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On November 1, 1987, Twain's mother and stepfather died in a car accident approximately 50 kilometres north of [[Wawa, Ontario]].<ref name="Ref_o">{{Harvnb|Eggar|2005|p=103}}</ref> As a result Twain moved back to Timmins to take care of her younger siblings and then took them all to [[Huntsville, Ontario]]. There, she supported them by earning money performing at the nearby [[Deerhurst Resort]].<ref name="Eggar2005">{{cite book|last=Eggar|first=Robin|title=Shania Twain: The Biography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Sh-levpCt-IC&pg=PA110|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=2005-10-11|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7434-9735-0|page=110}}</ref>
On November 1, 1987, Twain's mother and stepfather died in a car accident approximately 50 kilometres north of [[Wawa, Ontario]].<ref name="Ref_o">{{Harvnb|Eggar|2005|p=103}}</ref> As a result Twain moved back to Timmins to take care of her younger siblings and then took them all to [[Huntsville, Ontario]]. There, she supported them by earning money performing at the nearby [[Deerhurst Resort]].<ref name="Eggar2005">{{cite book|last=Eggar|first=Robin|title=Shania Twain: The Biography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Sh-levpCt-IC&pg=PA110|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=2005-10-11|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7434-9735-0|page=110}}</ref>


==Music career==
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===1993–1994: ''Shania Twain''===
A couple of years passed and Twain's siblings got older and moved out on their own. Twain assembled a demo tape of her songs and her Huntsville manager set up a showcase for Twain to present her material to record executives. She caught the attention of a few labels, including [[Mercury Nashville Records]], who signed her within a few months.<ref name="allmusic">{{Citation|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=SHANIA|title=Shania Twain&nbsp;— Biography|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=November 15, 2008|unused_data=TWAIN&sql=11:dxfwxqq5ldhe~T1}}</ref> During this time, she changed her name to Shania, which was said to be an [[Ojibwa]] word which means "on my way". However, Twain's biographer, Robin Eggar, writes: "There is a continuing confusion about what 'Shania' means and if indeed it is an Ojibwe word or phrase at all. [...] There is no mispronounced or misheard phrase in either Ojibwe or Cree that comes close to meaning 'on my way.' Yet the legend of her name continues to be repeated in the media to this day and will doubtless provide the obituary headline when Shania eventually passes on."<ref name="Eggar 2005 p=145">{{Harvnb|Eggar|2005|p=145}}</ref>


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Twain's [[Shania Twain (album)|self-titled debut album]] was released in 1993 in North America and garnered her audiences outside Canada. Shortly before its release, she sang backing vocals for other Mercury artists, including [[Jeff Chance]]'s 1992 album ''Walk Softly on the Bridges''<ref>Hager, p. 90</ref> and [[Sammy Kershaw]]'s 1993 album ''[[Haunted Heart (Sammy Kershaw album)|Haunted Heart]]''.<ref>{{cite album-notes |title=Haunted Heart |bandname=Sammy Kershaw |year=1993 |format=cassette |publisher=Mercury Records |publisherid= 514332}}</ref> ''Shania Twain'' only reached No.67 on the US Country Albums Chart, but it gained positive reviews from critics. The album failed to sell significant copies initially, although Twain's future success generated enough interest for the album to be certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] six years later by the [[RIAA]], denoting sales of over a million. The album yielded two minor hit singles in the United States with "[[What Made You Say That]]" and "[[Dance with the One That Brought You]]". The album was more successful in Europe, where Twain won Country Music Television Europe's "Rising Video Star of the Year" award.<ref name="allmusic"/>


