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Céline Dion performs during her first concert of a series at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on Sept. 12, 2026.
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Céline Dion Has Three of the Biggest Concert Residencies of All Time
According to Billboard Boxscore, the Canadian hitmaker has had three major residencies between 2003 and 2026, with A New Day... and Celine ranking among the top two residencies ever.
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It’s official: Céline Dion has three of the biggest concert residencies of all time.
According to Billboard's list of the 25 biggest concert residencies ever according to data from Billboard Boxscore, the Canadian icon is an elite residency artist. She has wielded her power to bring extravagant production and music to fans in each of the three cities.
Dion’s first two residencies took place in Las Vegas between 2003 and 2019, and top the list at No. 1 and No. 2.
In 2026, she claimed Paris as a new residency destination, with a 16-night comeback stint that comes in at No. 13. That might increase in the future with Dion’s additional 10 shows in 2027.
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The threshold to be included on the list is a minimum of 10 shows at a single venue, which Dion passes with flying colours. Once the queen of Vegas, she played over 1,140 shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. This year alone, she’s put on 16 shows across the pond at Plénitude Arena in Paris.
Dion’s Paris residency has served as a major comeback for the “Taking Chances” singer, marking her first full-length shows in over half a decade. It has sparked much excitement for her longstanding fans, including the surge of Dion’s biggest hits on Spotify and messages of support from the likes of Michael Buble, Shania Twain and more.
The residency, titled Celine Dion Paris, grossed a record-breaking $125.5 million with only 16 shows. The figures were reported to Billboard Boxscore, following the first leg of her residency. 539,000 tickets were sold for shows played in September and October.
It’s only halfway to financially succeeding Dion’s last string of shows, held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Simply titled Celine, the residency ran from 2011 to 2019, seeing Dion play 427 shows with 1.7 million tickets sold and grossing $296 million.
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There were brief breaks between August 2014 and March 2015, while Dion’s late husband, René Angélil, battled throat cancer. When Dion returned to the stage, the residency had received a new visual look and the singer's longtime touring band members left the residency. In January the following year, Dion took a short break following Angélil’s death, but returned one month later to a massive wave of support from the public.
Still, this year’s residency has a long way to go before Dion surpasses her most successful residency, A New Day…, which grossed $385 million, with 2.8 million tickets sold across 714 shows between 2003 and 2007. The shows were in support of Dion’s seventh English-language album, A New Day Has Come, released in 2002. Originally contracted for a three‑year run, the residency amassed a strong demand and was extended for two additional years.
Dion’s residencies rank amongst Billy Joel‘s 10-year stay at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the Backstreet Boys’ Into the Millennium run at the Sphere in Las Vegas — which comes to Toronto's Rogers Centre in 2027 — Bruno Mars’ nine-year stint at Park MGM in Las Vegas and more.
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With files from Eric Frankenberg
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