She returned to the studio after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America, performing 'God Bless America' live on TV. In 2000, Dion announced that she was taking a step back from her career to spend time with her now husband Angélil who had been diagnosed with cancer. For this single she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song and also two Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year. She finally released her first English-language record 'Unison' in 1990 and her emotional voice, allied to an elegant soft-rock style, conquered the international pop market, scoring one of the biggest hits ever with 'My Heart Will Go On', the theme from the movie 'Titanic'. It made her an overnight success in Quebec and she went on to make her name in Europe when she won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland with 'Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi'. She wrote her first song at the age of 12 and when her brother sent a recording of her to music manager René Angélil, he mortgaged his house in order to finance her debut record - 'La Voix Du Bon Dieu'. The one thing her family did have was music and all she ever wanted to do was perform. The youngest of 14 children in a poor part of French-speaking Quebec, Celine Dion shook off her humble beginnings to become one of the world's most successful singers.
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