Shania Twain
Biography
They say the ladies who
sing the country songs are a breed apart. And the ladies who write
the country songs, well they’re just as rare a breed, too.
But the ladies who do both--ah, now there is the heart and soul
of it all, the women who give country music conscience and sizzle,
with a full portion of romance from the feminine perspective thrown
in at no extra cost. "I love to write stories," says Shania
Twain, "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 Twain is no stranger
to conscience, sizzle and the woman’s prerogative. Come On
Over is her third album (Mercury Records), sixteen songs written
by Shania with her husband and producer, Robert John "Mutt"
Lange. This is Shania’s first new release in more than two
and a half years, since the 9-times platinum phenomenon known as
The Woman In Me. That album, which has also sold another 3 million
copies outside the U.S., continues its record-breaking run on the
Billboard Country Albums chart, 140-plus weeks (and counting) as
of the November 1997 release of Come On Over.
For her achievements,
Shania earned Billboard honors as 1996's #1 Top Country Album Artist.
Her Grammy award for Best Country Album was echoed by the Academy
of Country Music and her native Canadian Country Music Awards (both
Album of the Year); and she was variously named Favorite New Country
Artist or Favorite Female Country Artist by the American Music Awards,
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Canada’s JUNO Awards, World
Music Awards, and so on. Her videos earned similar awards from CMT
(Country Music Television, U.S. and European outlets), ABC Radio
Networks and others. One of the most telegenically accessible figures
on the planet, her promo video clips were compiled on The Complete
Woman In Me Video Collection.
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