  Shania Twain was born Eilleen
Regina Edwards on August 28, 1965 in Ontario.
Shania is an Ojibway name (Shania's
stepfather was an Ojibway Indian) translated
as "I'm on my way." At an early
age, Shania was on was to be a music star as
she was encouraged by her parents to sing and
she began to write and play her music,
"The many different styles of music I
was exposed to as a child not only influenced
my vocal style, but, even more so, my writing
style." When Shania was 21, she was
confronted with the duty of raising her
siblings when their parents were killed in an
auto accident in 1987: "My personal life
changed drastically. When my parents died, my
brothers and younger sister were still living
at home. My brothers were only 13 and 14
years old and I became sister-mom. I had
responsibilities, so I couldn't just go
around getting gigs here and there, or
writing only when I felt like it. I took a
job singing at a resort, I bought a house, a
family truck and settled down... I thought,
forever." Shania was able to combine her
musical talents with the need for money at a
resort where she sang some country music and
mostly show tunes under the name Eilleen
Twain. By the mid-90s, Shania had become a
best-selling country artist, and had
crossed-over to the pop world in a huge way.
Shania also prides herself as a songwriter:
"Songwriting is my favorite part of what
I do. I like to give every song its own
personality and attitude and to sing each one
in its own style."
Shania began the new decade by
changing her name from Eileen to Shania, and
headed to Nashville to work on her music.
 Shania's debut LP, Shania
Twain, was released.
Shania married Robert John
"Mutt" Lange, a notable producer in
the states who became instrumental in
broadening Shania's appeal.
Shania won a Country Music
Television Europe Award for Rising Video Star
of the Year.
 # 137
Singles Artist of the Year
Shania's next country hit,
"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been
Under?" became her 1st Top 40 country
hit.
 The
Woman In Me, was released with the hit
country tracks, "No One Needs To
Know," "The Woman In Me,"
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm
Outta Here!," "Whose Bed Have Your
Boots Been Under," and "Any Man Of
Mine." The LP went on to sell over 11
million copies in the U.S. and Shania hit the
top of the country charts 4 consecutive
times.
The
Woman In Me was certified gold.
The
Woman In Me was certified platinum.
The
Woman In Me also crossed-over to the pop LP
Top 10.
Shania won 4 Canadian Music
Association Awards for Album of the Year (The
Woman In Me), Female Vocalist, Single of
the Year, and Video of the Year ("Any
Man Of Mine").
Shania topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for 2 weeks and the
Country Singles Sales chart for 10 weeks with
"Any Man Of Mine."
The
Woman In Me topped the Billboard Country
Albums chart for 29 weeks.
The
Woman In Me was certified 2x platinum.
The
Woman In Me was certified 3x platinum.
The
Woman In Me was certified 4x platinum.
Shania topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Country
Album Artist - Female.
The
Woman In Me was the 10th biggest
selling LP of the year with sales topping 2.8
million during 1995.
Shania won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Female
Artist and Favorite Country New Artist and
was nominated for Favorite Country Album (The
Woman In Me).
Shania topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles Sales chart with "(If
You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta
Here!/The Woman In Me"
Shania won a Grammy
Award for Best Country Album (The
Woman In Me) and was nominated for Best
New Artist, Best Country Song and Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Any Man Of Mine").
The
Woman In Me was certified 5x platinum.
Shania topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart for 2
weeks with "(If You're Not In It For
Love) I'm Outta Here!"
The
Woman In Me was certified 6x platinum.
Shania was honored with the Top
Female Country Artist award at the World
Music Awards.
The
Woman In Me was certified 7x platinum.
Shania topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart for 2
weeks with "You Win My Love."
Shania topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart for a week
with "No One Needs To Know."
The
Woman In Me was certified 8x platinum.
Shania
Twain was certified gold.
Additional awards throughout the
year included 2 Academy of Country Music
Awards for Top New Female Vocalist and Album
of the Year (The
Woman In Me), 2 Billboard Music Awards for
Top Country Album Artist and Top Music Video,
a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for
Favorite New Country Artist, and 2 Juno
Awards for Country Female Vocalist of the
Year and Entertainer of the Year.
