Discussion: What is Celine's impact?

GreasyBruce

Thanks to MediaTraffic its (not totally accurate, but close enough) detective work, we have receipts that Celine Dion is the second highest female artist of all time. That's INSANE.

But despite all those albums sold, all those hits, all that airplay, all that exposure and success...what exactly is her impact on music? Who has she influenced? Who cites her as an inspiration/influence? What is her impact on songwriting, singing, videos, anything?

Let'd discuss.

leociccone

music/vocals

deepblue

tbh as someone who didn't think of her before joining ATRL I knew her only as the singer of that Titanic song

Nemo

Having talent.

Tylerbv

my heart will go on is one of the most iconic songs of all time tho

Rihinvention

An enormous single from one of the biggest, most iconic films of all time. That's about it. But it's enough for her to be remembered.

Ozzy8923

*plays My Heart Will Go On flute part*

Pavement Princess

I've actually never heard a Celine Dion song. :|

Mariah4life

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Originally posted by Rihinvention

An enormous single from one of the biggest, most iconic films of all time. That's about it. But it's enough for her to be remembered.

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Rocket

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Originally posted by GreasyBruce

But despite all those albums sold, all those hits, all that airplay, all that exposure and success...what exactly is her impact on music? Who has she influenced? Who cites her as an inspiration/influence? What is her impact on songwriting, singing, videos, anything?

Let'd discuss.

Zero impact.

She doesn't even write her own song. She's still a BO$$ though.

Jeiboy

Consistency

Queen of Hot AC

Queen of Power Ballads

and these artists cite Celine as influence

Lara Fabian
Delta Goodrem (Australian singer)
Pia Toscano
Charice Pempengco
Yuna Ito (Japanese Singer)
Zhang Liyin (South Korean singer)
Clay Aiken,
Jody Williams (South African singer)
Chimène Badi (popular singer from France)
Amel Bent (popular singer from France)
Lââm (popular singer from France)
Marie-Chantal Toupin (pouplar singer from Quebec),
Annie Villeneuve (another popular singer from Quebec)
Helene Fischer (German singer)
Lisa Lavie,
Sarah Geronimo
Jessica Simpson
Josh Groban
Helena Paparizou (Greek-Swedish singer)
Faith Hill and Martina McBride (they both admitted trying to be like Celine vocally wise. No wonder Martina has been nicknamed the "Celine Dion of Country Music")

NewRihannaStan

Titanic

Tutankhamun

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Originally posted by Rihinvention

An enormous single from one of the biggest, most iconic films of all time. That's about it. But it's enough for her to be remembered.

She had TWO 30M selling albums BEFORE Titanic happened though

I think she's basic too but you can't deny her commercial success

J a y

My Heart Will Go On
All By Myself
Because You Loved Me
It's All Coming Back to Me Now
Power of Love

iheartBrit

The Titanic song. That's it. Kinda sad.

Rihinvention

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Originally posted by Tutankhamun

She had TWO 30M selling albums BEFORE Titanic happened though

I think she's basic too but you can't deny her commercial success

I never said she wasn't successful, but I honestly can't name a single song she sings other than 'My Heart Will Go On' and I doubt a lot of other young people can either. However literally everyone who has seen 'Titanic' (which is basically everyone) knows that she sang MHWGO.

alkralkra

Zero influence in music at all. She sold a whole lot, though.

J a y

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Originally posted by Pavement Princess

I've actually never heard a Celine Dion song. :|

YouTube / Spotify the list I posted above.

If you haven't heard at least one, you must be young and/or your parents don't listen to music.

MrPeanut

Rocket

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Originally posted by J a y

My Heart Will Go On
All By Myself
Because You Loved Me
It's All Coming Back to Me Now
Power of Love

Do you know what the definition of impact is? I fail to see how those songs made an impact. How have they effected/influenced someone or something?