Céline Dion makes first Mideast stop in Dubai

  Celine Dion - the biggest-selling female artist of all time with 175 million records sold worldwide - performed in Dubai the 8th of March 2008 at the Dubai Four Season’s Golf Club as part of her worldwide ‘Taking Chances’ tour.

From humble beginnings in rural French Canada, Dion rose to international superstardom and recently ranked third – after Madonna and Barbra Streisand – in the Forbes.com list of Cash Queens of Music with 12-month earnings of $45 million.

Dion's international breakthrough came when she recorded the title track for the soundtrack to Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast, picking up an Academy Award and a Grammy Award.