Comeback: The heart will go on

Celine Dion to release new album following husband’s death

NEW YORK: Canadian singer Celine Dion is ready with a new album – the first since her husband’s death – which will feature collaborations with French stars and uplifting lyricism, her record label announced on Monday.

The album – which is slated to come out on August 26 – is entitled Encore Un Soir (One More Night), from which Dion released the title track in English back in May. The pop diva, 48, has dedicated the ballad to her late husband Rene Angelil, who succumbed to throat cancer in January, at the age of 73. Angelil was taken by Dion’s voice when she was just a child and became her musical guide and manager before marrying her in 1994.

The song has been written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, a leading French pop star. Label Sony Music said that the album will also feature Dion’s first song written by two other prominent French rockers, Francis Cabrel and Serge Lama. “Celine voluntarily chose uplifting themes that focused on life and positivity,” the label said in a statement. She will also delve into her Quebecois heritage with a cover of Ordinaire by Robert Charlebois, a major artist from the French-speaking Canadian province.

Dion – who also sings in English – has sold 220 million albums, placing her among the ranks of the most successful recording artists of all time. She is also the voice behind the evergreen romantic ballad My Heart Will Go On, which was featured on the soundtrack of the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet-starrer Titanic. She is currently on a tour that includes nine sold-out shows at the Bercy Arena in Paris, 10 concerts in Montreal, five in Quebec City and two in Trois-Rivieres before returning to her residency at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 20^th, 2016.

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