 # 158
Singles Artist of the Year
Shania won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female
Artist and was nominated for Favorite Country
Album (The
Woman In Me).
Shania topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart for a week with
"God Bless The Child."
The
Woman In Me was certified 9x platinum.
Shania won a Juno Award for Best
Country Female Vocalist and International
Achievement Award.
 Shania topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for 5 weeks with
"Love Gets Me Every Time."
The
Woman In Me was certified 10x platinum.
Shania released Come
On Over. All of the songs on the LP
were written by Shania and her husband and
the LP debuted at #2 on the pop LP charts and
#1 on the country charts where it eventually
spent 50 weeks at #1.
Come
On Over was certified 2x platinum and The
Woman In Me was certified 11x platinum.
Shania hit the Top
10
with "From This Moment."
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
 Shania was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Female Country
Artist.
Shania inducted the Mamas
& Papas into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame.
Come
On Over was certified 3x platinum.
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"Don't
Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)."
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"You're
Still The One."
 Shania performed as part of
VH1's first Divas
Live.
As Shania was hitting the
country charts, her crossover appeal began
with the moderate pop hit, "Don't
Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)." But it was the
next single "You're
Still The One" that introduced a larger
pop audience to Shania as the single hit the
Top 3 on the pop charts and showed its
longevity for staying on the radio throughout
the year. The video for the single also got
play on more mainstream video channels,
including MTV. Shania's next pop success
"From This Moment" continued her
pop success into the new year.
Shania hit the Top 10 with "You're
Still The One."
Shania topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart with "You're
Still The One" for a week.
Shania topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart with "You're
Still The One" for 22 weeks.
Come
On Over was certified 4x platinum.
Shania topped the Billboard
Adult Contemporary chart with "You're
Still The One" for 8 weeks.
 Shania achieved a distinction
not many country artists have ever attained -
the cover of Rolling
Stone magazine.
Come
On Over was certified 5x
platinum.
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"From
This Moment On."
Shania was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Female Video ("You're
Still The One").
Shania topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart with "Honey, I'm
Home" for a week.
Come
On Over was certified 6x
platinum.
Shania came out in support of
Amnesty International at a concert held in
France which also included Bruce
Springsteen, Tracy
Chapman, Alanis
Morissette, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant,
Jimmy Page, and Youssou
N'dour. The concert was held to mark
the 50th anniversary of the United Nation's
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Shania's LP, Come
On Over, was the 4th biggest-selling LP
of 1998 with 4.8 million copies sold in the
U.S.
Shania topped the Billboard
Adult Contemporary chart with "From
This Moment On" for a week.
Shania topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Female (singles & albums), Top Hot 100
Singles Artist - Female, Top Country Album
Artist - Female, Top Hot Country Singles
& Tracks Artist - Female, and with the
Top Country Singles Sales ("You're
Still The One").
Over the year Shania won 5
Canadian Country Music Awards, and was named
one of "1998's Top 12" by Entertainment
Weekly. By the end of the year, Come
On Over was certified 7x
platinum.
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year
Come
On Over was certified 8x platinum.
Shania won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Female Artist and was nominated for Favorite
Adult Contemporary Artist, Favorite Country
Album, Favorite Album, and Favorite Female
Country Artist.
 Shania became the first country
artist in Grammy Award history
to be nominated in the 3 top categories:
Record, Song, and Album of the Year. Shania
took home 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Song (with Robert John
"Mutt" Lange) and Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female (both for "You're
Still The One") and was also nominated
for Album of the Year and Best Country Album (Come
On Over), Record of the Year and Song
of the Year (with Robert John
"Mutt" Lange) ("You're
Still The One").
Shania was named "Fun
Fearless Female of the Year" by Cosmopolitan.
 Shania's first TV special, Shania
Twain's Winter Break, aired.
Come
On Over was certified 9x platinum.
Shania won 2 BMI Awards for Pop
Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year
("You're
Still The One").
Shania won a Juno Award for Best
Country Female Vocalist.
