List of Celine Dion concerts

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Dion in 2012

Canadian singer Céline Dion has embarked on 15 concert tours and 2 concert residencies throughout her career. She has performed to 808 concert tour shows and 1,141 residency shows from 1990-2020 span. According to Pollstar, Dion is the second highest grossing female artists this century (2000-2020), with 1.18 billion gross and over 8.2 million tickets sold worldwide.[1] Billboard ranked Dion as the sixth highest grossing female artist of 2010s decade (21st overall).[2]

According to Billboard Boxscore, Dion's concerts have grossed over $1.115 billion as of November 2019.[3] According to Billboard Boxscore, She is one of only eight artists to cross the billion-mark in history.[4] Taking Chances World Tour is listed as the fourth highest grossing tour by a female artist in history with $279.2 million. It made Dion become the highest grossing performer for three venues: Montreal's Bell Centre, Kansas City's Sprint Center, and the New Orleans Arena.[5] In Ireland, over 64,000 tickets for her Dublin concert, the largest single concert of the scheduled tour, were sold out in 3 hours.[6]

Céline Dion Live 2017 is a concert tour with 25 shows. It broke many records including "the highest grossing artist at each UK venue where she performed".[7] John Meglen, president and co-CEO, Concerts West commended this remarkable achievement calling her: "the voice of our lifetime". Céline Dion Live 2018 is a concert tour that visited Asia & Oceania for the first time since 2008. The biggest engagement of the tour was a three-night stay at Taiwan's Taipei Arena, where over 300,000 Taiwanese fans clambered for the 20,000 tickets available for Celine Dion's first-ever concerts in Taipei.[8] The tour earned a nomination at the Helpmann Awards, for Best International Contemporary Concert. Courage World Tour is her first world tour in over a decade since 2008. In Paris, all general public tickets (200,000) available for her 6 concert shows at Paris La Défense Arena were sold out immediately in just 90 minutes.[9] Despite being postponed due to the pandemic, it has grossed $104 million in just 52 shows.

With $354.98 ticket average price, Dion is ranked as the 2nd most expensive music act to see live.[citation needed]

90s

Dion's most successful tour during the nineties was Lets Talk About Love World Tour. It has grossed $208.8 million (gross adjusted for inflation) across 97 shows[10] and is listed as one of the highest grossing tours of the decade and of all time. It visited some of the biggest stadiums across Europe including: Netherlands (64,600), Belgium (59,800), France (90,000), Switzerland (42,000), Germany (57,400), Scotland (53,000) & UK (62,000). Dion made music history with her two consecutive sold-out concerts in France, becoming the first artist in history to perform for more than 90,000 spectators, with a grand total of 180,000 ticketholders over the two nights at Stade de France.[11]

Year-End placements[]

Céline Dion on the "Highest Grossing Artists list of each respective years" (in both female & overall list including the revenue gross).

Year Artist Rank (Overall) Rank (Female) Gross
2020 Céline Dion 2 1 $71.2 million[12]
2019 33 5 $58.7 million[13]
2018 25 4 $65.2 million[14]
2017 11 1 $101.2 million[15]
2016 10 3 $85.5 million[16]
2015 77 9 $22.6 million[17]
2014 (mid year) 28 5 $21.1 million[18]
2013 23 4 $38.8 million[19]
2012 29 5 $36.5 million[20]
2011 10 4 $41.2 million[21]

By the end of the 2010s decade, Céline Dion was nominated in the category "Pop Touring Artist of the Decade" at the 32nd Annual Pollstar Awards.[22]

According to Los Angeles Times, Dion was the Top Earning Artist of the 2000s Decade with $747.9 million throughout the decade ($522.2 million of which came from concerts).[23]

Concert tours[]

Year Title Recording(s) Format(s) No. of Shows
1983–1984 Les chemins de ma maison N/A N/A 40
1985 Céline Dion en concert[24] Céline Dion en concert LP 42
1988 Tournée Incognito[24] N/A N/A 75
1990–1991 Unison Tour[24] Unison VHS 75
1992–1993 Celine Dion in Concert[24] N/A N/A 74
1994–1995 The Colour of My Love Tour[24] À l'Olympia CD/Cassette 98
1995–1996 D'eux Tour[24] Live à Paris (video)
Live à Paris (album) 		VHS/DVD/CD/Cassette 47
1996–1997 Falling Into You: Around the World[25] Live in Memphis VHS 148
1998–1999 Let's Talk About Love World Tour[25] Au cœur du stade (video)
Au cœur du stade (album) 		VHS/DVD/CD/Cassette 97
2008–2009 Taking Chances World Tour[25] Celine: Through the Eyes of the World
Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert 		DVD/CD/Blu-ray 132
2013 Tournée Européenne 2013 Céline une seule fois / Live 2013[26] CD 10
2016 Summer Tour 2016 N/A N/A 28
2017 Celine Dion Live[25] N/A N/A 25
2018 Celine Dion Live 2018[25] Live 2018 in Japan TV broadcast 22
2019–2023 Courage World Tour[25] N/A N/A 52
Total 965

Concert residencies[]

Year Title Venue Recording Format No. of Shows
2003–2007 A New Day...[25] The Colosseum at Caesars Palace A New Day... Live in Las Vegas CD/cassette 723
Live in Las Vegas: A New Day... DVD/Blu-ray
2011–2019 Celine[25] 427
2021 Celine Resorts World Las Vegas
Total 1141

According to Billboard, two of her recent residencies, A New Day (2003-07) and Celine (2011-19), combined to gross $681.3 million and sell 4,555,752 tickets, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.[27] They altogether occupy the top two highest-grossing and best-selling Las Vegas residencies of all time.[28] According to Randy Phillips (President/CEO of AEG Live): "Céline Dion at the Colosseum is one of the most successful live-event endeavors ever taken".[29]

Other concerts[]

Year Title Recording Physical Release Foreat
1993 The Colo".[30]r of My Love Concert[25] The Colour of My Love Concert DVD/VHS
1997 Celine Dion in Concert Live in Brunei[31] Celine Dion in Concert None
1998 VH1 Divas Live VH1 Divas Live DVD/VHS, CD/cassette
2002 VH1 Divas Las Vegas VH1 Divas Las Vegas DVD, CD/cassette
2008 Céline sur les Plaines[25] Celine sur les plaines DVD
2012 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival None None
2013 Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 DVD/Blu-ray/CD
2019 Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time in Hyde Park[32] None None

Other articles on appearances[]

Year Title
2007 That's Just the Woman in Me

References[]

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