Shania Twain | |
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Born | Eilleen Regina Edwards August 28, 1965 |
Other names | Shania Twain |
Occupations | |
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Spouse(s) |
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
(m. 1993–2010)Frédéric Thiébaud (m. 2011) |
Children | 1 |
Musical career | |
Origin | Timmins, Ontario, Canada |
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Instruments |
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Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Mercury Nashville, Republic Records |
Website | www.shaniatwain.com |
Shania Twain OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965, in Timmins, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. She was married a long time to music producer Mutt Lange. She is very successful in the country and pop music genres. She had a residency show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late 2012.
Her 1995 album The Woman in Me brought her fame.[2] Her 1997 album Come On Over became the bestselling album of all time by a female musician in any genre[3] and the bestselling country album of all time. It has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.[4]
In 2017, she released the album Now, her first in 15 years. She wrote and co-produced all of the songs. It entered at the top of the charts in Australia,[5] Canada, the UK, and the US,[6] where it opened with 137,000 combined copies and streams.