Gloria Estefan and Shania Twain Pay Tribute to Desperate Housewives on Album 8/23/05
The CBC Shania movie based on the unauthorized biography "Shania Twain" by Robin Eggar will not be filming in Shania's hometown of Timmins. Timmins will be little more than a glimpse in the movie about singing sensation Shania Twain. A camera crew will be coming to Timmins to shoot background and iconic images of the city, but no scenes will be filmed where Twain spent her younger years. Timmins Mayor Vic Power called the plan, a horrible miscarriage of justice. A movie about Shania Twain should be shot in Timmins, Power said. To me, thats a bit like making a movie about the (Toronto) Maple Leafs and filming it in Montreal. This is her hometown, and it certainly should be shot here. Most of the scenes for the two-hour movie will be shot in Sudbury. The film, a project of Barna Alper Production, will air on CBC Television in spring 05...Weve talked with the producers and showed them the sites of interest in the city, she said. Were disappointed about their decision because it would be great to have something like that in Timmins. Despite Timmins exclusion, Hautanen remains excited about the movie. Most of the time youre staring at the people on the screen anyway, not the stuff in the background, she said. As the producers explained it to me, when youre watching a movie, a school is a school. Hautanen and Saari both cautioned that the movie is based on an unauthorized biography on the performer. Shania is not participating in this, Saari said. 
SHANIA GOES HOME 
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asking, I'd love to!' And on the walk over there, they told me that Shania wanted them to really take care of me. And all these things that they were telling me about that she wanted for me, I'm thinking, 'How cool it that?' How sweet for an artist of her caliber to care like that in her busy time, all the things that she was doing on the set, that she cared about how I was and how I felt, and if I had what I needed."
SHANIA'S SLAP-HAPPY MOVIE ROLE 
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I love this picture of Shania it shows the truly fun side of her and with her guitar. Shania is fast becoming my very, very favorite country music artist before anyone else. This lady is truly a wonder in the music world and her family world. She is undeniably one of the most sensitive and caring person that I have seen in a long time in the music industry.
Here is the rugged and playful Shania on top of a four wheeler. She owns one of these machines with Twain across it very large. She looks so comfortable up on this and very much at ease which is probably true since she has probably driven these things around quite a bit.
Meredith Henderson to Become Shania 
TV movie, filmmakers announced Wednesday. 
By Neil Haislop
NASHVILLE, TN Thursday Apr.21.2005 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- The determined young singer from Timmins, Ontario, Canada that fought for control of her videos, struggled to get past a weak debut album and unsuccessful debut singles, emerging with a sophomore album that ranks as one of the biggest female albums in history on her way to international
superstardom, has released a new single from her greatest hits album.
The title of which seems all to fitting, "I Ain't No Quitter." It's at radio as of April 20 from Shania Twain.
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A chalet full of diamonds What happened? In plain English, 1999 was the year the RIAA began writing checks the record industry couldnt cash. For many years, when the RIAA was called upon to officially report on the growth of the recording industry, it did so only by responding to changes in the market. In 1958, at the dawn of the long-play record, it created the Gold award for $1 million in sales. This made sense. Pop music was changing from a regional, ephemeral phenomenon into an album-driven, culturally significant force. Similarly, when it introduced the Platinum award in 1976 for 1 million units sold it seemed a good response to the cresting wave of stadium rock. Its hard to attribute similar good judgment to the invention of the Diamond in March 1999. The Diamond award for 10 million units sold was nearly impossible to attain using anything short of exploitative measures the most calculated crossover hits, yuppies favorites repurchased in muliple formats, new teen pop marketed to underage girls and dirty old men. Trumpeting these successes smacked of extreme arrogance. Three months after the Diamonds invention, Napster was released, and its little wonder consumer response was so rapturous. Here are the record industrys all-time top sellers as listed at the unveiling ceremony for the Diamond sales award, listed in number of sales:
The Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 19711975 (Elektra) 2/17/76 28 million copies Michael Jackson, Thriller (Epic) 12/1/82 26 million Pink Floyd, The Wall (Columbia) 12/8/79 23 million Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV (Swan Song) 11/8/71 22 million Billy Joel, Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Columbia) 6/28/85 21 million The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol) 11/25/68 19 million AC/DC, Back in Black (Elektra) 7/21/80 19 million Shania Twain, Come On Over (Mercury Nashville) 11/4/97 19 million Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (Warner Bros.) 2/4/77 19 million Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard (Arista) 11/17/92 17 million This is a solid list, not only of best-sellers, but of critically acclaimed landmarks in pop history. You might even argue that these specific albums mark a rough chronology of the evolution of pop music as an art form. But when we look at it chronologically, the list takes on a far different cast:
1968 The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol) 19 million 1971 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV (Swan Song) 22 million 1976 The Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 19711975 (Elektra) 28 million 1977 Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (Warner Bros.) 19 million 1979 Pink Floyd, The Wall (Columbia) 23 million 1980 AC/DC, Back in Black (Elektra) 19 million 1982 Michael Jackson, Thriller (Epic) 26 million 1985 Billy Joel, Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Columbia) 21 million 1992 Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard (Arista) 17 million 1997 Shania Twain, Come On Over (Mercury Nashville) Looked at this way, the time line seems more like landmarks in the record industrys slow descent into pabulum. These numbers are certainly evidence that, after 1980, the corporate music industry had given up on its golden age in favor of churning out purposely characterless dreck. The story behind Up!, Shania 27 29 Twains album following Come On Over, offers strong proof. Released in November 2002, Up! marked the nadir of cynical pop. It was the masterwork of a well-seasoned team practically bioengineered to exploit Shania Twain, a Canadian native who achieved breakout success by masquerading as a Nashville star, and her husband, a white South African named Robert Mutt Lange, the producer of an increasingly bland series of crossover stars, from Foreigner in the 70s to Huey Lewis in the 80s to Michael Bolton and Celine Dion in the 90s. Up! was intended as the pairs triumph of commercial genius. Twain admitted that she deliberately rejected songs that smacked of introspection or personal detail. Up! was even released in three distinct mixes appealing to different target markets. The country-oriented Green mix featured banjo, pedal steel and fiddle; the pop-oriented Red replaced those with strings, guitars and keyboards; and the Blue international edition added a touch of Eurotrash beats. Great art elicits passionate reactions, both positive and negative. It is idiosyncratic. It awakens a range of emotions melancholy, joy, sadness, laughter. Up! studiously avoided every condition of great art. Having achieved their greatest possible triumph, the two retired to a chalet in Switzerland, an ideal home for a couple who turned neutrality into a virtue. Switzerlands probably much nicer than any of the chalets at Pontins, so God bless em, they may have been the last two Cynics to get out of the old music industry with their lives.
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AUGUST 11, 2004 Country superstar SHANIA TWAIN has joined the exclusive club featuring THE EAGLES, LED ZEPPELIN and MICHAEL JACKSON after shifting 20 million copies of her hit COME ON OVER album in America. The singer's 1997 album has been certified double diamond in the latest Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sales list. The disc is the best-selling country album in history, according to the RIAA. Only five artists have titles that have shipped more copies to US retailers - The Eagles' THEIR GREATEST HITS (1971-1975), Michael Jackson's THRILLER, THE WALL by PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN's LED ZEPPELIN IV and BILLY JOEL's GREATEST HITS, VOL 1 + II. Meanwhile, new multiple-platinum certifications handed out by the RIAA include EVANESCENCE's FALLEN, CLOSER by JOSH GROBAN and RAY CHARLES' GENIUS LOVES COMPANY.
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AUGUST 20, 2004 Shania Twain plans to fight countryside access laws in New Zealand - where she is planning to purchase a 42,000-acre (16,997 hectare) sheep farm. The COME ON OVER singer, 38, and husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE want to buy the property at the country's Wanaka area - on condition a new hiking trial is introduced to give hikers access to the neighbouring lands instead of their desired Motatapu Station. However neighbours DON and VICKY McRAE say they were "totally shocked" by the plan to use their land. Twain explains, "We just have to have boundaries in order to keep some normalcy in our lives. "We just sort of decided - especially with me being in the spotlight so much - that I would associate myself with cameras and with the spotlight when it's related to my music and when it's not, then I won't be there." In New Zealand, land access is a contentious issue. Finance minister MICHAEL CULLEN and other ministers who must approve the deal, said last month (JUL04) that it would not go through unless public access to the property was maintained.
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AUGUST 25, 2004 Country star SHANIA TWAIN's brother has been arrested for drug possession after he was pulled over by police in Canada. The THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH star's younger half-sibling DARRYL TWAIN was caught by cops in Edmonton after they recognised a vehicle matching the description of a car involved in a shooting last month (JUL04). Police spokesman ANDY WEILER says officers discovered more than 170 pieces of rock cocaine in the car, valued at almost $5,400 (GBP3,000). Twain has been charged with having drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a drug, and possessing the proceeds of crime. He was released on bail after questioning. Twain - along with his brothers-in-law FRANKLIN LOGAN and JASON LOGAN - are due in court on 3 September (04). |
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AUGUST 31, 2004 Shania TWAIN has recorded two duets of the same tune for her new GREATEST HITS album because she can't pick which version is her favourite. The country singer recorded PARTY OF TWO with both SUGAR RAY's MARK McGRATH and labelmate BILLY CURRINGTON - and both collaborations will appear on the hits compilation. Videos for the two versions were recently filmed in Europe. |
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2004 Shania Twain has stunned the music industry by picking up her fourth Country Song of the Year Award from the American arm of music licensing agency BROADCAST MUSIC INCORPORATED (BMI). FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS, co-written by Twain and her husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE, won the 2004 award for being the most performed country song of the year, based on broadcasts in America. It was also named song of the year at the 2004 BMI LONDON AWARDS, and her hit YOU'RE STILL THE ONE received the honour at both the 1999 BMI POP AND COUNTRY AWARDS. Other winners this year (04) included TOBY KEITH, who collected songwriter/artist of the year for AMERICAN SOLDIER, and CASEY BEATHARD earned country songwriter of the year. YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH hitmaker LORETTA LYNN was named BMI Icon for "her enduring influence on generations of music makers". |
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NOVEMBER 19, 2004 SIR ELTON JOHN, TOM HANKS and SHANIA TWAIN were the big winners at last night's (18NOV04) 56th annual BAMBI AWARDS in Hamburg, Germany. Despite pouring rain and the distraction of the MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS held in Italy on the same night, a host of stars, including Twain, HEID KLUM and boyfriend SEAL were in attendance. The main winners are as follows: Honour Bambi: DR NELSON MANDELA und JüRGEN SCHREMPP Lifetime Achievement: HEIDI KABEL Film International: TOM HANKS Film National: DOWNFALL Charity: SIR ELTON JOHN International Pop Female: SHANIA TWAIN International Pop Male: SEAL Fashion: Donatella VERSACE Shooting Star: SIBEL KEKILLI Career: DIANE KRUGER Commitment: FRIEDER ALBERTH. |
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DECEMBER 20, 2004 Country star SHANIA TWAIN's childhood was so impoverished, she was forced to sleep in freezing conditions. The THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH beauty was often crippled by frostbite during the winter months, because her parents couldn't afford to pay the heating bill. She says, "My parents couldn't always feed us or pay the heating bills. "Many times we had to go to bed with layers on. Some winters I got frostbite. We could have relied on the welfare system, but my father had too much pride. So a lot of times we suffered."
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DECEMBER 21, 2004 Country star SHANIA TWAIN is horrified after learning that an unauthorised TV movie is being planned about her life. The MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN singer was recently told about the project, and she admits she's not quite sure what writers could put in the film to make it interesting for viewers. She says of the project, "I have nothing to do with it. "I do think it influences the way people see you. I'd like to see if there's anything I don't know about myself. "What are they gonna find out? I've lived such a square life. I have had no time to get into drugs and stupid things. I've been focused, or I never would have got here." |
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DECEMBER 24, 2004 Country star SHANIA TWAIN hates the trappings of her success, and wishes she was impoverished instead. The sexy singer has made millions from an ultra-successful solo career - reportedly $57 million (GBP30 million) from concert ticket sales this year (04) alone - but she sees the money she makes as a burden. Twain explains, "Money is a burden. All anybody needs is enough to eat and have a roof over their heads. "Any more than that is a stress. My son is going to have money, and he's going to be stressed."
