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Shania
Twain, OC ( /ʃəˌnaɪ.ə ˈtweɪn/; born Eilleen Regina
Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop
singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me (1995),
brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over,
became the best-selling album of all time by a
female musician in any genre, and the best-selling
country album of all time. It has sold more than 40
million copies worldwide and is the ninth
best-selling album in the U.S.[1] Her fourth album,
Up!, was released in November 2002. To date it has
sold 20 million copies worldwide.[1]
Twain has won five 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. Sometimes
referred to as "The First Lady of Country Music",[2] Twain has sold more than 75
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.
****
Background information
Birth name
Eilleen Regina Edwards
Also known as
Eilleen Twain (1967–1992)
Born
August 28, 1965 (age 46)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Country, country pop
Occupations
Singer-songwriter, television
personality
Years active
1993–present
Labels
Mercury Nashville
Website
www.shaniatwain.com
****
Early
years
Shania Twain was born Eileen Regina
Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, 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, people had
presumed Twain's ancestry was Ojibwa, but she stated in an interview that her
biological father was part Cree.[5] Through her maternal grandfather, she is a
descendant of Zacharie Cloutier.[6] Her maternal grandmother, Eileen Pearce,
emigrated from Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland.[7]
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
425 miles (684 km) south to a Toronto homeless shelter for assistance.[8] 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.[9] 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".[10] 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.[11] She
states that the art of creating, of actually writing songs, "was very different
from performing them and became progressively important".[11]
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".[12]
Music
career
Career
as Eilleen Twain
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.[13]
After graduating from Timmins High
in June 1983, Twain was eager to expand her musical horizons.[14] 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.[14] Twain also began
taking singing lessons from Toronto-based coach Ian Garrett and would often
clean his house in payment for her lessons.[15] 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".[15] 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.[16][15] 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".[17]
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".[18]
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.[19]
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.[19] 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.[20]
On November 1, 1987, Twain's mother
and stepfather died in a car accident approximately 50 kilometres north of Wawa,
Ontario.[21] 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.[citation
needed]
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.[22] 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."[23]
Twain's self-titled debut album was
released in 1993 in North America and garnered her audiences outside of Canada.
The album only reached No.67 on the US Country Albums Chart, but it gained
positive reviews from critics.[24] The album failed to sell significant copies
initially, although Twain's future success generated enough interest for the
album to be certified 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.[22]
1995–1996: The Woman in Me and her breakthrough
When rock producer Robert John
"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 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.[22][25] Record executives were
stunned when they listened to the album. It was unlike anything else in country
music.[26]
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 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".[22] As of 2007, it had sold more than 12 million
copies.[27] 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 (co-writer of the
song "Butterfly Kisses"), Dan Schafer,[28] Chris Rodriguez, Russ Taff, Hugh
McDonald bass player of Bon Jovi, Dave Malachowski and Stanley T., formerly with
The Beach Boys.
Mercury Nashville's promotion of
the album was based largely upon a series of music videos.[29] 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.
Worldwide success
1997–2001: Come On Over
In 1997, Twain released her
follow-up 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've Got A Way",
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "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 even a pop version as
well.
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.[30] It is also the
eighth biggest-selling album by any type of artist in the US[27] and the top
selling country album in history. Songs from the album won four Grammy Awards
during this time, including Best Country Song and 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".
Despite the album's record sales it
wasn't able to top the Billboard 200, peaking at #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.
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.
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 were
enthusiastically received by audiences around the globe and answered
critics[who?] who previously speculated that she could not perform live.
In 2000, Twain was initially
scheduled to release a Christmas album, but plans to release one were cancelled
later in the year.[31]
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.
2002–2004: Up!
After a change in management –
QPrime replaced Landau — and a two year break, Twain and Lange returned to the
studio. Up! was released on November 19, 2002. About a year later, Twain kicked
off the Up! Tour in 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 Indian-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.[32]
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. 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!" 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 million copies in the U.S. and was
certified by the RIAA as 11x platinum (the organization counts double albums as
two units).[27]
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!"
2004–2005: Greatest Hits
In 2004, she released the Greatest
Hits album, with three new tracks. As of 2008, it has sold over four million
copies in the U.S.[27] 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!" 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.[33]
In August 2005, she released the
single "Shoes" from the Desperate Housewives soundtrack.
