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Abstract: ADISQ, the organization that honours excellence in the Quebec music industry, gave francophone singer Celine Dion an award for being the Anglophone Artist of the Year in 1990. At the ADISQ gala that year, which was televised live across Canada, Dion refused to accept the award. Dion's decision to not accept the award, and the statement she made when turning it down, became the basis for a controversy that received a great deal of coverage in Canada's anglophone press. This paper examines anglophone press coverage of the ADISQ controversy involving Dion. After outlining press coverage of Dion and ADISQ during the years prior to the controversy, the paper identifies how the controversy began and analyses the issues that dominated the coverage. The paper also examines follow-up coverage of the controversy; it identifies how subsequent news stories on Dion, including some that were written several years later, linked the controversy to other issues.
Resume: L'ADISQ, l'organisme qui reconnait l'excellence dans l'industrie de la musique au Quebec, accorda a la chanteuse francophone Celine Dion le prix du Meilleur Artiste anglophone de l'annee 1990. Au gala de l'ADISQ cette annee-la--qui fut televise en direct partout au Canada -- Dion a refuse d'accepter le prix. Cette decision, ainsi que les commen taires que Dion a faites en refusant le prix, susciterent une controverse qui fit couler beaucoup d'encre dans la presse anglophone au Canada. Cet arti cle examine comment la presse anglophone a couvert cette controverse de l'ADISQ impliquant Dion. Apres avoir trace les grandes lignes des reportages sur Dion et l'ADISQ dans les annees precedant la controverse, cet article identifie comment la controverse commenca et analyse les questions qui dominerent dans la couverture de celle-ci. Cet article examine en outre la couverture suivant la controverse; il identifie comment des reportages ulterieurs sur Dion, y compris certains qui apparurent plusieurs annees plus tard, associerent la controverse a d'autres sujets.
Introduction
The Association quebecoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video (ADISQ) is the organization that presents the trophies for the music industry in Quebec. These trophies, known as Felix Awards, are named after revered Quebecois songwriter Felix Leclerc. ADISQ hands out its Felix Awards at an annual televised gala which is traditionally one of the...