Shania could be heard on the
compilation, Elton
John And Tim Rice's Aida, with "Amneris'
Letter."
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"That
Don't Impress Me Much."
Come
On Over was certified 10x platinum and Shania
Twain was certified platinum.
Shania hit the Top
10
with "That
Don't Impress Me Much."
Shania took home 2 Blockbuster
Awards for Favorite Female Artist - Country
and Favorite Single for "You're
Still The One."
Come
On Over was certified 11x platinum.
Come
On Over was certified 12x platinum.
Shania was nominated for a
Country Music Association Award for Best
Entertainer and Best Female Vocalist.
Come
On Over was certified 13x platinum.
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"You've
Got A Way."
 Shania won 4 Canadian Country
Music Awards including the CMT Maple Leaf
Foods Fans' Choice Award, Female Artist of
the Year, Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of
the Year ("From
This Moment On"), and Video of the Year
("That
Don't Impress Me Much").
Shania won a MuchMoreMusic
Artist Award at the MuchMusic Video Awards.
Shania was named Entertainer of
the Year at the Country Music Association
Awards.
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"Man!
I Feel Like A Woman."
Come
On Over topped the UK Album charts for
11 weeks.
Shania won a WB Radio Music
Award for Artist of the Year (Country).
Shania hit the Top
10
with "Man!
I Feel Like A Woman."
Come
On Over was certified 14x platinum.
Come
On Over was certified 16x platinum.
Shania topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Country
Album Artist - Female, Top Hot Adult
Contemporary Artist, and with the Top Country
Album (Come
On Over).
 # 95
Singles Artist of the Year
 Shania was named Favorite Female
Musical Performer at the People's Choice
Awards
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"Come
On Over."
Shania won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Female Artist and
Favorite Female Country Artist and was
nominated for Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist.
 Shania won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Man!
I Feel Like A Woman!") and Best Country Song (for "Come
On Over"
with Robert John "Mutt"
Lange") and was nominated for Song of
the Year ("You've
Got A Way" with Robert John
"Mutt" Lange).
Shania was nominated for 2 Juno
Awards for Best Country Female Artist and
Best Songwriter ("Man!
I Feel Like A Woman!," "That
Don't Impress Me Much," and "You've
Got A Way").
Shania was nominated for some
Academy of Country Music Awards for
Entertainer of the Year and Top Female
Vocalist.
Shania won Juno Awards for Best
Country Female and Best Songwriter.
Come
On Over was certified 17x platinum
making it the biggest-selling LP by a female
artist in history (the LP has sold over 26
million copies worldwide).
Shania made this year's listing
of People's "50 Most
Beautiful People."
Shania was named Entertainer of
the Year at the Academy of Country Music
Awards.
Shania was awarded Favorite
Female Artist, Country at the Blockbuster
Awards.
Shania won the Pop Songwriter of
the Year award at the BMI Pop Awards.
Shania was nominated for 6
Canadian Country Music Awards for Female
Artist of the Year, Chevy Fans' Choice Award,
Top Selling Album, and SOCAN Song of the
Year, Video of the Year, and Single of the
Year ("Rock This Country").
Shania won a MuchMusic Video
Award with the MuchMoreMusic Award ("Man!
I Feel Like A Woman").
Divas
Live was certified gold.
Come
On Over was certified 18x platinum and The
Woman In Me was certified 12x platinum.
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 77
- "That
Don't Impress Me Much."
Shania gave birth to a boy boy -
her first child.
 # 141
Singles Artist of the Year
Come
On Over was certified 19x platinum.
Shania ranked #
15 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
 Shania returned to the public
eye in November performing at the Country
Music Awards
Shania released her next LP, Up!
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
Shania topped the Canadian LP
charts with Up!
Shania's new LP, Up!, sold over 874,000
copies in the US its first week (the 2nd
highest 1st week total of the year) and
topped the Billboard 200 LP chart (for 5
weeks), the Top Country Albums chart for 6
weeks, and the Top Internet Album Sales
chart. Up!, sold another 625,000
copies in the US the following week.
Up! ended the
year as the 9th biggest selling LP of the
year with over 2.9 million copies sold in the
US.
