TWAIN DETERMINATION SHOWED EARLY ON!
Shania Twain began performing as a grade schooler and showed early on
that she had guts and was a real trouper. One famous incident involved a
trip a very young Shania had to make by train to another city to perform
all by herself. Twain was just 11 or 12 when she discovered that the
train she was on was headed to the wrong city. Twain wasn't about to
miss her gig, so she asked the conductor to stop the train and let her
off so she could catch another train. The conductor first refused to let
her off in the middle of the wilderness, but Shania raised such fuss
about it, he finally stopped the train and let her off in the middle of
nowhere. It took a while, but Shania managed to flag down a train going
in the opposite direction and made her performance.
SWISS MISS SHANIA TWAIN!
(From: Countrycool.com) "Shania Twain is laying low these days in Switzerland writing songs and
preparing for two planned album releases in 2000—her next studio album
and a Christmas collection. According to a Mercury Nashville
spokesperson, Twain hasn't had much contact with Nashville lately, but
word is that she is stretching her songwriting efforts to include
collaborations with pop giants Diane Warren and Max Martin.
Warren is known as the songwriter of numerous pop and country hits for
the likes of Celine Dion, Taylor Dayne, Faith Hill/Tim McGraw and Trisha
Yearwood, while Martin is known as the producer-songwriter who helped
launch Britney Spears last year. According to www.britney-spears.com,
Spears is working on her second album, parts of which were done in
Switzerland and Sweden with producers Martin and Shania hubby/producer
"Mutt" Lange.
It's unclear whether or not Spears and Twain have done any vocal
collaborating, but the 18-year-old singer behind the 11-times-platinum
album Baby One More Time is expected to have a new single out in March
and the album to follow in mid-May. Keep coming back to CountryCool.com
for more details as they develop."
SHANIA ON COUNTRY LIVE MAGAZINE
Shania is on the cover of this month's Country Music Live Magazine! Read a part of the article on the Stories section of this website! You can also look at the cover and article on the magazines website: Countrymusiclive.com! It is currently available on newsstands!
#1 BEHIND THE MUSIC
Shania has WON!! She is #1 of Decision 2000 for Behind the Music! Fans voted Shania Twain as the Favorite Behind the Music! She beat out Metallica at #2 and Stevie Nicks at #3! Congrats!
SHANIA'S X-MAS MUSIC TO BE FEATURED IN MOVIE!
Shania has signed an agreement saying she will provide some soundtrack music to Jim Carey's upcoming (Top Secret) movie, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas! Most likely it will be original Shania music from her upcoming CHRISTMAS ALBUM!
"WHEN" RELEASED???
Shania has released her next pop single "When" to radio stations! This is all news to me, but is obviously true as is expressed in the Shania Mailing List Website that is featured on my links page! It also mentions word of her releasing the video! I will beleive it when I see it.
SHANIA'S NEW ALBUM!
According to the new issue of CountrySongRoundup magazine, Shania Gives us a glimpse at what her next Cd may be like. Shania and "Mutt" have been workign on a brand new album that Shania says will include songs that are more introspective. Some will be about the extremes in her life that we can all relate to. Shania had this to say:"I think I've gotten a better idea now of the extremes in my life and I will be able to be even more frank than ever in the song writing for the next album. I really feel like I've lived a lot of extremes lately".
MUTT AND SHANIA TOGETHER AT-LAST!
Shania was recently spotted in London with MUTT! Finally we get a new
look at Shania and her husband! Read about the full story in the news section! So This is our first look at Mutt and Shania in years! We all thought he was ugly! No but seriously he should go out more with Shania and support his beautiful and talented wife. And now after seeing this picture, I am sure that he was in Cincinnati when I saw Shania in Concert in November. He was all dressed up and came out infront of the stage and watched her for 5 minutes, then left the arena!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some Valentine's adds promoting Shania's new UK single, "Don't Be Stupid"! They appeared in the Top of Pops Magazine Spread this week! Check them out!
