat are similar(basically) to Celine. As far as English artists Mariah Carey (VERY early Mariah Carey), Gloria Estafan and Elvis. 24) WHAT OTHER ARTISTS LIKE HER WORK? As far I know, Celine is liked by Rick James, James Brown, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, James Iha (guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins) 25) WHEN WILL CELINE GET INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME? The rules for Hall of Fame stipulate that since their debut album appeared that 25 years must pass before someone can be inducted, so Celine can't get into the Hall Of Fame until 2015. 26) WHAT SONGS HAS CELINE COVERED? Celine has covered a lot of tunes in her time. Here is a pretty complete list. River Deep, Mountain High All By Myself Unison Love Is On The Way Let's Talk About Love(Puisque Tu Pars{Since you are leaving}) Here, There, Everywhere If You Asked Me To The Power Of Love Flashdance What A Feeling Up Where We Belong Oxygene (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman When I Need You I Hate You Then I Love You Merry Christmas(War Is Over) Ave Maria The Christmas Song(Chestnuts Roasting On A Open Fire) Feliz Navidad Ziggy(and everything else from Starmania) 27) DOES SHE WRITE HER OWN MATERIAL? Very rarely. One can count the songs she wrote or helped write on one hand. 'Ce n'etait qu'un reve', 'Treat Her Like A Lady', and a song from 'These Are Special Times' was co-written by Celine ('Don't Save It All For Christmas Day'). 28) WHAT INSTRUMENTS DOES SHE PLAY? Piano. 29) WHO HAS WRITTEN SONGS FOR HER? Diane Warren, Jim Steinman, The Bee Gees, Sheryl Crow, Luc Palamondon, Micheal Berger, Jean-Jacques Goldman, James Horner, Will Jennings, Eddy Marney, Andy Goldmark, Phil Spector, Alan Menken among others have written songs for Celine. 30) WHO HAS COVERED HER SONGS? The complete list of all covered tunes can be found at: http://www.sirius.com/~alee/d/dion.htm. 31) WHERE CAN I FIND A TRANSLATION OF (INSERT ANY SONG HERE)? Translations can be found at http://www.celine-dion.net/. Head for the language you speak, and search for the song. 32) HOW DID SHE AND JJG BEGIN THEIR WORK? JJG brought together various artists for the album 'Les enfoirés au Grand Rex'. Celine ended up doing the female part for 'La-Bas'. After that duet, JJG and Celine hit it off and later did 'D'eux' with JJG being the primary writer and producer. 33) WHY IS SHE UNDER VARIOUS RECORD COMPANIES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES? Sony bought out a few record companies in the 1980s. Sony Music is multinational and so were the companies they bought out. When you have an artist like Celine who sells in many countries, you also have to make enough CDs for those countries. These bought-out companies had the nessacry factories, distribution centers, etc in various countries so what Sony does is have these places make the CDs. It is also a lot cheaper to use the subsidiary labels instead of Sony's because it doesn't require retooling of the equipment. That is why one will often see Celine's albums and single on records made by Columbia, Epic, CBS and Sony 550. 34) WHY DOES SONY REGIONALIZE? As said before, Sony is a multinational corporation. Most of their CDs are made in the USA because the US is the largest market for CDs. In other countries, it is cheaper to import a US product than produce it there. In order to keep the various factories that Sony bought working and turning a profit, Sony makes various editions of albums for specific regions, with more tracks, so it will be attractive to buy that instead of the US import. 35) HOW MANY ALBUMS UNDER HER BELT? Counting Greatest Hits albums, Celine has done 30 albums since 1981. 