Celine Dion To Receive Honourary Degree From Berklee

dion-1.14837467 (FILES) Photo dated May 22, 2008 shows Canadian singer Celine Dion arriving at the Elysee Palace in Paris to be made Knight in the order of The Legion of Honour by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Dion, 41, is pregnant with her second child, her spokeswoman told AFP on August 18, 2009. Dion and her husband Rene Angelil, director of the French-language reality-television show "Star Academie," are "both very happy," the spokeswoman added. According to the French-language daily Le Journal de Montreal, which was first to report the story, the singer resorted to medical help to conceive. Dion, who is from Quebec, is expected to give birth in May 2010. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Patrick HERTZOG (Photo credit should read PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images) (Céline Dion, pictured in 2008. Patrick Hertzog / AFP/Getty Images)

Canada’s Céline Dion is one of several music stars who will be recognized in May with an honourary Doctor of Music degree from Boston’s famed Berklee College of Music.

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo (aka the Neptunes) and musician Donald Harrison will also receive the honours at the school’s virtual commencement on May 8.

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee will present honorary Doctor of Arts degrees to Broadway legend Chita Rivera and pianist André Watts.

According to Berklee, 52-year-old Dion and the others are being recognized for their “achievements in the arts as well as their enduring contributions to the cultural and artistic fabric of the world.”

Previous recipients include Aretha Franklin, Justin Timberlake, John Legend and Missy Elliott.

Dion, who never finished high school, received an honorary doctorate from Quebec’s Laval University in 2008.

A pre-recorded tribute to the honourees will be streamed on Berklee’s YouTube channel on May 7 at 7:30 pm ET. The commencement ceremony will stream May 8 beginning at 10 am ET on all of the school’s social media platforms.