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Happy Birthday, Celine Dion! 20 Vintage Images of the Canadian Chanteuse

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Is there anyone on this earth who doesn’t love Celine Dion? (Okay, yes, probably, but come on...if you met her in an elevator, you’d be in awe regardless of how you felt about her music, and that is the mark of a true star.)

The Canadian singer got her start as a 1980s-era teen star and soon became one of the most popular and best-selling recording artists in the world. From her Titanic-soundtrack days to her live Vegas performances and her five Grammy Awards, Dion is in a class of her own—and this Sunday, March 30, she turned 57. To properly celebrate this momentous occasion, check out these 14 amazing shots of Dion at various stages of her career, each one more glamorous and high camp than the next.

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    1984

    Dion, captured in black and white before opening for Patrick Sébastien at the Paris Olympia theater. Just 16 years old at the time, she’d already released six studio albums in French.

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    1985

    Pretty in pink on the set of the French variety show Champs-Elysées.

Emma Specter is the Culture Writer at Vogue, where she covers film, TV, books, politics, news, and (almost) anything queer. She has previously worked at Garage and LAist and has freelanced for outlets including The Hairpin, Bon Appetit, them, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. Her first book, More Please: On ... Read More