To this day, Céline Dion remains one of René Angélil's greatest success stories. She wasn't the only artist he managed, though.
When Angélil met Dion, he had already been managing artists for 20 years. One of those artists was Ginette Reno, also from Quebec. Angélil had a knack for finding vocal powerhouses, and Reno went on to have great success as well. Not just anyone can put 40 albums out into the world, not to mention ones good enough to receive numerous awards (via the Montreal Gazette).
René Simard, who is still making music to this day, is another artist Angélil managed. He started his career when he was a mere 10 years old and seems to have had an infinite amount of inspiration in his youth, boasting 30 albums by the time he turned 44 (per CBC). Clearly, Angélil had very good instincts when it came to managing artists.
Angélil also gave some of his time to coaching artists who wanted to take a shot at making it in the music industry. In 2008, he took over as the director for the Quebec reality TV show "Star Académie," which is basically Quebec's version of "American Idol." According to CBC, the show's host at the time, Julie Snyder, seemed thrilled that Angélil was joining their ranks: "This is really exciting because he loves to help up-and-coming artists."
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