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=== 2014–2021: Husband's death, ''Encore un soir'', ''Courage'', and return to Vegas === On 13 August 2014, Dion announced the indefinite postponement of all her show business activities, including her concert residency at Caesars Palace, and the cancellation of her [[Asia Tour]], because of the worsening of her husband's health after he underwent the removal of a cancerous tumor in December 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Messer |first=Lesley |date=13 August 2014 |title=Celine Dion Cancels Tour Because of Husband Rene Angelil's Illness |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/celine-dion-cancels-tour-husband-rene-angelils-illness/story?id=24959133 |access-date=13 August 2014 |website=ABC News |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170619/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/celine-dion-cancels-tour-husband-rene-angelils-illness/story?id=24959133 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=13 August 2014 |title=Celine Dion Puts Career on Hold 'Indefinitely' to Deal With Husband's Health |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6214488/celine-dion-career-on-hold-health-issues |magazine=Billboard |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816051156/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6214488/celine-dion-career-on-hold-health-issues |url-status=live }}</ref> However, on 20 March 2015, she announced she would be returning to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in late August 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Jennifer |date=20 March 2015 |title=Céline Dion Will Return to Las Vegas Stage |url=http://www.people.com/article/celine-dion-returns-las-vegas-residency |access-date=25 March 2015 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=22 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322150408/http://www.people.com/article/celine-dion-returns-las-vegas-residency? |url-status=live }}</ref> On 14 January 2016, she cancelled the rest of the January performances due to her husband's and her brother's deaths from cancer.<ref name="axs.com">{{Cite web |last=axs.com |date=14 January 2016 |title=Celine Dion |url=http://www.axs.com/events/274757/celine-dion-tickets?skin=colosseum |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=axs.com |archive-date=22 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122090342/http://www.axs.com/artists/104051/celine-dion-tickets |url-status=live }}</ref> Dion resumed the residency on 23 February to a sold-out crowd and rave reviews. [[File:Celine Dion Live 2017.jpg|thumb|upright|Dion performing in [[Birmingham]] in 2017]]In October 2015, Dion announced on social media she had begun working on a new French album, posting a photo by the side of Algerian singer [[Zaho]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 2015 |title=Celine Dion Begins Work On New French Language Album |url=http://www.idolator.com/7612442/celine-dion-new-french-album-2016-zaho |access-date=31 October 2015 |publisher=idolator.com |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219160708/https://www.idolator.com/7612442/celine-dion-new-french-album-2016-zaho |url-status=live }}</ref> Dion's French single, "[[Encore un soir]]", was released on 24 May 2016. On 20 May, she released a cover of [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s song "[[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)#Celine Dion version|The Show Must Go On]]", featuring [[Lindsey Stirling]] on violin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2016 |title=Celine releases "The Show Must Go On" featuring Lindsey Stirling |url=https://www.celinedion.com/celine-releases-show-must-go-onfeaturing-linsdey-stirling/awards |access-date=21 May 2016 |publisher=celinedion.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2017}}</ref> She performed "The Show Must Go On" at the [[2016 Billboard Music Awards|2016 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]] on 22 May, and received the [[Billboard Icon Award|''Billboard'' Icon Award]] (presented to her by her son, René-Charles) in recognition of her career spanning over three decades.<ref name="Celine">{{Cite magazine |last=Billboard Staff |date=4 May 2016 |title=Celine Dion to Receive ICON Award |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/7356823/celine-dion-icon-award-perform-2016-billboard-music-awards |magazine=Billboard |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607044612/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/7356823/celine-dion-icon-award-perform-2016-billboard-music-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> Dion's new French album, ''[[Encore un soir (album)|Encore un soir]]'', was released on 26 August 2016. It features fifteen tracks performed in French and, according to Dion, has a personal choice of the songs – more uplifting lyrics were chosen.<ref name="Encore une soir">{{Cite web |date=17 July 2016 |title=Céline Dion's new album out Aug. 26 |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/celine-dions-new-album-out-aug-26 |access-date=19 July 2016 |website=Montreal Gazette |archive-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719133534/http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/celine-dions-new-album-out-aug-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Encore un soir'' topped the charts in France, Canada, Belgium and Switzerland, and was certified Diamond in France, 2× Platinum in Canada and Platinum in Belgium and Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lescharts.com – Céline Dion – Encore un soir |url=http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Encore+un+soir&cat=a |access-date=10 August 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien |archive-date=12 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112112943/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Encore+un+soir&cat=a |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Albums – SNEP | work=SNEP | date=November 2013 |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=65&awards_artist=C%C3%A9line+Dion&awards_title=Encore+un+soir |access-date=10 August 2017 |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810203253/http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=65&awards_artist=C%C3%A9line+Dion&awards_title=Encore+un+soir |url-status=live }}</ref> It has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2017 |title=Céline Dion présente un nouvel extrait de son album "Encore un soir" |url=http://frequence-plaisir.com/news/celine-dion-presente-un-nouvel-extrait-de-son-album-encore-un-soir-204 |access-date=10 August 2017 |publisher=frequence-plaisir.com |language=fr |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808201450/http://frequence-plaisir.com/news/celine-dion-presente-un-nouvel-extrait-de-son-album-encore-un-soir-204 |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Summer Tour 2016|2016]] and [[Celine Dion Live 2017|2017]], Dion toured Europe and Canada with two sold-out concert tours.