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 SHANIA GOES TO THE APPRENTICEShania Twain joins the parade of country stars popping up on TV during the Thanksgiving holidays when she guests on the popular NBC reality series, The Apprentice, Thanksgiving night, Nov. 24, at 9:00 p.m. (ET). The episode has the Apprentice teams trying to devise a winning marketing campaign for the new Shania by Stetson fragrance. The holiday week proves to be a cornucopia of country on TV. Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 23, Kenny Chesney and Faith Hill star in their own network specials. But it's likely that no one stands to be fired on their shows. |
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JUNO AWARDS 2005
 2005 compilation a good guide
By DARRYL STERDAN -- Winnipeg Sun
Juno Awards 2005 The Junos are less than a month away. Can you feel the excitement building? Nah, us neither. But hey, there's still plenty of time. And the new Juno Awards 2005 compilation CD might help. It can't hurt. This 18-track set collects a cross-section of nominees from major categories. You get superstars (Avril's Don't Tell Me, Shania's Party for Two), rockers (Nickelback's Figured You Out, Tragically Hip's Vaccination Scar), singer-songwriters (Ron Sexsmith's Whatever it Takes, Sarah McLachlan's Push), hip-hop (k-os's Crabbuckit, jacksoul's Still Believe in Love), pop-punk (Sum 41's Pieces, Billy Talent's The Ex), jazz (Diana Krall's Narrow Daylight) and even Francophone pop (Audrey de Montigny's Meme les Anges). Pity you don't get any nominees from our host city -- but even so, Juno Awards 2005 is a decent guide to this year's lineup. Track Listing: 1. Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me |
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Shania Twain and Gloria Estfan are among the stars so inspired by hit TV show Desperate Housewives, they've recorded tunes for a new accompanying album. Twain's new single Shoes leads the project, Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives, which also features the track God Bless the American Housewife, written especially for the album by country trio Shedaisy. Meanwhile, the video for Twain's single will feature the stars of the show. The album also features Estefan singing Young Hearts Run Free, Liz Phair covering the Rolling Stones' Motherss Little Helper and the Indigo Girls revamping Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson. The album will be released next month (SEP05) to coincide with the start of the second season of the hit show |
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"Shania: The Movie": I'm not really crazy about the idea because if it's not correct (the public will) get the wrong idea of what my life is all about -- so that's a little unsettling," said Twain, who was raised in Timmins, Ont. "And who portrays you too, I mean what if they don't portray you (right)." On that front, Twain was more than willing to check out a photo of the girl, Meredith Henderson best known for YTV's The Adventures Of Shirley Holmes, cast to play her. "I don't know who she is. She sure looks lovely. She looks nice. I mean I'm sure she'll do the best job that she can. She's only going to take direction from whoever's directing." |
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The album features a host of previously unreleased covers, including the Indigo Girls' version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," Liz Phair's take on the Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper," Gloria Estefan's recasting of the Candi Staton-popularized "Young Hearts Run Free" and Martina McBride's cover of the Tom T. Hall-penned country favorite "Harper Valley P.T.A." The new season the show premieres Sept. 25 on ABC. Here is the track list for "Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives": "Dialog / Mary Alice" "God Bless the American Housewife," SheDaisy "Dialog / Edie" "Shoes," Shania Twain "Band of Gold," Anna Nalick "Dialog / Lynette" "Mother's Little Helper," Liz Phair "Mrs. Robinson," Indigo Girls "Harper Valley P.T.A.," Martina McBride "Dialog / Bree" "Running Out of Time," LeAnn Rimes "Treat Me Right (I'm Yours for Life)," Joss Stone "One's on the Way," Sara Evans "Dialog / Gabrielle" "Boom Boom," Macy Gray "Young Hearts Run Free," Gloria Estefan "Dialog / Susan" "Damsel in Distress," Idina Menzel "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife," k.d. lang "Dialog / Mary Alice" "Theme," Danny Elfman |
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Shania's fragrance, "Shania by Stetson", is featured in the September 2005 issues of "Elle" magazine and "Glamour" magazine. HERE are all of the details.
On page 392 of "Elle" magazine, there is a feature on Shania's "Shania" by Stetson fragrance at the TOP of the page. The feature is in a section of the magazine that talks about celeb. fragrances that are coming out. The feature includes a photo with a collage of items in it. Each item in the photo is numbered. The number in the photo corresponds with a description and/or explanation of the use of that item in creating "Shania" by Stetson. In addition, the photo collage includes a snapshot of Shania from the 2004 CMA awards. It is a very small photo, but visable in the right corner of the collage picture.
"GLAMOUR" magazine - The September issue of "Glamour" magazine (with Jennifer Connelly on the cover) has a smaller feature on the "Shania" fragrance. On page 154 there is a story on 6 of the major perfumes coming out...along with a photo of all of the bottles that each perfume will be sold in. It just has a small description of Shania's fragrance and a mention of its Cost ($"Elle" Magazine (September 2005) Information
There are 7 different items in the photo. 6 of them are numbered and each number corresponds to an explanation of that item. The one item in the photo collage that is not numbered is a Snapshot Photo of Shania from the 2004 CMA awards.
1. Shania by Stetson - sweet fruit notes such as raspberry mingle with rose, freesia, and honeysuckle.
ITEM # 2 in the photo collage: Snapshot photo of a Vase from Shania's home (the inspiration for the shape of the "Shania" bottle) 2. Via her assistant, Twain sent Stetson's marketing team a Polaroid of a vase she has at home. She "thought it was a great shape for a perfume bottle" and suggested the final design's "clear glass with a frosted top."
ITEM # 3 in the photo collage: A Prairie Rose (said to be the "heart" of the fragrance) 3. Twain considers prairie rose, at the heart of the fragrance, versatile and a "favorite flower because it can create different moods."
ITEM # 4 in the photo collage: Green plant leaves with dew on them 4. "I love being outdoors," the singer says. An added note of dew on green plant leaves reflects that passion.
ITEM # 5 in the photo collage: Music/lyrics notes for Shania's "The Woman In Me" song 5. Part of Twain's inspiration was the "strength, power, and will of a woman," she says. "It's the same person conveyed in my song 'The Woman In Me.'"
ITEM # 6 in the photo collage: Star fruit, pomegranate, and patchouli 6. Star fruit, pomegranate, and patchouli help round out the eau de toilette's aroma. 26 U.S. dollars).
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Add another title-perfume designer-to Shania Twain's long list of achievements. This fall, Shania will debut her new fragrance, "Shania by Stetson." "I believe strongly in the strength and ability of women," she said. "This fragrance is about living life and pursuing your dreams. It's about believing in yourself." The scent will be available in stores this September, and Shania was involved in every step of the process. The bottle was even inspired by a vase in her home. "The fragrance represents the qualities that I try to embody each day: strength and confidence, independence and love of life," she added. "I hope this fragrance gives a small piece of that to the women who will wear it everyday." source: Country Weekly Magazine
FAITH AND SHANIA MOST DESIRABLE 1-26-2005
MAN, I FEEL LIKE A SHEEP FARMER 1-17-2005
IT'S NOT EASY BEING (IN THE) GREEN 1-3-2005
SHANIA'S BIGGEST WISH 11-17-2004
SHANIA TAKES TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES 11-10-2004
Shania Twain says that her Greatest Hits album is a time to reflect on what she's done, before looking ahead. "When you're pursuing a successful career, it's hard work and very, very tiring," she admits. "So it's nice to come to the point of doing this greatest hits because I'm coming to the point of sitting back and reflecting on what I've done as opposed to what I still have to do. It's a nice release to say, 'Wow, look at all we've done' and it helps you pause a bit and appreciate all the work." Yesterday Shania Twain returned to her hometown of Timmins, Ontario, as she was welcomed home to inaugurate a museum built in her honor. According to the Canadian Press, about 5,000 folks turned up in a parking lot outside the Shania Twain Centre, a sprawling facility that houses her trophies, wedding dress and a variety of stage outfits. But Shania started the day with a surprise visit to the Timmins High and Vocational School, which she attended as a teenager. Shania presented the school with a $10,000 Band-Aid grant from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the purchase of musical instruments at an assembly of about 500 students. In return, the school's principal gave Shania hockey jerseys from the school - one for her and a "pint-sized version" for her son, Eja. Later, Shania took a private tour of the Shania Twain Centre before cutting the official ribbon and signing autographs for the fans.
If you go see the new Jude Law movie, "I Heart Huckabees," which opens nationwide Oct. 1, you'll see a cameo appearance by Shania Twain. It seems Shania, who's been offered movie roles before and turned them all down, changed her mind about this one when Jude himself wrote Shania and asked her to be in the flick. Shania's part only took one day to film on the Los Angeles set, and she played herself. It seems Jude's character spends much of the movie trying to convince people he knows Shania personally, and she takes offense at the lie. "It was such a great experience," said Shania, "'cause I've never been on a set before. All I had to do was slap Jude Law around a little bit and get mad at him. It was fun!"
(Here is a McDonalds now I'm not absolutely sure but maybe Emerson Drive is here-however this is the McDonalds in Timmins that Shania worked at.)
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Track Listings 3. Sara Evans "One's on the Way" 4. Jewel "TBD" 5. Macy Gray "Boom Boom" 6. Anna Nalick "Band of Gold" 7. Liz Phair "Mother's Little Helper" 8. Aretha Franklin Always A Woman 9. Indigo Girls "Mrs. Robinson" 10. Joss Stone "Treat Me Right" 11. Martina McBride "Harper Valley PTA" 12. Paulina Rubio "TBD" 13. Gloria Estefan TBD 14. Idina Menzel Damsel in Distress 15. Danny Elfman Desperate Housewives Theme
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The Deerhurst Story Originally built in 1896 by a young Englishman, Charles Waterhouse, Deerhurst Resort was the first major resort on the Northern Lakes of Muskoka. around that time you could only get to Deerhurst by steamboat and it consisted of a main lodge on four acres of prime waterfront. During its first week of operation Deerhurst hosted two guests who paid $3.50 per person, per week, which included three meals a day. While its guests were mainly American it hosted guests from all over the world who enjoyed gracious hospitality, fine meals and invigorating outdoor activities in refreshing Muskoka air--traditions that continue over a century later. Throughout three generations of the Waterhouse family--Charles, his son Maurice, and his grandson Bill, Deerhurst grew to be one of Canada's leading resort destinations. In the 1970's, Deerhurst went through its first significant renovation to become a year round operation. In the mid 1980's the resort expanded dramatically with the addition of Luxurious Multi-Bedroom Condominium Suites, the Pavilion Sports Complex, the Deerhurst Highlands Golf Course and the redesign of the Deerhurst Lakeside Golf Course. By the beginning of the 1990's, Deerhurst had grown to nearly 800 Acres and could accomodate 1,000 guests. With the ownership change came a new chapter in Deerhursts proud history with the launching of a magnificent $25 million expansion of the Pavilion which was completed in 2000. Yet another management change came in March of this year(2005) when management was assumed by Atlific Hotels and Resorts. Today with over 100 years of continual improvements and growth, the beauty of Muskoka remains as Deerhurst Resort's most enduring asset. There are still deer at Deerhurst, silently poking their way through the forests in the early morning. The peacefulness of the sunset at the end of the lake and the call of the loon still hold the same appeal today as they did for Charles Waterhouse and his guests over a century ago. Bill Waterhouse purchased Deerhurst from his father.However he had already made his mark in Muskoka by furthering winter tourism with the development of the Hidden Valley Ski Club, resort and chalet community. Recognizing the importance of Deerhurst to become a year round resort, Bill and his partners completely refurbished and winterized the lodge.In July of 1972 the first of Deerhursts major reincarnation was complete. Throughout the next two decades, Bill spearheaded Deerhursts growth as a truly world-class resort, adding the Condominium accomodations and the year-round musical stage show,meeting rooms, two golf courses, and the Pavilion Sports & Conference Complex. Bill retired from Deerhurst in 1989, in the same year his father Maurice passed away.
Fact Sheet LOCATION HISTORY In the 1970s, Deerhurst went through its first significant expansion and renovation to become a year-round destination. In the mid 1980s, the resort expanded dramatically with the addition of luxurious multi-bedroom condominium suites, the original Pavilion sports complex, the Deerhurst Highlands Golf Course and more. By the beginning of the 1990s, the resort had grown to nearly 800 acres and could accommodate 1,000 guests. In March 1998, Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company acquired the resort through its subsidiary Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Inc. At that time, New Castle Hotels and Resorts, a Shelton, CT-based hotel management and ownership company,was assigned management of the resort. In March 2005, management responsibilities were handed over to Atlific Hotels and Resorts. In March 2000 expansion and renovation of the Pavilion was completed, adding an entire new wing and exterior to the Pavilion. The expansion includes a new lobby, 102-room hotel wing, restaurant and lounge, grand ballroom and enhanced meeting facilities and an indoor pool. The design of the renovation has been inspired by the natural wilderness surroundings and rich Muskoka tourism heritage of Charles Waterhouse's original Deerhurst Resort. OWNERSHIP: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. GUEST ROOMS: CONFERENCE FACILITIES: Exhibit courts 10,000 sq. ft. DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT: Eclipse The Pub Steamers Stage Show GOLF / Two 18-hole Golf Courses: Deerhurst Lakeside Golf Course Deerhurst Golf Learning Centre THE SPA AT DEERHURST SUMMER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WINTER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES YEAR-ROUND INDOOR ACTIVITIES
More Artists Announced for 'CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party' on the ABC Television Network
Added to the growing list of performers on the special are Miranda Lambert ("Kerosene"); Lee Ann Womack ("I May Hate Myself In The Morning"); Wynonna ("I Can Only Imagine"); and Phil Vassar ("I'll Take That As A Yes (The Hot Tub Song)"). Performers already announced include Dierks Bentley ("How Am I Doin'?"); Big & Rich with Cowboy Troy ("Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)"); Sara Evans ("Perfect"); Alan Jackson ("Where I Come From"); Jo Dee Messina ("My Give A Damn's Busted"); Dolly Parton and The Grascals ("Viva Las Vegas"); Rascal Flatts ("Fast Cars and Freedom"); Sugarland ("Something More"); Keith Urban ("Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"); Gretchen Wilson ("All Jacked Up"); and Trisha Yearwood ("Georgia Rain"). For 34 years, the cornerstone of the annual event has been the relationship between the artists, the fans and their mutual love for the music. The special was taped in Nashville June 9-12 during CMA Music Festival, which was attended by more than 145,000 fans. In one of the special segments Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry take viewers on a quick tour of the event from their kick- off concert, where they arrived in a camouflage Bad Boy Buggie, a souped-up golf cart, to interviews with fans from around the world, and an on-your-feet performance of the duo's hit "Gone." "Country Music fans are the greatest," Montgomery said. "They've always got your back." In another segment, funny guy Rodney Carrington, star of ABC-TV's "Rodney," takes viewers on a tour of the popular autograph sessions where the artists sign photos and pose for pictures with fans. In addition to fan interviews, Carrington talked to Cowboy Troy and Lambert before heading out for a baked-bean shot with a fan. Previously announced segments included one with Kix Brooks, of super duo Brooks & Dunn, as he puts five, young impresarios through their paces before introducing them to Ricky Skaggs and legendary Earl Scruggs. The special is a CMA production. Robert Deaton is the executive producer, and Gary Halvorson is the director.
