Celine Marie Claudette Dion was born on March 30, 1968, in Quebec, Canada, as the youngest kid of Adhemar Dion, a butcher, and Therese Tanguay, a homemaker. She grew up, along with her 13 siblings, in a poverty-stricken, yet happy family.

She has been interested in music since childhood. In 1973, she sang at her brother Michel's wedding - this was her first-ever public performance. At that time, she was just five years old.

Ever since then, she has never stopped. By singing songs like The Power of Love, All by Myself, My Heart Will Go On, and It's All Coming Back to Me, Celine Dion has established herself as one of the greatest and most famous singers of all time. It's no wonder that she's worth 800 million dollars. However, she hasn't amassed this huge amount just from singing. Let's check out Celine Dion's different sources of income!

10 Early Fame

At the age of twelve, Celine co-wrote her first song, Ce N'était Qu'un Rêve (that translates to It Was Only a Dream) with her mother and brother. Her brother, Michel, decided to send Celine's recording to René Angélil. René was a music manager, and Michel found his name on the back cover of a famous Ginette Reno album.

Celine's voice deeply moved René. He planned to make her a star but he lacked the funding. Hence, he took a significant risk and mortgaged his home. With that money, he funded Celine's first record, La Voix du Bon Dieu (which means the Road to God) in 1981. The album became popular overnight.

9 Fame And Limelight

Later, Celine Dion earned more fame by competing in the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival, held in 1982, in Tokyo, Japan. In that prestigious competition, she bagged the award for Top Performer. She also earned the gold medal for Best Song for singing the famous French song, Tellement J'ai D'amour Pour Toi. Over the next few years, she took part in different competitions all over the world and established herself as a teen sensation.

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8 Released Successful Music Albums

Dion's French-language studio albums helped her to gain some popularity, but her English studio albums brought her real fame and wealth. She worked really hard to learn and improve her English.

In 1990, she released her first English album, Unison, in North America. Then she went on to release several hit albums, including The Colour of My Love (1993), Let's Talk About Love (1997), A New Day Has Come (2002), Loved Me Back to Life (2013) and Courage (2019). According to Forbes, Dion has managed to sell over 220 million music albums across the globe.

7  Concerts And Residencies

Celine Dion has earned a bulk of her fortune from residencies. She built her status as a hugely successful live performer with her fantastic residency, A New Day, in Las Vegas. Her concert residency ran from 2003 to 2007 and still remains the highest-grossing residency of all time.

Since 2003, Dion has made around 400 million dollars performing in Sin City 70 times per year. She managed to sell approximately 3 million tickets to roughly 717 shows. Celine was reported to earn about 500,000 dollars a show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

6 Earnings From Real Estate Properties

In 2017, Celine Dion earned a whopping 38.5 million dollar by selling her Bahamian-style house in South Florida. The house features 18,800 square feet. It has 13 bedrooms, five separate pavilions, 14 full bathrooms, six half bathrooms, and three large pools. She bought the property with her late husband and manager, René Angélil, in 2008. They paid 7.032 million dollars. After almost a decade, she sold it at a price 5.5 times higher than the purchase amount.

In early 2016, she sold a stunning 24,000 square feet, Chateau-style mansion in Quebec for around 25.5 million dollars. She still owns an estate in Paris that is worth about 9.5 million dollars. Now, she lives primarily in an 8,100 square feet mansion in Las Vegas.

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5  Brand Partnerships

Apart from her musical talent and success, Celine has earned massive lump sum amounts from other ventures. The singer's huge international fan base has led to business opportunities, including several brand partnerships. Dion is a spokesperson and ambassador for the world-famous beauty brand, L'Oréal Paris.

In 2003, Celine Dion signed a lucrative deal with Coty, Inc. to release her signature perfumes, named Celine Dion Parfums. This venture has grossed more than 654 million UK pounds in retail sales. She also sang Air Canada's promotional campaign tune, You and I.

4  Restaurants And Night Club

Dion was a co-founder of the famous Nickels Delicatessen, which has been a Nickels Restaurant food chain since 1990. The restaurant was a deli-style eatery and used to serve all three meals - breakfast, lunch, and dinner. That restaurant had chains in multiple locations in and around Ontario and Quebec. But Dion reportedly quit her partnership with Nickels Delicatessen in 1997. At present, she holds shared ownership of two different restaurants.

Dion also opened a famous night club, Pure, at Caesars Palace, in partnership with famous tennis couple, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, and basketball player, Shaquille O'Neal.

3 Co-Owning An Entertainment Company

Celine and her manager, René Angélil, came across each other when Celine was just twelve years old. However, they didn't start dating until she was nineteen. After dating for four years, they got engaged in 1991 and finally got married in December 1994, in Montreal, Quebec.

Alongside her husband, who died in January 2016, she co-owned an artist management company named Les Productions Feeling Inc. Dion's entertainment company is also known as Feeling or Feeling Inc.

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2 Current Work Status

Celine is still enjoying the success of her album, Courage, which was released in 2019. Recently, she successfully released an exclusive Apple Music documentary. At the beginning of 2020, she was reported to be traveling to North America to do a tour for her latest record. She has several upcoming shows in different cities in Canada, including Edmonton, Montreal, Vancouver, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg.

1  3rd Richest Artist

Celine Dion has been referred to as the "Canadian Queen" for her vocal talent. With so much success in music and other ventures, she has also been ranked 3rd on the list of wealthiest artists in the world. On this list, she is behind only Madonna and the famous jazz musician, Herb Alpert.

Her fame skyrocketed in 1990, with the release of her first English album that sold over a million copies internationally.

Ever since then, both fame and monetary opportunities kept on coming her way. She's worked hard to get where she is. Celine Dion has earned every penny of her 800 million dollars.

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