SHANIA MOVES INTO HER 100 ROOM MANSION!
Country superstar Shania Twain is relaxing in a 100-room mansion.
The singer, who has dominated the country charts with her album "Come
On Over," is taking some time away from the spotlight with her
producer/husband Mutt Lange, the Daily Mirror reports.
The 18th-Century home is allegedly worth over a million dollars and
rests on the banks of Lake Geneva.
The mansion comes complete with a pool, tennis courts and a paddock for
her six horses. Her neighbours include Phil Collins and Robert Palmer.
Twain told her handlers that she was taking a year-long break from her
fame and is apparently sticking to her story.
"You sometimes see her riding her horse around the lake, but most of
the time she keeps to herself," one neighbour said. "She leads a very
quiet life."
Twain bought her Swiss home last spring and moved into it in December.
SHEDAISY CREDITS SHANIA FOR HER INSPIRATION!
"I don't think the Dixie Chicks have opened any doors for us," explains Kelsi. "The biggest door opener for us has been Shania Twain and her style of country." (GAC: Behind Country)
SHANIA'S NEW ALBUM INFO!
According to the new issue of CountrySongRoundup magazine, Shania Gives us a glimpse at what her next Cd may be like. Shania and "Mutt" have been workign on a brand new album that Shania says will include songs that are more introspective. Some will be about the extremes in her life that we can all relate to. Shania had this to say:"I think I've gotten a better idea now of the extremes in my life and I will be able to be even more frank than ever in the song writing for the next album. I really feel like I've lived a lot of extremes lately".
WHEN SHANIA DIDN'T CARE ABOUT SEX!
(Thanks: Countrystars.com)
According to Shania Twain she went through a period where she didn't
care much about sex, until she fell in love with Mutt Lange. That, she
says, made her feel more like a woman. "After I married, life changed. I
dug deeper into myself, really looked at myself and going wow, you know.
I guess I was feeling more like a woman. I think for the very first time
I felt the difference. I think up until a year or so before, sex didn't
matter. The fact that I was a woman, didn't matter. Now for some reason,
it matters. I don't know why. I don't know if that's a good thing or a
bad thing. It's almost like a kid, when kids play. Girls and boys, they
don't care if they're girls or boys and I've always kind of felt that
way. Always. Till I met Mutt. Finally for the very first time, maybe
it's because I've met the man in my life that it just fills that slot. I
like the difference."
COUNTRYCOOL POLL ON SHANIA AND THE AMA'S!
COUNTRYCOOL.COM
Twain nabbed honors for female artist in the pop/rock and country
categories, while Hill won for female artist and album ("The
Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill") in the soul/R&B category.
AMA'S A NO SHOW: GRAMMY'S A MAYBE!
Shania will not be attending This year's American Music Awards. There is a rule that A performer on the AMA's cannot perform on the Grammy's, But I personally don't beleive that is the reason she is not attending. I think we are seeing SHANIA's so-called HIATUS in the works. She will proably skip the grammy's too. But if she does attend, Im betting she will not perform, since she did last year. It will probably be the Dixie Chicks who represent COUNTRY MUSIC this year.
TNN COUNTRY WEEKLEY AWARDS!
Mark you calendars, June 15th 2000, is when the NEW country weekley/ tnn music awards will be aired. SEND in your votes through Country Weekly if you haven't already! VOTE SHANIA!
SHANIA AND FAITH TOP 50 MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! (COLUMN FROM COUNTRYSTARS.COM)
The big list is out today, and the issue will be out tomorrow (4/28).
That's People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 2000."
Faith Hill and Shania Twain top the list of head-turners chosen by the
editors of People for the 11th "Most Beautiful" issue. They're joined by
Ashley Judd, Ben Affleck, "Once & Again's" Billy Campbell, Tom Cruise,
The Talented Mr. Ripley's Jude Law, Rob Lowe, Hilary Swank, Denzel
Washington and the future Mrs. Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. As
for non-celebs that grace the pages, look for chef Ming Tsai and
financial analyst Alison Deans. This appearance in the "50 Most
Beautiful People" list is the first for Shania and the second for Faith
who was included back in 1995.