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1. Shania Twain's Come on Over album is now the second biggest seller of all time. It has sold 37 million copies (Thriller has sold 47 million). The Woman In Me has sold over 15 million. Her new album will be released in the spring of 2002. |
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This is the picture of the Stetson Ad that will run for Shania by Stetson.
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Twain a Superstar That Doesn't Compete I have found this article on Shania while looking for information on her career and her views. By Neil Haislop NASHVILLE, TN Monday Jan.24.2005 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Shania Twain says she does not look at success in music as a competition. She started out with Toby Keith, a very competitive guy, but says she's the complete opposite. "He (Toby) says, 'Don't you just want to be a winner?' And I said, 'No. I really don't care.' I make music and that's what I do. And, of course, I want it to be successful, but I'm not looking at the scale and going, 'Who's beating me or whatever.' So there's just different types...." "I, definitely, I'm in my own race. I don't have that nature. It just breeds jealously because then you're a sore loser. And how can you lose in music anyway? It's all a matter of opinion. There's no losing or winning. You put out your music and that's what your music is." "Success, to me anyway, if you can feed yourself, if you can make a living at what you do, you're successful in life. Maybe that's because I come from a poor background."
FAITH AND SHANIA MOST DESIRABLE in the january issue of country weekly AskMen.com, the largest men's portal online, recently revealed what country fans have known for years. On their list of the 99 "Most Desirable Women of 2005," Faith Hill and Shania Twain made the cut. But this is no ordinary "who's hot?" men's poll. Instead of focusing on a celebrity's popularity, fame or beauty, AskMen.com's "top 99" selected the female celebrities that men feel are long-term relationship material. Readers were asked to vote according to who they would most want a relationship with, would consider marrying, or considered best suited to be the mother of their children. Coming in at #54, Faith placed higher than actresses Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Penelope Cruz. Shania is #24 on the list - beating out "JAG's" Catherine Bell, Alyssa Milano, Jennifer Garner and supermodel Gisele Bunchen. Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima came in first. The poll results were based on over 250,000 ballots cast over a two-month period. Shania Twain C/O Mercury Records
Pay: $34 million Rank: 25 Web Hits: 975,000 Rank: 42 Press Clips: 5,766 Rank: 56 TV/Radio: 79 Rank: 55
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(Photo Credits on this site of the pics that are like the one above go to the credit of a person whom over the past few months has become a very good friend of mine off of the Shania Twain CMT Message Board and that person would be our own Chef Flameworthy Frank. He is always right there giving us new recipes too try out in the summer and the winter. Frank I want you to know that I think you are a very special person.)
Ottawa-born actress Meredith Henderson, best known for starring in the youth TV series The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, will take on the role of Canadian pop-country star Shania Twain in the upcoming CBC- "She commands the camera," director Jerry Ciccoritti told the Canadian Press. "Can she sing? Yes!" Ciccoritti recently explored northern Ontario shooting locations in Sudbury, Huntsville and Timmins and filming is set to begin September 20. However, Ciccoritti said he wasn't sure if the film which will detail the transformation of Eileen Twain into Shania from 1973 to 1993 would be completed in time for the 2004-2005 season. The 20-year-old Henderson won a Gemini Award in her early teens for the Shirley Holmes series, in which she portrayed a descendent of the legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes. |
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Shania Twain, Sheep Farmer
NASHVILLE, TN Tuesday Jan.18.2005 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Shania Twain grew up in a family that planted new trees...now she's headed into the business of making new sweaters...wool sweaters that is. Shania Twain plans to farm up to 15,000 merino sheep on her New Zealand, South Island properties and expects to turn the investment into an $800,000-a-year business within two years. The business will require six full-time employees and a further 15 staff over three years to work on development projects. These include a $1.5 million home for the couple; $250,000 to build woolsheds and sheepyards, $100,000 for shearers' quarters; fencing worth $360,000, and $80,000 on roads and an airstrip. Twain and her producer-songwriter husband, Robert Lange, paid $21.4 million for the perpetual lease of Motatapu Station and Mt Soho Station, near Wanaka, New Zealand.
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Shania Twain Releases New Single
By Neil Haislop
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Shania feels like a farmer july 1,2005 CANADIAN music star Shania Twain has won permission to build a mansion and other buildings on her New Zealand sheep farm. There had been complaints that the structures would not blend with the landscape. Last year Twain won approval to lease Motatapu Station, 24,700ha of rugged and scenic farmland, for 33 years with rights for automatic renewal. |
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Shania Twain wins approval to build New Zealand mansion Wednesday, June 29, 2005 Updated at 3:55 AM EDT Associated Press Wellington, New Zealand Canadian country music star Shania Twain has won permission to build a mansion and other buildings on her New Zealand sheep farm, despite complaints that the complex would not blend in with the landscape, an official said Wednesday. Queenstown Lakes District Council approved the development -- including a large house with attached garage, two guest cottages and ancillary structures -- on their alpine ranch, Motatapu Station, on South Island, planning commissioner Trevor Shiels said in a report Wednesday. Twain and her husband Robert Mutt Lange applied for permission to build the development last year but met with staunch opposition from locals who said the diamond-shaped complex would be visible for miles. In its objections to the plans, the Upper Clutha Environmental Society said people should be stopped from slamming mansions onto leasehold land. It doesn't matter that it's Shania Twain, said society president Julian Hayward last year. We get a lot of people trying to put buildings in inappropriate locations and we object to all of them. Nevertheless, the local council approved the development, subject to 17 conditions, Shiels said. Among the conditions, Twain must immediately replace any dying plant or tree, provide a water supply for fire fighting and agree to plant the same mountain grasses as those growing on surrounding land so that the complex blends in with the landscape. There was no word on whether Twain and Lange would agree to the conditions and opponents of the plan were not immediately available for comment Wednesday. Last year Twain and Lange won approval to lease Motatapu Station -- 24,700 hectares of rugged and scenic farmland -- for 33 years with automatic renewal rights. The pastoral leasehold farm land near the tourist town of Wanaka cost them $18.5-million. Wanaka is about 800 kilometres southwest of the capital, Wellington.
The house will be built in the Mototapu Valley. Earthworks will mitigate its effect on the surrounding environment. |
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Shania's home gets thumbs up Canadian singer Shania Twain has gained approval to build a home near Wanaka. Twain bought Mototapu Station last year and applied for resource consent to build a one storey house. Independent commissioner Trevor Sheils has allowed the resource consent to proceed. Earlier this year a Queenstown Lakes District Council planner recommended that the consent be turned down. But changes to the size and scope of the building satisfied the commissioner. |
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NASHVILLE, TN Thursday Dec.23.2004 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Shania has had a great year, finishing up a huge two-year tour and collecting another double diamond album for UP! She says she owes a lot of her success to trying hard to make unique music. "I'm always trying to do something unique and be an individual artist so in that sense it's probably going to end up being different from a lot of what else is out there, but that is a goal, I do that intentionally, but not intentionally to be a trend setter," she says modestly. "Yeah, it does take time to put together I think a good quality record," she admits. "More time for me, I think because I write my own music, so you know, of course it's just more time consuming. And then you know, all the studio time." |
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Country star SHANIA TWAIN is concerned after learning that an unauthorised TV movie is being planned about her life. The MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN singer was recently told about the project, and she admits she's not quite sure what writers could put in the film to make it interesting for viewers.
"I do think it influences the way people see you. I'd like to see if there's anything I don't know about myself. "What are they gonna find out? I've lived such a square life. I have had no time to get into drugs and stupid things. I've been focused, or I never would have got here."
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She says of the project, "I have nothing to do with it.
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May 11, 2005 "I believe strongly in the strength and ability of women," says the fiveself." The sparkling, modern new scent embodies the spirit of the chart-topping Shania while promising to "ignite a passion from within" and "inspire women everywhere to face each day with confidence, beauty and an energetic spirit." Armed with the tagline, "The Will of a Woman," the scent has an original "Western Heart Accord" of wild prairie rose, vivid freesia and country honeysuckle with a hint of vine-ripe raspberries and fresh pomegranate. The product will make its debut in stores this September, and Shania influenced every aspect of the product, from the advertising campaign, packaging and bottle, which was inspired by a vase in her home, to the actual the scent itself! "The fragrance represents the qualities that I try to embody each day: strength and confidence, independence and love of life," continues Shania. "I hope this fragrance gives a small piece of that to the women who will wear it everyday." Watch ET for more with Shania!
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IT'S NOT EASY BEING (IN THE) GREEN in the january 2005 issue of Country Weekly She grew up poor and now she has more money than she can spend - but Shania Twain says having money is actually more trouble than it's worth. "Money is a burden," says Shania, who made about $57 million last year in concert ticket sales. "All anybody needs is enough to eat and have a roof over their heads. Any more than that is a stress. My son is going to have money, and he's going to be stressed." |
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Straight From Shania: "All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond."
"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."
"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." "That all seems like another lifetime ago, so far away, but it's never that far removed that I couldn't do it again. And there's a comfort there. I think if you are ever in a desperate situation and you get through it, you have a confidence in life that you would otherwise not have. I realize that no matter what I ever lose, I'll be able to manage." (on the death of her parents and raising her two younger siblings alone) "Yes, you can lose somebody ovenight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind." "During the hardship of my childhood, Dolly Parton was such a staple of my life ... And so to have her there, it was just really weird and it was very emotional. It was a personal moment, that's what it was, and it was on TV." (Shania on crying on Oprah during an appearance with Dolly Parton) "I used to think anyone who lived in a brick house and didn't have to cut coupons to go to the grocery store was rich. I think, deep down, I always have that anxiety that I might be poor again." "I would have no breakfast and nothing to eat at lunchtime, I would be at school, just sitting there famished when everyone was opening up their ham sandwiches. It was humiliating, so I would go to the music room and play.," "If it does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable." (on her "skin-tight, midriff-bearing" outfits) "I think it's when I get out of the tub. I know a lot of girls feel this way - you've just had a bath and you get out and your skin is fresh and you've stuck your hair up without even looking. That's when you look the best. I don't get it - you just get out of the bath, look in the mirror and go, "Wow! I look great!" But you're not going anywhere - you're just going to bed! So you must stroll around naked if you're that pleased with yourself...I do! I never used to - I was never comfortable with myself that way, but I'm a lot less critical now. It's a great time of the day - when there's no one around." (when asked when she feels most sexy) "I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed because it would have to be my sweats and a pair of flip-flops. I'm not into fancy clothes most of the time. But I like to feel like a woman - I feel sexy in a plain white T-shirt with nothing underneath. My husband disagrees. He thinks nude is sexy. He likes me naked. Still, I like the white T-shirt." (on her favorite thing to wear) "There's no way that I would go nude in front. I don't think under any circumstances!" (on posing nude) "It isn't revealing at all. In fact, it's even less revealing than if I was in a bathing suit top. There's zero cleavage. There's absolutely nothing showing." (on her famous Rolling Stone cover shot) "I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain." "So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue." "I refuse to play down the way I look in order to be taken seriously as an artist, I mean if I had an office job, I wouldn't show up for work baring my midriff, But this is entertainment, I don't want to be 50 years old and thinking I should have enjoyed it while I had it." "I'm just finally as an adult in my thirties being comfortable with the fact I'm female, and if I bounce when I walk then that's just life. It doesn't mean you're showing off and it doesn't give people the right to touch you because you do have breasts." "If you saw me the way I normally am, you wouldn't think I was so beautiful - I don't know what you would think." (on her looks) "I don't fit anywhere, I fit with you guys.'' (on her fans) "I'm not just a lap dancer afterall..." (after winning the 1999 CMA Entertainer Of The Year award) "It's the first time I've ever worn a short skirt. Dressing up is the fun part. I like looking good and I enjoy it." (1999 Grammys) "I'm basically a bar singer, I am a bar singer who ended up on a concert stage." (backstage after her performance at the 2002 CMA Awards) "Well, he's about 6 feet tall, blond, blue eyes, he's a very sweet sweet man." (on her husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) "Just one day we hugged each other. But it was such a different kind of hug and that was actually when we knew. It was a very sweet, honest moment. Looking at him the day I fell in love and looking at him the day before? Two different things." (on falling in love with Mutt) "...I think that if anything ever happens to Mutt or Eja, that'll just be the end of me. Just put me in a straitjacket. I won't get through it. {Laughs} If anything happens to my husband or my child, I won't get through it. I just love my husband so much. He's like the most special person. He is half of me; Without him I would be half a person. I really would be. You might has well just cut off my arms and legs" - Redbook, 2002 "Now with our son, Eja, there is so much love in our family. He is just like Mutt; open, loving and warm. I'm not like that. I'm not as easy to reach all the time. They're good for me, good for my soul." - Marie Claire, 2002 "He's a humble guy and basically he doesn't want to be a star. He just wants to be a person who makes the music. (on her husband) "Back then , there were no romantic notions. I always figured he was another fat record producer with long greying hair in a ponytail. I was very surprised when I met this neat looking blond with long curly hair. Although he said he was never getting married again, when I came along there was just no avoiding it. We were just so obviously destined to be together" (on before she met Mutt) - Marie Claire, 2002. "I met Mutt at fan fair, Mutt is a big fan of country music. When I first went to his house to write with him, he had the biggest country music collection I'd ever seen." (on Mutt's passion for country music) "It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique." (on The Woman In Me) "He never comes with me I don't think he ever will, and I totally understand where he comes from. He's a humble guy and basically he doesn't want to be a star. He just wants to be a person who makes the music. People write that we're getting divorced but nothing could be further from the truth. We're a very happy couple. There are no inhibitions between us whatsoever." (on Mutt staying out of the spotlight) "The 'no sex' marriage thing. That is not true." (on the most outrageous rumor she's ever heard about herself) "I'd rather clean my toilet than go to a show-business party." "I learned tons about the meaning of service there." (on working at McDonald's in Timmins as a teen) "I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life." "Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do." "I love to write stories. 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." "Music is for our lives, it is something we live with and live by......I can write a song but you can interpret it any way you want and its yours! It's personal, it's yours to have and we give that and I guess that is probably what we get back the most, the fact that other people make it their own and that means so much" - "Oprah: After The Show", 2003 "I don't have to worry about what people are thinking and what's going on in the industry. I don't want that stuff to influence what I'm doing. Because I think it stifles you creatively. I don't want to have to care too much about that. All I care about is what the fans think. It's really all I care about, honestly." 