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===1995–1996: ''The Woman in Me'' and breakthrough===
When rock producer [[Robert Lange|Robert "Mutt" Lange]] heard Twain's original songs and singing from her debut album, he offered to produce and write songs with her. After many telephone conversations, they met at [[CMA Music Festival|Nashville's Fan Fair]] in June 1993. Twain and Lange became very close within just weeks. Lange and Twain either wrote or co-wrote the songs that would form her second studio album, ''[[The Woman in Me (Shania Twain album)|The Woman in Me]]''.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{Citation
| editor = Jann S. Wenner
| title = Shania Twain : Biography :Rolling Stone
| work=Rolling Stone Biography From the Archives Album Reviews Photo Gallery Videos Discography
| publisher=RealNetworks, Inc 2004's The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
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</ref> Record executives were stunned when they listened to the album. It was unlike anything else in country music.<ref>Dickerson, James L. Go, Girl, Go! The Women's Revolution in Music, Schirmer Trade Books, 2005, p. 165.</ref>


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''The Woman in Me'' was released in the spring of 1995. The album's first single, "[[Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?]]" went to No.11 on the [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Country Chart]]. This was followed by her first Top 10 and No.1 hit single, "[[Any Man of Mine]]". Twain had further hits from the album, including the title track which peaked at No.14 and three additional No.1 hits: "[[(If You're Not in it for Love) I'm Outta Here!]]", "[[You Win My Love]]", and "[[No One Needs to Know]]".<ref name="allmusic"/>
As of 2007, it had sold more than 12 million copies.<ref name=RIAA>{{Citation|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |title=RIAA Top 100 Albums |publisher=Riaa.com |accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref> The album was a quick breakthrough and because of this Twain performed selected international venues and television shows including two CMA Fan Fair performances with Nashville guitarists [[Randy Thomas (musician)|Randy Thomas]] (co-writer of the song "[[Butterfly Kisses (song)|Butterfly Kisses]]"), [[Daniel Joseph Schafer|Dan Schafer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timashley.tripod.com/schafer_pic.html|title=Dan Schafer Artist performances |publisher=www.DanSchafer.com|accessdate=2012-02-05}}</ref> [[Chris Rodriguez]], [[Russ Taff]], [[Hugh McDonald (musician)|Hugh McDonald]] bass player of [[Bon Jovi]], Dave Malachowski and Stanley T., formerly with [[The Beach Boys]].


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Mercury Nashville's promotion of the album was based largely upon a series of music videos.<ref name="book544">{{Citation|last=Wolff|first=Kurt|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|editor=Orla Duane|publisher=Rough Guides Ltd.|location=London, England|pages=544–545|chapter=Ch. 13 – Hunks, Hat Acts, and Young Country Darlings: Nashville in the 1990s}}</ref> During this period, Twain made major television appearances on shows such as two performances on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', ''Blockbuster Music Awards'', ''Billboard Music Awards'' and the ''American Music Awards''. ''The Woman in Me'' won the [[Grammy Award for Best Country Album]] as well as the [[Academy of Country Music]] award for Album of the Year; the latter group also awarded Twain as Best New Female Vocalist.


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===1997–2001: ''Come On Over''===
[[File:Shania Twain - Come on Over Tour - Boston.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Twain performing on the [[Come on Over Tour]] in 1999]]
In 1997, Twain released her follow-up album, ''[[Come On Over (Shania Twain album)|Come On Over]]''. This was the album that would establish her as a successful crossover singer. Slowly, the album started racking up sales. It never hit the top spot, but with the multi-chart hit single "[[You're Still the One]]", sales skyrocketed. Other songs like "[[Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)|Don't Be Stupid]]", "[[You've Got A Way]]", "[[Man! I Feel Like a Woman!]]", "[[That Don't Impress Me Much]]" and "[[From This Moment On (Shania Twain song)|From This Moment On]]" joined the 12 songs that eventually saw release as singles. "From This Moment On" is a duet with singer [[Bryan White]] and there was a pop version as well.


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The album stayed on the charts for the next two years, going on to sell 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling album of all time by a female musician.<ref name="Harris2005">{{cite news|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/11/06/1295562.html|title=Biopic looks at Twain's early years|last=Harris|first=Bill|date=November 7, 2005|work=[[Jam!]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=March 23, 2010}}</ref> It is also the eighth biggest-selling album by any type of artist in the US<ref name=RIAA /> and the top selling country album in history. Songs from the album won four Grammy Awards during this time, including [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Female Country Performance]] (for "You're Still the One" and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!") for Twain. Lange won Grammys for "You're Still the One" and "[[Come On Over (Shania Twain song)|Come on Over]]".


