Must Haves. Music Edition. Shania Twain.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Active1980s - 2020s

BornAugust 28, 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Genre

Country

Styles

Contemporary Country

Country-Pop

Adult Contemporary

Contemporary Pop/Rock

HITS

You're Still the One, Any Man of mine, From this moment on, shes nit just a pretty face,That Don't Impress Me Much and Man! I Feel Like a Woman

ALBUMS

Shania Twain (1993)

The Woman in Me (1995)

Come On Over (1997)

On The Way (1999)

Up (2002)

Now (2017)

Queen of Me (2023)

CULTURAL IMPACT

Shania Twain was the foundational country star of the 1990s, rivaling Garth Brooks as the musician who helped broaden the sound and appeal of the genre. Whereas Brooks introduced a pop audience to country, Twain took over the pop charts, collaborating with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange to blend country conventions with classic rock swagger and adult contemporary appeal.

This blend was introduced on The Woman In Me, a 1995 album that yielded four number one country hits, but it was perfected on Come On Over, a 1997 smash that featured "You're Still the One," "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," hits that changed the course of modern pop by delivering country music with the flair and style of MTV.

Twain's appeal extended far beyond American country audiences, with Up!, a 2002 album that marked the end of her collaboration with Lange but not her stardom, aiming for international markets. She spent the first years of the 2000s and 2010s quietly, as generations of musicians raised on her music rose to prominence. She resurfaced in 2017 with Now, a record that debuted at the top of the charts.