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=19 July 2016 |title=Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722124529/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=22 July 2016 |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=6 September 2016 |title=Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908000224/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=8 September 2016 |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=5 July 2017 |title=Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705175126/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=5 July 2017 |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=26 July 2017 |title=Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725220855/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=25 July 2017 |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=8 August 2017 |title=Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808080135/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=8 August 2017 |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> On 9 September 2016, she released "[[Recovering]]", a song written for her by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] after Angélil died in January 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neil |first=Graeme |date=19 December 2016 |title=The 25 best Songs of 2016 |url=http://etcanada.com/photos/189154/the-25-best-songs-of-2016/#image-189176 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221104801/http://etcanada.com/photos/189154/the-25-best-songs-of-2016/#image-189176 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |access-date=10 August 2017 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight Canada]]}}</ref> Dion also recorded "[[How Does a Moment Last Forever]]" for the ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'', released in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 March 2017 |title=Celine Dion almost turned down 'Beauty and the Beast' song |language=en |work=Zee News |url=http://zeenews.india.com/music/celine-dion-almost-turned-down-beauty-and-the-beast-song_1983313.html |url-status=dead |access-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304080526/http://zeenews.india.com/music/celine-dion-almost-turned-down-beauty-and-the-beast-song_1983313.html |archive-date=4 March 2017}}</ref> Her compilation, ''[[Un peu de nous]]'', topped the chart in France in July and August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP | work=SNEP | date=November 2013 |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2017&we=31 |access-date=10 August 2017 |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731232039/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2017&we=31 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Celine Dion 2018.jpg|left|thumb|253x253px|Dion performing in [[Las Vegas]] in 2018]] On 3 May 2018, she released the single "[[Ashes (Celine Dion song)|Ashes]]" from the film ''[[Deadpool 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cummings-Grady |first=Mackenzie |date=3 May 2018 |title=Celine Dion Debuts Epic New Single & Video 'Ashes' For 'Deadpool 2': Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8451472/celine-dion-ashes-video-deadpool-2 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=3 May 2018 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504064105/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8451472/celine-dion-ashes-video-deadpool-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> The remix version of the song topped the U.S. [[Dance Club Songs]] chart in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Gordon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Celine Dion Smolders at No. 1 on Dance Club Songs Chart With 'Ashes' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8466245/celine-dion-ashes-dance-club-songs-chart-number-1 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=26 September 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803211620/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8466245/celine-dion-ashes-dance-club-songs-chart-number-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> From June to August 2018, she [[Celine Dion Live 2018|toured]] the Asia-Pacific region and grossed $56.5 million from 22 shows.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Frankenberg |first=Eric |date=7 September 2018 |title=Celine Dion Wraps Summer Tour With $56 Million in the Bank |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474119/celine-dion-summer-tour-56-million-grosses |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913071719/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474119/celine-dion-summer-tour-56-million-grosses |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 September 2018, she announced the end of her Las Vegas residency ''[[Celine (concert residency)|Celine]]'', with the final date set for 8 June 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=24 September 2018 |title=Céline Dion Announces End Of Her Las Vegas Residency After Eight Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8476550/celine-dion-announces-end-of-las-vegas-residency |magazine=Billboard |access-date=26 September 2018 |archive-date=24 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924215021/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8476550/celine-dion-announces-end-of-las-vegas-residency |url-status=live }}</ref> She then started working on a new English album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Glicksman |first=Josh |date=20 September 2018 |title=Celine Dion Is Back in the Studio Recording Something 'Great' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8476117/celine-dion-back-in-the-studio-photos |magazine=Billboard |access-date=26 September 2018 |archive-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921020859/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8476117/celine-dion-back-in-the-studio-photos |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2019, she performed "[[A Change Is Gonna Come]]" at [[Aretha Franklin]]'s tribute concert, 'Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul', which was broadcast in March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Merrill |first=Philip |date=27 December 2018 |title="Aretha! A Grammy Celebration..." Announced |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/all-star-lineup-pay-tribute-aretha-grammy-celebration-queen-soul |access-date=2 January 2019 |website=grammy.com |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107031208/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/all-star-lineup-pay-tribute-aretha-grammy-celebration-queen-soul |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=14 January 2019 |title=Review: Was Aretha Franklin properly honored at her all-star Grammy tribute? