Shania Twain Add to My Celebs Age 46 Birthday Aug. 28th, 1965 Born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada Height 5' 4"

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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Shania Twain was born as Eilleen Regina Edwards in 1965, the middle of three daughters to Clarence and Sharon Edwards (sister Jill is two years older and Carrie-Ann three years younger). When she was six, her mother remarried Jerry Twain, a full-blooded Ojibwa native from Timmins, Ontario, who adopted her as his own, making her 50% native in the eyes of the law. She started out singing in bars as a child after hours, and, at 13, appeared on "The Tommy Hunter Show" (1965). When she was 22, her parents were killed in an accident, and she became the legal guardian of her half-brothers (Mark, then 13, and Darryl, then 14) and sister, putting her musical career on hold to raise her family. In 1991 she changed her name to Shania (meaning "I'm on my way" in Ojibwa, it was the name of a co-worker), and signed a contract with Mercury Nashville that same year. Her first album went by without notice, but her second album (produced with (Mutt) Robert John Lange, who she wed in 1993) broke world records with its sales!


TRIVIA:

• Her parents were killed in a car crash when she was 22.
• Has scored seven No. 1 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles chart. Her biggest hit is the country-pop smash "You're Still the One" (1998, No. 1 country, No. 2 Hot 100); the song won Grammy Awards for Best Country song and Best Female Country Performance.
• Had a poster of 'Tony Danza' (qv) on her wall when she was a little girl.
• Her other country No. 1 hits: "Any Man of Mine" (1995); "(If You're Not in it for Love) I'm Outta Here!" "You Win My Love" and "No One Needs to Know" (1996); and "Honey I'm Home" (1998). Other big hits include "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" and "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" (1995); "Don't Be Stupid," "From This Moment On" and "That Don't Impress Me Much" (all 1998, the second a duet with country singer 'Bryan White (I)' (qv)); and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," "You've Got a Way" and "Come On Over" (all 1999).
• Received the "Order of Canada", Canada's highest honor on November 18, 2005.
• Lives in Switzerland with her husband and son.
• Is one of only four native Canadians to reach the peak of Billboard's country chart since its inception in 1944. The other top hit makers are 'Hank Snow (II)' (qv) (who first turned the trick in 1950), 'Anne Murray (I)' (qv) (first No. 1 hit in 1974), and 'Terri Clark (II)' (qv) (first No. 1 hit in 1999).
• Shy as a child, was a tomboy and hated performing. Started writing songs when she was 8 years old.

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