SHE'S AN EQUESTRIENNE! (COLUMN FROM COUNTRYSTARS.COM)
Shania Twain owns a half dozen or more horses, a couple of which she
flew back and forth between the U.S. and Switzerland during her tour.
With that many horses in her stable she was asked if she considers
herself a real cowgirl? "No! I'm from Canada. We don't know how to rope.
Just because you're a horse person doesn't mean you know anything about
cows. I'm into pleasure riding, that's it."
SHANIA ON VH-1! THE 27TH OF APRIL!
Shania will have her own original special on VH-1 tommorrow night, the 27th of April!!!! TAPE IT....it is entitled "She's Still The One!: The Shania Twain Videos" It will air at 9 p.m.
SHANIA: OVER THE TOP!
Shania Is Over The Top. That's the title of an article in the May 2, 2000 issue of Country Weekly magazine. The article talks about Shania selling 17 million copies of Come On Over. The issue also contains the final ballot for the TNN/Country Weekly awards! You can vote as often as you like, so buy the issue and vote for Shania! Here's what the article had to say:
"With a whopping 17 million in U.S. sales, Shania Twain's third album, Come On Over, has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as the best-selling Country album ever by any artist, male or female, making Shania the best-selling female solo artist in any genre of music. In achieving the country milestone, Twain surpasses Garth Brooks' No Fences. Twain has released an amazing 10 singles from Come On Over."
MAY/JUNE ISSUE OF FHM USA!
Following an appearance on the cover of the UK FHM last November (also
in Australia and Singapore), Shania is now on the cover of the US FHM,
the May/June 2000 issue. I already have the subscription and copy, it is an awesome article, and questions. It has those amazing pictures of shania that have been all over the internet too. It is a collector's must! It is all over newstands, pick it up!
SHANIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO "OOPS"!
Just heard some news regarding Shania and Mutts influence on the new Britney Spears album. They infact contributed to one song on "Oops I Did It Again" and this was all conceived while Britney made a stop at the couple's mansion in Switzerland. Thanks to Jon for this information. Also, this info was released on MTV earlier.
17 MILLION CERTIFIED!
(From: Billboard)
Shania Twain's "Come On Over" (Mercury) has been certified for sales of
17 million in the U.S., making it the best-selling solo album by a
female artist, according to the Recording Industry Association Of
America (RIAA). The album is tied as the fifth-best-selling single CD
release with the soundtrack to "The Bodyguard," behind titles from the
Eagles, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, and Fleetwood Mac.
"Come On Over," which has sold over 26 million copies worldwide,
according to the label, is at No. 30 on The Billboard 200 this week,
after 123 weeks on the chart. The album continues to earn Twain major
recognition. Last weekend, she won best songwriter and best country
female artist honors at the Juno Awards, which celebrate the best in
Canadian music.
Twain is nominated in the entertainer of the year and top female
vocalist categories for the Academy of Country Music Awards, to be held
May 3 in Los Angeles.
VOTE NOW FOR TNN AWARDS SHANIA!
Vote For Shania! The Official Final Voting period for the TNN/Country
Weekly Awards began today (Monday, March 27, 2000). Shania is nominated
in two categories. Please click on this link and cast your votes for
Shania!
OOPS!
Just heard word back from a close friend of Britney Spears, and the rumour running around in the Shania circle about Shania and Mutt co-writing Britney's new single from her new same-titled sophmore album "Oops!...I've Done It Again" is FALSE! "Oops!...I've Done It Again" was written by Max Martin (writer collaborating with Shania on new album and writer to the Backstreet Boys and Nysnc.) So I guess we will not be hearing any new Shania written music anytime sooner than her next album! Sorry! Below is the image of Spears' NEW album!
SHANIA CENTRE UNVAILED!
