Hailing from the small town of Charlemagne Québec Céline Dion has become one of the alltime greatest singers Céline was born in 1968 the youngest of 14 children Early in childhood she sang with her siblings in a small club owned by her parents From these early experiences Céline gained the knowhow to performing live At the age of 12 Dion composed a song in her native French and sent it to a record company where it garnered the attention of René Angélil a respected manager Angélil believed in Céline so much that he actually mortgaged his house in order to finance her debut album Already very popular and successful internationally Céline burst onto the US stage when she recorded the theme song to Disneys hit Beauty and the Beast 1991 The song garnered a Grammy and an Oscar and from this point Céline has brought forth hit after hit