Celine Dion paid tribute to the victims of the recent Paris attack by performing a rendition of Edith Piaf's Hymne à L'Amour, accompanied by a live orchestra, bringing the audience to tears.
At the recent American Music Awards, both Celine Dion and 30 Seconds to Mars front Jared Leto honored the victims of the Paris attacks.
The 47-year-old Dion sang Piaf's song while a montage of Paris' most iconic landmarks were played in the background as well as the people of France uniting after the attacks. The song ended with an image of the Eiffel Tower, bringing the audience to a standing ovation.
"We felt it was important to show our solidarity in light of the recent events in Paris and all around the world," producer Larry Klein said in a statement to Billboard before the show. "Celine's performance will help us express our feelings through song, when words do not suffice."
Before her performance, Leto gave out a speech honoring the victims before finally introducing the singer. In his speech, Leto said: "Tonight we honor victims of the unimaginable violence that took place in Paris and around the world.
"France matters, Russia matters, Syria matters, Mali matters, the Middle East matters, the United States matters, the entire world matters and peace is possible," he added.
Leto and his band had a performance at the Bataclan a few months ago. He told the audience that the concert hall is one of his favorite places to perform. He also talked about how lives were forever changed by the attacks. He said that he had friends and colleagues who were at the concert hall on the night of the attacks, including Mercury Records' employee Thomas Ayed.
The song sang by Dion was written by Piaf in the late 1940s after her lover, French boxer, Marcel Cerdan, died in a plane crash.
