Real Name : Edwards, Eilleen Regina
Birth : 28 August 1965, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height : 5' 4"
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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)_ (qv). 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' (qv), who she wed in 1993) broke world records with its sales!
Biography written by: Anonymous
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- 1995 Billboard Music Awards (1995) (TV) [Herself]
- 2000 Much Music Video Music Awards (2000) (TV) [Herself]
- 38th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2004) (TV) [Presenter]
- 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- 50 Sexiest Video Moments (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust 2003 (2003) (TV) [Himself - Performer]
- Almost Famous II (2009) (TV) (archive footage) (as Eileen Twain) [Herself]
- Bambi Verleihung 2004 (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- Bellini's Drive (1998) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Best of CMT Music Awards (2009) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Canadian Country Music Awards (1998) (TV) [Performer]
- CMA Awards Red Carpet Preview (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- CMA Red Carpet Live from NYC (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards Pre-Party (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards Pre-Party (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton (2006) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- CMT Greatest Moments: Shania Twain (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT Star: Style (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT: 100 Greatest Music Videos (2004) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- CMT: 20 Sexiest Women (2004) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself] <2>
- CMT: 40 Greatest Fashion Statements (2003) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- CMT: 40 Sexiest Music Videos (2008) (TV) [Herself] <1>
- CMT: Class of 1995 (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT: The Greatest - 20 Sexiest Women (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (2006) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Divas Live: An Honors Concert for VH1 Save the Music (1998) (TV) [Herself/performer] <28>
- Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- George Fox: Time of My Life (1995) (TV) [Herself]
- Gold, Gold, Gold (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- I Heart Huckabees (2004) [Herself] <45>
- Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Shania Twain: Any Man of Mine (2007) (V) [Herself]
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1995) (TV) [Herself]
- Maxim Hot 100 (2004) (TV) (also archive footage) [Herself (#40) (Interviewee)]
- Party in the Park 1998 (1999) (V) [Herself]
- People Yearbook '95 (1995) (TV) [Herself]
- Shania Twain: A Collection of Video Hits (2002) (V) [Herself]
- Shania Twain: Live (1998) (V) [Lead Vocals] <1>
- Shania Twain: Man! I Feel Like a Woman (1999) (V) [Herself] <1>
- Shania Twain: The Platinum Collection (2001) (V) [Herself] <1>
- Shania Up! Live in Chicago (2003) (TV) [Herself] <1>
- Super Bowl XXXVII (2003) (TV) [Himself - Halftime Performer]
- The 1998 Billboard Music Awards (1998) (TV) [Herself]
- The 2003 Billboard Music Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- The 32nd Annual Juno Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself - Host/Performer] <1>
- The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (1996) (TV) [Herself - Performer]
- The Gift of Song (1997) (TV) [Herself]
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- The Life and Times of the Women of Country (1999) (TV) [Herself]
- The Royal Variety Performance 2002 (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- Vanessa Williams & Friends: Christmas in New York (1996) (TV) [Herself]
- VH1 Big in 03 (2003) (TV) [Herself/Performer]
- VH1 Divas Duets (2003) (TV) [Performer]
- Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- Winter Break (1999) (TV) [Herself] <1>
- "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" (2003) [Herself/Interviewee]
- "48 Hours" (1988) {It's a Big Country} [Herself]
- "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) {Auditions: Chicago (#9.3)} [Herself - Judge] <5>
- "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) {The Road to Hollywood (#9.8)} [Herself - Judge] <11>
- "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" (2002) {(#2.8)} [Herself - Performer]
- "Behind the Music" (1997) {Shania Twain (#2.6)} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Dolly Parton} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Hairdos and Heartache: The Women of Country Music} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Mavericks: Honky Tonk Angels - The Women} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Shania Twain} [Herself] <1>
- "CD:UK" (1998) {(2003-01-11)} [Herself]
- "CD:UK" (1998) {(2003-08-23)} [Performer]
- "Children in Need" (1980) {(2004-11-19)} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {(2006-04-29)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {(2007-05-26)} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {(2009-08-29)} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {(2010-01-23)} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {(2010-05-01)} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {(2010-05-08)} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {2009 Rewind} [Herself]