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Despite the album's record sales it wasn't able to top the ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at No.&nbsp;2. In 1999, the ''Come on Over'' album was remixed for the European market as a pop album with less country instrumentation and actually gave her the big breakthrough in Europe she and her producer husband (Robert John "Mutt" Lange) were looking for. ''Come on Over'' went to number 1 on the UK album charts for 11 weeks. It became the biggest selling album of the year in Great Britain and a bestseller in other big European markets as well, selling more than one million copies in Germany and nearly 4 million in the UK alone. The songs that had finally drawn European attention to the album were the pop remixed singles "That Don't Impress Me Much", a No.3 in the UK and Top 10 hit in Germany in the summer of 1999, and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" which peaked at No.3 in both the UK and France in autumn of that year. Additionally, the album set the record for the longest ever stay in the Top 20 of the ''Billboard'' 200, remaining in the Top 20 for 99 weeks.


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In 1998, Twain launched her first major concert tour, aided by her manager [[Jon Landau]], a veteran of many large-scale tours with [[Bruce Springsteen]]. The [[Come on Over Tour]] shows was a success and won the "Country Tour of the Year" in 1998 and 1999 by Pollstar Concert Industry Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1998.htm |title=Pollstar Awards Archive |author= |date= |work=Pollstar Pro |publisher= |accessdate=24 March 2011}}</ref>


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In 2000, Twain was initially scheduled to release a Christmas album, but plans to release one were cancelled later in the year.<ref name="Brunner2000">{{Citation|last=Brunner |first=Rob |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,90037,00.html |title=Shania Twain cancels her Christmas album |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 1, 2000 |accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref>


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Following the success of ''Come On Over'', independent label Limelight Records released ''The Complete Limelight Sessions'' in October 2001. The album includes 16 tracks recorded in the late 1980s before Twain signed her record deal with Mercury.


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===2002–2004: ''Up!''===
After a change in management – QPrime replaced Landau&nbsp;— and a two year break, Twain and Lange returned to the studio. ''[[Up! (album)|Up!]]'' was released on November 19, 2002. About a year later, Twain kicked off the [[Up! Tour]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, Canada on September 25, 2003. ''Up!'' was released with three different discs – country/acoustic (green CD), pop/rock (red CD), and world/dance (blue CD). ''Up!'' was given four out of five stars by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, and debuted at No.1 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart, selling 874,000 in the first week alone. It remained at the top of the charts for five weeks. ''Up!'' reached No.1 in Germany, No.2 in Australia and the Top Five in the UK and France. In Germany, ''Up!'' was certified 4x platinum and stayed in the Top 100 for one and a half years. The international music disc was remixed with [[India]]n-style orchestral and percussion parts recorded in [[Mumbai]], India. The new versions were produced by Simon and [[Diamond Duggal]], brothers from [[Birmingham]], England. They were originally invited to contribute parts to the pop version of "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" which retained the Indian influence.<ref name="Ref_p">{{Citation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/communities/masti/2003/03/16/diamond_duggal.shtml |title=Shania's 'Asian inspiration' talks it 'Up!' |publisher=BBC |accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref>

Twain's popularity in UK was reflected by numerous appearances on the long-running music show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', performing singles from ''Come on Over'' from 1999. In 2002 an entire special show was dedicated to her on sister show [[TOTP2]], in which Twain herself introduced some past performances of her greatest hits and new singles from ''Up!''