36) IS SHE REALLY (PREGNANT, ANOXERIC, A GUY)? These three rumors typically pop up every few months or so. As of now, Celine is not pregnant and if and when that becomes true, it would be all over the Canadian and American presses. As for being anoxeric, that is a rumor. Celine takes very careful attention to her body and makes sure it is healthy. She is around her ideal weight for her age and size. As far as being a guy is concerned, if she is a member of the male camp, she is best drag queen in existence. That is a very ugly rumor that gets circulated and will never be found to be true. It is too far out in left field for it to be legitimate. 37) WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE FOR NEWS? This is the pecking order when it comes to late breaking Celine-related news. 1) Destin 2) Websites like http://www.celine-dion.net/ 3) alt.music.celine-dion 4) CelineOnline.com There is a running gag within the fanbase that when Armageddon comes, Celineonline.com will broadcast the news 2 weeks after it is over. 38) WHAT ELSE DOES SHE DO BESIDES HER MUSIC? When Celine is not working, she is a matron for the Cystic Fibrosis Society and helps run the resturant chain called 'Nickels', two of which she owns. Celine also golfs with a passion, swims and shops. 39) WHAT EXACTLY IS NICKELS? Nickels is a chain of resturants in Quebec, in the large Canadian cities and a few in the US. It's a based on a stereotypical 50s motif. Celine's music is mostly on the jukeboxes. The prices are fair while the helpings are rather generous. A lot of people have said that the food is rather bland and that the resturant chain survives on the novelty concept and Celine's name. 40) WHAT WOULD SHE DO IF SHE COULDN'T SING? Celine has said that she would have been a model or something working with people, perferablly children. 41) WHAT KIND OF AUDIENCE IS SHE GEARED TOWARDS? Celine, herself, tries to get as wide of an audience as possible. When it comes to demographics, 18-49 year old men and women typically buy her records with a fair size in the teen market. 42) WHAT SORT OF RADIO STATIONS PLAY CELINE'S WORK? When Celine is popular or on the charts, you'll sometimes hear Celine on Top 40 radio stations. The best place to find her songs on the radio is Adult/Contempary stations and Lite Rock/Adult Top 40 stations. 43) MYTHS, LIES AND HALF-TRUTHS ABOUT HER AND THE DISPELLMENT THEREOF Myth: Celine is a Separatist. Fact: Celine is very apolitical in her public life. She refuses to comment on politics in public. Myth: Celine did 'Dream to Dreams' for the animated movie 'American Tail II:Feval Goes West' Fact: Celine was going to do it but her rendition of it was dropped in favor of Linda Ronstadt. Funny enough, the man who wrote the song was James Horner who later wrote 'My Heart Will Go On' for Celine. Myth: She is just in it for the money. Fact: No one knows for sure save Celine and Rene. Publicly, she says that she is in to sing because she wants to and that is to be respected. Myth: Celine is anoxeric/bulimic and is also suicidal. That is a myth, Celine takes very careful care of her body and is healthy for her age, size and gender. As far as being suicidal, that is also a lie. For someone who loves life and all that it has to offer, it seems VERY unlikely that Celine would think of chucking it all to see what lies past this life. 44) WHERE DOES ONE FIND OUT HER ADDRESS? You don't find out. Her address is kept private for obvious reasons. 45) WHEN IS CELINE COMING TO MY COUNTRY? To find out when Celine is coming to your country, either hit www.celineonline.com, www.celine-dion.net or www.geocities.com/~c-e-l-i-n-e/. 46) HOW MUCH DOES SHE EARN? Her last contract from Sony said she would earn $100 million (Canadian) and if memory serves me correctly, she earns $20 million a year or so. For her latest tour LTAL, the nightly gross is slightly over 1 million American dollars. 47) HOW MANY OF CELINE'S ALBUM HAVE GONE PLATINUM? Platinum sales are variable. In Canada, an album goes platinum when it sells more than 100,000 units while the US, it has to sell 1,000,000 units. So under Canadian rules, Celine has had 16 records go platinum. Under US rules, Celine has 5 albums that went platinum. 