Shania Centre Plans Unveiled. The Timmins Press has a great article
detailing some of the plans for the new Shania Twain Interpretive Centre
to be built in Timmins. Work on the $11-million project has already
started and is expected to be completed by July 2001, said Barry Martin
of B.H. Martin Consultants. The interpretive centre includes a
4,000-square-foot exhibit space featuring Twain, a 1,200-square-foot
travelling exhibit space and a 1,000-square-foot retail area, as well as
a 1,500-square-foot foyer area.
SHANIA'S INTERNATIONAL APPEAL APPARENT!
(From: CountryStars.Com)
Shania is featured in two UK magazines this month. The Top of the
Pops magazine carries a two page article and a photo of her taken during
the BBC's Christmas Shania special. Shania is also on the cover of Total
Style magazine which contains a massive 5 page interview with
photos. ALSO: Shania's music has been released on a DVD compilation in
the UK. MEANWHILE BACK IN THE U.S.A., Shania's massively successful CD
COME ON OVER continues to sell an average of 50,000 copies a week.
SHANIA is in third spot on the country SoundScan album chart behind
FAITH HILL whose BREATHE at #2 sold nearly 63,000 copies last week in
addition to the single "Breathe" selling over 53,000 units.
ACM NOMINATIONS
Shania has been nominated for ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, and FEMALE VOCALIST in the American Country Awards!
RUMOR HAS IT,SHANIA HAS WRITTEN BRITNEY'S FIRST SINGLE!
Shania (through grapevine)has written and produced a song for the upcoming new Britney Spears album.
We have recently learned that the title of the song is "Oops, I Did It
Again". No word on whether sings harmony on the tracks at this time.
More as soon as possible. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SINGLE RELAESED by Brintey in March!
"WOMAN IN ME" TO BE REISSUED IN UNITED KINGDOM!
"The Woman In Me" CD Album
is being reissued on 6th March, with 4 bonus tracks + video of "God
Bless The Child" on CD Rom. Advertised Price is 10.99. (Thanks to Jayne
Twain.)
SHANIA'S BTM IS THE MOST PLAYED AND VIEWED EVER!
According to Entertainment Weekley, Shania's Vh-1 Behind The Music is the most played and highest rated of all time! Here are the articles depicting Shania's popularity:"Is it just us, or is the Shania Twain episode on twice a day?
It's on every two hours, jokes Gaspin of the ubiquitous segment, which
holds the rerun title at 73 times. Madonna is a close second with 63
airings, while Cher comes in third with a grand total of 34 showings to
date."
"What are the highest-and lowest-rated episodes? No surprise here: The
ever-present Shania Twain BTM prevailed at its premiere with 4.1 million
fans. The least popular debut--which pulled on 2.3 million viewers--was
for the appropriately titled band Bad Company."
ANOTHER COVER FOR SHANIA!
Shania is on The Net Magazine, a British publication dealing with different aspects of life on the NET!. The article deals with Mp3's and how it will affect the music stars of today and tommorrow!
FAITH ON SHANIA
On February 21st was an Intimate
Portrait featuring Faith Hill, and she said in the very beginning that
"Shania Twain was the person who has opend the doors for me to do what I love
to do, the way I wanted to". (Thanks Bryer)
TABLOIDS PUNISH SHANIA ONCE AGAIN!
The globe has printed out another article slandering Shania and Mutt's relationship. Just when Shania thought it was safe to show up in public with her beloved husband Mutt, The pic used of them together in London has been moved to the "news" section, the pic is sent to the Globe for some silly and un-true story to be printed about her. It reads:"Walking Her Mutt", Songbird Shania Twain may be the furry one, but she seems to keep hubby Mutt Lange on a short leash when they're out on the town!
TIMMINS UNDERGROUND
The Timmins Underground Gold Mine Tour has just launched their new webpage! It includes a page about Shania and her soon-to-be debuted Shania Twain Interpretive Center! It is slated to be opened in June 2001!CHECK IT OUT!
