Celine Dion made a shock look on the 2024 Grammys to current the album of the yr award, following her stiff-person syndrome analysis.
“After I say that I’m glad to be right here, I actually imply it from my coronary heart,” she mentioned, because the viewers stood as much as cheer her on and sing alongside to her track “The Energy of Love.” “Those that have been blessed sufficient to be right here on the Grammy Awards must not ever take as a right the large love and pleasure that music brings to our lives and to folks all all over the world.”
Dion defined that she was on the Grammys stage to current an award that was given to her 27 years in the past by “two legends,” Diana Ross and Sting.
The awards present had teased a shock presenter for the ultimate award of the night time. The Hollywood Reporter spotted Dion earlier within the night with stylist Legislation Roach, who got here out of retirement to model her for music’s greatest night time. Roach posted that she wore an outfit by Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, which she paired with Tiffany & Co. jewellery.
This yr’s album of the yr award went to Taylor Swift for Midnights, making her the primary artist in Grammys historical past to win the night time’s high prize 4 instances. She beforehand took house the award for Fearless in 2010, 1989 in 2015 and folklore in 2021.
Dion’s look on the 2024 Grammys was a shock to all, contemplating the music icon has been candid about her well being struggles during the last couple of years. She revealed her stiff-person syndrome analysis in December 2022 and has since needed to cancel her world tour.
A yr after that announcement, her sister Claudette Dion shared that the singer was working onerous to battle by means of her dysfunction however had misplaced management of her muscular tissues. Claudette additionally famous that Dion deliberate to return to the stage in some capability, however she didn’t know what state she can be in when she did.
The “My Coronary heart Will Go On” singer simply introduced Amazon MGM landed the rights to a documentary detailing her well being struggles, I Am: Celine Dion, as she continues to navigate her profession.
“This final couple of years has been such a problem for me, the journey from discovering my situation to studying how one can dwell with and handle it, however to not let it outline me,” Dion mentioned when information of the doc dropped. “Because the highway to resuming my performing profession continues, I’ve realized how a lot I’ve missed it, of having the ability to see my followers. Throughout this absence, I made a decision I needed to doc this a part of my life, to attempt to increase consciousness of this little-known situation, to assist others who share this analysis.”