The first single from the album, "[[I'm Gonna Getcha Good!]]" became a top 10 country hit in the US, after debuting at No.&nbsp;24 after only five days of airplay; but only made the Top 40 on the pop charts. It was a much bigger hit on the other side of the Atlantic, released in a pop version, the single hit No.4 in the UK. In Australia, Germany and France the song reached the Top 15 in each case. The follow-up single "[[Up! (song)|Up!]]" reached the Top 15 in the US country charts but failed to reach the pop Top 40. The second European single became the mid-tempo song "[[Ka-Ching!]]" (which was never released as a single in North America) with lyrics where Twain was criticizing unchecked consumerism. The song eventually became another smash hit in the important European markets, reaching No.1 in Germany and Austria and other European countries, the UK Top 10 and the Top 15 in France.
The third single from the album would be the most successful in the US. The romantic ballad "[[Forever and For Always]]" was released as a single in April 2003 and peaked at No.4 on the country chart and No.1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and made as well the ''Billboard'' Top 20. Again success was even bigger on the other side of the Atlantic with "Forever and For Always" again reaching the Top 10 in both, the UK and Germany. Further singles were "[[She's Not Just a Pretty Face]]" a country Top 10 hit, while the last US single, "[[It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing]]", made the Top 20 on both Country and AC. Due to the enormous European success of ''Up!'' and its first three singles, two more singles were released in the second half of 2003 with up-tempo "[[Thank You Baby]]" (#11 in the UK, Top 20 in Germany) and just before Christmas the romantic, acoustic ballad "When You Kiss Me", at least a minor hit in both territories. The title track "Up!" also saw a single release in a limited edition of European countries, such as Germany, in early 2004. In January 2008, ''Up!'' had sold 5.5&nbsp;million copies in the U.S. and was certified by the RIAA as 11x platinum (the organization counts double albums as two units).<ref name = RIAA/>

===2004–2010: ''Greatest Hits'' and delay of new album===
In 2004, she released the ''[[Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album, with three new tracks. As of 2008, it has sold over four million copies in the U.S.<ref name = RIAA/> The first single, the multi-format duet "[[Party for Two]]", made the country top ten with [[Billy Currington]], while the pop version with [[Sugar Ray]] lead singer [[Mark McGrath]] made top ten in the United Kingdom and Germany. The follow-up singles, "[[Don't! (Shania Twain song)|Don't!]]" and "[[I Ain't No Quitter]]" did not fare as well. The former made Top 20 on Adult Contemporary, while the latter did not gain enough airplay to crack the Country Top 40.<ref name="Ref_1965">{{Citation|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p42121|pure_url=yes}} |title=((( Shania Twain > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ))) |publisher=allmusic |date=August 28, 1965 |accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref>

In August 2005, she released the single "[[Shoes (Shania Twain song)|Shoes]]" from the ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' soundtrack.

In June 2009, Twain released a letter to her fans explaining the delays in the release of her next album.<ref name="Ref_r">{{Citation|url=http://www.shaniatwain.com/news-item.asp?item=newsItem-090612.asp|title=A Personal Message From Shania|accessdate=July 18, 2009|work=www.shaniatwain.com}}</ref> In August 2009, at a conference in Timmins, Ontario, a spokesman for Twain's label said a new record from the singer is still "nowhere in sight".<ref name="Ref_s">[http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hXuSCP3NIxiV24l6RZi0J4-hXv4w Shania's label rep: New album from country superstar is 'nowhere in sight']{{Dead link|date=October 2009}}</ref>

===2011–present: Return to music===
In May 2011, Twain confirmed in an interview with [[Perez Hilton]] that she will release her first new single in six years, "[[Today Is Your Day]]", after the finale of ''Why Not? with Shania Twain''.<ref name=today>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/05/17/shania-twain-today-is-your-day-video/|title=Shania Twain Previews New Song, 'Today Is Your Day'|publisher=[[AOL]]'s The Boot|date=May 17, 2011}}</ref> Twain previewed the song in the first episode of the series.<ref name=today/> Twain worked with music producers [[David Foster]] and [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]] on the new song.<ref name=zap>{{cite web|url=http://channelguidemag.zap2it.com/articles/why-not-shania-twain-own-0511.php|title=Shania Twain Tries To Overcome A Career-Paralyzing Emotional Barrier – All On TV|publisher=[[Zap2it]]|date=May 2011}}</ref> In the next few months, Twain plans to return to the studio to finish her fifth studio album.<ref name=ctv>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110511/shania-writing-new-songs-toronto-110511/|title=Shania says she's penned 'quite a few' new songs|publisher=[[CTV Television Network|CTV]]|date=May 11, 2011}}</ref> "Today Is Your Day" was officially released to iTunes and country radio on June 12, 2011.<ref name=tcp>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5haP5CezzrhSZUioSqfM7zEV3MbUA?docId=7136275|title=Shania Twain's inspirational new single, 'Today Is Your Day,' hits iTunes|publisher=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=June 13, 2011}}</ref>

