For years, it seemed like Celine Dion’s music career was over. The singer herself admitted that due to her being diagnosed with Stiff Person’s Syndrome, she may never be able to perform again. That was thankfully proved to be inaccurate at the recent Olympics opening ceremony–but even before then, she was already working her way up the charts with a new single.
Dion is featured on the track “Set My Heart On Fire” as a vocalist. The tune, which is fronted by producers Majestic and Jammin Kid, makes use of decades-old recordings from the Canadian powerhouse, and her singing from years ago feel fresh and new once again. That cut has been rising on weekly rankings around the world for months, and now it’s reached a very special new peak.
“Set My Heart On Fire” finally cracks the top 40 this week after months of growing in popularity. This frame, it shoots from No. 52 to No. 40, its new peak. It took 10 turns for the single to rise into the region that typically defines when a song becomes a smash, and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here.
Dion earns her first new top 40 hit in well over a decade this week. The last time a track from the singer reached that tier for the first time was back in 2013. That year, “Loved Me Back to Life” climbed to No. 14.
Since then, Dion has sent just one additional single to the ranking of the most-consumed songs in the U.K. “Ashes” peaked at No. 86 back in 2018.
Dion recently returned to performing live in glorious fashion at the Olympics in Paris. She was one of several high-profile musicians who took part in the opening ceremony, and her showing may have been the most exciting to watch. She appeared in the middle of the Eiffel Tower and delivered a French-language performance that will rank as one of the best of her career.
