Celine Dion broke down in tears after her son made a surprise appearance on stage to present her with the Icon award at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards.

The 48-year-old made her first televised singing performance since the death of her husband, Rene Angelil, and her brother in January.

In a poignant move, she performed a cover of his favourite song, Queen’s The Show Must Go On.

And moments later her eldest son René-Charles, 15, emerged on stage with her award. (She also has twins Nelson and Eddy, 5.)

She was overcome with emotion as the crowd gave her a standing ovation and she apologized to the audience for crying. Many audience members were also reduced to tears during the moment.

‘I’m so sorry. I’m sorry for crying. I want to be so strong for my family and kids,’ she told the crowd.

‘I don’t want to cry in front of you,’ she then said to her son.

‘Thank you very much.This is such a tremendous honor. Music has been my passion since before I can almost remember.’

She added that her late husband Rene Angelil will ‘continue to watch over me from up above.’

After the ceremony, Celine reflected on the emotional moment.

‘To try to perform that song without collapsing was big enough,’ she told Entertainment Tonight.

‘Even though I did not want to cry, he understands it’s okay because it is therapeutic and you can’t take so much pressure,’ she continued.

‘You can take so much strength and weight on your shoulders, but sometimes you can’t control everything.’

Meanwhile, TMZ reported that Céline is now the official administrator of René’s vast estate.

Documents show that the 48-year-old has control over their two estates – which are up for sale – in Florida and Quebec, as well as others.

René was also very generous to his children – of which he has three, from his marriage to Céline as well as two previous ones – leaving homes to two of his children from his first marriage.

The will also shares that once the $45M home in Florida and $25M castle in Quebec are sold, $9M will go to a trust, most likely for his three children with Céline.

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