'No. I really don't care.' I make music and that's what I do. And, of course, I want it to be successful, but I'm not looking at the scale and going, 'Who's beating me or whatever.' So there's just different types...." "I, definitely, I'm in my own race. I don't have that nature. It just breeds jealously because then you're a sore loser. And how can you lose in music anyway? It's all a matter of opinion. There's no losing or winning. You put out your music and that's what your music is." (on winning aand competition) "I can see on their faces what the songs mean to them. I'm affected by music, when I sit and listen I'm high by it, so when I see I'm affecting them the same way, I really feel I've done what I came to do." (on performing for fans at concerts) "There is a typical Shania attitude in the lyric, a definite female confidence. It's all about a girl who knows what she wants, she not only knows how to get it, but she's going to get it good." (talking about "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!") As for the purist naysayers, Twain sneers playfully: "As if i care ..." "Look, I know I push the country music envelope, but so have most of the country artists I love Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson. the purists didn't like them at first either. I'm not a purist. I'm just trying to find a place where my music fits." "It makes me very excited to know that I might be in someone's record collection who has no other country records. And then at the same time, I'm in another record collection of people who just listen to country music and they wouldn't dare listen to anything else. They both have my record. I'm very flattered by that. Isn't it great that music can cross those boundaries?" "I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing." "It's so easy to get flattered by everything that's going on around you. And it's okay to be flattered, but it's not okay to lose a true sense of humility. And it's hard. Sometimes you're trying to build your confidence and confidence comes from ego. In order to be really confident, and do a good job, it's kind of an ego thing. So, how do you do that and stay humble at the same time? ... I think humility is the most important thing for me to remember." "I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing." "I'm more private than people realize. I'm not that easy to get to know." "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." "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." "It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance." "Everyone perceives you and writes about you in a different way, in print, in the media. The only true way to get to know an artist is through their music. If you're listening to an artist who writes their own music, you know you're finding out about that person through their songs. Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music." "It's not like I'm abandoning one to be the other. I am them... legitimitly. I spent my whole youth singing in clubs doing whatever music paid the bills. If there were rock bars hiring that year.. I was a rock singer. If there were pop bars hiring that year.. I was a Top 40 singer. If there were country bars hiring that year.. I was a country singer. I've done them all. So, I am real, and this is what I do." (on Country vs. Pop) "Up until I was a recording artist, I said whatever paid the bills... I really thought that as a poor kid I would never make it." "Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this." "I've seen alot of bar fights. If one broke out in front of me I'd get right in there, as I can't stand to see people hitting each other. I'd be trying to split them up, Like I was going to be able to do anything! I'm surprised I didn't get myself killed!" "I'm a morning person. I don't sleep in. So if I'm going to be up I prefer to do my work in the morning because I hate breaking up my day." "A happy heart comes first then the happy face. I believe in that very much. Just learning that life has to go on and you have to make it go on,.that's all there is to it" "I guess the thing to remember is that no matter how tough things can get in your life, you still have the power to make a choice. You can fade away or you can strive to survive." "We're all very selfish people.We love the attention when its complimentary and we hate the attention when it sucks. I don't like bad attention. I like good attention. I'm no different than anyone else." "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." (on autographing a picture to Mutt when he first called wanting to find out more about her) "I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life." "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." "[My music] is country with a lot of outside influences. it is a mix of a lot of different styles of music." "Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music." "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." "Being in the public eye, there are people that are going to want to hurt you, y'know. They've got motives and this is happenning to me right now and it is something that I am taking quite personally." "I don't like drugs. I don't like alcohol. I like clean living people around me." (on choosing her band) "We live in a very remote area, we live out in the wilderness, we live out on the lake. We've got dogs and horses. Real things that I like to go back to, y'know, because my dogs don't care where I am on the charts." (laughs) - Shania 1995. "They really had a strong and obvious respect for what I had accomplished to that point, as opposed to saying,'I know how I can turn your career around for you'. They didn't want to reinvent my career." (on her management team Jon Landau) - Country Canada, 1997. "I love being in front of a live audience where I can control things. What I'm least comfortable with is the studio or anything contrived. I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing." - MACLEANS, March 1998. "I like to have fun with music. The purpose of music for me is to entertain. I'm not out there to be Einstein. "I'm making music for records, not for text books. I'm looking to entertain and inspire people, make them feel good or stir up emotions" - Canadian Musician, 1998 "It was very hard on my native family, I'm a registered band member, I've been part of their community since I was a little child. It's very hurtful to know there are people who want to unravel all that." (on tabloid gossip about her Native heritage) "It was never my dream to be a star. That was my parents dream. I guess they prayed real hard." - MACLEANS, 1998 "I would love to have his life, to do the music and not have to be famous. I'm more private than people realize. I'm not easy to get to know. My husband's the only one who really knows me. To get through the kind of life I've been through, you have to be strong, and it's wonderful when you find the right person who can share everything about you." (on Mutt and being famous) "My perfect day would start with breakfast out on the terrace, looking at the Alps. I'd wrap a duvet round myself, lounge around, then put on a soup or stew. Then I'd spend time with my horses. I'd come home, have a nice dinner and then Mutt and I would go watch a movie." "My husband calls me Woody. When I met him, he thought I looked like Woody Woodpecker [because of her current haircut]. My family calls me Leen or Leeny, except for my grandmother who calls me Shania." "I've always been so intense. I have to learn how to chill out. My husband is great at that. I love to cook, so when I'm home that helps me to relax." "I was always a communicative performer, so I've just taken that on to a bigger stage. I don't like being seperated from the audience. I really enjoy the communication I have going on." (on performing) "I start every day with a fruit and tofu shake. I always have liked soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner - and I love pasta. There are just so many ways to make pasta. And the Italians gave us so many wonderful sauces - your basic tomato, basil, olive oil, garlic." (on what she likes to eat while on tour) "To be honest, I'm pretty exhausted, I soak in a hot bath and then go to bed. I'm not one of those people who stays up til four in the morning eating pizza and drinking beer." (on life on the road) "I started at such a young age that I really feel old. I feel older than I am because I've lived such a full life already. I keep saying 'Oh, I'm so tired' " "It's kind of fun, but I'm not sure what the definition of a diva is anymore. It could be an insult I suppose, but I think it's kind of fun." (on being called a Diva) "I'm very independent. I've always been very bold, straightforward and black 'n' white about things in everyday life. I like to simplify things, get to the facts. That's always been the way I've been and nothing has ever been able to distract me - it's almost an insensitive quality. When your raised poor, and you've got lots of responsibilites as a child, you just end up that way, and it actually can be a bitter thing, but when my parents died, it just made me realize how valuable life is, how really fragile life is." (on a part of her personality) "I believe strongly in the strength and ability of women. This fragrance is about living life and pursuing your dreams. It's about believing in yourself.....The fragrance represents the qualities that I try to embody each day: strength and confidence, independence and love of life. I hope this fragrance gives a small piece of that to the women who will wear it everyday." (on her perfume "Shania" by Stetson) "Women are strong, and women admire beauty just as much as men do. I'll tell you one thing, men are more intimidated by me than the women. I'm not kidding." "I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength." "I'm no cowgirl. ... hell, I'm a bush girl, and that's much tougher!" (as she laughs) "Sometimes we would literally go two or three days at a time where we'd sit by the fire and start writing in the morning, go for a walk later in the afternoon, go for a horseback ride or eat, then write, go to bed really late, get up early in the morning and start all over again." (on writing the album Come On Over) "We were in Italy two years ago, and we were at a soccer game. My husband loves sports. I don't know the game that well, so my mind drifted and I started writing." (how "From This Moment On" came about) "I'm as excited as anyone when I get up there and win, but to be honest with you, I don't sit there waiting. I learned a long time ago that you just end up being very disappointed. I think it can make you very bitter if you just put too much weight in that. I don't want to be bitter. I don't even want to compete on that level, so I take it very lightly, actually." (on winning awards) "Sorry about my butt there guys. You know, I would take a seat! But I wouldn't want to sit on a swollen member." (while hosting the 2003 Juno Awards, Shania was in the audience talking to some artists and accidentally had her backside in the faces of the group Swollen Members) "All I had to do was slap Jude Law around a little bit and get mad at him. It was fun." (on her cameo in I (Heart) Huckabees) "Forty is just another birthday. It doesn't make any difference you change physically, but I'm happy to do that." (on turning 40) "Im still not able to walk down the beach without a beach wrap. I don't think I ever will be able to. It's kinda dumb!" "You can't just grab her and help yourself. You have to ask, maybe she'll say yes...and maybe not." (referring to her song "If You Want To Touch Her, Ask!") Quotes From Others About Shania: "I met her in France recently, and she was wearing jeans and a low cut top, and she is one hot little number. Too bad she's married." - Justin Timberlake, January 2003 Rolling Stone "Shania Twain is great, because she's smart and she's absolutely beautiful, and she writes these unbelievable songs. She's got a very commercial beat on the public. She knows what men want; she knows what women want. She knows how to do a song without offending anyone." - Dolly Parton "Well, that oughtta shut everybody up. You did it, baby!" - Vince Gill after Shania won the 1999 CMA Entertainer Of The Year award "Shania Twain has carved out her own place in country. Until she came along, there was no job description for what she is -- a pop femme fatale in country, for want of a better term. She's playing by her own rules. And she's changing the audience." - Chet Flippo, Nashville correspondent for Billboard "If she could just sell a few more albums she might just hit it big and I'll let her open for me on my next world tour." - Terri Clark joking about Shania at the 1998 CCMA's "Shania's a different kind of performer. She's an energy. She's beautiful, she's got a great body, she loves to perform." - Pierre Cossette, Grammy producer "She had a vision for what she wanted to go do, and anything less than achieving that was half-assed to her." - Toby Keith, toured with Shania in 1993 "Anne Murray cracked the door to success in America. Michelle Wright wedged it a little more. Shania blew it wide open." - Cliff Dumas, CISS-FM "Shania Twain ... has done more for country and western than heartbreak and whiskey combined." - Rex Murphy, New Year's Eve/97 edition of CBC-TV's National Magazine "She brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced." "I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down." - Faith Hill "This was the greatest natural talent that I have ever been personally involved with." - Richard Frank, attorney who has represented Patsy Cline among others. - He was asked to see Shania perform at Deerhurst Resort "She's been at the top of the charts for two years, and she still hasn't gotten the pats on the back that she deserves." (because she'd never won an ACM award - before 99) - Reba McEntire "A lot of people are accusing her of being packaged. But I don't think this is a marketing-driven artist. It's been her vision from the beginning -- all the clothes, all the looks, all the concepts." - Luke Lewis, President of Mercury Nashville "I don't think the (Dixie) Chicks have opened any doors for us. The biggest door opener for us has been Shania Twain and her style of country." - Kelsi (from SHeDaisy) "She's developing into a big star. People love her. They've taken to her like a duck to water." - Trevor Smith, Australia Country Music Association "What hasn't she done for country music, and what hasn't she done for females in country music? She deserves everything she gets, absolutely." - Tim McGraw at the 2000 ACMA's, on losing the Entertainer Of The Year award to Shania "We market Shania like a pop star because she is a pop star internationally." - David Lory, vice president of artist development and international marketing for Mercury Records |
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COTY INC. ANNOUNCES LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH NEW YORK, February 22, 2004 - Coty Inc. announced today an exciting exclusive agreement to develop a fragrance line with country music phenomenon Shania Twain in conjunction with the Stetson fragrance brand. Shania Twain is a modern day symbol of what the Stetson Fragrances embody - spirited independence, originality and authenticity. Shania Twain rose to international success during the mid-90's. With scores of chart-topping hits and five Grammy wins, she is the best-selling female country artist of all time. Her Come On Over album is the 6th biggest selling album of all time, across all music genres. Shania Twain is also the only artist in the history of recorded music to have three consecutive albums with record sales that top 10 million copies each. Her total album sales exceed 65 million copies worldwide. Shania Twain's connection with people through heartfelt lyrics and soul-stirring music, and Coty's expertise in developing products that are close to consumers' lives and desires will make for a dynamic partnership. Shania Twain joins a stable of world-renowned brands such as Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Davidoff and Rimmel; all of which have grown as a result of Coty's vision, ambition and understanding of the consumer. "I wanted to partner with a company that would be able to express my personality through their products. Coty and Stetson are a great fit for me to accomplish this," says Shania Twain. "A fragrance is so special and unique; it captures a moment, a feeling, and replays a memory with every note." "Shania Twain shares the important core values of Stetson, while bringing a feminine, modern edge and excitement to the brand," says Marsha Brooks, Vice President, Marketing/Business Development, Coty Beauty US. "The electricity that surrounds her stirs up emotions with heartfelt messages and moves millions of people around the world. We are thrilled to begin this partnership with Shania." About Coty Inc. Coty Beauty, Coty Inc.'s mass and masstige division, markets brands such as Stetson, adidas, the healing garden, Rimmel, Calgon, Celine Dion, Jovan, Aspen, Isabella Rossellini, Astor, Esprit and mary-kateandashley. Lancaster Group, the prestige division of Coty Inc., has a portfolio of brands including Baby Phat, Davidoff, Jennifer Lopez, Lancaster, Jil Sander, JOOP!, Nikos, Chopard, Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs and Kenneth Cole. For further information, please visit www.Coty.com. |
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Shania Twain gets permission to build home, guest lodgesJune 30,2005 Country singer Shania Twain and her husband Mutt Lange have received resource consent to build a home and two guest lodges on their 17,000ha Motatapu Station, near Wanaka. Country singer Shania Twain and her husband Mutt Lange have received resource consent to build a home and two guest lodges on their 17,000ha Motatapu Station, near Wanaka. The consent decision, released yesterday by the Queenstown Lakes District Council, wasn't unexpected and had the support of many Wanaka residents. However, independent hearing commissioner Trevor Shiels has placed 17 conditions on the project. The building site is on a rise 1.5km from the end of Motatapu Rd, visible only from a short stretch near the road end. The home will be visible above the ridgeline but not the skyline and will be built of natural materials. Mr Shiels said in his decision that the building was well designed and suitable for the site. What had been debated at the hearing was the location. To overcome opposing submissions, Twain and her husband had moved the buildings back from the terrace and lowered the height and number of chimneys to reduce their visibility. Council consultant Andrew Henderson originally recommended the application be declined, but later reversed this after reconsidering the modifications and viewing further visibility plans. The Upper Clutha Environmental Society was one of two objectors to the plan, saying no decision should be made until the tenure review process for the station had been completed. But Mr Shiels rejected this argument, saying there was no evidence there would be a review of the lease on the land. Even though the buildings would be on land designated either outstanding natural landscape or visual amenity area, he agreed with Mr Henderson that consent could be granted without any cumulative effects. Twain and Mr Lange will be required to implement a planting programme associated with the landscape plan within the first planting season after the main building was finished, and any plant or trees damaged or killed had to be replaced. Other conditions cover the installation of electricity and telephone cables, water for household use and firefighting, monitoring of the property, stormwater control and effluent disposal. Upper Clutha Environmental Society president Julian Haworth said his committee would have to decide whether to appeal the decision. "We like the design and colour scheme but would like the building to be shifted a little," he said. Lake Wanaka Tourism chief executive John Hallum said he had no problems with the decision so long as everyone was treated fairly. He said he was pleased the application had been approved. "They (Twain and her husband) are nice people and I am sure they will make good citizens. Good luck to them." Twain and Lange bought the property along with a neighbouring station last year after getting approval from the Overseas Investment Commission.