2006-
present
At the Academy of Country Music
Awards in Las Vegas on May 16, 2007, Twain said she was currently writing songs
for a new album, and was doing a "lot of soul searching" and "indulging in the
writing."
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.[34] 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.[35]
In early January 2009, Internet
forums were reporting that Twain was planning to make an announcement regarding
her new album on January 26, 2009 but on the 22nd a spokesperson from Mercury
Nashville told Country Weekly that no new album would be coming "anytime soon".
In June 2009, Twain released a
letter to her fans explaining the delays in the release of her next album.[36]
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".[37] 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.[38] On January 1, 2010,
Twain carried the Olympic Torch through her hometown as part of the 2010 Winter
Olympics torch relay.[39]
Why
Not? with Shania Twain; new album
In April 2010, Twain announced
plans for her own TV show, entitled Why Not? with Shania Twain. The show debuted
on May 8, 2011 on OWN.[40] Twain returned to American Idol as a guest mentor for
a week where the top 6 contestants showcased her songs.[41] 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.[42]
More recently, in September 2010,
it was confirmed that Twain was to release her first biography, From This Moment
On, on May 3, 2011,[43] and the cover work for the book was released on March 2,
2011.[44]
On March 27, 2011, Twain was
inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Following her appearance, she
revealed that she is writing music and that new music will be heard soon.[45]
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.[46]
Twain previewed the song in the first episode of the series.[46] Twain worked
with music producers David Foster and Nathan Chapman on the new song.[47] In the
next few months, Twain plans to return to the studio to finish her fifth studio
album.[48] "Today Is Your Day" was officially released to iTunes and country
radio on June 12, 2011.[49]
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.[49] Her show,
titled Still the One, will begin on December 1, 2012.[49]
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.[50]
On February 7, 2012, Lionel
Richie's single "Endless Love" featuring Shania Twain was released to digital
retailers. The single has been confirmed to be the first single from Lionel's
"Tuskagee" album due out March 27, 2012. No official date has been set for the
single's release to radio. A music video was made for the promotion of the
single and album.
Endorsements and other ventures
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.[51]
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".[52]
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.[citation needed] On May 15,
2008, a spokesperson for Mercury Nashville announced that Twain and Lange were
separating after Lange had an affair with Twain's best friend, Marie-Anne
Thiebaud.[53][54] Their divorce was finalized on June 9, 2010.[55] On December
20, 2010, Twain's manager confirmed that Twain was engaged to Swiss business
executive Frederic Thiebaud, the ex-husband of Marie-Anne Thiebaud.[56][57] They
married on January 1, 2011 in Rincón, Puerto Rico.[58]
Twain practices Sant Mat, which
calls for daily meditation and vegetarianism.[59]
Awards
and honours
In addition to her various awards
for her singles and albums, Twain has received a number of personal honours:
She was named the 1999 Entertainer
of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music
Association; Twain was the first non-US citizen to win the CMA award.
Twain was ranked No.7 in Country
Music Television's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music in 2002.[60]
In 2003, Twain was inducted into
Canada's Walk of Fame.[61]
The city of Timmins (located in
Ontario, Canada) renamed a street for her, gave her the key to the city, and
built the Shania Twain Centre in her honour.[62]
On November 18, 2005, Twain was
invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada.[63][64]
Twain was inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards on March 27, 2011.[citation
needed]
On June 2, 2011, Twain received a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her star is the 2,442nd Star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Category of Recording.[61]
Discography
Albums
1993: Shania Twain
1995: The Woman in Me
1997: Come On Over
2002: Up!
Compilations
2001: The Complete Limelight
Sessions
2004: Greatest Hits
See
also
Music of Canada
List of best-selling music artists
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Further
reading
Twain, Shania (2011), From This
Moment On, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 1451620748
Eggar, Robin (2005), Shania
Twain:The Biography, New York City: Country Music Television Inc., Pocket Books,
ISBN 074349735X
Hager, Barbara (1996), On Her Way:
The Life and Music of Shania Twain, Toronto: Raincoast Books, ISBN 0-425-16451-9
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