Shania Twain Biography

Fast Facts

• Has won a total of five Grammy Awards, including two for Best Country Song for "Come on Over" and "You're Still the One․"
• Her second album, "The Woman in Me," made her the best-selling country female artist of all time when it sold more than 18 million copies, and also won her a Grammy and an Academy of Country Music Award
• Began performing in a variety of local venues when she was 8 years old and spent her summers working on her father's reforestation crew
• Got a record deal with Mercury Records and released her self-titled debut album in 1993, featuring songs like "What Made You Say That" and "Dance With the One That Brought You․"
• After her parents died in a car accident when she was 21, she supported her three younger siblings by working at the Deerhurst Resort in Ontario, where she learned a great deal about theatrical performance
• Quote: "My personal feeling is that if you are able to survive the climb of life on whatever mountain it is you've set out to master, and if in the bit between the base and the peak you learn something from both the good and the bad․․․you've succeeded․"
• Quote: "No dream is a waste of time and energy, just like there's no such thing as a dumb question․"
• Best known as country music singer-songwriter whose hit songs include "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
• Released her first memoir, "From This Moment On," in the spring of 2011
• Her name "Shania" is an Ojibway Indian name meaning "I'm on my way․"