Celine Dion’s fan group The Red Heads, led by host and producer Julie Snyder, protested outside the magazine’s New York offices RollingStone this Friday to protest against the exclusion of the diva from the list of the 200 greatest singers of all time.
The admirers of Celine Dion still can’t stomach the decision of the American magazine’s editorial staff to have excluded the diva from its list of the greatest singers of all time (and not the greatest voices, the magazine took care to specify), published on 1er January 2023.
They met in New York, in front of the 6e Avenue, to show their displeasure, singing his songs and holding up signs that read: “Rolling Stone is stoned », « It’s all coming back to you! », « Save Celine », « The Power of Celine », « Celine is not by herself anymore ” or ” Buy yourself some ears! “.
About fifty admirers thus protested early Friday afternoon, including twenty fans of Céline (of the Red Heads) who made the trip to the Big Apple at the initiative of the host and producer. Julie Snyder and the producer to the content of the show The week of 4 Julye, Charles LeMay.
“We tried to get an interview with the management of the magazine on Friday morning, says Julie Snyder, but they refused to talk to us. So we started demonstrating around 1 p.m., with our placards. It was a symbolic demonstration. But we made so much noise that TMZ came along, and variety, which has its offices in the same building, also covered the event! »
The news has since been picked up by The New York Post and The Independentamong other media, as well as on social networks.
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About fifty admirers sang songs by Céline and held up signs to denounce the exclusion of the singer from the list compiled by the magazine. RollingStone.
Interview granted
“The content manager at RollingStone, Steven Pearl, finally came to meet us, says Julie Snyder, when we were told that there was no one in the building. We just wanted him to explain himself. He finally agreed to give us an interview. »
Interview which will be broadcast next Monday at The week of the 4 Julies (at 21h). “We will probably broadcast it in full, it lasts about five minutes, but we want to focus on the event,” says Julie Snyder.
We literally lay down on the floor, and I told the guy in the lobby that we wouldn’t leave until we talked to someone from RollingStone !
Julie Snyder, producer and host at the head of the Red Heads
The list devotes among others the singers Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Sam Cooke, Billie Holiday and Mariah Carey, who occupy the first five positions. But other singers like Rihanna (68e), Carrie Underwood (158e), Kelly Clarkson (194e) or Billie Eilish (198e) also snuck up the rankings. How does the management of RollingStone justify the absence of Céline?
“He replies that it’s not a question of talent… So he gets a bit tangled up in his explanations. I think he just didn’t anticipate people’s reaction. Celine Dion is not an author, she is not a composer, but she remains an extraordinary performer. After 9/11, the American people demanded that Celine sing God Save America. She sang at the opening of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. She’s won the People’s Choice Awards, the Grammys, the Oscars, the American Music Awards…”
Anyway, for Julie Snyder, the team of RollingStone is “a small clique of happy few who think they are among themselves. Because in a top 200, it doesn’t make sense that Céline isn’t there. I wonder which artist managed to be as popular as her among women…”