Shania Twain was born Eileen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on August 28, 1965. Twain recorded her first album in 1993. Her next album, The Woman in Me, sold millions of copies and established Twain as a crossover star. Come on Over, released in 1997, sold more than 40 million records to become the bestselling album by a female artist, and the bestselling country music record ever.
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Shania Twain was born Eileen Edwards, on August 28, 1965, in Ontario,
Canada. She was raised in the small mining town of Timmins, Ontario, by
her mother, Sharon, and stepfather, an Ojibway Indian named Gerald
Twain. (She later changed her name from Eileen to "Shania"; an Ojibway
word meaning "I'm on my way").
Twain
was already singing and writing songs by age 10; as a teenager, she
performed on Canadian television. In 1987, her mother and stepfather
were tragically killed in a car accident, leaving Twain to care for her
three younger siblings.
After
several years spent earning money by singing at a local resort, Twain
went to Nashville in 1993. She immediately signed with Mercury Records
and released her self-titled debut album. That same year, Twain married
South African music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, who was known for his
work with the heavy metal bands AC/DC, Def Leppard, and Foreigner.
With the help of Lange, Twain released The Woman in Me
in 1995, which sold 12 million copies, becoming the bestselling country
album by a female artist in history. The album, which yielded the hit
songs "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" "Any Man of Mine," and
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" earned Twain a Grammy
Award for Best Country Album.
In 1997, Twain released her third album, Come On Over,
which contained eight hit singles, including "You're Still the One,"
"Love Gets Me Everytime," "That Don't Impress Me Much," "Honey, I'm
Home," "From this Moment On," and "You've Got a Way." Certified by the
Recording Institute Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 17
million copies, Come On Over holds the notable distinction of being the bestselling country album of all time.
Shania
Twain's combination of a powerful voice and sexy image has made her one
of the most popular singers in both country and pop music. Her
popularity opened the door for such female country crossover acts as
Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes. In the late 1990s, Twain signed a reported
$3 million contract with Revlon cosmetics to endorse their products.
In 1999, she released a fourth album, On the Way. Twain also re-recorded the single "You've Got a Way" for the motion picture soundtrack Notting Hill (1999). In 2002, Twain released the album "Up!" She released a Greatest Hits
album in 2004, which included a duet with Billy Currington, "Party For
Two." In 2005, she released "Send It With Love" and "Beginnings."
Twain
and Lange moved to their 19th-century estate in Tour-de-Peliz,
Switzerland. In August 2001, they welcomed their first child, a son
named Eja (pronounced "Asia"). The couple however, parted ways after 14
years of marriage on May 15, 2008.
Source: biography.com
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