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 Celine Dion to pay tribute to Paris at American Music Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Celine Dion will honor the victims of the attacks in Paris at Sunday’s American Music Awards.  ABC and dick clark productions say that Dion will perform a rendition of Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à L’Amour” in French at the ceremony to pay tribute to those affected by last week’s attacks. American Music Awards producer Larry Klein says the ceremony’s producers wanted to show solidarity. “Hymne à L’Amour” was written by Piaf as a tribute to lover Marcel Cerdan. He died in a plane crash in 1949. Jennifer Lopez is set to host and perform at Sunday’s fan-favorite ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Other performers include Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, One Direction and Carrie Underwood. The awards air at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. 

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