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Shania Twain Biography

Shania Twain Profile:
  • Name: Shania Twain
  • Birth Name: Eilleen Regina Edwards
  • Height: 5' 4''
  • Sex: F
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Birth Date: August 28, 1965
  • Birth Place: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • Profession: singer
  • Education: High School
  • Husband/Wife: Robert John Mutt Lange (music producer; married on December 28, 1993)
  • Father: Clarence Edwards
  • Mother: Sharon Twain (killed in a 1987 car accident)
  • Sister: Jill (older), Carrie Ann (younger)
  • Brother: Mark, Darryl
  • Step Father: Jerry Twain (killed in a 1987 car accident)

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Shania Twain Quotes:
  • "My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star."
  • "I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking." - FHM. May/June 2000.
  • "I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength." - FHM. May/June 2000.
  • "I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain."
  • "I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing."
  • "I'm more private than people realize. I'm not that easy to get to know."
  • "It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance."
  • "Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music."
  • "I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life."
  • "All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond."
  • "Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it."
  • "I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful."
  • "I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such a name. I'm sure he must've thought that was quite funny. He must've known from that autograph, right off the bat, that I had no idea who he was."
  • "My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can. I'm not looking to leave country, but I do want to have more international success."
  • "So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue."
  • "The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you."
  • "Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down."
  • "Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind."
Shania Twain Awards:
  • BMI Award: Country Song of the Year, Forever And For Always (2004)
  • CMT Awards: Flame Worthy Female Video of the Year (2004)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Country Recording of the Year (2004)
  • Billboard Music Awards: Country Album Artist of the Year (2003)
  • Billboard Music Awards: Country Album of the Year, UP! (2003)
  • Billboard Music Awards: Top Country Artist of the Year (2003)
  • CCMA Awards: Album of the Year, UP! (2003)
  • CCMA Awards: Female Artist of the Year (2003)
  • CCMA Awards: Top Selling Album, UP! (2003)
  • CCMA Awards: Video of the Year, I'm Gonna Getcha Good! (2003)
  • CMT Awards: Flame Worthy Concept Video of the Year (2003)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Artist of the Year (2003)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Country Recording of the Year for (2003)
  • Juno Fan Choice Awards, Canada (2003)
  • Academy of Country Music Awards: Entertainer of the Year (2000)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Best Country Female Artist (2000)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Best Songwriter (2000)
  • People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female Musical Artist (2000)
  • Academy of Country Music Awards: Entertainer of the Year (1999)
  • American Music Awards: Favorite Female Country Artist (1999)
  • American Music Awards: Favorite Female Pop/Rock Artist (1999)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Overall Single (1999)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Single (1999)
  • Country Music Association Awards: Entertainer of the Year (1999)
  • Grammy Awards: for Best Country Song Come On Over (1999)
  • Grammy Awards: for Best Female Vocal Country Performance for Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (1999)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1999)
  • American Music Awards: Favorite Female Country Artist (1998)
  • Billboard Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year (1998)
  • Grammy Awards: Best Country Song You're Still The One (1998)
  • Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Performance for You're Still The One (1998)
  • American Music Awards: Best Female Country Artist (1997)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1997)
  • Juno Awards: Canada: International Achievement Awards (1997)
  • Billboard Music Awards: Country Album of the Year, The Woman in Me (1996)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite New Country Artist (1996)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1996)
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Entertainer of the Year (1996)
  • World Music Awards: World's Best Selling Country Artist (1996)
  • Academy of Country Music Association Awards: Album of the Year, The Woman in Me (1995)
  • Academy of Country Music Awards: Top New Female Vocalist (1995)
  • American Music Awards: Favorite Female Country Artist (1995)
  • American Music Awards: Favorite New Country Artist (1995)
  • Grammy Awards: Best Country Album The Woman In Me (1995)

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