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Discussion: Is Céline the only 90s diva that hasn't tarnished her legacy
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Class always wins out in the end.
Just look at Barbra Streisand.
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Originally posted by Humoresque
The Celine disrespect HAS to stop!!
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Originally posted by lonnie
She was never controversial or political, therefore she didn't ruffle a lot of feathers like most of her peers. But that doesn't really guarantee that she's respected more than the others, she's just not as criticized.
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Exactly.
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Yes and that's because she has focused on what a real singer should be doing, which is... to sing.
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
You can't argue that she has AT LEAST two bona-fide classics: My Heart Will Go On & Because You Loved Me.
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*sans a few songs.
also, you might wanna add Power of Love and All By Myself.
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Originally posted by Mr.Link
Yes and that's because she has focused on what a real singer should be doing, which is... to sing.
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So she limited herself, that's not something worth bragging about because when her peers the likes of Madonna or Janet were being pro-feminist, advocating for gay rights and incorporating and addressing social issues with their music, she remained quiet and didn't do anything outside singing the love and heartbreak songs she sung and even then she didn't contribute to technique the way Whitney and Mariah did, and that's why her legacy is always in question even after the hundreds of millions of albums she sold. Quite literally no one makes an impact by "just singing".
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Of course, she is
I can't at the replies 
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Celine Dion will forever remain a queen and is one of the best female vocalists ever.
Sometimes I think about what she has been through the last couple of months and I feel so bad for her 
I just wanna give her a hug.
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Originally posted by doonerr
Mariah Carey has not tarnished anything
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Celine is respected because she had huge hits in the 90s and remained boring and uninteresting so she avoided criticism.
She's never experienced the iconic highs of Madonna, Mariah, Britney or Beyonce and won't be remembered for anything beyond the 90s. The industry respect is there but the public don't care and she was never an artist that was 'cool' for young ppl.
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Originally posted by T0M
Her residency show in Vegas is still more relveant than anything Britney has done in the past few years
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So you're telling me Celine's audience is more capable of affording a trip to Vegas and buying tickets to a show than Britney's audience (millennials)? Shocker.
I was in Vegas twice while Britney had her residency show and I still haven't seen her because my friends would rather spend all of their money at a club, popping bottles than to pay a ticket to watch a show. You can't compare the two.
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Originally posted by Mezter
Not when Toni Braxton is still living. Can you say "Queen"?
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basically
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Yes. Talent always wins. 
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People are really out here trying to drag Celine 
Yes. Talent won and will continue to do so.
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it's easy not to "tarnish" your legacy when you aren't pushing any boundaries.
this is not shade...I'm just saying.
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Originally posted by cancer
She's a main female pop act, don't get me wrong, but when I think of Celine Dion I don't think of anything legendary. She was big with MHWGO and BYLM but other than that she hasn't made a lasting presence in the industry. |
Huh? You're either delusional or not aware of modern popular culture. Celine Dion is widely considered a vocal legend by most people, it's not even a point of debate.
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Funniest thing about this thread is that those who could supposedly try to come for Celine are , actually, the ones defending her legacy and legendarystatus the most  We, Madonna fans .
And some have to nerve to call us insecure... go figure...
OT: Slay, Queen Celine 
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"On a cultural level, Dion is credited for introducing francophone music to many non-francophone countries around the globe. Her albums D'eux and S'il suffisait d'aimer remain the best selling francophone albums in history gaining unprecedented success in non-Francophone markets such as the United Kingdom, Poland, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Japan and New Zealand. According to RFI Musique, Dion "has done her bit for French music over the years, assuring the success of French songs which would probably never have got beyond Francophone borders without her... Without Celine French record sales would be dramatically lower!" In 2008 Dion received the Legion of Honour from Nicolas Sarkozy further proving her cultural impact. Sarkozy praised Dion and stated: "France thanks you because your talent and success have contributed to the influence of the French language outside our borders"
Dion is also credited for both revitalizing and revolutionizing the entertainment scene in Las Vegas with the gargantuan successes of her residencies there. She managed to re-popularize the Las Vegas "residency" as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. Over the years, fellow established icons such as Elton John, Bette Midler, Rod Stewart, Cher and Shania Twain followed suit. According to Gary Bongiovanni, president and editor-in-chief of Pollstar, "Celine redefined what artists can do in Las Vegas, helping to make it arguably the busiest entertainment city in the world." By 2013, even the much-younger pop star Britney Spears had announced a Vegas residency, further cementing the extent of Dion's influence on the city as an entertainment capital.Kurt Melien, vice-president of entertainment at Caesar's Palace stated "Celine was a pioneer without question..Twenty years ago, we couldn't have got someone the stature of Britney Spears to appear in Vegas. Stars likes her would never have considered it if Celine hadn't paved the way. She changed the face of modern Vegas." Regarding her financial impact on Las Vegas, Stephen Brown, director of the Centre for Business and Economic Research in Las Vegas, commented "People will come to the city just for her and they will spend money and as a consequence, she has an outsized impact on the economy", then adding "Bigger than Elvis, Sinatra and Liberace put together? Definitely.". Estimations indicate that Dion's show will create up to 7,000 indirect jobs and around $114 million worth of new economic activity in each of the three years for which she has been contracted."
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ahh my ****ing fave
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She is also the proud owner of a Grammy Award for Album Of The Year, something none of her contemporaries have been able to achieve.
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Originally posted by Save-Me-Oprah
ahh my ****ing fave
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Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Salvatore Adamo, Michel Fugain and Serge Gainsbourg did far more for Francophone music than Celine. Celine is merely the only Francophone artist in the past 4 decades to find the success she has. That's not impact. That's simply a nice thing for her career. And all the people whose names I mentioned, have worldwide classics with Francophone music. Celine doesn't. There's no French song in her catalogue that stands out like "Non, je ne regrette rien" or "La vie en rose."
Answer me this: Why is francophone music today only successful in Francophone countries? If she's as influential as you claim, it should be that way in almost ALL countries, regardless of whether they're Francophone or not. Celine simply has been able to tap into both the Francophone and Anglophone markets very successfully. But that's all she's done. She didn't pave a path for others like her. It simply speaks to the success of her career. A legacy is something you leave behind that benefits others. Celine selling 250m records will only benefit her children when she dies.
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Originally posted by Save-Me-Oprah
She is also the proud owner of a Grammy Award for Album Of The Year, something none of her contemporaries have been able to achieve.
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Whitney won Album of the Year in 1994.
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