 Shania Twain Shania Twain (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born Eileen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario to Sharon and Clarence Edwards, she grew up as Eileen Twain in Timmins, Ontario after her parents separated when she was two and her mother married Jerry Twain. In 1991, when she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Nashville Records, she changed her name to Shania which is an Ojibwa language word meaning "I'm on my way". The city of Timmins later renamed a street for her and built the "Shania Twain Museum".
At the age of 13, Eileen Twain was invited to perform on CBC television's Tommy Hunter Show. During high school in Timmins, she was the vocalist for a local band which covered Top 40 music. When her mother and adoptive father died in a car crash in 1987, Eileen took her two younger brothers and sister to Huntsville, Ontario where she supported the family by performing at a local resort. In 1991, after an entertainment lawyer from Nashville heard her act, she was invited to record a demo tape.
Initially known as a country music artist, after her musical collaboration with (and subsequent marriage to) rock producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, her music veered towards pop, with huge commercial success following. Her 1995 album The Woman In Me sold 12 million copies, and the 1998 release Come On Over sold even more, spawning no less than eight singles that were worldwide hits.
Many newer fans were totally unaware of her country music roots, particularly as singles released outside the United States and Canada featured remixed versions de-emphasising country-style instrumentation.
In 2002, she went one step further by releasing three versions of her album UP!. The album comes with two discs, one containing the pop versions of the songs and the second disc with alternate versions. In North America, the second disc contains country versions of the songs. In Europe, the remixed disc contains world versions of the same songs.
In 2001 she took time off to have a child, resting at her home in La Tour-de-Peilz near Montreux, Switzerland. In 2002 she released a new album and began performing live again in 2003. In October of 2003, she and her husband purchased a new home, a ranch in New Zealand.
Discography
Albums
- Eileen
- Shania Twain (1993), US Sales: 1,225,000 (1.8 million, worldwide)
- The Woman in Me (1995) #5 US, #9 UK (charted in 2000), US Sales: 12,000,000 (18 million, worldwide)
- Come on Over (1997) #2 US, US Sales: 19,000,000 (29 million, worldwide)
- Come on Over (International) (1998) #1 UK (7 million, UK Sales)
- Up! (2002) #1 US, #4 UK, US Sales: 10,000,000 (15 million, worldwide)
- Greatest Hits (2004) #2 US, #6 UK
DVDs
- The Specials (feat. "Winter Break" and "Come On Over"
- LIVE
- The Platinum Collection
- Live in Chicago
- Up! Close and Personal
Hit singles
- from "The Woman in Me"
- 1995 "Any Man of Mine" #31 US
- "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
- "No One Needs To Know"
- "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here"
- from "Come on Over"
- 1997 "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" #40 US, #5 UK (2000 release)
- 1997 "Love Gets Me Every Time" #25 US
- 1998 "You're Still the One" #2 US, #10 UK
- 1998 "When" #18 UK
- 1998 "From This Moment On" #4 US, #9 UK
- 1999 "That Don't Impress Me Much" #7 US, #3 UK
- 1999 "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" #23 US, #3 UK
- "Come On Over"
- "You've Got A Way" (from Motion Picture Notting Hill)
- "Rock This Country!"
- from "Up!"
- 2002 "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" #34 US, #4 UK
- 2003 "Ka-Ching!" #8 UK
- 2003 "Forever and for Always" #20 US, #6 UK
- 2003 "Thank You Baby (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" #11 UK
- 2003 "When You Kiss Me/Up" #21 UK
- from "Greatest Hits"
- 2004 "Party For Two" feat. Mark McGrath #10 UK
- 2004 "Party For Two" feat. Billy Currington
Awards
Shania Twain has won numerous awards, including "Best Country Album", "Top Country Artist of the Year", and "Best Songwriter"
See also
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