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SHANIA TWAIN GREATEST HITS SECURES #1 BIGGEST COUNTRY GREATEST HITS DEBUT AND #2 BIGGEST OVERALL GREATEST HITS DEBUT SPOTS For the first time in history, Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) sweeps the #1, #2 and #3 spots on SoundScans Top Current Country Albums Chart. Securing the top seat is Shania Twain with Shania Twain Greatest Hits. Catapulting her first-ever greatest hits to all-time highs, Twain now holds the titles of biggest country greatest hits debut in the history of SoundScan and the second biggest greatest debut hits behind The Beatles.
Shania Twain Greatest Hits, the first ever greatest hits album from the multi-Grammy, multi-platinum-selling artist consists of 21 tracks; 17 of Twains chart-topping hits and three brand new songs, including the current smash duet Party for Two. Twain is the only artist in history to have three consecutive 10x platinum certified albums (The Woman In Me, 12x platinum; Come On Over, 20x platinum and UP!, 10x platinum). Come On Over is the best-selling record in SoundScan history. |
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BEHIND THE MUSIC--SHANIA TWAIN--VH1 SPECIAL
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Shania has become the first artist to have 8 top 10 country songs Come On Over is the top-selling album in Great Britain Shania, Sarah win composer awards Shania, Sarah win composer awards The ceremony, held at Beverly Hills' Regent Beverly Wilshire, honoured the composers of some of the year's best songs. Twain was named songwriter of the year for the second straight time. Twain had five songs in BMI's list of most performed songs: "Man! I Feel Like A Woman," "That Don't Impress Me Much," "You've Got A Way," "You're Still The One" and "From This Moment On." EMI, which had 20 titles named in the most performed songs list, was named publisher of the year for the third consecutive year, while Cherry's song "Save Tonight" was named pop song of the year, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" was named most performed song on college radio, The Hollywood Reporter said. Songwriting brothers Fred and Rodney Jerkins were honored for their compositions for Brandy and Monica ("The Boy Is Mine"), Jennifer Lopez ("If You Had My Love") and Whitney Houston ("It's Not Right, But It's Okay"). |
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TOP 100 ALBUMS 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL STARS PART ONE Since Country Weekly began in 1994, these stars shaped, shook and steered the decade that followed SHANIA TWAIN Of all the superstars in country music, Shania Twain has come the farthest. From her impoverished beginnings in northern Ontario, Canada, she skyrocketed to international success in the mid-'90s, with scores of hits, armfuls of awards (including Entertainer of the Year honors from the CMA and ACM) and a position as the best-selling female country artist of all time. What's more, she is the only artist in the history of recorded music to have three consecutive albums - The Woman in Me, Come on Over and her latest, Up! - sell more than 10 million copies each. But even that distinction pales next to the fact that Come on Over has sold over 35 million copies worldwide - and is the best-selling female solo album, the best-selling country album and one of the five top-selling albums in history! Her beauty and sex appeal have captivated not only the world, but also Revlon cosmetics, which selected her as a national spokesperson. Shania also caught the eye of Hollywood networks, who have spotlighted her in national TV specials. Not bad for a girl who once worked swinging an ax with her stepfather on a reforestation crew in the Canadian bush! While Shania landed her record deal in large part because of her original material, her self-titled debut album in 1993 featured only one of her songs. But that changed after she met a long-distance admirer named Robert John "Mutt" Lange, a successful rock producer who loved her voice and her original songs. He soon became her biggest supporter and later her husband. Living today in Switzerland with their son, Eja, the power couple has written, produced and recorded songs that have taken Shania's career into the stratosphere. And they've done it their way, with a style that's instantly identifiable and universally appealing. DECEMBER 29, 2004 Notice that although Greatest Hits spans 21 tracks, there's nothing here from Shania's Mutt-less first album - that's because the sound that made her a star only kicked in with his arrival for 1995's The Woman in Me. Shania charged the airwaves with a slick sound that combined catchy hooks, girl-power attitude and the slamming beats and head-on impact her husband learned during years of producing hard-rock acts like AC/DC and Def Leppard. The formula worked again and again and again: Greatest Hits keeps it coming for well over an hour, each perfectly placed note and sleek, shiny beat still gleaming after all this time. Every Top 10 song Shania has racked up is here - including all eight from 1997's Come On Over - so it's hard to complain about the content. But it's easy to grumble about the awkward way this compilation is laid out - kicking off with last year's "Forever and for Always," it travels with near-total precision backward through time to her first Top 20, "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" Then it jerks back to the present with four new tracks, including two versions of the current hit, "Party for Two" - one featuring rock singer Mark McGrath and one with country's own Billy Currington. Fear not, country fan, Billy's is better - although both have the air of forced fun that crept into Shania's music with 2002's Up! Better are the other two new songs, "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter," both of which suggest a turn toward a more traditional country sound - and suggest that this marital team hasn't run out of steam quite yet.
STAR STYLES Fashion Extra 2005 FAST TRACK TWAIN Where was Shania Twain the first week of November? Everywhere! 12-24-2004 The omnipresent superstar began her whirlwind week with a homecoming visit to her native Canada, where she cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Shania Twain Centre in her hometown of Timmins, Ontario. She then visited her alma mater, Timmins High and Vocational School, and stopped by the W.E. Miller Elementary School, speaking about her work with the "Breakfast for Learning" program. The next day, Shania promoted her new Greatest Hits CD on the TV show Canada AM, hitting the ice with hockey pros and even cooking waffles. After that, it was off to Music City USA, where the musical tornado took over downtown Nashville for a live performance on Good Morning America of her new duet with Billy Currington, "Party for Two." But Shania's party was only getting started. She stayed in Nashville for another jam-packed few days, during which her song "Forever and for Always" received the Country Song of the Year award and the Robert J. Burton Award as the Most Performed Country Song of the Year at the BMI Country Awards. And she also performed "Party for Two" with Billy on the CMA awards show Nov. 9. "Without hit songs you cannot have a successful career," states Shania, who's topped the charts seven times. "No matter how much money's behind you. No matter how great your record company is. No matter who your management is. No matter what you look like. If you do not have hit songs, you will not be successful." YEARBOOK 2004 It was a star-studded year of new faces, new attitudes and new adventures. In 2004, country saw earth-shaking change and comforting consistency. There were big entrances and heartbreaking exits, lawsuits and lawbreakers. A rebellious posse of newcomers, including Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich, helped Nashville break out of a sales slump. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney took a firm grip on superstardom with mammoth hits and a record-smashing tour, and rockers like Jimmy Buffett and Uncle Kracker broke into country by teaming with established stars. But those weren't the only big stories ... Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill pushed into new territory, making well-received strides into the movies. Country favorites like Reba McEntire and Jeff Foxworthy found big audiences on TV. Shania Twain and Kenny ruled the road with the year's biggest tours. Members of Lonestar, Rascal Flatts and Trick Pony got hitched. Sara Evans, Kenny Rogers and others welcomed new babies. We bid sad farewells to legends like Ray Charles and Skeeter Davis. Country stars traveled to hostile lands to buck up the morale of American troops. |
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As of May 2, 2005, fans from the following places have registered to attend the 3rd Annual Worldwide Shania Twain Centre Fan Convention:
Indiana, USA New York, USA California, USA Ontario, Canada England Denmark Finland Austria Massachusetts, USA Sweden North Carolina, USA Pennsylvania, USA Maryland, USA Michigan, USA Alberta, Canada France Washington, USA Switzerland Wales, UK Ohio, USA Maine, USA
HERE are all of the details.
On page 392 of "Elle" magazine, there is a feature on Shania's "Shania" by Stetson fragrance at the TOP of the page.
The feature includes a photo with a collage of items in it. Each item in the photo is numbered. The number in the photo corresponds with a description and/or explanation of the use of that item in creating "Shania" by Stetson.
"GLAMOUR" magazine - The September issue of "Glamour" magazine (with Jennifer Connelly on the cover) has a smaller feature on the "Shania" fragrance.
On page 154 there is a story on 6 of the major perfumes coming out...along with a photo of all of the bottles that each perfume will be sold in. It just has a small description of Shania's fragrance and a mention of its Cost ($"Elle" Magazine (September 2005) Information
There are 7 different items in the photo. 6 of them are numbered and each number corresponds to an explanation of that item. The one item in the photo collage that is not numbered is a Snapshot Photo of Shania from the 2004 CMA awards.
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1. Shania by Stetson - sweet fruit notes such as raspberry mingle with rose, freesia, and honeysuckle.
2. Via her assistant, Twain sent Stetson's marketing team a Polaroid of a vase she has at home. She "thought it was a great shape for a perfume bottle" and suggested the final design's "clear glass with a frosted top."
ITEM # 3 in the photo collage: A Prairie Rose (said to be the "heart" of the fragrance) 3. Twain considers prairie rose, at the heart of the fragrance, versatile and a "favorite flower because it can create different moods."
ITEM # 4 in the photo collage: Green plant leaves with dew on them
4. "I love being outdoors," the singer says. An added note of dew on green plant leaves reflects that passion.
ITEM # 5 in the photo collage: Music/lyrics notes for Shania's "The Woman In Me" song 5. Part of Twain's inspiration was the "strength, power, and will of a woman," she says. "It's the same person conveyed in my song 'The Woman In Me.'"
ITEM # 6 in the photo collage: Star fruit, pomegranate, and patchouli 6. Star fruit, pomegranate, and patchouli help round out the eau de toilette's aroma. 26 U.S. dollars).
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This is a picture of Shania performing on Prime Time Live in 1998.
Shania's fragrance, "Shania by Stetson", is featured in the September 2005 issues of "Elle" magazine and "Glamour" magazine.
The feature is in a section of the magazine that talks about celeb. fragrances that are coming out.
In addition, the photo collage includes a snapshot of Shania from the 2004 CMA awards. It is a very small photo, but visable in the right corner of the collage picture.
On Page 392 in "Elle" magazine (with Jennifer Lopez on the cover), there is a photo featuring a sort of collage of various items dealing with the "Shania by Stetson" fragrance.
