--- title: Celine Dion on Nicki Minaj Lip Sync VIDEO description: Celine Dion sent Nicki Minaj her approval after Minaj posted an epic lip sync to Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me." canonical: https://time.com/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-16T19:17:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:57.522Z og:title: Celine Dion is Impressed With Nicki Minaj's Lip Sync of Her og:description: Real recognize real og:url: https://time.com/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celine Dion is Impressed With Nicki Minaj's Lip Sync of Her twitter:description: Real recognize real twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Celine Dion Is Raving About Nicki Minaj's Flawless Rendition of Her Song > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 16, 2017 7:17 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 16, 2017 7:17 PM UTC Earlier this week, [rapper Nicki Minaj](http://time.com/4300095/nicki-minaj-time-100-video/) [posted an homage](http://time.com/4701402/nicki-minaj-celine-dion-lip-sync/) to [diva extraordinaire Celine Dion](http://time.com/4418866/celine-dion-jimmy-fallon-rihanna-cher/) in the form of a lip sync Instagram video — little did she know that not only was the iconic singer watching the video, but that she heartily approved. The [self-proclaimed queen of rap](http://time.com/4684737/nicki-minaj-remy-ma-rap-feud/) got a major compliment from the queen of epic, emotionally-wrenching ballads when Celine took to her Twitter to praise Minaj’s flawless impression of her, tweeting “Good job!” in not only English, but also French. Nicki, for her part, seemed pretty enthralled by Dion’s approval, replying on Twitter with her thanks and a glowing display of affection. See the love fest between two of the realest below. > [](https://twitter.com/celinedion/status/842111277094834178) > [](https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/842123585930027016) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/"},"headline":"Celine Dion Is Raving About Nicki Minaj's Flawless Rendition of Her Song","datePublished":"2017-03-16T19:17:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:57.522Z","description":"Real recognize real","url":"https://time.com/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music","Nicki Minaj","celebrity","Céline Dion","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4703855/celine-dion-on-nicki-minaj-lip-sync/","name":"Celine Dion Is Raving About Nicki Minaj's Flawless Rendition of Her Song"}}]}] ```