48) IS THERE AN OFFICIAL FAN CLUB AND HOW MUCH DO I HAVE TO FORK OVER FOR IT? Yes, there is a fan club: Celine Dion International Fanclub P.O. Box 551 Don Mills, Ontario Canada M3C 2T6 At last count, a one year membership was $30 while a two year was $50. 49) WHAT BIOGRAPHIES ARE OUT THERE ABOUT CELINE AND WHICH ARE THE BEST? The three most commonly found are the following: "Celine Dion: Behind the fairytale" by Ian Halperin. The first big, unauthorized biography. This is basically a glorified tabloid article about the Celine with a ton of unsubstantiated rumors and outright lies. It's only good for a laugh. "Falling Into You: The story of Celine Dion" by Barry Grills. Pretty good introductory biography about Celine. It does a background sketch about Celine's life and focus's mainly on Celine's music career. Included is a good exposition of the Quebec situation and how Celine can be viewed as bridge between the Separatist and Federalist Quebec. "Celine" by Georges-Hebert Germain: The official biography. For those who read French, it is a very educational book. A English translation is in the works and promises to be most excellent. 50) WHERE CAN I RELIABLE AND RECOMMENDED MUSIC WEBSITES TO BUY CELINE MATERIAL (CDS, BOOKS, SHEET MUSIC, CALENDARS, POSTERS, ETC)? Here is a short list of sites most people recommend: http://www.absound.ca http://www2.fnac.fr http://www.cdnow.com http://www.amazon.com http://www.borders.com http://www.ebay.com Fair warning to those wanting to buy items online from individuals and questionable companies, be extremely careful. For those who want to buy a lot and want good selection, this store is high recommended. It's one of the oldest and largest music stores in Canada. Shipping and Handling cost quite bit so it's wise to buy a lot from them at one time so the shipping cost won't be such a large percentage of the entire bill. Archambault Musique 500, Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest Montreal, Quebec Canada (514)-849-6202 51) WHAT DOES L.V. STAND FOR? That is a rather unknown value. I've heard that may mean 'La Voix' which is 'The Voice' (which is quite pretentious of Celine if this is true!!!) or Love with the periods being the vowels. This is explained by it being Rene's and Celine's secret sign. Their love began when Rene was starting a divorce and Celine was 17, so it being public wouldn't have been kosher. 52) WHERE DO I FIND INFORMATION ON CURRENT/PAST CONCERT TOURS? The best places for that information is: http://www.geocities.com/~c-e-l-i-n-e/ http://www.celine-dion.net/ and http://www.celineonline.com. 53) WHAT KIND OF REMIXES ARE THERE OF CELINE'S SONGS? Here is a more or less complete listing of the various remixes. I'd like to thank Tony Lee for this list. ALL BY MYSELF Album Version (5:12) Bilingual Mix (5:08) Edited Single Version (3:58) Sola Otra Vez -- Radio Edit (4:41) Sola Otra Vez -- Spanish Version (5:12) BE THE MAN Album Version Japanese Version (4:41) Karaoke Version (4:40) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Album Version Live -- duet with Maurice Davis with Intro by Jason Priestley (4:00) Live -- duet with Peabo Bryson: The Colour Of My Love Concert BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME Album Version (4:32) Live (4:49) Movie Version (4:48) CALL THE MAN Album Version (6:08) Radio Edit (4:22) CALLING YOU Single Version: Taken From LIVE A L'OLYMPIA Live: Live A Paris Concert Live: Unison Video DID YOU GIVE ENOUGH LOVE Album Version (4:21) Remix 45" (4:22) 12" Club Mix (6:44) FALLING INTO YOU Album Version Radio Edit (3:05) I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Live: The Colour of My Love Concert IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER WAY Album Version Remix (5:39) IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW Album Version (7:37) Amnesia Mix (7:33) Aphrodisiac Mix (7:47) Classic Paradise Radio Mix #1 (4:20) Classic