Here are details about the 6 numbered items in the photo collage of items from the "ELLE" magazine feature on "Shania" by Stetson:
ITEM # 2 in the photo collage: Snapshot photo of a Vase from Shania's home (the inspiration for the shape of the "Shania" bottle)
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February 2004Shania Twain
Fans love Shania and can't help but sing along to some of her high energy hits like Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?, Man! I Feel Like A Woman, That Don't Impress Me Much, and I'm Gonna Getcha Good!. Long before becoming the internationally recognizable musician she is today Shania started life in Windsor, Ontario. She was the second oldest of five children. As a child she was a bit of a recluse. Her parents discovered her musical talents when she was just a youngster, and they pushed her to perform. By age eight she would be woken up at 1 am (after serving hours) to perform at local bars. Her parents had her performing on television, radio, even at senior centres. Shania's family was poor, and her mother put a lot of hopes on Shania and her musical talents. Unfortunately her mother has not lived to see her success. When Shania was only 21, both her parents were killed in an automobile accident. After this tragic event Shania buckled down to support her younger siblings. She found a job singing at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, bought a house, and took upon the role as mother/sister. Once her younger siblings grew up and went their own ways, Shania put all her effort into making a name for herself. She created a demo of all original songs, and luckily got it to the head of the Mercury Nashville label. And as they say, the rest is history. |
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It may surprise you to know that Shania Twain only has four major CD releases behind her, as her star power in Canada and across the globe is so strong. Her latest release Up, released November 1992, was her first in over five years (not counting re-mixes). She had taken a sabbatical to give birth to her first child and spend some time as a family. She came back to her work with impressive gusto. Promoting this CD release she performed at the Country Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the thirty-seventh Superbowl, hosted the 2003 Juno Awards with a dizzying wardrobe of stylized NHL Jerseys of all five current Canadian teams, and kicked off a new tour.
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December 2004Shania Twain
Fans love Shania and can't help but sing along to some of her high energy hits like Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?, Man! I Feel Like A Woman, That Don't Impress Me Much, and I'm Gonna Getcha Good!. Long before becoming the internationally recognizable musician she is today Shania started life in Windsor, Ontario. She was the second oldest of five children. As a child she was a bit of a recluse. Her parents discovered her musical talents when she was just a youngster, and they pushed her to perform. By age eight she would be woken up at 1 am (after serving hours) to perform at local bars. Her parents had her performing on television, radio, even at senior centres. Shania's family was poor, and her mother put a lot of hopes on Shania and her musical talents. Unfortunately her mother has not lived to see her success. When Shania was only 21, both her parents were killed in an automobile accident. After this tragic event Shania buckled down to support her younger siblings. She found a job singing at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, bought a house, and took upon the role as mother/sister. Once her younger siblings grew up and went their own ways, Shania put all her effort into making a name for herself. She created a demo of all original songs, and luckily got it to the head of the Mercury Nashville label. And as they say, the rest is history. |
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Shania Twain is back to sing for Desperate Housewives
The album includes a host of previously unreleased covers, including the Indigo Girls version of Simon & Garfunkels Mrs Robinson, Liz Phairs take on the Rolling Stones Mothers Little Helper, Gloria Estefans re-casting of the Candi Staton-popularised Young Hearts Run Free and Martina McBrides cover of the Tom T Hall-penned country favourite Harper Valley P.T.A. There are newly recorded tracks from Anna Nalick,Leann Rimes, Macy Gray, Joss Stone and K.D. Lang, plus a new original from She Daisy and interspersed dialogue from the Housewives stars.
By JOHN WILLIAMS For a third straight week, Shania Twain's "Greatest Hits" stays at No. 1 in Canada. Twain's "Greatest Hits" held the top spot for a third consecutive week with sales of 73,700, compared to 61,700 last week, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, Eminem and U2 switched places this week, with "Encore" moving into the No. 2 position with 53,400 in sales, while "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" fell to No. 3 with 47,000 copies sold. Green Day's "American Idiot" remained at No. 4, and the seasonal collection "MuchDance 2005" continued its popularity during the Christmas rush, holding at No. 5 after 6 weeks on the charts. Hilary Duff's self-titled effort moved up one spot to No. 6, while Tupac's latest posthumous release "Loyal To The Game" -- the lone debut this week -- checked in at No. 7. Rod Stewart's "Stardust... Great American Songbook: Volume III" was locked in at No. 8, "Canadian Idol" winner Kalan Porter's debut "219 Days" sank three positions to No. 9, and Usher's "Confessions" re-entered in top 10 at No. 10.
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Canadian government honors Shania Shania Twain received the Order of Canada on Friday, the country's highest honor. The citation said the Canadian-born singer's journey from a small Ontario town to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry has inspired countless other emerging musicians. Naomi Judd to ride the rails to help Naomi Judd will be riding the 63rd annual Santa Train in Kingsport, Tenn., helping deliver 15 tons of goodies and gifts to the chil-dren of Appalachia. AC/DC guitarist tops list of little guys Angus Young, lead guitarist of AC/DC, tops Maxim's list of the 25 greatest short dudes of all time, standing tall at 5 feet 2 inches. Aguilera goes off the available list Christina Aguilera has found out what a girl wants, and now she's married him. |
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I do. It's something that I really, really enjoy. Something I love that's one of the main reasons why I got in the music business. When did you start writing songs? Gosh, I was probably 10 years old. I started playing around with my own tunes and music and words. It's something I eventually fell in love with. When did you know that you had a real knack for writing songs? You know, I guess early on because of the fact my family was so musical. The more I did it, the more courage I would get to play in front of people. People would encourage me to keep writing and started giving me tips. All of a sudden, I woke up one day and I was in Nashville doing it for a living. Who else in your family plays music? Everyone. My mom and my dad's side, both. Actually, that's how my mom and my dad met. They were playing in the same club together. You probably got a lot of inspiration from them. They probably are my biggest musical influences, my mother and my father. My dad is a real big influence on me musically. He taught me how to play piano. My mom plays guitar. So I have a real well-rounded foundation. Do you sit down and tell yourself you're going to write a song ,or do you write when the inspiration hits you? I think it's probably both. There are days I sit down and say I want to write a song. I want to write an up-tempo song or whatever, about whatever, trees. I sit down and try to make myself write it. Then there are times where I hear something, or something catches my eye; I jot it down. It comes very easily and very naturally. Tell me about your work with Chicago. You've produced their forthcoming album. That was a dream come true for me. They're one of my favorite bands in the world, and it was one of those things that I just couldn't pass up. It was a tough thing to juggle being in the Flatts and doing that record at the same time. When the opportunity came, it was a chance of a life time. Did they seek you out, or did you offer to produce the record? What happened was their bass player and lead singer, Jason Scheff, and I became really good friends. We started to write some music together. As time went on, we started doing more demos and writing together. [Other members of Chicago] started to hear what we were doing, and they approached me about producing the record. They said, "What you guys are doing already sounds like a Chicago record. So why don't you produce our next record?" They hadn't done a record in about 15 years. It was a really big chance for me to be involved with something I really, really believed in. What do you think you brought to Chicago that maybe they wouldn't have had with another producer? I think, given the Flatts' success, I have a really good handle on current music and today's pop music. They wanted to be back on the radio and make hits again. I think I definitely brought a fresh element of modern music to them. When is the album due out? It's set to be out in the fall right now. Rascal Flatts is working on a new album, too, correct? We're about two-thirds of the way done. How will this album differ from "Feels Like Today"? It's going to be really not too much different, just because of the fact what we've been doing so far has been working so well for us. We're not going to change up a whole lot of things. But we are working with a new producer, Dann Huff, who's really, really great because he comes from such a band-oriented place. He is a musician, and he knew how to track us and capitalize on the fact that we are a band. The [upcoming album] is definitely more of who we are. There's more of us on the record than probably any of the rest of the CDs. Based on that aspect alone, we're really, really excited about it. Do you think that the band's cohesiveness comes from playing so many live shows? I think so, and more experience and all the years that we've played together, getting to know one another musically, too. I think those are all key ingredients. Dann has been so helpful and so encouraging in saying, "Hey look, people need to hear more of you guys individually on these records." He said, "If there's any criticism I have, it's that the music sounds like a Nashville record, and it needs to sound like you guys." That's what we're real excited about. What did you do to bring out the sounds of the individuals in the band? We cut with just Joe Don and I. I played bass. Joe Don played guitar. We brought a drummer in, and Dan played acoustic and we cut like a four-piece rock band. It sounds like it was a perfect environment in which to work. It really was. It was such a great environment. We felt so much freedom. You don't have a room full of studio musicians sittin' around, twiddling their fingers and waitin' on you. You can really take the time and experiment a little bit. Do you know when new album coming out? We don't as of yet because we don't have all the vocals finished. I think we're looking at spring of next year right now. BILLY CURRINGTON'S DOIN' SOMETHIN' RIGHT Shania Twain leads star-studded cast receiving the Order of Canada She was joined by the likes of speed skater Catriona Le May Doan, environmentalist Elizabeth May, chocolatier David Ganong and former Ontario lieutenant-governor Hilary Weston, along with 38 others, for the ceremony. Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean made the presentations, which included 18 officers and 25 members of the order recognizing people who have made a difference to their country. The citation making Twain an officer of the order says the rags-to-riches story of superstar Shania Twain has become legendary. It adds that the native of Timmins, Ont., was instilled with a strong sense of pride by her family, despite living in poverty. And even as a child, it says, music played an important role in her day-to-day life. "Today, she enjoys enormous success, yet she remains true to her roots," says the citation. "Dedicated to eliminating child hunger, she supports a number of food distribution agencies like food banks and breakfast programs in schools." It says her journey from small-town Ontario to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry has inspired countless other emerging musicians. Other recipients included: -Le May Doan of Calgary, as an officer. Known as the "Fastest Woman on Ice," the retired skater won two Olympic golds and has been a positive role model for Canadians of all ages. "She remains a major force in amateur sport," said the citation, noting she serves in numerous professional and voluntary organizations, and is "dedicated to mentoring the next generation of athletes." -May of Halifax, as an officer. Head of the Sierra Club of Canada, she has been an internationally respected voice for Canada's environmental movement for more than 30 years. Said her citation: "She has made a profound difference to the quality of life of Canadians in our lifetime and hopefully for generations to come." -Ganong of St. Stephen, N.B., as a member. His family is a household name. A fourth-generation chocolatier, Ganong's citation calls him a "creative and visionary businessman" who has emphasized product innovation, employee satisfaction and solid community relations. "He is known as a national advocate of corporate governance, serving as a model of integrity and accountability in Canadian business." -Weston of Toronto, as a member. As Ontario's 26th lieutenant-governor and only the second woman in the job, she served with grace and distinction, said her citation. "She championed community voluntarism and women's and youth issues during her mandate. She has been actively involved in numerous charities and not-for-profit organizations throughout her . . . life." -Heather Bishop of Woodmore, Man., as a member. A internationally known entertainer, Bishop founded her own record company in 1976 and produced several acclaimed folk and children's albums. "Highly admired for her social activism, she has championed women's rights and has spoken out against racism and homophobia." She helped develop and teach groundbreaking pre-trades women's training courses at Red River College in Winnipeg. Other officers inducted Friday were: Former B.C. premier David Barrett of Victoria, Simon Brault of Montreal, John Cunningham of Camrose, Alta., James Hogg of Vancouver, Marcel Junius of Quebec City, James Kudelka of Vittoria, Ont., Rita Lafontaine of Montreal, Jacques Lamarre of Montreal, Rita Letendre of Toronto, Ronald Mannix of Calgary, William Sauder of Vancouver, Eldon Smith of Calgary, James Stanford of Calgary, Ronald Tasker of Toronto and Bruce Trigger of Montreal. Other new members are: Paul Bosc of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Peter Busby of Vancouver, Allan Ian Carswell of Thornhill, Ont., Wallace Chung of Vancouver, Denzil Doyle of Kanata, Ont., Thelma Finlayson of Burnaby, B.C.. Gerald Freed of Windsor, Ont., Yvan Guindon of Montreal, Robert Hulse of Elora, Ont., Raymond LeBlanc of Halifax, Hazel McCallion of Mississauga, Ont., Father Thomas McKillop of Toronto, Dorothy Moore of Membertou, N.S., Edward Safarian of Toronto, Arthur Scace of Toronto, Gordon Staseson of Regina. Clarence Tillenius of Winnipeg, Muriel Venne of Edmonton, Garrett Warner of Hamilton, Rev. Gordon Winch of Toronto, Carol Young of Halifax, Thomas Zuber of Windsor, Ont. The Order of Canada is the country's highest honour for lifetime achievement. Three different levels of membership honour people whose accomplishments vary in degree and scope: companion, officer and member. The appointments were established in 1967 and are made on the recommendation of an advisory council, headed by the chief justice of Canada.
Shania Twain introduces Martha Stewart to the poutine experience on TV (CP) - Martha Stewart called it junk food. But superstar Shania Twain insisted it should be termed a "Canadian comfort food." Poutine, the Quebec-originated snack made from an artery-clogging recipe of french fries, gravy and cheese curds, was on the menu Tuesday for Stewart's daytime TV show. Prior to her evening appearance on the Country Music Awards, the music diva dropped in on Stewart, donned a white apron, and proceeded to educate the domestic diva about the joys of poutine (which Stewart pronounced poo-tin'). "I have never made poutine, something called poutine, and actually I've never even eaten poutine," confessed Stewart. "Oh, it's heartbreaking," lamented Twain when Stewart insisted the Internet described the snack as a Canadian junk food. When asked if poutine means "mess" in French, Twain confessed she didn't know. "This actually smells good," added a surprised Stewart as the recipe came together, but neither celebrity sampled it on camera. In the end, it proved to be a more high-end dish, though, than what eastern Canadians might purchase at a roadside chip stand. The gravy was based on Shania's own recipe which includes white wine and mushrooms, but the singer stressed that there were too many mushrooms in the final result. Twain also took questions from the audience. Her favourite song? The Beatles' Yesterday. Her favourite exercise? Fast walking. To an ice cream store. But she said she hadn't decided at the time what dress she would be wearing for the awards telecast. She also spoke about her favourite charity, the Second Harvest Food Bank. Stewart donated an autographed hat for Twain's planned charity auction.
