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  • Category: Recording
  • Unveiled: 02 Jun 2011
  • Star rank: 581
  • Address:
    6270 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101502, -118.325910
  • Notes: The 2,442nd Star.

Shania Twain

Next star: Jo Stafford
Previous star: Constance Moore

Biography

Shania Twain, OC ( /ʃəˌnaɪ.ə ˈtweɪn/; born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me (1995), brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and is the ninth best-selling album in the U.S. Her fourth album, Up!, was released in November 2002. To date it has sold 20 million copies worldwide.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Eilleen Regina Edwards
  • Also known as: Eilleen Twain (1967–1992)
  • Born: August 28, 1965 (age 46) Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • Genres: Country, country pop, country rock
  • Occupations: Singer-songwriter, television personality
  • Years active: 1993–present
  • Labels: Mercury Nashville
  • Associated acts: Billy Currington, Mark McGrath, Lionel Richie, Michael Bublé, Alison Krauss
  • Website: www.shaniatwain.com

Read more about Shania Twain at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Reba McEntire Joins Shania Twain As Top-Selling Female Country Artist!
Perez Hilton Gossip, 2012-04-18 23:50:04
She's joining some pretty exclusive company! As of this week, Reba McEntire has just become the second female country artist to surpass the 30 million mark in album sales! And although Shania Twain holds the #1 spot with 34,175,000, Reba has actaully been topping the charts since 1981 - before ...

Madonna Set To Score Eighth #1 Album
MTV News, 2012-03-29 14:08:08
MDNA will likely sell up to 350,000 copies in its first week, according to Billboard.By Jocelyn Vena Madonna's <i>MDNA</i> Photo: Interscope Madonna probably doesn't need to stop by any of Piers Morgan's talk shows to sell albums. The Material Girl is poised to have the #1 album on the Billboard ...

Madonna And Lionel Richie To Reunite On <i>Billboard</i> Charts?
MTV News, 2012-03-29 07:36:14
The singers are expected to return to the top five next week, the first time they've been chart mates in 26 years.By Gil Kaufman Madonna on cover of <i>True Blue</i> and Lionel Richie on cover of <i>Dancing on the Ceiling</i> Photo: Sire/ Motown America was still four years away from ...

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