The best woman won. (Lips images by Eric Lagg)

Céline Dion is moving on with her life almost four years after the passing of her manager husband René Angélil, releasing her new album Courage and celebrating that release with a surprise appearance at NYC drag joint Lips Drag Palace last night.

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Céline, shining in silver and sporting platinum-blonde hair, greeted fans and fist-bumped drag queens. Céline said:

I'm so excited and I'm so honored that you're here tonight. I wanna thank you so very much for your support through all the years ... This album has been a long process, it has been making me travel through different emotions, but I just want you to know that this album has been bringing me so much ... it took a while, it took a while, it was a process, but thank you so very much for all your support through the years and for being here tonight and I'm so glad that this album is out. I know, and I hope Réne would like the album. And I hope you like it as well, of course. I put my heart into it, and I wanna thank you. I love you guys very, very much. Thank you ...

Courage is Dion's first English-language album in six years.

(Album cover via Columbia)

The tracklisting is:

She's also touring — check for dates here.