Marc Dupré is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 French

French people

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 musician. He is a singer, songwriter (words and music), and guitarist, who has performed with Céline Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

 on tour and on other occasions. She appears in the music video for Marc Dupré's single "Tout près du bonheur

Tout Pres Du Bonheur

"Tout près du bonheur" is a duet between Marc Dupré and Céline Dion, released as a music download on April 11, 2006 in Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth single from Dupré's debut album Refaire le monde, released on October 18, 2005."Tout près du bonheur" was composed in 2000 by Céline Dion for Marc...

", which was filmed "in early May 2006 in the Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 desert". According to "What's Goin' On", posted on the official website of Céline Dion, "Céline composed the music for this song a few years ago when Marc Dupré married her husband René

René Angélil

René Angélil, OQ is a Canadian singer and manager. He is the husband and manager of singer Celine Dion.-Early life:Angélil was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada of a father of Syrian descent and a Canadian mother of Lebanese origin...

's daughter Anne-Marie. The concept of the music video is also based on an idea that Céline proposed." The song "Tout près du bonheur" is included on Marc Dupré's first album Refaire le monde.

At the first Gala Artis, held in Montreal

Montreal

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 on Sunday, April 30, 2006, Céline Dion also performed "Tout Pres Du Bonheur" (in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 only) with Marc Dupré.

See

• Artis Award
  Artis Award
  The Artis Award is based on popular vote and is presented for achievements in French-Canadian television; called in French the Prix Artis. Many notable Québécois performing artists have been honored with this award, like Rémy Girard ....
  
  
• Discographie: Official webpage listing, including song lyrics and credits
• Céline Dion: Official site

External links

• Marc Dupré: Official site