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-aretha-franklin-grammy-tribute-review-20190114-story.html |access-date=14 January 2019 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409163938/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-aretha-franklin-grammy-tribute-review-20190114-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in March 2019, she was one of 11 singers from Quebec, alongside [[Ginette Reno]], [[Diane Dufresne]], [[Isabelle Boulay]], [[Luce Dufault]], [[Louise Forestier]], [[Laurence Jalbert]], [[Catherine Major]], [[Ariane Moffatt]], [[Marie Denise Pelletier]], and [[Marie-Élaine Thibert]], who participated in a [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] recording of [[Renée Claude]]'s 1971 single "[[Renée Claude#Alzheimer's diagnosis and tributes|Tu trouveras la paix]]" after Claude's diagnosis with [[Alzheimer's disease]] was announced.<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1157795/tu-trouveras-la-paix-renee-claude-tete-palmares-itunes-canada "La chanson pour Renée Claude en tête du palmarès iTunes Canada"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817111947/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1157795/tu-trouveras-la-paix-renee-claude-tete-palmares-itunes-canada |date=17 August 2019 }}. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], 11 March 2019.</ref> On 3 April 2019, during a Facebook Live event, Dion announced her 2019/2020 [[Courage World Tour]], beginning in Quebec City on 18 September 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Spencer |first1=Tallie |last2=Brooks |first2=Dave |date=3 April 2019 |title=Celine Dion Announces 'Courage World Tour' and New Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8505582/celine-dion-announces-courage-world-tour-new-album |magazine=Billboard |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404065619/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8505582/celine-dion-announces-courage-world-tour-new-album |url-status=live }}</ref> She also announced a new English-language [[Courage (Celine Dion album)|album of the same name]], released in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=4 April 2019 |title=Celine Dion Plots First U.S. Tour in 10 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/celine-dion-north-american-courage-world-tour-dates-817542/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404102430/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/celine-dion-north-american-courage-world-tour-dates-817542/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Courage'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 dated 30 November 2019, earning Dion her first US number-one album in 17 years, having last topped the chart with ''A New Day Has Come'' (2002).<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8544604/celine-dion-first-no-1-album-in-over-17-years|title=Celine Dion Scores First No. 1 Album in Over 17 Years on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=24 November 2019|access-date=25 November 2019|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221094041/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8544604/celine-dion-first-no-1-album-in-over-17-years|url-status=live}}</ref> It is her fifth US number-one album, and earned 113,000 album-equivalent units, including 109,000 pure album sales.<ref name="BB200"/> It also became her 13th top ten album on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="BB200"/> Thanks to ''Courage'', Dion has collected number-one albums in each of the last three decades, being the fourth woman to achieve the feat after [[Janet Jackson]], [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[Britney Spears]].<ref name="BB200"/> The album also debuted at number one in Canada, becoming Dion's 15th number-one album in the [[Nielsen SoundScan]] era and 16th overall in the country.<ref name="Canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/11/24/celine-slays-competition-no-1-album-selling-50k-copies|title=Celine Slays Competition With No. 1 Album Selling 50K+ Copies|website=FYIMusicNews|date=24 November 2019|access-date=25 November 2019|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226184658/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/11/24/celine-slays-competition-no-1-album-selling-50k-copies|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 September 2019, Dion released three songs, "[[Lying Down]]", "[[Courage (Celine Dion song)|Courage]]", and "[[Imperfections (song)|Imperfections]]" from her upcoming album, ''Courage''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Maeve |title=Celine Dion reveals three songs from new album 'Courage' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/09/18/celine-dion-reveals-three-songs-new-album-courage/2353989001/ |access-date=13 February 2020 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530175821/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/09/18/celine-dion-reveals-three-songs-new-album-courage/2353989001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 26 February 2020, Dion released two songs as exclusive [[Spotify]] singles: an acoustic version of Imperfections, and a cover of [[Chris Isaak]]'s "[[Wicked Game]]". Isaak joined Dion and sang vocals on the track. On 10 June 2020, Dion announced her [[Courage World Tour]] will kick off again in 2021, after the tour was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 June 2020 |title=Celine Dion's World Tour to Resume in 2021 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9399809/celine-dion-world-tour-resumes-2021 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610221203/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9399809/celine-dion-world-tour-resumes-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 21 May 2021, it was announced Dion would return to Las Vegas, in November of the same year, for a limited-run installment of ten dates in collaboration with [[Resorts World Las Vegas]].<ref name="Variety May 2021">{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=12 May 2021 |title=Resorts World Sets Dates for Vegas Mini-Residencies by Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/resorts-world-celine-dion-carrie-underwood-katy-perry-luke-bryan-1234971241/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512143049/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/resorts-world-celine-dion-carrie-underwood-katy-perry-luke-bryan-1234971241/ |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=12 May 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |location=United States}}</ref> ''Billboard'' listed Dion as the third top paid musician of 2020 (second by female artist), with total of earnings of $17.5 million.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=19 July 2021 |title=Billboard's U.S. Money Makers: The Top Paid Musicians of 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/musician-us-money-makers-highest-paid-2020-9602078/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=24 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724153507/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9602078/musician-us-money-makers-highest-paid-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dion contributed vocals to the song "Superwoman" on [[Diane Warren]]'s 2021 album ''Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1''.
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