Céline Dion
Singer
The best-selling Canadian artist of all time publicly denounced viral AI-generated songs faking her voice — including a gospel track with over a million views — as “fake and not approved.”
Why this score
How the formula works →- 100%anti1 anti-AI statement (measured)
Includes the ×1.25 multiplier for having a stake in an AI-impacted field. Evidence splits 0% pro, 100% anti, 0% direction-free → Neutral
In her words
Please be advised that these recordings are fake and not approved, and are not songs from her official discography.
Biography
Céline Dion (born 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec) is the best-selling Canadian recording artist in history, with global smashes from “The Power of Love” to “My Heart Will Go On.” After revealing a diagnosis of stiff person syndrome in 2022, her voice — the thing the disease attacks — became the emotional center of a comeback that peaked with her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
“Fake and not approved”
In March 2025, her team posted a statement to her official Instagram warning that “unsanctioned, AI-generated music purporting to contain Celine Dion’s musical performances, and name and likeness” was circulating online and across streaming platforms. The apparent trigger was an AI-generated gospel song, “Heal Me Lord,” credited to Dion in videos that racked up more than a million views, alongside fake AI “duets” pairing her with Whitney Houston on “I Will Always Love You” and with Charlie Puth on “See You Again.”
CBC noted she was joining a growing list of artists sounding the alarm on AI voice fakes. Dion’s case is unusually pointed: the counterfeit songs spread while she was fighting a neurological disease to keep singing at all, and some fans reportedly believed the AI gospel tracks were genuine new recordings from her comeback.
Quote sources
- Official statement on Instagram, 2025(rollingstone.com)
Sources & further reading
Canonical record: https://battlelines.ai/topic/celine-dion
