Yahoo News Celine's 'My Heart Will Go On' stuns Billboard Awards
Forget Drake's 13 awards, Celine Dion was the true winner of last night's (May 21) Billboard Music Awards, after she blew everybody away with a stunning performance of 'My Heart Will Go On'.
Taking to the stage to celebrate Titanic's 20th anniversary, Celine delivered a show-stopping rendition of the teariest of tear-jerkers, and needless to say, fans were totally blown away by her majesty.
Even though she was wearing a dress that looked suspiciously like that fateful iceberg, the audience decided that, after hearing Celine sing, their hearts just could not go on.
OMG @celinedion I HAVe always lived for you PLS BEAT YOUR CHEST AT THE END OF THIS PERFORMANXE #BBMAs
- KATY PERRY (@katyperry) May 22, 2017
okay but can we get into how Celine Dion served both looks and vocals pic.twitter.com/PaA97XtgdC
- reggie (@1942bs) May 22, 2017
celine dion is making me wish I would have saved jack from that raft myself
- 👅SORRY NOT SORRY👅 (@SORRYNOTSOORRY) May 22, 2017
I don't care what anyone says, @celinedion is a goddess. Chills every time. Every. Single. Time. #BBMAs #myheartwillgoon pic.twitter.com/CQLmbbVnIK
- Carla Pereira (@Carla_Pereira2) May 22, 2017
ME after that @celinedion performance! 🙌 #MyHeartWillGoOn #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/sq9xVAmhnQ
- BillboardMusicAwards (@BBMAs) May 22, 2017
Titanic wouldn't have sunk if Céline Dion was on board pic.twitter.com/mUgmAtqHid
- trey taylor (@treytylor) May 22, 2017
Celine Dion just changed my life. A 5 MINUTE STANDING OVATION YES THAT IS A QUEEEEB #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/dWaFsA1DA6
- Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) May 22, 2017
me while Celine was singing My Heart Will Go On pic.twitter.com/AL5kXO5iwM
- Rachel (@rachwurm) May 22, 2017
The fact that Celine stole the #BBMAs show w/ 'My Heart Will Go On' 20 years after it was released, just exposes how bad current artists are pic.twitter.com/a6FIGGyplr
- NATALIE AGUILERA (@HailXtina) May 22, 2017
MY BITCH CELINE WILL ALWAYS SERVE YOU V O C A L S. WITH TECHNIQUE, VIBRATO, CRESCENDO, PROPER KEY CHANGES, AND A BISCUIT ON THE FUCKING SIDE
- 🦋 (@messyheaux) May 22, 2017
But it wasn't just viewers at home who were catching feels left, right and centre – Celine herself admitted she was struggling not to cry.
Chatting to Billboard after her now-iconic performance, she said: "It was emotional. I was like, 'Hold your tears, hold your tears.'
"Tonight it was very special, people made it very, very special, so it's something that I'll never forget."
Related: Titanic producer wanted to cut Celine Dion's "corny" anthem 'My Heart Will Go On'
Talking about what makes the song so timeless, Celine said she thought it was because it wasn't originally supposed to be part of the movie. Shocking, we know.
"James Cameron didn't want any songs in his movie," she revealed. "He said, 'My movie doesn't need any song.' I think he's right, but James Horner – who unfortunately passed away – I guess convinced him..."
And boy, are we glad he did.
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