[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads",[9][10] Dion has released a string of worldwide hits, with "My Heart Will Go On" (love theme from the blockbuster film Titanic) being her career's biggest hit, with estimated physical sales of over 18 million worldwide, making it the 2nd best-selling physical single by a woman in history.

[13] "Because You Loved Me" is her biggest hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending six weeks atop the chart[14] and selling six million copies in its first six months of availability worldwide.

[24] At age twelve, Dion collaborated with her mother and brother Jacques to compose her first song, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve", which was released as a single in Quebec, Canada on 11 June 1981.

[25] During the 1980s, Dion topped the Quebec chart with six of her singles, including "D'amour ou d'amitié", "Mon ami m'a quittée", and four songs from the Incognito album (1987).

The album included "Where Does My Heart Beat Now", which became her first single to reach the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four.

[31] Her following single from Celine Dion (1992), "If You Asked Me To", peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the chart in Canada.

[36] "Think Twice" also topped the charts in other European countries, including Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

After Dion chante Plamondon in 1991, D'eux was released in 1995 and amassed huge success with the single "Pour que tu m'aimes encore".

[41][42] As a result, she became the first non-Japanese artist in twelve years to garner a number-one hit on the Oricon Singles Chart.

[43] Released in 1996, Falling into You featured the US, Canadian and Australian chart-topping single "Because You Loved Me", which has sold over two million copies in the US alone and is Dion's biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit.

Released in 1999, All the Way... A Decade of Song included the successful lead single "That's the Way It Is", which reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

[54] In 2007, the single "Taking Chances" gave Dion ownership of the most top ten hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, with twenty-one during the 1990s and 2000s.