In 2024, for the first time in more than four years, we heard Céline Dion‘s legendary voice.
The diva hadn’t performed since March 2020. She’d been forced to halt her tour due to COVID-19 and then cancel a planned return to Las Vegas due to her medical issues, revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis in 2022. But at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris this year, she made a huge comeback.
Céline stood on the first level of the Eiffel Tower in a glittering white gown and belted out “Hymne A L’Amour,” or “Hymn to Love,” by legendary chanteuse Édith Piaf. In October, she released the performance on streaming platforms and YouTube.
The performance came after the debut of the Prime Video documentary I Am: Céline Dion, which detailed her life with stiff-person syndrome. The film, which actually shows Céline having a seizure, became Prime Video’s most popular documentary ever.
The Olympics were somewhat of a culmination of a “Céline is back” campaign that began in earnest at the Grammy Awards in February. Céline was a surprise presenter, coming onstage in a massive Valentino coat to give Taylor Swift the Album of the Year award.
Throughout 2024 Céline attended hockey games, took part in the NHL draft, visited Las Vegas productions like Adele‘s residency show and the Las Vegas Cirque Du Soleil show The Beatles: LOVE, appeared on the cover of Vogue France, performed at an Elie Saab fashion show in Saudi Arabia and even allowed herself to be drenched in Gatorade in a promo for Sunday Night Football.
What’s next for Céline? Rumor has it she wants to return to Vegas, but nothing’s confirmed yet.
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