Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the second victory for Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest after winning its first edition in 1956, and the last time a song in French won the contest, the language having dominated the event in earlier years. The contest helped launch an international career for two artists, the winner for Switzerland Céline Dion and Luxembourg’s representative Lara Fabian. French-Canadian Céline Dion was only famous in the French-speaking world at the time of the contest, shortly afterwards started recording songs in English. Belgian-Canadian Lara Fabian started a successful career after the contest with becoming established in various countries worldwide, with
Hymn (Celine Dion song) Hymn (Celine Dion song) "L'hymne" () is a French-language song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Fred Pellerin, released on 19 August 2015 as the lead single from the Quebec animated film, "La guerre des tuques 3D" (2015). The English-language solo version by Dion, "Hymn", was released as the lead single from the English-language version of the film, "Snowtime!", on 5 February 2016. In August 2015, it was revealed that Dion and Pellerin had recorded "L'hymne" for the soundtrack to the animated film "Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D)", a re-imagination of the 1984 film "The Dog Who Stopped