Career as Eilleen Twain
At 13, Eilleen Twain, the future "Shania" Twain, was invited to perform on CBC television's Tommy Hunter Show. While attending Timmins High and Vocational School in Timmins, Ontario, she was the singer for a local band called "Longshot" which covered Top 40 music.[citation needed]
In 1984, she sang a duet performance on an album by Canadian musician (and present-day CKTB radio personality) Tim Denis.
When her mother and adoptive father died in a car accident on November 1, 1987, the 22-year-old Twain put her musical career on hold and took care of her family. She and her half-brothers Mark and Darryl, and sister Carrie Ann moved to Huntsville, Ontario, where she supported them by performing at the nearby Deerhurst Resort.
More about Shania Twain (From Wikipedia)
Career As Eilleen Twain
At 13, Eilleen Twain, the future "Shania" Twain, was invited to perform on CBC television's Tommy Hunter Show. While attending Timmins High and Vocational School in Timmins, Ontario, read more...
1993: Shania Twain
In 1991, she was invited to record a demo tape in Huntsville, Ontario. That led to her first recording contract with entertainment lawyer Richard Frank, whereupon she changed her read more...
1995-1996: The Woman In Me
When rock producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange heard Twain's original songs and singing, he offered to produce her and to write songs with her. After many telephone conversations, they read more...
1997-2000: Come On Over
In 1997, Twain released her follow-up album, Come on Over. This was the album that would establish Twain as a successful crossover singer. Slowly, the album started racking up sales. read more...
2002-2004: Up!
After a two year break, Twain went back into the studio, along with a management change (Twain dropped Landau and went with QPrime), and recorded her latest CD. Up! was released read more...
2004: Greatest Hits
In 2004, she released the Greatest Hits album, with three new tracks. To date,[dated info] it has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. The first single, the multi-format duet "Party read more...
2008: Forthcoming Album
At the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 16, 2007, Twain said she was currently writing songs for a new album, and was doing a "lot of soul searching" and "indulging read more...
Shania Twain IPA: [ʃəˈnaɪə 'tweɪn] OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres. read more...
Twain married music producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange on December 28, 1993 and they have a son, Eja D'Angelo (pronounced "Asia") who was born on August 12, 2001. On May 15, 2008, read more...
In addition to her various awards for her singles and albums, Twain has received a number of personal honours:
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