MUSIC: The Power of Celine Dion

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Though Dion had feared that recording in English would alienate her French- speaking fans, she has bridged the cultural divisions of her homeland. After three hot-selling English albums, the Canadian press has crowned la p'tite Quebecoise Queen Celine. Even the somewhat startling news that the 25- year-old star plans to marry her 52-year-old manager has played well to her fans.

Can Dion be as big across the border in the U.S.? Not unless she broadens her audience, which has been firmly anchored in the "adult-contemporary" market -- mainly baby boomers who favor soft rock and took their kids to see Beauty and the Beast. Dion wants to keep those fans -- her Disney special is as family-friendly as a rock concert gets. But in her Power of Love video, she slips out of the G-rated image and into some clingy white lingerie. The remodeling will only go so far; "I would look stupid trying to do like Madonna," Dion says. But with a voice that big, she won't have to.