- "CMT Insider" (2004) {Best Stories of 2007} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "CMT Stacked" (2003) [Herself]
- "Domino Day" (1998) {Domino Day 2004 (#2.1)} [Herself - Guest Star]
- "Driven" (2002) {Shania Twain (#1.1)} [Herself]
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {Country Divas} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2006-12-04)} [Herself]
- "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" (2001) {(#4.10)} [Herself]
- "GMTV" (1993) {(2003-06-03)} [Herself]
- "GMTV" (1993) {(2004-11-17)} [Herself - Performer]
- "HermanSIC" (2000) {(2003-02-23)} [Herself]
- "Impact: Songs That Changed the World" (2007) (archive footage) [Herself] <10>
- "Inside Fame" (2002) {Shania Twain} [Herself] <1>
- "Intimate Portrait" (1993) {Shania Twain} [Herself]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {(2001-05-20)} (archive footage) [Herself] <7>
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {(2005-06-17)} [Herself]
- "Musikbutikken" (1998) {(2000-07-29)} [Herself]
- "Operación triunfo" (2001) {(#2.10)} [Herself]
- "Patrick Kielty... Almost Live!" (1999) {(#5.20)} [Herself]
- "Star Search" (2003) {Das Finale (#1.15)} [Herself]
- "Stjerne for en aften" (2001) {(#2.8)} [Herself - Performer]
- "Strictly Come Dancing" (2004) {(#2.5)} [Herself]
- "The Apprentice" (2004) {Shaniagans (#4.11)} [Herself]
- "The Frank Skinner Show" (1995) {(#8.6)} [Herself]
- "The Greatest Canadian" (2004) [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2003-11-04)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1996-06-17)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1997-12-23)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1999-02-18)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(1997-11-07)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(1998-01-25)} [Herself]
- "The Tony Danza Show" (2004) {(#1.122)} [Herself]
- "Tinseltown TV" (2002) {(2003-09-27)} [Herself]
- "Today with Des and Mel" (2002) {(2004-11-19)} [Herself]
- "Top of the Pops 2" (1994) {(2002-11-19)} [Herself]
- "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(2002-12-25)} [Herself]
- "TRL Italy" (1999) {(#4.1)} [Herself]
- "TRL Italy" (1999) {(#5.1)} [Herself]
- "Verstehen Sie Spaß?" (1980) {(#1.99)} [Herself]
- "VH1: All Access" (2003) {How Far Is Too Far? (#1.2)} [Herself]
- "Wetten, dass..?" (1981) {Wetten, dass..? aus Berlin (#1.150)} [Herself]
- "Wetten, dass..?" (1981) {Wetten, dass..? aus Kiel (#1.137)} [Herself]
- "Why Not? With Shania Twain" (2010) [Herself]
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- 'Robert John Lange' (qv) (29 December 1993 - May 2010) (divorced); 1 child
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- _Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (2005) (TV)_ (qv)
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 7 November 2004, Vol. 52, Iss. 45, pg. 38-42, by: Mary Murphy, "The Secret World of Shania Twain"
- "Libelle" (Netherlands), 22 November 2002, Iss. 48, pg. 58-60, by: Charlotte Latten, "Blijft er nog wat te wensen over voor Shania Twain?"
- "Lundi" (Canada), 4 December 1999, Vol. 23, Iss. 43, pg. 10-13, by: Judith Woods, "Shania Twain Sex-symbol "
- "Glamour" (USA), June 1999, "From Poverty to Pop Star"
- "7 Jours" (Canada), 8 May 1999, Vol. 10, Iss. 27, pg. 8-13, by: Mike Greenblatt, "Shania Twain"
- "Chatelaine" (Canada), May 1996, Vol. 69, Iss. 5, pg. 56-58, by: Johanna Schneller, "Runaway Twain"
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 19 April 2010, Vol. 58, Iss. 16, pg. 11, by: Shawna Malcom, "Exclusive: Shania Twain Returns to Idol"
- "The Daily Telegraph" (UK), 22 May 2008, by: Graham Tibbetts, "Shania Twain to divorce Robert 'Mutt' Lange"
- "Nieuwe Revu " (Netherlands), 11 December 2002, Iss. 51, pg. 48+49, by: Guuz Hoogaerts, "Shania Twain ziet het anders"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 8 November 2002, Iss. 681, pg. 34-42, by: Jeff Gordinier, "Shania Twain Does Not Believe In Tears"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 2 November 2002, Vol. 50, Iss. 44, pg. 16-20, by: Jennifer Graham, "Still the One"
- "Le Lundi" (Canada), 16 December 2000, Vol. 24, Iss. 44, pg. 48-49, by: Raymond Pelletier, "L'eur Roman D'amour Shania Twain et Mutt Lange"
- "Lundi" (Canada), 4 December 1999, Vol. 23, Iss. 43, pg. 14-15, by: Raymond Pelletier, "Elle deteste qu'on la touche"
- "Le Lundi" (Canada), 27 March 1999, Vol. 23, Iss. 7, pg. 8-11, by: Raymond Pelletier, "L'enfance difficile d'un sex-symbol"
- "Cosmopolitan" (USA), February 1999, pg. 124-+126+128, by: Trish Deitch Rohrer, "Twain's World"
- "Derniere Heure" (Canada), 23 January 1999, Vol. 5, Iss. 48, pg. 11, "Des Chevaux et un ranch"
- "Country America" (USA), September 1998, pg. 52-57, by: Neil Pound, "Model Twain"
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- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2009, Iss. 59, pg. 56-59, by: staff, "Splits-Ville, You're Not STill The One!: Shania Twain"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2000, Vol. 13, Iss. 4, pg. 34, by: staff, "Treasured Chests: 2nd Set - #33 Shania Twain"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), December 1999, Vol. 13, Iss. 1, pg. 14-15, by: staff, "Still The Two"
- "Playboy" (USA), December 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 12, pg. 149, by: Christopher Napolitano, "Sex Stars 1999"
