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.
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Born | Eilleen Regina Edwards August 28, 1965 |
Other names | Shania Twain |
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Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Spouse(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange (m. 1993–2010) Frédéric Thiébaud (m. 2011) |
Children | 1 |
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Origin | Timmins, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Mercury Nashville, Republic Records |
Website | www.shaniatwain.com |
Her 1995 album The Woman in Me brought her fame. Her 1997 album Come On Over became the bestselling album of all time by a female musician in any genre and the bestselling country album of all time. It has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.
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, Canada, the UK, and the US, where it opened with 137,000 combined copies and streams.
Twain married music producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange on December 28, 1993. They have a son, Eja (pronounced "Asia") D'Angelo, who was born on August 12, 2001. On May 15, 2008, a spokesperson for Mercury Nashville said that Twain and Lange were separating. This was after Lange allegedly had an affair with Twain's best friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud. Their divorce was finalized on June 9, 2010. On December 20, 2010, Twain's manager said that Twain was engaged to Swiss Frédéric Thiébaud (the ex-husband of her former best friend), an executive at Nestlé. They married on January 1, 2011, in Rincón, Puerto Rico.
Twain is a longtime vegetarian. In 2001 she was voted PETA's very first Sexiest Vegetarian Alive.
In September 2010, it was confirmed that Twain was to release her first biography, From This Moment On, on May 3, 2011. The cover work for the book was released on March 2, 2011.
In addition to the awards for her singles and albums, Twain has a number of personal honours:
Twain has released thirty-five singles from six studio albums, one greatest hits album, and one soundtrack album.
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