{"id":180148,"date":"2023-01-07T22:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/celine-dion-fans-protest-rolling-stone-over-greatest-singers-list-rolling-stone\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T22:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:38:07","slug":"celine-dion-fans-protest-rolling-stone-over-greatest-singers-list-rolling-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/celine-dion-fans-protest-rolling-stone-over-greatest-singers-list-rolling-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion Fans Protest Rolling Stone Over ‘Greatest Singers’ List \u2013 Rolling Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tFans of Celine<\/span> Dion gathered outside the offices of Rolling Stone<\/em> on Friday afternoon to protest the superstar vocalist’s exclusion from our recent list of The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<\/p>\n

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\tThe small but vociferous cadre of Dion devotees sang and shouted and held signs that read \u201cHow Can You Forget Celine?\u201d, \u201cThe Power of Celine,\u201d \u201cJustice for Celine,\u201d \u201cCeline Is No Longer By Herself,\u201d and \u201cI Drove All Night to Be Here!\u201d Our personal favorite, however, was definitely \u201cRolling Stone Is Stoned,\u201d which also was a popular chant in-between songs.<\/p>\n

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\tThe protest appeared to be organized by a group of Dion fans who call themselves the Red Heads, with videos of them preparing posters appearing on the Instagram fan account @celinedionaddicts_official. The group’s founder, Line Basbous, was present and said most of the group traveled from Canada to express themselves \u201cin the name of Celine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cObviously, you made a big mistake forgetting her name on the big list you published last week,\u201d Basbous told Rolling Stone<\/em>‘s Ilana Woldenberg. \u201cWe wanted to make sure that you understand that you missed the best singer in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cShe should be the first name on your list,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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\tAlso featured in those videos was the French Canadian broadcaster Julie Snyder, who appeared outside our offices as well, holding a microphone for her own television show and attempting to turn the interview on RS <\/em>reporters. (With that in mind, it wasn’t exactly clear the extent to which this whole thing was an organized stunt.)<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cShe’s won Oscar, Grammy, American Music Awards,\u201d Snyder said, along with mentioning some of Dion’s famous performances, like at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and at the Tribute to Heroes following the Sept. 11 attacks. \u201cYou forgot her! You’re stoned guys, it’s OK!\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tWoldenberg also asked Snyder about the choice to stage this protest on Jan. 6. (As it happened, there was another protest across the street from the RS<\/em> offices at the New York Public Library, calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to indict those involved with the Jan. 6 insurrections). <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cYeah, it’s very important, the other protest, we believe in the other protest,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cBut we think also we can protest with our heart and our song and that the song can help people to get better \u2026 But you work for the music industry, even if it’s a sad day today for you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tAnother protester entered the building and asked to speak to RS<\/em>‘s Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman in an attempt to give him a DVD of Celine’s greatest moments.<\/p>\n

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\tAs for what the protesters hoped they would achieve, Snyder was frank: \u201cWe hope that Rolling Stone<\/em> will admit they made a mistake.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tThe in-person protest came after a week of grumbling from Dion stans after the list went up on Jan. 1. In this publication’s defense, however, we are nothing if not consistent: Dion didn’t appear on our initial 2018 list of the 100 Greatest Singers \u2014 though, the mononymous Sixties crooner Dion did (and he made the cut the second time around , at Number 154).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n