Celine Dion’s fans are showing their loyalty towards the singer in a major way.
On Friday, fans stood outside the Rolling Stone office building in New York City with signs to protest the magazine’s decision not to include the “My Heart Will Go On” singer on their updated list of the “200 Greatest Singers of All Time.”
In the video, fans can be seen holding signs which read: “Justice for Celine,” “It’s all coming back to you now,” “Rolling Stone is stoned” and “Celine is not alone Anymooore.”
The fans are reportedly members of a Celine Dion fan club called The Redheads and are based in Montreal, Canada. The group traveled from up north to show support for the Grammy Award-winning singer.
The list was originally published on Jan. 1 and was met with a lot of controversy.
“Anyone who fails to not only mention Celine Dion, but not include her in Top 5 of greatest singers, has no business writing for a music organization. This list is full of disrespect to artists who can actually sing,” one social media user wrote.
Fans are outraged Celine Dion was left off Rolling Stone’s list of the top 200 singers of all time.
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At the beginning of its article, Rolling Stone wrote: “This new list was compiled our staff and key contributors, and it encompasses 100 years of pop music as an ongoing global conversation.” The decisions were based on “originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy.”
The magazine also told readers, “before you start scrolling (and commenting), keep in mind that this is the Greatest Singers list, not the Greatest Voices List.”
“Talent is impressive; genius is transcendent,” they wrote. “Sure, many of the people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch, and boundless range. Others have rougher, stranger, or more delicate instruments.”
Twitter immediately erupted with anger over the outlet’s…
