Nineteen Nineties Country Superstars - Shania Twain

Nineteen Nineties Country Music Superstars

Shania Twain

• Background

  • In 1995, Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain released her debut album titled The Woman in Me.
  • The album achieved remarkable commercial success, selling a million copies.
  • The music on The Woman in Me was co-written by Twain and her husband, Matt Lange, who also acted as the producer for the album.
  • Lange had a successful career in the 1970s and 1980s, producing rock bands such as The Cars and Def Leppard. This album marked his first significant move into country music.

• Hit Singles

  • The album featured hit singles that included:
  • Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under
  • Any Man of Mine
  • These singles sold millions of copies and catapulted Twain into stardom almost instantaneously.
  • Twain's music incorporated elements of traditional country but was predominantly pop-oriented, giving her a tremendous crossover appeal compared to her contemporaries.

• Follow-Up Album: Come On Over (1997)

  • Twain and Lange collaborated again on her second album, Come On Over, released in 1997.
  • Come On Over holds the record as the best-selling country music album ever recorded.
  • Additionally, it is the best-selling studio album by a female artist across all musical genres.
  • Out of the 16 tracks on the album, 12 were released as singles, including:
  • That Don't Impress Me Much
  • You're Still the One
  • Many of Twain's singles also crossed over to other music charts, such as the pop charts and the adult contemporary charts.
  • Notable crossover singles include:
    • From This Moment On (a duet with American country singer Brian White)

• Later Career

  • Twain's final studio album, entitled Up, was released in 2002.
  • In February 2011, she hosted a cable television show titled Why Not with Shania Twain.
  • Twain released a new single, Today Is Your Day, in 2011, marking her first new release in several years.