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JANUARY 11, 2004 TWAIN PONDERS NEW MUSIC GENRE Country singer-turned-pop star SHANIA TWAIN has no idea what music genre to tackle on her eagerly awaited seventh album. The Canadian beauty, who lives in Switzerland with her husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE and son EJA, is releasing her Greatest Hits album next month (NOV04) and is set to go into the studio next year (05) with a new direction. She explains, "I need to write again. So I don't know when the next album's going to be. I don't know when the next tour is "I've entertained the idea of doing a really rootsy, country sound; it would be more on the bluegrass side. Would I want to do a straight-ahead pop record? "I've entertained the thoughts of doing just duets with all my favourite artists. I've thought of maybe doing an album of covers of my favourite classics. And so what kind of album is the next album going to be? I don't know. I have to think about it a little more." |
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JANUARY 11, 2004 TWAIN: 'MY FAN BASE IS WIDER THAN BRITNEY'S' Country music beauty Shania Twain refuses to panic that both her and BRITNEY SPEARS are releasing greatest hits albums on the same day, insisting her fan base is wider than the TOXIC star's. The MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN! singer - who has sold close to 80 million albums during her career - will be relaxed when her disc hits record store shelves on 9 November (04) because she is so confident in her popularity. She says, "I don't think it's going to interfere at all on a competitive level, because we have such completely different audiences. There's some crossover, sure. But my fan base is so wide that I can't imagine that their parents are buying Britney's album. Their parents are buying my album. Their grandparents are buying my album. So it's a different audience in that sense, but there's probably some crossover there. "Besides, things are long-term. I've got three singles on this CD. This isn't just about the first day. This isn't just about the first week. My records never have been anyway. This is about what's going to happen over the following year." |
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JANUARY 11, 2004 TWAIN: 'I'M NOT PREGNANT' Shania Twain has hit out at rumours she is expecting her second child with record producer husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE. Recent reports claim the 39-year-old singer had made the most of her time away from the studio to become pregnant with a brother or sister for three-year-old son EJA. But Twain insists the couple are still too busy enjoying the novelty of being parents, to think about adding to their family. She says, "He's beautiful and we're having such a great time. If it happened, it would be an accident, let's put it that way. We're not planning another one. I'd always welcome another child, but we're not going to plan for it. And we're quite happy the way we are. We've got so much to look forward to, with the (UP!) tour ending, and Eja's going to be starting school in a year or so. "I look forward to all those things. I won't want him to start school earlier than he has to. I'd like to wait until he's five if I can." |
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JANUARY 16, 2004 PARTON IS FLAMEWORTHY Dolly Parton has signed to host the CMT FLAMEWORTHY 2004 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. The singer will be joined by performer SHANIA TWAIN at the 21 April (04) country music ceremony. A thrilled Parton says, "I think the Flameworthy Awards Show is one of the very best award shows on TV today. I am very honoured to have been awarded the hosting job this year." |
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JANUARY 11, 2004 TWAIN LOOKING FORWARD TO 40 Canadian singer SHANIA TWAIN isn't bothered about turning 40 next year (05), she just regards it as another birthday. While many women cringe at reaching the landmark - Twain takes a very philosophical approach to ageing. She says, "It doesn't make any difference. You change physically, but I'm happy to do that." |
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MAY 1, 2004 TWAIN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HUSBAND Country singer SHANIA TWAIN credits one man as the driving force behind her success - husband MUTT LANGE. The THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH beauty has enjoyed a hugely successful international singing career, since meeting Lange - a record producer - in the early 1990s. And the 38-year-old remains devoted to the South African music maestro, 55, after 11 years of marriage. She says, "Mutt has made me what I am today." Shania also credits the couple's life in Switzerland with son EJA for bringing happiness to the family. She says, "People are very discreet there, and I'm enjoying my private life. In the US or in Canada, you could just forget about that." |
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TWAIN NOT INTERESTED IN LIFE STORY MOVIE Shania Twain is encouraging fans not to watch a new Canadian TV biopic about her - because it doesn't have her blessing and won't feature the full truth about her life. The singer, who grew up in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, insists she hasn't gone out of her way not to be helpful to producers of the film project - she just doesn't like to talk about her tough childhood. She says, "They are not going to get it right because they "I am not trying to hide anything, but there are things I can't discuss, a lot of what was in my childhood. That whole period was quite dark, and not everything is known." JUNE 29, 2004 BECKHAM IMPRESSES TWAIN WITH GOOD LOOKS Singer SHANIA TWAIN has been begging soccer superstar DAVID BECKHAM to appear in her latest music video. The THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH star, 38, is impressed by the REAL MADRID player's "fine" looks, fairytale marriage Twain says, "I caught sight of him last time I was over in England, and he is one fine-looking man. "I really like the whole package of him and his wife. They are very glam. "I hate the way they claim that he is simple. How can he be when he's so gifted on the pitch?"
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JULY 10, 2004 TWAIN HONOURED IN HOMETOWN Country singer SHANIA TWAIN is flying back to her native Canada to be honoured in her hometown of Timmins. The THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH hitmaker lives with her husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE in Switzerland, but will be returning to the Ontario town for the 2 November (04) 'Shania Twain Day'. Timmins mayor VIC POWER announced Tuesday (05OCT04) Twain will cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Shania Twain Center, which was opened in July 2001, when Twain was too pregnant with son EJA to fly from Switzerland. |
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One of the most played in the Country genre... Shania's Million-Air certificates to date include: 5 Million Performances -- "Your Still The One"; 3 Million -- "From This Moment On," "Man I Feel Like A Woman," "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "(If Your Not In It For Love" I'm Outta Here!"; 2 Million -- "Honey I'm Home," "I'm Gonna Getcha Good," and "Forever And For Always." BMI 2005 London Awards article.
October 19: Shania garnered two more BMI Songwriter awards at the 2005 BMI Country Awards in June 20, 2005: Shania won the MuchMoreMusic Award for her "Party For Two" video (pop version) last might at the MuchMusic Video Awards in May 18: Shania Twain's "Forever and For Always" received yet another BMI Pop Award last night, the second for that single, as one of the 50 most performed songs during the eligibility period... Shania's "Forever and For Always" was named BMI Country Song of the Year for 2004, her fourth Song of the Year honor. Shania was also named BMI Performing Songwriter of the Year at both the 1999 and 2000 Pop and Country Awards and now owns a total of 29 BMI Awards. February 9: Shania ranks No. 7 ($33.2 million net) on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Moneymakers of 2004, mainly from two months of her "Greatest Hits" CD sales and about four months of touring (#1 country tour, #3 all-genre/pop)... For some other acts ancillary earnings were included (endorsements, films, books, clothing lines, retail stores, restaurant chains, etc.). Shania is the only country act in the top 10. She ranked No. 8 in 2003. January 9, 2005: Shania won for "Favorite Country Female Singer" at the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards. Congratulations to Shania and thanks to her fans for your continued support! Shania was one of many stars unable to attend the ceremony this year. She is currently on another continent spending much-needed time with her husband and toddler son, (and this year will be) working on her new charity, and writing songs for her next all-new studio album. November 18, 2004: Shania received November 13: Shania's 1997 release "Come On Over" has now been certified for 20 million (double "diamond") in |
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November 9: Shania Twain's "Forever and For Always" was named Country Song of the Year at the BMI Country Awards last night, as the most performed country song during the eligibility period. "Forever and For Always" is Shania's fourth BMI Song of the Year win. PFT was named Song of the Year at the 2004 BMI London Awards, and her smash "You're Still the One" received the honor at both the 1999 BMI Pop and Country Awards. Shania was also named BMI Performing Songwriter of the Year at both the 1999 and 2000 Pop and Country Awards and now owns a total of 28 BMI Awards. Shania's "She's Not Just A Pretty face" was also among the most performed songs honored at this year's awards. October 25: Shania won the award for Best Live Performance at the 2nd annual French Country Music Awards this past weekend. October 17: The CBC premiered their countdown of the "Top 50 Greatest Canadians" as voted by Canadians. Shania ranked #18 in this public vote, and was the top female (only six females in the Top 50). Thanks to those who voted for Shania. It's a great honor to be ranked that high among all Canadians past and present: Prime Ministers, Nobel winners, scientists, physicians, inventors, hall of fame athletes, and historic public figures from all walks of life. Voting will continue for Top 10 nominees only through late November... CBC Greatest Canadian site. October 5: International performing rights organization BMI honored its songwriters in a number of categories in May 12: Shania won two more BMI Songwriter Awards last night at the 52nd Annual BMI Pop Awards, in a ceremony which honored the year's 50 most performed songs (Oct. 1, 2002-Sept. 30, 2003 eligibility period). Shania won for her hits songs "Forever And For Always" and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", from her current UP! album. April 21: Shania won the 2004 CMT Flamworthy "Female Video of the Year" Award for her beautiful "Forever And For Always," filmed in April 3: Shania won the 2004 Canadian JUNO Award for "Country Recording of the Year" on the first night of ceremonies in March 18: Shania's UP! Tour has been a huge success across Europe, where she was recently honored by venue managment firm SMG Europe as the highest selling female artist across their eight venues, and for breaking the ticket sales record at the largest, M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. Her M.E.N. concert sold 18,300 tickets and grossed three quarter of a million pounds (roughly $1.4 million USD). March 9: Shania's UP! was Canada's #2 ranked pop/all-genre album in 2003, selling over 4X platinum units (2-CD album = 1 unit) in it's second calendar year of release. Her Shania Twain: UP! Live in March 7: Congratulations! Shania won "Best International Female Artist" at March 1: Shania was featured in the March 16 issue of Country Weekly Magazine (10 Most Influential Stars of the Past 10 Years). She was one of five collectible covers for this issue, and the only female superstar. February 28: Shania was inducted into the Walk of Fame - Europe in February 27: Shania was inducted into the German "Walk of Fame" at February 16, 2004: Shania won the fan-voted Star Radio Music Awards for "Best Female Singer 2003" and "Best Album 2003" (UP!). Star Radio is fast-growing Internet Radio station based on the December 28, 2003: Shania's "Come On Over" album has sold 14.9 million units at SoundScan retail since it's November 1997 release (and over 4 million more at music clubs) for its 19 million RIAA certification, and continues to rank as the best-selling album of the SoundScan era (1991-12/28/03) and best-selling female album of all time. December 15, 2003: Shania Twain's brilliant UP! album has been certified by the RIAA for December 10, 2003: Shania performed her new hit "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" accompanied by 100 children at the 2003 Billboard Awards. Shania won four awards (three announced): Country Artist of the Year, Female Country Artist, Country Albums Artist of the Year, and Country Album of the Year for UP!... Shania Billboard Pics Shania's "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" earned Shania another BMI Country Award, for one of the (50) most played songs of the year. This is Shania's 23rd BMI Songwriting Award, including both pop and country songwriter of the year. (Nov 4) September 30: Shania Twain set new attendance records as she launched off her UP! World Tour, setting an all-time record at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario with an attendance of 18,573 and a record-setting gross of $1,282,984 (USD). Shania followed with a sell-out crowd in Ottawa, Ontario, and another record, grossing $1,195,587 (USD)... See Shania World Tour. August 19: Shania was ranked #8 in the Askmen.com "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" list for 2003, the highest ranked music artist and only country artist included. She should honestly be #1-2 on any of these lists (Maxim #2 this year), but all these polls tend to be silly and quite subjective. Based on combined votes of staff and readers. August 15: Shania won the "Best International Artist" award and performed her new single "Thank You Baby" at the Comet Awards, presented by Viva and RTL ( July: Shania's UP! album was IFPI certified 2X Platinum, for 2 million unit sales across June 25: Shania was inducted into June 10: Shania's "You're Still the One" has been ranked #47 of the "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years," as chosen by VH1. May 16: In addition to being MAXIM Magazine's June cover girl, Shania is #2 on their "Hot 100" Women of 2003 list. April, 2003: Shania's new UP! 2-CD album has officially been certified for worldwide sales of over 8 million in under 5 months... on "1 1/2" singles (only one in some markets, two in others). She's at about 4.5 million actual US sales (SoundScan plus one club, full-price sales) and a 5M certification. Considering minimal Shania's SUPERLATIVE "Come On Over" album has now been certified for sales of 19 million in the 3/13/02: Shania was voted Canadian celeb with the "most beautiful smile" for the second straight year in the Johnson & Johnson REACH(R) Whitening Floss Survey, again winning 40 per cent of the vote (second place had just 15%). 11/6/01: Though Shania has been musically inactive for nearly two years, she still received another award at the 2001 BMI Country Awards. "You've 5/28/01: Shania received a 2001 World Music Award for "Best Selling Canadian Artist." Based strictly on sales, awards were given out in 18 "geographic" categories, in addition to another 15 genre/male-female/new artist categories. Since she won the Best Selling Country Artist in 1996, some of the WMA categories change from year to year on a whim, so this is very minor news. Several other major Canadian stars are also taking time off from their careers or are between albums. 5/7/01: Shania's "That Don't Impress Me Much" is ranked #77 by VH1 (US) for their new May 2001 special "The 100 Greatest Videos." Comment: Every Shania video has outstanding elements. Realize this Top 100 list is very subjective (debatable), and that VH1 selected from only five Shania videos that aired on VH1: YSTO, FTMO, TDIMM, YGAW, and MIFLAW. VH1 staff have not seen most of Shania's other (CMT/country) videos, many of which were uniquely innovative in the genre for their time. 3/7/01: Shania's "You're Still The One" ranked 293 in a list of 365 "Songs of the Century" compiled by the Recording Industry Association of Shania's "Come On Over" was the #10 top selling album (pop/all-genre) in Europe during 2000, a testament to both its quality and fan response (in its third year of release there). Combined with its #2 European album rank during 1999, "Come On Over" has been the top selling album over the two year span... "Come On Over" was ranked #14 in the (CNN Worldbeat) Global Top 100 albums of 2000 (in its 2nd/3rd year of release in most territories). Shania was voted Canadian celeb with the best smile in a recent Johnson & Johnson Reach Whitening Floss survey, garnering 40% of the vote (2nd place had just 11%). For those unaware of the nominating process, Shania is a multiple ACM winner and the reigning 2000 ACM Entertainer of the Year, but since she has not had new music out in some time, she was not eligible this year. For those unaware of the nominating process, Shania is a 5-time Grammy winner, but since she has not had new music out in some time, she was not eligible this year... Shania's NEW album is finally coming in 2001, with her next world tour to follow. 