Paradise Radio Mix #2 (3:47) Classic Paradise Mix (8:12) Prophet Mix (7:04) Radio Edit 1 (5:27) Radio Edit 2 (6:03) The Moran Anthem 7" Edit (4:20) The Moran Anthem Mix Pt. 1 (10:32) The Moran Anthem Mix (14:38) The Moran Breakdown Dub (9:27) The Moran Virtuous Dub J'ATTENDAIS Album Version (4:24) Live Album Version Live Single Version (4:58) JE DANSE DANS MA TETE Album Version (4:35) Club Europe Mix (6:37) Single Europe Mix (4:35) JE NE VEUX PAS Album Version Extended Mix (6:37) LES DERNIERS SERONT LES PREMIERS Album Version Live Album Version Live Single Version (3:53) Live Radio Promo (3:48) LOVE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Album version {w/o intro} (5:08) Club Dub (5:30) Club Mix (5:30) Daniel Abrahams 7" Edit (4:05) Live: The Colour Of My Love Concert Promo Single Version (4:45) Tommy Musto 7" Edit (4:10) Underground Dub (5:35) Underground Instrumental (4:38) Underground Vocal Mix (7:10) Wake & Jones Dub (5:41) MISLED Album Version (3:30) E-smooves's mission 7" (4:07) E-smooves's mission 12" (8:36) E-smooves's mission dub (9:10) Hub Dub Live: The Colour of My Love Concert Live: Live A Paris Concert MK Lead Mix (6:41) MK Radio Remix Edit (3:49) MK's History Mix (6:41) MK's Redirect Mix (6:57) MK Dub (8:56) Richie Jones Club Mix aka The Serious Mix (7:22) The Groove Edit (4:43) The Groove Mix (5:52) MY HEART WILL GO ON Album Version (4:40) Live at the Academy Awards (3:27) Live at the Grammys (4:30) Live on the Oprah Winfrey Show (4:10) Matt & Vito's Penny Whistle Dub (3:21) Matt & Vito's "UNSINKABLE" Epic Mix (9:51) Richie Jones Mix (4:15) Richie Jones "GO ON" Beats (5:12) Richie Jones "UNSINKABLE" Club Mix (10:02) Soundtrack Version (5:10) Soul Solution (4:18) Soul Solution Drama At Sea Mix w/ Drum Intro (9:10) Soul Solution Percapella (4:16) Soul Solution Bonus Beats (3:32) Titanic Radio Mix #1 Titanic Radio Mix #2 Tony Moran Mix (4:21) Tony Moran's Anthem Vocal (9:41) NEXT PLANE OUT Album Version Single Version (4:30) NOTHING BROKEN BUT MY HEART Album Version (5:55) Single Version (4:11) Full Length Version (6:39) ONLY ONE ROAD Album Version Radio Edit (3:50) Breakfast Edit (3:00) POUR QUE TU M'AIMES ENCORE Album Version (4:16) Bilingual Mix (4:16) English Version -- If that's what it takes Instrumental Version (4:16) Live: Live A Paris Concert QUAND ON N'A QUE L'AMOUR Live: Live A L'Olympia Concert Live: Live A Paris Concert Live: Les Enfoires Concert -- duet with Maurane TELL HIM (DUET WITH BARBRA STREISAND) Album Version Radio Version THE POWER OF LOVE Album Version Live: The Colour Of My Love Concert Live: Live A Paris Concert Radio Edit (4:42) THE REASON Album Version (5:01) Radio Edit (4:30) THINK TWICE Album Version (4:43) Live: The Colour Of My Love Concert Radio Edit (4:05) TO LOVE YOU MORE Album Version (5:29) Instrumental (5:23) Radio Edit (3:55) Tony Moran's Waiting for you vocals (10:07) Tony Moran's Dubbing you more (9:35) Tony Moran's pop edit (4:35) Tony Moran's crossover edit (4:35) UNISON Album Version Club Mix (7:22) Mainstream Mix (7:15) Single Version Single Remix with Rap (4:03) Single Remix w/o Rap (4:03) ZIGGY English Version Extended Bilingual Mix (3:36) French Version Live VOLE Album Version English Version -- Fly Extended Bilingual Mix (3:48) Live WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Album Version Live: The Colour Of My Love Concert 54) WHAT CELINE DION MAILING LISTS ARE AVAILABLE? Do a search on the internet and you'll probably find some. 55) HOW DO I GET BACKSTAGE PASSES? You don't. There is no way in Hell you can get a backstage pass unless you are a roadie, Sony Music executive, work for Celine, or are security for the venue she is currently playing at. 56) WHAT ARE CELINE'S FUTURE GOALS? Celine wants to have children soon, other than that there is no future goals besides singing until her dying day. Recently, Celine and Rene have said they will take a couple years off after 1999 to relax and hopefully procreate.