▁" a ▁technical ▁exercise , ▁a ▁singer ▁pract icing ▁her ▁vocal ▁work out ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁people ." ▁ ▁The ▁Independent ▁gave ▁a ▁negative ▁review ▁of ▁D ion ' s ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁London ▁concert , ▁by ▁award ing ▁the ▁show ▁ 2 ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 ▁and ▁claim ing , ▁" Many ▁sing ers ▁perform ▁in ▁their ▁second ▁language ▁and ▁manage ▁to ▁sound ▁convin cing . ▁Despite ▁s elling ▁a ▁reported ▁ 2 0 0 ▁million ▁albums ▁– ▁including ▁ 2 7 ▁million ▁copies ▁of ▁that ▁T itan ic ▁sound track ▁– ▁C é line ▁D ion ▁is ▁not ▁one ▁of ▁them ." ▁ ▁R andy ▁Lewis ' s ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁was ▁more ▁enthus i astic , ▁opening ▁with , ▁" It ' s ▁a ▁no - bra iner ▁why ▁C eline ▁D ion ' s ▁T aking ▁Ch ances ▁tour ▁is ▁sh aping ▁up ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁highest - g ross ing ▁North ▁American ▁concert ▁attra ctions ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ... ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁fans ▁are ▁filling ▁ar ena ▁after ▁ar ena ▁to ▁hear ▁D ion ▁deliver ▁emot ional ▁clim ax ▁after ▁emot ional ▁clim ax , ▁go ose bum p - ind uc ing ▁vocal ▁thr ill ▁after ▁thr ill , ▁swe eping ▁ch orus ▁after ▁ch orus ▁filled ▁with ▁spirit - l ifting ▁aff irm ations ▁and ▁enough ▁technical ▁ra zz le - d azz le ▁to ▁d war f ▁the ▁Super ▁Bowl ▁hal ft ime ▁show