SNOWMOBILERS CROSS-COUNTRY PILGRIMS TO SHANIA!
Muslims travel to Mecca, Catholics to Rome, Jews to the Wailing Wall,
and at least a few snow mobile jockeys make a similar pilgrimage to
Timmins, Ontario, Canada to worship at the shrine of Shania. Richard
Gervais (ger-vay), a 50-year-old general contractor from Vermont, drove
all the way to Timmins on his snowmobile simply because Timmins is
the hometown of his favorite country music star, Shania Twain. "I have
every tape she ever made in my pick-up at work and there isn't a bad
song on any of them," said Gervais who spent the previous evening
visiting one of Twain's old stomping grounds, The Maple Leaf Hotel. "I
really, really admire this young girl from a very small town because she
proved if you have faith and keep at things, you can make things happen
for you." Gervais made the trip with five of his buddies. Each winter
for the last eight years, he, his brother and a nephew go on a major
excursion by snow mobile. Gervais and his party, meanwhile, are on a
3,000 snowmobiling excursion. They left Island Pond, VT on Feb. 7 and
were headed to Sudbury before they begin journeying home. Gervais
expected to be back in Vermont by this Friday.
SHANIA IN COUNTRY SONG ROUNDUP!
Shania is on the cover of April's 2000 Country Roundup Magazine! The Issue contains an article and numerous photos! Go out and get it NOW!
Shania Speaks Out in this issue of Country Song Roundup. She says "Nothing is true at all, I'm not getting a divorce; I am very happily married. I am not getting back with my old boyfriend, and I have never had an affair with another married man!"
SHANIA FAN STANDS UP FOR SHANIA IN COUNTRY WEEKLY!
A fellow Shania fan stood up for Shania in the
latest issue of Country Weekly magazine pronouncing her dismay about the
Billboard Awards. Check out the excerpt here:
"I was extremely disappointed at the outcome of the Billboard Music
Awards. The thing that made me most upset was that Shania wasn't
nominated in any country categories! This makes no sense; Come On Over
has been No. 1 on the Country Albums chart for much of the year, and has
remained in the Top 5 for the entire year. Another thing - 18 million
people tuned in to watch her Thanksgiving special. Shania should have
been nominated in at least one country category. Shania has brought
millions of new listeners to country music. If it wasn't for her, I
would not be listening to country and I would have never subscribed to
this kind of magazine. She deserves to get credit for what she has done.
In the case of the Billboard Music Awards, credit was not given where it
was due."
VOTE NOW! FOR THE TNN/COUNTRY WEEKLY MUSIC AWARDS! VOTE SHANIA ALL THE WAY!
Voting has officially started for the Semi-final round of the
TNN/Country Weekly Awards and Shania is one of the finalists. You can
Vote for Shania Online or you can vote offline by picking up the
February 22nd edition of Country Weekly, available now. Voting ends on
March 1st at 5pm CT. VOTE HERE NOW!
COME ON OVER NAMED COUNTRYWEEKLY's #1 ALBUM OF 1999!
I just took down my top 5 country albums of 1999 display above. But I want to let everyone know who didn't see it for the past couple weeks that COUNTRYWEEKLY magazine named COME ON OVER #1 Album of 1999! Congradulations Shania!
are running a poll on the main page of their site which says
"Shania won the AMA's Pop/Rock Vocalist and Country Vocalist awards this
year. Which does she deserve?" Please vote for both the awards.
(Thanks:Longshot)
VH-1 COMMENTS ON SHANIA'S HUGE WIN AT THE AMA'S!
Shania Twain also took home two awards, celebrating her schizophrenic
status. The leather-clad songstress, who often "feels like a woman," was
given a gong for Favorite Pop Rock Female and then a second award for
being the Favorite Country Female Artist. Lauryn Hill was probably
regretting the decision not to record "Your Cheating Heart." Neither
Twain or Hill were around to pick up her award.