On June 8, 2011, at a press conference at the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in Nashville, Twain announced that she will headline [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas for two years.<ref name=tcp/> Her show, titled ''[[Still The One (residency show)|Still The One]]'', began on December 1, 2012.<ref name=tcp/>


==TV career==
==TV career==

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Shania Twain
Twain at the 2011 Juno Awards, March 27
Twain at the 2011 Juno Awards, March 27
Background information
Birth nameEilleen Regina Edwards
Also known asEilleen Twain (1967–1992)
Born (1965-08-28) August 28, 1965 (age 58)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
GenresCountry
Country pop
Country rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, television personality
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1993–present
LabelsMercury Nashville
Websitewww.shaniatwain.com

Shania Twain, OC (/[invalid input: 'icon']ʃəˌnaɪ.ə ˈtweɪn/; born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her 1995 album The Woman in Me brought her fame, and her 1997 album Come On Over became the best-selling studio album of all time by a female act in any genre and the best-selling country album of all time, Come On Over sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.[1] Her fourth album, Up!, was released in November 2002 and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.[1]

Twain has won 5 Grammy Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter awards.[1] She has had three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and is the second best-selling artist in Canada, behind Céline Dion, with three of her studio albums certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. She is the first (and currently only) female artist in history to have 3 consecutive albums reach diamond status, certified by the RIAA.

Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Pop",[2] she has sold more than 85 million albums worldwide[1] and is ranked 10th best-selling artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era.[3] She was also ranked 72nd on Billboard's "Artists of the decade" (2000–10).[4] Most recently, Twain has her own TV series, Why Not? with Shania Twain, that premiered on the OWN on May 8, 2011. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 2, 2011.

Early years

Shania Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, the daughter of Sharon (née Morrison) and Clarence Edwards. Her parents divorced when she was two and her mother then moved to Timmins, Ontario with Eilleen and her sisters Jill and Carrie Ann. Sharon married Jerry Twain, an Ojibwa, and they had a son together, Mark. Jerry adopted the girls, legally changing their last name to Twain. When Mark was still in diapers, the Twains adopted Jerry's baby nephew, Darryl, after Darryl's mother died. Because of her connection to her stepfather, in the past it has been reported that Twain's ancestry was Ojibwa,[5] however she stated in an interview that her biological father was part Cree.[6] Her ancestry includes English, Irish, and French-Canadian.[7][8] Through a maternal great-grandmother, she is a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier.[9] Her maternal grandmother, Eileen Pearce, emigrated from Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland.

Eilleen Twain had a hard childhood in Timmins. Her parents earned little and there was often a shortage of food in the household. Eilleen did not confide her situation to school authorities, fearing they might break up the family. In the remote, rugged community, she learned to hunt and to chop wood. Sharon and Jerry's marriage was at times stormy, and from a young age, Eilleen witnessed violent fights between them. Sharon struggled with bouts of depression. In the summer of 1979, while Jerry was at work, at Eilleen's insistence, her mother drove the rest of the family 680 kilometres (420 mi) south to a Toronto homeless shelter for assistance.[10] Sharon returned to Jerry with the children in 1981. In Timmins, Twain started singing at bars at the age of eight to try to make ends meet, often earning twenty dollars between midnight and one in the morning performing for remaining customers after the bar had finished serving. Although she expressed a dislike for singing in those bars, Twain believes that this was her own kind of performing arts school on the road.[11] She has said of the ordeal, "My deepest passion was music and it helped. There were moments when I thought 'I hate this'. I hated going into bars and being with drunks. But I loved the music and so I survived".[12] Twain wrote her first songs at the age of ten, Is Love a Rose and Just Like the Storybooks which were fairy tales in rhyme.[13] She states that the art of creating, of actually writing songs, "was very different from performing them and became progressively important".[13]