12/1/00: Shania won the "Best International Female Vocalist Of The Year" award at the 2000 M6 Awards in Shania was voted Canadian celeb with the best smile in a recent Johnson & Johnson Reach Whitening Floss survey, garnering 40% of the vote (2nd place had just 11%). Here's a new one just for fun. Having already topped many "most beautiful & sexiest" lists for music, film & TV in recent years, Shania has now been voted "Sexiest Vegatarian Alive" by the readers of Animal Times, the magazine of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Shania's "Come On Over" was voted in 2000 as one of the "New Classics" Top 5 (all genres of music) by barnesandnoble.com. Other albums were: U2's "The Joshua Tree," Sting's "Ten Summoner's Tales," Madonna's "Ray Of Light" and Andrea Bocelli's "Romanza." Shania's "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" was voted in 2000 by VH1 (US) viewers as the #5 song by a "diva" of all time. Shania was again recognized for her songwriting at the SOCAN Awards (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Shania Milestones: After the 2000 CMA show, Shania attended the private Mercury party, where her label presented her with 3 plaques to commemorate her sales achievements: US Sales of over 17 million for Shanias "Come On Over" album; worldwide sales of over 30 million for "Come On Over" (both noted previously); and combined worldwide sales of over 50 million for her three albums - "Shania Twain," "The Woman In Me," and "Come On Over." Note that "Shania Twain" was never released internationally until 2000 in selected countries, and "The Woman In Me" was not released internationally (except in Australia two years delayed) until 2000 (import availability only). "Come On Over" was step-released internationally starting in 1998. Shania won for her great clip "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" (Director: Paul Boyd, Producer: Jeff Nelson for Propaganda Films) in the "MuchMoreMusic Award" category at this year's Much Music Video Awards, held 9/21/00, at Much Music in Toronto. For fans outside of Shania was named You may want to check out photos & exclusives from the last award show Shania was able to attend, the 1999 CMAs, at CMA Entertainer of the Year page. For the second consecutive year Shania was named BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year for all genres of music - due to combined airplay of her smash hits "You're Still The One," "From This Moment On," "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "You've Shania was selected "Favorite Female Country Artist" in the 6th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards held 5/9/00 in Page Top | back to Main | News top Shania was nominated in four catagories for the prestigious Novello Songwriting Awards. Shania's "You're Still The One" is up for Best Song (lyrics & music), and "That Don't Impress Me Much" for Most Performed Work, International Hit of the Year and Best-Selling Shania earned 2 NEW Juno Awards from the CARAS: Songwriter of the Year (main category/all genres) for "That Don't Impress Me Much," "You've Shania won 2 NEW Grammy Awards from the NARAS 2/23/00 (her 4th and 5th): Best Female Country Vocal Performance - "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" and Best Country Song - "Come On Over" (Shania and R.J. Lange, songwriters). Notes: Shania's "Come On Over" album was not eligible this year. Shania was also nominated for the second strait year for Song of the Year (main category/all genres) - "You've Cable video channel CMT selected their Top 2000 Videos of all time (to date, through 1999). Shania dominated with four videos in the top ten: #2 "Any May of Mine," #5 "You're Still the One," #8 "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!" & #10 "That Don't Impress Me Much." Shania's "Come On Over" has been certified for "Double Diamond" for 20X Platinum/2 million units sold in Shania was voted "Favorite Female Artist (Pop/Rock)" and "Favorite Female Artist (Country)" at the 27th Annual American Music Awards. Thanks to all of you who have been touched by Shania's music and were kind enough to vote for her. Shania has admitted that she generally has no idea when she is even nominated for awards... Shania was unable to attend AMAs, or any other awards or public appearances so far this year, due to her hectic schedule (working hard on her next albums in Europe), but she she is truly grateful. AMA nominations were determined by Soundscan sales and radio airplay data (R&R), with the winners then voted on by a statistical random sample of about 20,000 music buyers nationwide ( Shania was named "Favorite Female Musical Performer" at the 26th Annual "People's Choice Awards" 1/9/00. Nominations and awards are publicly voted, determined by statistically random Shania was selected as "Entertainer of the Year" in Radio & Records annual readers poll (prominent trade industry music publication). Shania was named "Female Country Artist of the Year" in Playboy's 2000 reader poll, repeating her win from '99. Shania had a great '99 thanks to the fans who discovered "Come On Over" and saw her on tour. She ranked #12 in Forbes Magazine's latest Celebrity 100 issue, a (rather nebulous) ranking of celebrities & public figures in all professional fields, in theory based on "earnings, influence and popularity." Shania's #1 VOTED all-time favorite "Behind The Music" episode aired on VH1 2/13 at 9pm ET/PT. Thanks for your support. Shania was selected 1999 "CMA Entertainer of the Year" and received a special "International Artist Achievement" Award for her unprecedented musical contributions to the world music scene in the past year. Shania is the first woman in 13 years to win the CMA "Entertainer" Award. Shania is CMT Shania won her second consecutive (and third overall) "Female Artist of the Year" award from CMT US, with her two great videos in the '99 Top 12, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" and "That Don't Impress Me Much." Shania was the top winner 11/9/99 at the 1999 SOCAN Awards, which recognize the Canadian songwriters that received the most airplay in the previous year. Shania received awards for her smash hits "You're Still the One," "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," and "From this Moment On" in the country category. Editorial: PEOPLE Magazine's tedious "50 Most Beautiful People" issue is out 4/28/00, and yes Shania IS included. Some facts for the record: Shania was one of PEOPLE's "25 Most Fascinating People" of 1995. What nobody knows is that Shania WAS also selected for their "Most Beautiful" 1996 Issue, but PEOPLE broke professional ethics and inexplicably removed Shania (for "political" reasons) without ever informing her then management. Shania was apparently selling too many CDs... Since (not so) strangely ONLY Time/Warner (parent company of "People") music label artists appeared in that issue. Total scam. Now they "have" to include her... and inclusion still does not explain her omission from any "most beautiful" issue since 1995. The process is still political and silly. The issue does not merit attention yet still has to be mentioned. Shania was named one of "US" Magazine's Top 8 sexiest female stars (5/8 issue). Shania was named to "Ralph" Magazine's (Australian mens' lifestyle mag.) "Sexiest Women" of 2000 list, though "only" at 46 of 100. A publication that is musically challenged and has denigrated hers, so you can't expect too much.
Following her smash hit The Woman In Me was no easy task for Shania and husband/producer Mutt Lange. It is a must have for any music fan, not just country. THE WOMAN IN ME won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. "Any Man Of Mine" was nominated for Grammys for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song. Shania Twain was nominated for the Grammy for Best New Artist. Now from north of the 49th parallel comes Shania Twain, even if her debut is firmly in the modern Nashville mould that's rather bigger on ballads than actual emotion. Still, there's a folksy edge to her voice which can turn appealingly blue on Forget Me and Got A Hold On Me, while There Goes The Neighbourhood and the delightful Dance With The One That Brought You suggest that she could go the distance, given the right songs.
Shania Twain : On My Way
"The more ideas you can come up with, and the more things you can 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 twelve-million-selling worldwide phenomenon known as The Woman In Me. That album, which has sold over three million copies outside the United States, 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 honours as 1996's #1 Top Country Album Artist. Her Grammy Award for Best Country Album was echoed by both the |
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Pop beauty SHANIA TWAIN has today (18NOV05) been named an officer of the Order of Canada for her charity work and "trail blazing" attitude to music. The award-winning singer, now based in Switzerland, was honoured alongside fellow Canadians artist RITA LETENDRE and Olympic champion CATRIONA LE MAY DOAN. Governor-General MICHAëLLE JEAN said of Twain, "Today, she enjoys enormous success, yet she remains true to her roots. "There is something in the Canadian psyche that makes us shrink back from self-congratulations. "We must not allow our modesty to overshadow our recognition of those Canadians who give so much to our country and to the world." Jean added Twain, who is widely recognised as a positive role model, has lived up to "the Order of Canada". ). |
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MAY 19, 2005 New Zealand officials are trying to stop country superstar SHANIA TWAIN and her producer husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE from developing their new South Island home - because they fear it will look awful. The celebrity couple have reportedly paid $15 million (GBP7.9 million) for a sprawling Merino sheep farm, and have big plans to turn the place into their dream estate. But local architects and developers are opposed to the couple's plans because they fear they're not in harmony with the local landscape, and will be visible for miles. A major planning meeting has been called to discuss and decide the matter next week (beg23MAY05). |
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JUNE 30, 2005 Shania Twain and her producer husband ROBERT 'MUTT' LANGE have won their battle to revamp their sheep farm in New Zealand after a year-long battle with local authorities. The pop couple have been given permission to build a compound on the farm near Lake Wanaka in the South Island, despite complaints from locals that the planned development would not blend in with the surrounding landscape. Queenstown Lakes District Council approved the development earlier this week (beg27JUN05), which gives the couple permission to build on the 61,000-acre estate. |
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AUGUST 2, 2005 Sexy singer SHANIA TWAIN is giving fans something else to play when not listening to her music - a disc of her favourite smells. The MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN! singer has unveiled her limited edition SHANIA'S WISHES FOR SPRING, a new scent disc from FEBREZE SCENTSTORIES, which customers can place into a special unit and play. Every Scentstories disc plays a story in five scents, one after the other. |
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AUGUST 23, 2005 Shania Twain and GLORIA ESTEFAN are among the stars so inspired by hit TV show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, they've recorded tunes for a new accompanying album. Twain's new single SHOES leads the project, MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, which also features the track GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, written especially for the album by country trio SHEDAISY. Meanwhile, the video for Twain's single will feature the stars of the show. The album also features Estefan singing YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE, LIZ PHAIR covering the ROLLING STONES' MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER and the INDIGO GIRLS revamping SIMON + GARFUNKEL's MRS ROBINSON. The album will be released next month (SEP05) to coincide with the start of the second season of the hit show. |
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 GEORGE CANYON was the big winner at the Canadian Country Awards on Monday (12SEP05) claiming four prizes, including the night's Best Male Artist and Fans' Choice honours. Other winners at the Calgary, Alberta awards included PAUL BRANDT (Album of The Year and Video of The Year), TERRI CLARK (Best Female Artist) and ROAD HAMMERS (Best Group). Meanwhile, SHANIA TWAIN's GREATEST HITS CD was recognised as the year's top-selling album. |
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NOVEMBER 17, 2005 Country star SHANIA TWAIN relaxed before she took on presenting duty at Tuesday night's (15NOV05) Country Music Association Awards by horse-riding around lifestyle queen MARTHA STEWART's home in upstate New York. The new best friends filmed their Sunday (13NOV05) canter in the countryside for Stewart's daily show MARTHA. Twain insisted on joining Stewart for a horseback chat because heading out on one of her eight steeds, stabled at her home in Switzerland, is one of her favourite past times. She told Stewart, "I ride whenever I get the chance. It's a very inspiring thing for me to do - to get up and go out with nature in the back woods."
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NOVEMBER 17, 2005 "My favourite thing to do is to leave home, walk for about an hour, fast and hard, to an ice-cream shop, and I reward myself with an ice-cream and I walk an hour back." Country star SHANIA TWAIN uses an incentive-based fitness regime. |
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March 14: Shania's mega-hit "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" was recently certified RIAA digital "gold" for 100,000 legal downloads in the January 5, 2006: Through the end of 2005, Shania's "Come On Over" remains the top-selling album of the SoundScan era, 1991-2006, with 15,355,018 units sold. Overall sales include another 4.5M-5M from record clubs, the album is still certified at "double-diamond" (20X platinum, 20 million units sold), and is the top selling female album of all time. This Shania classic fluctuates between the #6-7 best selling album of all time, only behind those released 20-30 years earlier (two of which are double albums). Most of the early top album sales were only "estimated" pre-SoundScan. "Come On Over" has surpassed 39 million in worldwide sales. Shania's total worldwide albums sales exceed 85 million. December 7: "Shania Twain: Greatest Hits" was one of the final four nominees for "Country Album of the Year" at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards last night. Shania did win this award since she sold the most copies of her album in the eligibility period, according to SoundScan (roughly 2,740,000 units). Billboard's 'chart year' did not include Shania's record-breaking debut week sales for her "Hits" album... The Billboard chart year differs from the calendar year, running from chart week November 21, 2004 (BB issue December 4, 2004) through November 13, 2005 (BB issue November 26, 2005). The winner was not "officially" announced on the show, and Billboard has not yet revealed this and some other categories, but those remaining results and rankings will be published in their Year In Music 2005 issue, due on newsstands later this month. December 1: At this year's BMI Europe Awards held November 29 in London, three of Shania's hit songs were among those honored. Shania received new "Million-Air" Awards for: "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!" which passed 3 million plays; and "Forever And For Always," last year's Song of the Year, passed two million plays. "Forever And For Always" is also a two-time BMI Pop Award winner (2003 and 2004) and a 2004 Country Award winner. Shania's "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" also was honored as |
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