TWAIN,HILL,BROOKS,SMITH WIN BIG AT AMA'S!
Shania Twain, Lauryn Hill, Garth Brooks, and Will Smith were the top
winners at the 27th annual American Music Awards, held last night at the
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
SHANIA WINS 2 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS!
Shania won 2 American Music Awards last night! They were televised and it would have been awesome to see her ascend the stage and accept the awards! She beat out Faith, Martina, Whitney, and Britney to win her two American Music Awards! AWESOME shania!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY PREDICTS SHANIA'S FUTURE!
In the January 28th DOUBLE Issue of Entertainment Weekly Magazine, they predict the 2000 forcast for music and movies. And they predict that Shania's upcoming X-MAS album will be a HUGGGGGGGGE seller! And that she is being considered to have some of her original x-mas music to be featured in THE GRINCH THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS starring Jim Carey!
SHANIA VOTED THE BEST ON BILLBOARD!
Come On Over was voted by fans as the Billboard 200 album of the year,
earning 29.1% of the total votes. It was also voted the favourite
country album, with 67.7% of the votes. Way to go Shania! (Thanks: Shania Filez)
NEW FOOTAGE ON VH-1!
Did you catch the re-broadcast of Shania's CBS Come On Over special on VH-1? Well..there is an additional performance on there, and that is ANY MAN OF MINE... so watch again on the 16th to see it!
SHANIA ON THE COVER OF JANUARY 25th COUNTRY WEEKLEY!
Shania is on the Cover of January 25th1s Country Weekley, there is a wonderful article on her being a 3Angel Of Mercy2 in helping to fight world hunger!
SHANIA WINS PEOPLES CHOICE!
Shania won Best Female Music Performer,beating out Celine Deon and Britney Spears, at the 2000 People1s Choice Awards. Congragulations Shania! P.S Shania was not present...she is taking a heiatus from the public scene.
REBA WANTS TO TOUR WITH SHANIA!
Reba say's in a new article that she has a dream of touring with Shania and other great country women stars! Wouldn't that be AWESOME!!!READ ABOUT IT HERE!
ROCK THIS COUNTRY VIDEO RELEASED!
Shania1s new video "Rock This Country" was debuted on GAC on Thursday night. It is taken directly from her 1999 Thanksgiving CBS Concert. But don1t get worried...It is still a very good video, and gets you moving.
SHANIA BRINGS HOME THE DOUGH!
The LA Times have published their list of the top money makers in music
for 1999 and Shania has been ranked #2 with profits of $119 Million. The
Backstreet Boys took the #1 spot with profits of $187 Million. Also
included in the top ten were Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Santana,
Cher, Dixie Chicks, Dave Matthews Band, and NSYNC.
3 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS!
Shania has been nominated for 3 grammy's. Song of the Year for YOU'VE GOT A WAY!, country single of the year for COME ON OVER!, and Best Country Performance for MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!! Congradulations SHANIA!
GAC1S TOP 50 VIDEOS OF 1999!
Hi, everyone! I have not posted in a while, but here in TOLEDO, we have GAC (Great American Country) and I watched the TOP50 videos of 1999 and here is how Shania Faired!
1999 WHAT A YEAR FOR COUNTRY! ESPECIALLY SHANIA!
(From CountryCool.com
)
Gosh, what a year 1999 has been in country music! Let's start with Shania. Can we say, "Wow!" She has sold more records than any female country singer. Her current CD, Come On Over, was certified 16X platinum; she has toured all over the world; and this September on the CMA Awards, she was crowned Entertainer of the Year. Way to go Shania!
SHANIA : " I'M OUT OF HERE!"
It is being reported by a number of sources that Shania will be taking time off in 2000 to rest and recooperate from her grueling 1 and half year long world tour. Shania is reported to have cancelled all engagements, including appearances at the Brits and the Grammy Awards as she wants to concentrate on being with husband Mutt and on writing for her next album.
(Thanks Longshot)
