Featured Playlist
- 26 Songs
- The Woman In Me · 1995
- Come On Over · 1997
- Come On Over · 1997
- hole in the bottle (with Shania Twain) - Single · 2020
- Come On Over · 1997
- The Woman In Me · 1995
- Up! (Red "Pop" and Green "Country" Versions) · 2002
- Tuskegee · 2012
- Come On Over · 1997
- Summertime - EP · 2004
Essential Albums
- Among the 16 song titles that make up Shania Twain’s Come On Over, no fewer than four have exclamation points. They’re there to tell you that Twain’s excited, and isn’t afraid to say it—modesty and gender expectations be damned. But in a way, it’s the other number—the 16 songs—that says even more. Released in 1997, Come On Over proved there was plenty of room for pop-country to explore, and gave Twain the kind of space—a full hour of music—to show off the breadth of her songwriting in ways that were unheard of for most country songwriters, female or otherwise. So while the album’s biggest singles (“You’re Still the One,” “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” “From This Moment On,” “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”) captured the dissolving border between Nashville and the rest of the world, they were also part of a wave of late-1990s albums—including Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom—that centered a feminine experience without selling it short. You could rock with it, reflect with it, night-out with it, and happily-ever-after with it—and all on Twain’s uplifting, empathetic terms. And as the work of a married woman teamed with her producer-songwriter-husband (Mutt Lange), you could submit it as proof that embracing progress doesn’t mean sacrificing tradition. Three days after its release, the Spice Girls fired their manager. It was probably just a coincidence—though you can’t help but wonder.
- Shania Twain wasn’t the first pop-savvy country superstar to embody feisty female self-determination. But her second album, 1995’s The Woman in Me, was a revelation and, for Nashville, something of a revolution, too. Despite still being fairly new to the industry, the Canadian-born artist exercised independence from a system that relied on the songwriting material, studio direction, and cautious marketing strategies of Music Row pros. She cowrote and recorded the entire album with her then-husband, producer Mutt Lange, who’d specialized in thundering backbeats and arena-rock licks in his work with AC/DC and Def Leppard. The dozen tracks were stocked with taut, galvanizing hooks and an attitude that was down-to-earth, but sparkled with modern irreverence, forwardness, and youthful kick. The project proved to be a broadly appealing blockbuster, spinning off a string of chart-toppers, including the frisky, fiddle-accented shuffle “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?,” the honky-tonk stomp “Any Man of Mine,” and the roadhouse rocker "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
Albums
- 2017
- 1993
Artist Playlists
- Man, I feel like getting to know Shania more.
- Shania Twain joins Zane for a conversation about her new album Queen of Me.
- Slick, bold visuals to match the country superstar's huge charm.
- The country-pop trailblazer is touring her celebratory sixth album. Get the full set list.
- Inspiration and motivation from the pop-country queen.
- The country, pop, and soul that shaped the crossover star.
Compilations
- 2024
Appears On
- Various Artists
Radio Shows
- Shania invites listeners into her glittery, genre-defying world.
- Revisiting Katy Perry's Halftime Show and more.
- Shania is joined by actor, musician, and friend Rita Wilson.
- Shania is joined by legendary Latin songwriter Gloria Estefan.
- American Idol alum and Queen adoptee joins Shania.
- Shania shares stories behind the 'Queen of Me (Royal Edition).'
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About Shania Twain
Before Shania Twain’s rise in the mid-’90s, no other singer had combined two roles that, at the time, seemed entirely disparate: rootin’, tootin’ country star and glamorous pop diva. That she made it look so easy is a testament to the tenacity long shown by the performer who was born in 1965 and raised in the Canadian small town of Timmins, Ontario. After not gaining much headway during her early stint as a rock performer under her original name of Eilleen Twain, or in her first years after becoming Shania and signing to Mercury Nashville, she made a fortuitous alliance with Robert John “Mutt” Lange. On Twain’s albums The Woman In Me (1995) and Come On Over (1997), her producer (and future husband) applied the skills he learned making albums with AC/DC and Def Leppard to ensure that Twain’s shiny country-pop confections had just as much impact as any arena-ready rocker. While the likes of “You’re Still the One” and “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” dominated dance floors and jukeboxes, “Forever and for Always” and other ballads showcased her warm contralto voice and became indispensable on wedding playlists. By the time she released her fourth album, Up!, in 2002, Twain was one of country music’s biggest-selling artists. Overcoming personal hardships like the end of her marriage to Lange and voice and health problems that nearly silenced her, she again displayed her strength, as well as a new sense of vulnerability, on 2017’s Now, her first studio album in 15 years and her second to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Her collaboration with masked alt-country maverick Orville Peck on her 2020 single “Legends Never Die” was another thrilling sign of Shania’s eagerness to reinvent herself. Since 2020, she's also been the host of Home Now Radio on Apple Music Hits.
- HOMETOWN
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- BORN
- August 28, 1965
- GENRE
- Country