Year 8, Day 2

Hey guys. Today's song is My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion.

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The song yesterday mentioned it, so I though why not put up some Celine Dion today since I somehow haven't featured this song yet. Now basically everyone should already know this one, since it was so famously used in the Titanic movie from James Cameron (which was made so well that I still am kinda terrified to be on a boat in the ocean), but for those not familiar with the singer (beyond name only) we'll do a little recap of her career so far. She's from Quebec and started her career as a french singer, releasing her first album in 1981, which her manager funded by mortgaging his house. It was a big success, and the next year she got started internationally by winning awards at the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. She won several other awards before then being chosen to represent Switzerland in Eurovision in 1988, which she also won. And if you're sitting there wondering why a Canadian was singing for Switzerland, there is actually no rule saying a representative needs to be from that given country. Unfortunately the next year she injured her vocal chords and had to take some time to recuperate her voice. She released eight albums in french before making her english debut in 1990 with her ninth album. She has always claimed though to be a french artist, and actually turned down an english artist of the year award in 1991. This song came out in 1997 and won her two more Grammy awards, as well as an Academy Award and Golden Globe for the songwriters James Horner and Will Jennings. She released 13 albums throughout the 90's before taking a hiatus when her husband/manager received a cancer diagnosis, but she returned after the 9/11 attacks, ending a three year break. For most of the 2000's she was doing shows in Vegas which was considered risky for her career but ultimately earned her millions. She returned to the usual (album and touring) for awhile in 2007 before returning to the Vegas show scene in 2011 until 2014 when she indefinitely postponed the shows due to her husband's condition worsening, and cancelled outright after he passed away in 2016. She has been back since then with more albums, more tours, and more shows, though the fate of the latter is in flux currently because of her own health concerns. I left a lot out so this didn't go on forever, but her career as a whole is huge so if you're curious go check her out.

Peace.