 # 109
Singles Artist of the Year
Shania performed at the American Music
Awards.
Shania performed at the
half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVII.
Shania appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone again.
Shania hosted the Juno Awards
and ended up taking home 3 of her own for
Artist of the Year, Country Record of the
Year ("I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"), and the Juno
Fan Choice Award.
Shania performed on VH1's Divas
Duets 2003.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "You're
Still The One" at # 47.
Shania won the MuchMoreMusic
Award at the MuchMusic Awards
("Up!").
Shania performed at the Prince's
Trust concert which raised money for
disadvantaged children.
Shania performed on the Today
Show Summer Concert Series.
Shania could be seen on TV with
the special Shania Twain Up! Live In
Chicago.
Shania hit the Top 40 with
"Forever And For Always."
 Shania could be heard on the
compilation tribute to Dolly Parton LP, Just
Because I'm A Woman, with "Coat Of
Many Colors."
Shania topped the Billboard
Adult Contemporary chart for 6 weeks with
"Forever And For Always."
Shania was nominated for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Female
Artist, Favorite Country Album, and the
Michael Jackson International Artist of the
Year Award.
Shania had another TV special on
NBC - Up Close & Personal.
Up! was certified 10x
platinum (the LP was considered as a
double-LP).
Shania topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Artist (singles & albums), Top Country
Artist - Female (singles & albums), Top
Country Album Artist, Top Country Album
Artist - Female, Top Hot Country Singles
& Tracks Artist - Female, and with the
Top Country Album (Up!).
Shania was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Forever And For Always"), Best Country Album (Up!), Best Country Song (songwriter)
("Forever And For Always" with Robert John
"Mutt" Lange).
Shania won a Juno Award for
Country Recording of the Year (Up!).
 Up! was certified 11x
platinum.
Shania released her Greatest
Hits.
Shania topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart and Top Country Albums
chart for 11 weeks with Greatest
Hits. The LP also topped the
Canadian LP chart.
Come
On Over was certified 20x platinum.
Greatest
Hits was certified 3x platinum.
# 130 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Shania won a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Country Female Singer.
Shania was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Female Country
Vocal Performance ("She's Not Just A Pretty
Face") and Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals ("Coat Of Many
Colors" with Alison Krauss &
Union Station).
The single "Party For
Two" was certified gold.
Shania could be heard on the
soundtrack for Desperate
Housewives with "Shoes."
Shania topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Album Artist - Female and with the Top
Country Album (Greatest
Hits).
The single "Forever And For Always" was certified
gold.
The single "Man!
I Feel Like A Woman" was certified gold.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "You're
Still The One" at # 46.
Greatest
Hits was certified 4x platinum.
 Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Come
On Over at # 24.
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Shania Twain
Released: April, 1993
US: Platinum
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "What Made
You Say That" - "You Lay A
Whole Lot Of Love On Me" -
"Dance With The One That Brought
You" - "Still Under The
Weather" - "God Ain't Gonna
Getcha For That" - "Got A Hold
On Me" - "There Goes The
Neighborhood" - "Forget
Me" - "When He Leaves You"
- "Crime Of The Century" |
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The Woman In Me
Released: February, 1995
US: 12x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Tracks: "Home Ain't
Where His Heart Is (Anymore)" -
"Any Man Of Mine" - "Whose
Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" -
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm
Outta Here" - "The Woman In Me
(Needs The Man In You)" - "Is
There Life After Love" - "If It
Don't Take Two" - "You Win My
Love" - "Raining On Our
Love" - "Leaving Is The Only
Way Out" - "No One Needs To
Know" - "God Bless The
Child" |
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Come On Over
Released: November, 1997
US: 20x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" - "I'm
Holdin' On To Love (To Save My
Life)" - "Love Gets Me Every
Time" - "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I
Love You)" - "From This Moment On" - "Come On Over" -
"When" - "Whatever You Do!