At 13, Eilleen was invited to perform on CBC television's the Tommy Hunter Show. While attending Timmins High and Vocational School in Timmins, she was also the singer for a local band called "Longshot" which covered Top 40 music.[14]

In the early 1980s, Twain spent some time working with her father's reforestation business in northern Ontario, a business that employed some 75 Ojibwe and Cree workers. Although the work was demanding and the pay low, Twain said "I loved the feeling of being stranded. I'm not afraid of being in my own environment, being physical, working hard. I was very strong, I walked miles and miles every day and carried heavy loads of trees. You can't shampoo, use soap or deodorant, or makeup, nothing with any scent; you have to bathe and rinse your clothes in the lake. It was a very rugged existence, but I was very creative and I would sit alone in the forest with my dog and a guitar and would just write songs".[15]

After graduating from Timmins High in June 1983, Twain was eager to expand her musical horizons.[16] After the demise of the band Longshot, Twain was approached by a cover band led by Diane Chase called "Flirt" and they toured all over Ontario.[16] Twain also began taking singing lessons from Toronto-based coach Ian Garrett and would often clean his house in payment for her lessons.[17] In the autumn of 1984, Twain's talents were noticed by Toronto DJ Stan Campbell who wrote about her in a Country Music News article: "Eilleen possesses a powerful voice with an impressive range. She has the necessary drive, ambition and positive attitude to achieve her goals".[17] Campbell happened to be making an album by Canadian musician (and present-day CKTB radio personality) Tim Denis at the time and Twain was featured on the backing vocals of the song Heavy on the Sunshine.[18][17] Campbell later took Twain to Nashville to record some demos, which Twain found particularly difficult to finance. She became acquainted with regional country singer Mary Bailey who had had some country chart success in 1976. Bailey had seen Twain perform in Sudbury, Ontario, saying "I saw this little girl up on stage with a guitar and it absolutely blew me away. She performed Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". Her voice reminded me of Tanya Tucker, it had strength and character, a lot of feeling. She's a star, she deserves an opportunity".[19] Bailey later said "She sang a few songs that she had written, and I thought to myself, this kid is like nineteen years old, where does she get this? This is from a person who's lived sixty years".[20]

Lake Kenogami where Twain spent much time practicing in 1985.

Bailey acquired the contract from Stan Campbell and Twain moved into Bailey's home on Lake Kenogami where she practiced her music every day for hours. In the fall of 1985, Bailey took Twain down to Nashville to stay with a friend, record producer Tony Migliore, who at the time was producing an album for fellow Canadian singer Kelita Haverland and Twain was featured on the backing vocals to the song Too Hot to Handle. She also demo-ed songs with Cyril Rawson but the demos were without success, partly due to Twain's wish to become a rock singer, not a country artist. After five months she returned to Canada and moved in with Bailey in a flat in downtown Kirkland Lake.[21]

There she met rock keyboardist Eric Lambier and drummer Randy Yurko and formed a new band, moving three months later to Bowmanville, near Toronto. In late summer 1986 Mary Bailey arranged for Twain to meet John Kim Bell, a half Mohawk, half American conductor who had close contacts with the directors of the Canadian Country Music Association. Bell recognized Twain's ability as well as her looks and the two began secretly dating.[21] In the fall of 1986 Twain continued to express her desire to be a pop or rock singer rather than country, which led to her falling out with Mary Bailey for two years. Twain's first break finally came on February 8, 1987, when Bell staged a fundraiser for the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto where Twain performed with Broadway star Bernadette Peters, jazz guitarist Don Ross, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her performance received little acclaim, but it convinced Bell, who hated pop music, that Twain should stay well away from it and concentrate on country music.[22]

On November 1, 1987, Twain's mother and stepfather died in a car accident approximately 50 kilometres north of Wawa, Ontario.[23] As a result Twain moved back to Timmins to take care of her younger siblings and then took them all to Huntsville, Ontario. There, she supported them by earning money performing at the nearby Deerhurst Resort.[24]

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TV career

Twain's mainstream pop acceptance was further helped by her appearance in the 1998 first edition of the VH1 Divas concert where she sang alongside Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Aretha Franklin, and also by VH1's 1999 heavily aired Behind the Music, which concentrated on the tragic aspects of her early life as well as her physical attractiveness and Nashville's early resistance to her bare-midriff music videos.

