Music transcends borders and when Canadian Sensation Céline Dion made a global comeback with her amazing performance of L’Hymne à l’amour from atop the Eiffel Tower at the Olympic opening ceremonies in Paris – it was a true celebration of that.
And now Quebec’s Queen of Power Ballads is the world’s Queen of Comebacks: following the performance, Spotify has reported a surge in global streams for Céline Dion.
Here’s that growth in numbers:
- The day after Céline’s performance, L’Hymne à l’amaour (originally by Parisian songstress Edith Piaf) saw more than a tripling (317%) in daily streams globally, including an increase of 285% in France
- Global streams of Céline’s full music catalogue have jumped by more than a third (36%), and by 64% in France
- And although she sang in her native French, Céline has captivated audiences globally, with fans from these countries making up her top 5 in the last month:
- United States
- France
- UK
- Philippines
- Canada
From her hometown of Charlemagne, Québec, to topping global charts and overcoming personal illness in recent years, Céline continues to reach fans around the world.
