--- description: Celine Dion wore the perfect dress for the performance of her Titanic theme song "My Heart Will Go On" title: Celine Dion's Titanic Dress Inspired Some Hilarious Memes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f3905d211e07227/6988ce45cf40a82422c47c9d/gettyimages-686537634-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Celine Dion's Voluminous Billboard Music Award Dress Inspired Some Hilarious Internet Reactions by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2017 3:48 PM CUT  LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 21: Singer Celine Dion performs onstage during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Shearer/BBMA2017/Getty Images for dcp) LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 21: Singer Celine Dion performs onstage during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Shearer/BBMA2017/Getty Images for dcp)John Shearer/BBMA2017—Getty Images for dcp by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2017 3:48 PM CUT Celine Dion made a splash during her performance at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night when she performed her _Titanic_ hit “My Heart Will Go On” to mark the film’s [20th anniversary](http://time.com/4656542/keke-palmer-mad-titanic/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined"). It wasn’t just her performance of that caught the audience’s attention, though, but what many viewers saw as her thematically-appropriate dress. [Dion](http://time.com/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") hit the stage in a white gown with voluminous sleeves and shoulders that some social media users joked could have served as an emergency flotation device, if Dion had been aboard the Titanic when it tragically sank. Adding to the effect of her over-the-top ensemble, Dion performed her heart-wrenching song while some of the Oscar-winning film’s most dramatic scenes played out on the screen behind her, including the famous kiss between Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. There was hardly a dry eye in the house , but on Twitter it was a different story, with eagle-eyed and sharp-tongued wags pointing out the potential usefulness of [Dion’s](http://time.com/4165455/watch-celine-dion-cover-adeles-hello-and-make-us-cry-all-over-again/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") attire. > [](https://twitter.com/HoBraReader/status/866470282453819392) > [](https://twitter.com/DragonClan/status/866472894141825024) > [](https://twitter.com/treytylor/status/866472031101104128) > [](https://twitter.com/lisa%5Fhiser/status/866470524691529728) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4788079/billboard-celine-dion-dress-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4788079/billboard-celine-dion-dress-memes/"},"headline":"Celine Dion's Voluminous Billboard Music Award Dress Inspired Some Hilarious Internet Reactions","datePublished":"2017-05-22T15:48:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:51.020Z","description":"Dion wore the perfect dress for her performance of \"My Heart Will Go On\"","url":"https://time.com/4788079/billboard-celine-dion-dress-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","viral","titanic","fashion","Céline Dion","Billboard Music Awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f3905d211e07227/6988ce45cf40a82422c47c9d/gettyimages-686537634-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f3905d211e07227/6988ce45cf40a82422c47c9d/gettyimages-686537634-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Billboard Music Awards - Show","caption":"2017 Billboard Music Awards - Show","creditText":"John Shearer/BBMA2017—Getty Images for dcp","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4788079/billboard-celine-dion-dress-memes/","name":"Celine Dion's Voluminous Billboard Music Award Dress Inspired Some Hilarious Internet Reactions"}}]}] ```