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She gained international recognition by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, where she represented Switzerland with the song \"Ne partez pas sans moi\". Dion went on to release twelve English-language albums, including the best-selling albums The Colour of My Love (1993), Falling into You (1996), and Let's Talk About Love (1997), as well as A New Day Has Come (2002), her 21st-century bestseller. She also became known for performing cinematic theme songs, such as \"Beauty and the Beast\" for the Disney film of the same name (1991), \"Because You Loved Me\" for Up Close & Personal (1996), and  \"My Heart Will Go On\" for Titanic (1997), which became one of the best-selling singles.","Dion continued releasing French-language albums between each English record, with D'eux (1995) becoming the best-selling French-language album. She also built her reputation as a live performer, with the Let's Talk About Love World Tour (1998–1999) and the Taking Chances World Tour (2008–2009)—which rank among the highest-grossing concert tours of the 1990s and the 2000s—as well as A New Day... (2003–2007), the highest-grossing concert residency. 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