Shania Twain Biography

Super shining entertainer star of 90's Shania Twain was born on August 28 1965 in Windsor, Ontario (Canada). Shania Twain became an icon of success in history of music with her own different style; she gained popularity among lovers of music all over the world. It was her hard work and talent, which helped her become one of the hottest singing sensations.

Shania Twain was second eldest of five children to her parents and was named Eilleen. When Shania of few years old, her father left his family. Further, her mother married to a forest crewman who was an Ojibway Indian in Timmis, Ontario where Shania spent her childhood. Shania worked with her stepfather as a part of the jungle crew and helped her father in plantation.

Shania was brought up in an environment where music was in the air. Her family always supported her musical talent and let her do whatever she wanted to pursue her career, even when the economical condition of her family was not so good. Her favorite activity from her childhood was singing, writing, playing guitar and listening to other musical geniuses. Everyone from her family sung very nicely and everyone had his/her own style of singing. She was exposed to quite a good variety of music styles. She also listened to country music and even learned and adopted the same style very easily. As she was good in singing and playing guitar right from her childhood, her parents sent her to perform in TV and radio shows, local clubs, parties and at every place where she could display her talent and she even performed very beautifully.

Shania, as mentioned above worked with her stepfather in summer in a canadian crew who worked for reforestation where she learned using chain saw and many other skills along with other men crew members, during winter season, along with her school, she also continued her activities of singing and performing at clubs, shows etc. These activities where in her normal schedule for many years till she was 21 years old.

When Shania was 22 year old, she lost her parents in an accident (an auto wreck) and she was left as a legal gaurdian of her half-brothers and sisters. As the eldest sister, it was Shania's duty to look after them and she faced a tough situation where she had to take a decision (whether to pursue her music career), which would decide her future. Shania made her mind and decided to take on duties she was passed by her late parents, she decided to take care of her siblings. To bear the household expenses, Shania took on a job at Ontario's Deerhurst Resort. Her work at Deerhurst Resort provided her with an opportunity to explore world of theatrical performances, she performed in lead at Deerhurst's and had an opportunity to learn new things (such as a chance to work in a musical comedy and few more).

Near 1990, Shania had fewer responsibilities as compared to the ones after her parent's death in 1987 (as her brothers could earn enough to support themselves). Shania decided to give her career a new look and a new start; she changed her name from Eilleen to Shania (which means 'I'm on my way'). Shania jumped into music world full-fledged, moved to Nashville and her first demo music tape was released, which she recorded with songwriter (also producer) Norro Wilson and Buddy Cannon. Shania was not given an opportunity to write songs in her music tape as the company and producers did not think that they were of good quality.

The year 1993 brought some good news for Shania when producer Robert John Lange ("Mutt") listened to Shania's voice and approached her offering her new opportunity to write her name in the history of music. Robert Lange and Shania worked together for few months and fell in love with each other. Further in December 1993 Robert married Shania.

Robert helped Shania in bringing her songs in front of the world, which her previous company had rejected to work on. They worked very hard on her upcoming project "The Woman in Me", which became one of the hottest album (country album). The album also won a Grammy Award to Shania and more than 11 million copies of the album were sold. Shania was a superstar and was in a league with other female superstar like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston etc. Her album 'The Woman in Me' placed her on the top of the list of favorite artists in her audience's mind. Shania was even nominated for 'Rising Video Start of the Year' by Country Music Television Europe.

Shania redefined the image of female country singers. She also had adopted new technique to lure her male fans; she posed herself as a new sex icon and was probably first country singer to come up in this new look. By mid-90's, Shania was one of the hottest female singers and a phenomenon in the music world.

Further in 1996, Shania released her next album "No One Needs To Know", which also was a big hit. Shania was honored with a number 1 Top Country Album Artist title in 1996. "Come on Over" was one more hit she released in 97 which sold over some million copys. With this all, Shania continued giving hit albums one after another.

Shania then set up for an around the world tour for about two years to support the marketing of her albums. Shania spent next few months with her husband and in August 2001, she gave birth to a baby boy Eja. During this time, she planned and wrote her fourth album.

From the day Shania stepped in the world of music, she has given numerous singles, albums and videos, which were successful in luring and rocking her fans and music lovers. In her career Shania won numerous titles and awards for her albums and was named the best female country artist. She was also honored with American Music Awards, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, BMI Awards, Grammy Awards, World Music Awards, Canadian Country Music Awards, and JUNO (Canada) Awards almost every year.