Don't!" - "If You Wanna Touch
Her, Ask!" - "You're Still The One" -
"Honey, I'm Home" - "That Don't Impress Me Much" -
"Black Eyes, Blue Tears" -
"I Won't Leave You Lonely" -
"Rock This Country!" - "You've Got A Way" |
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Divas Live (VH1)
Released: October, 1998
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Live Shania Tracks: "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" - "You're Still The One" -
"You've Got A Friend" (with
Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, and Carole
King) - "(You Make Me Feel Like) A
Natural Woman" (with Divas) -
"Testimony" (with Divas) |
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Up!
Released: November, 2002
US: 11x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 5 weeks)
Tracks: "Up!" -
"I'm Gonna Getcha
Good!" - "She's Not
Just Another Pretty Face" -
"Juanita" - "Forever And For
Always" - "Ain't No
Particular Way" - "It Only
Hurts When I'm Breathing" -
"Nah!" - "Wanna Get To
Know You) That Good!" - C'est La
Vie" - "I'm Jealous" -
"Ka-Ching" - "Thank You
Baby! (For Making Someday Come So
Soon)" - "Waiter! Bring Me
Water" - "What A Way To Wanna
Be!" - "I Ain't Goin'
Down" - "I'm Not in The Mood
(To Say No!)" - "In My Car
(I'll Be The Driver)" - "When
You Kiss Me" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November, 2004
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks: "Forever And For
Always" - "I'm Gonna Getcha
Good" - "Up!" -
"Come On Over" - "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" - "That Don't Impress Me Much" - "From This Moment On" -
"Honey, I'm Home" - "You're Still The One" -
"Don't Be Stupid" - "Love
Gets Me Every Time" - "No One
Needs To Know" - "You Win My
Love" - "I'm Outta Here" -
"The Woman In Me" - "Any
Man Of Mine" - "Whose Bed Have
Your Boots Been Under" - "Party
For Two" (with Mark McGrath) -
"Don't!" - "Party For
Two" (with Billy Currington) -
"I Ain't No Quitter" |
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Shania: Still The One:
Live From Las Vegas
Released: March 3, 2015
Billboard
peak:
# 58
Live Tracks: "I'm Gonna
Getcha Good!" - "You Win My
Love" - "Don't Be Stupid (You
Know I Love You)" - "Up!"
- "I Ain't No Quitter" -
"No One Needs To Know" -
"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been
Under?" - "Any Man Of
Mine" - "That Don't Impress Me Much" -
"Honey, I'm Home" - "(If
You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta
Here!" - "Come On Over" -
"Love Gets Me Every Time" -
"Rock This Country!" -
"Today Is Your Day" - "You're Still The One" - "From This Moment On" - "Red
Storm" - "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" |
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vinyl |
NOW
Released: September 29,
2017
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Tracks: "Swingin'
With My Eyes Closed" - "Home
Now" - "Light Of My Life"
- "Poor Me" - "Who's Gonna
Be Your Girl" - "More Fun"
- "I'm Alright" - "Roll Me
On The River" - "We Got
Something They Don't" - "You
Can't Buy Love" - "Love's About
To Get Good" - "Soldier" |
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Not Just A Girl The
Highlights
Released: July 29, 2022
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 131
Tracks: "Not Just A
Girl" - "You're Still The One" - "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" - "What
Made You Say That" - "(If
You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta
Here!" - "Whose Bed Have Your
Boots Been Under?" - "Any Man
Of Mine" - "You Win My
Love" - "Don't Be Stupid (You
Know I Love You)" - "I'm
Holdin' On To Love (To Save My
Life)" - "From This Moment On" (with Bryan
White) - "Love Gets Me Every
Time" - "That Don't Impress Me Much" -
"Honey, I'm Home" - "I'm Gonna Getcha
Good" - "Up!" -
"Life's About To Get Good" |
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Queen Of Me
Released: February 3, 2023
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 10
Tracks: "Giddy
Up!" - "Brand New" -
"Waking Up Dreaming" -
"Best Friend" - "Pretty
Liar" - "Inhale/Exhale
AIR" - "Last Day Of
Summer" - "Queen Of Me" -
"Got It Good" - "Number
One" - "Not Just A Girl" -
"The Hardest Stone" |
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