On November 12, 2008 Twain made her first television appearance since her split from ex-husband Robert "Mutt" Lange, where she appeared as a surprise presenter at the 42nd CMA Awards.[25]

On August 17, 2009, EW announced that Twain would be a guest judge on American Idol in Chicago, for the show's August 30 and 31 episodes.[26]

In April 2010, Twain announced plans for her own TV show, titled Why Not? with Shania Twain. The show debuted on May 8, 2011 on OWN.[27] Twain returned to American Idol as a guest mentor for a week where the top 6 contestants showcased her songs.[28] After the conclusion of the ninth season Twain was very close to becoming a judge but ultimately it was Jennifer Lopez who got the job.[29]

Other contributions

In 2003, Twain participated in the Dolly Parton tribute album Just Because I'm a Woman, covering Parton's classic "Coat of Many Colors", with backing vocals by Alison Krauss. The cover peaked at No.57 on the Hot Country Songs charts as an album cut. During the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show Twain performed two songs, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" and "Up!"

Twain joined Canadian singer Anne Murray on the song "You Needed Me" on Murray's Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends album released November 13, 2007 in Canada, and on January 15, 2008 in the U.S.[30]

In July 2011, fellow Canadian superstar Michael Bublé confirmed in a live video chat with fans that he recorded a duet of 'White Christmas' with Twain for his 2011 Christmas album.[31]

On February 7, 2012, Lionel Richie's single "Endless Love" featuring Shania Twain was released to digital retailers. The single is the first single from Lionel's "Tuskegee" album released on March 27, 2012. "Endless Love" has been released to radio on the adult contemporary charts. A music video, directed by Paul Boyd, was released to country music channels CMT and GAC in March 2012.

Endorsements

Twain's commercial ventures outside the music industry included a series of cosmetic ads in 1999 based on "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" for Revlon. She also starred in ads for Candie's shoes and Gitano jeans, who also sponsored her 1998–1999 Come On Over Tour.

In January 2005, Twain joined Scentstories by Febreze to create a limited edition scent disc with the proceeds going to America's Second Harvest.[32]

Late in 2005, Twain partnered COTY to produce her namesake fragrance "Shania" by Stetson. A second fragrance was released in September 2007, called "Shania Starlight".[33]

On January 1, 2010, Twain carried the Olympic Torch through her hometown as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay.[34]

Personal life

Twain married music producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange on December 28, 1993, and they have a son, Eja (pronounced "Asia") D'Angelo, who was born on August 12, 2001.[35] On May 15, 2008, a spokesperson for Mercury Nashville announced that Twain and Lange were separating after Lange allegedly had an affair with Twain's best friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud.[36][37] Their divorce was finalized on June 9, 2010.[38] On December 20, 2010, Twain's manager confirmed that Twain was engaged to Frédéric Thiébaud (the Swiss ex-husband of her former best friend), an executive at Nestlé.[39][40] They married on January 1, 2011 in Rincón, Puerto Rico.[41]

Twain is a long-time vegetarian[42] and in 2001, was voted PETA's very first Sexiest Vegetarian Alive.[43]

In 2009, Twain was rated as having the Perfect Face, by scientists. The study, led by the University of Toronto and the University of California, San Diego, appears in the journal Vision Research. The results suggest her face has a perfect set of geometric measurements, based on the Golden Ratio. [44]

In September 2010, it was confirmed that Twain was to release her autobiography, From This Moment On, on May 3, 2011,[45] and the cover work for the book was released on March 2, 2011.[46]

Awards and honours

Main article: List of Shania Twain awards
Twain's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

In addition to her various awards for her singles and albums, Twain has received a number of personal honours:

Discography

Main article: Shania Twain discography
Studio albums

Tours & Residency Shows

See also

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