- "Playboy" (USA), August 1996, Vol. 38, Iss. 8, pg. 158, by: Paul Natkin, "Grapevine: Twain's Mark"
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- "Redbook" (USA), December 2007
- "Self" (USA), March 2006
- "The Plain Dealer TV Week" (USA), 17 August 2003
- "TV Weekeinde" (Netherlands), 30 November 2002, Iss. 49
- "TV Guide" (USA), 2 November 2002, Vol. 50, Iss. 44
- "FHM" (France), September 2000, Iss. 14
- "FHM" (USA), May 2000
- "Country Weekly" (USA), 25 January 2000
- "Country Music Live" (USA), January 2000
- "Lundi" (Canada), 4 December 1999, Vol. 23, Iss. 43
- "Redbook" (USA), December 1999
- "Glamour" (USA), June 1999
- "7 Jours" (Canada), 8 May 1999, Vol. 10, Iss. 27
- "Le Lundi" (Canada), 27 March 1999, Vol. 23, Iss. 7
- "Country Weekly" (USA), 2 March 1999
- "Cosmopolitan" (USA), February 1999
- "Natural Living Today" (USA), December 1998, Vol. 3, Iss. 12
- "Rolling Stone" (USA), 3 September 1998, Iss. 794
- "Country America" (USA), September 1998
- "Modern Screen's Country Music" (USA), August 1996
- "Chatelaine" (Canada), May 1996, Vol. 69, Iss. 5
- "Chatelaine" (Canada), May 1996
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- Robin Eggar. _Shania Twain: The Biography._ New York: CMT/Pocket Books, 2005. ISBN 074349735X
- Dallas Williams. _Shania Twain: On My Own._ ECW Press,
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- 1999: TV commercials for Revlon
- Video collection: "The Complete Woman in Me" (Polygram Video) contains 8 music videos. 35 minutes.
- Album: "Shania Tweain" (1993)
- Album: "The Woman In Me" (1995)
- Album: "Come On Over" (1998)
- 1999-2000: TV commercial (background music) for Revlon's EveryLash mascara
- Album: "Up!" (2003)
- 2005: Print ads for Fabreze Scentstories reusable scent discs
- Print ad for Sanyo SCP-8100 cell phone.
- 2007: TV commercial, Shania Starlight perfume.
- CD: "Wild and Wicked" (ZPS)
- 1998: Grammy-winning duet with Bryan White "From this Moment On".
- In 2004, when she appeared on the BBC's "Children In Need" telethon, she performed the song "Up!", and then took part in a magic act where she was sawed in half by a magician.
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- (September 2003) Starting her latest tour on September 25th which will last until mid-December.
- (November 2003) Resides in Switzerland when not touring
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- Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue)
- Voted "sexiest vegetarian alive" by PETA
- (12 August 2001) Gave birth to first child, a son, Eja (pronounced "Asia").
- Name "Shania" means "I'm on my way" in Ojibwa.
- 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.
- Her biggest country hit, 1997's "Love Gets Me Every Time," became the first country No. 1 released by a female country artist to spend five weeks atop Billboard's country chart since 'Dolly Parton' (qv)'s 1977 hit "Here You Come Again.".
- Named the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1999. She also received the CMA's International Achievement Award that same year.
- 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).
- 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).
- Has sold 19 million copies of "Come On Over" domestically.
- Uses her married (and legal) name Eilleen Lange in the credits for her latest CD, titled 'Up.' It is her first release since 1997's multi-platinum effort 'Come on Over.'
- Will host the 2003 Juno Awards (Canadian Grammy Awards) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on April 6.
- (January 26, 2003) Performed at the National Football League's Super Bowl half-time show where it was well known that she had been lip-synching the song.
- Won three 2003 Juno Awards: Juno Fan Choice Award, Artist of the Year and Country Recording of the Year.
- She received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 25, 2003).
- Her German Shepherd dog Tim is named after her hometown of Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
- Her heritage is Irish and French-Canadian. She was raised in the Ojibway Indian culture by her stepfather, a full blooded Ojibway native.
- She owns a cottage near the town of Huntsville in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada.
- Shares a birthday with 'LeAnn Rimes' (qv).
- Her parents were killed in a car crash when she was 22.
- The album, tour and merchandising for the album "Come On Over" made over $40,000,000 in Australia alone, where it still remains one of the longest charting albums in Australia.
- Her name is correctly pronounced 'Shu-nye-ah'.
- Received the "Order of Canada", Canada's highest honor on November 18, 2005.
- Named #39 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
- Lives in Switzerland with her husband and son.
- Her album "Up!" (2002) sold two million copies in the United States during its first month of release.
- Named #33 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
- Shy as a child, was a tomboy and hated performing. Started writing songs when she was 8 years old.
- Her nephew, whose last name is also Twain, got his big break in entertainment when featured on Canada's Much Music cable station in 2004.
- Named #30 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
- Had a poster of 'Tony Danza' (qv) on her wall when she was a little girl.
- Ranked #15 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
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