History Music / ShaniaTwain

It was not until 2002 that Twain returned to the music, releasing ''Up!'' late in the year. This album was not quite as successful, although it sent five singles up the country charts and three more ("Ka-Ching!", "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" and "When You Kiss Me") to international formats. None of the singles went to #1 on country, but "Forever and For Always" was a major AC hit. Also in an unusual move, ''Up!'' was issued as a double disc, with a different mix on the second disc depending on the market. Promptly afterward, she released a GreatestHitsAlbum which included three new songs: "Party for Two," "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter." None of these singles saw much success. Her last chart entry for many years was "Shoes" from the multi-artist ''Music from and Inspired by DesperateHousewives''. She has remained in the business and long promised a fifth studio album. In 2009, she divorced Mutt Lange.

It was not until 2002 that Twain returned to the music, releasing ''Up!'' late in the year. This album was not quite as successful, although it sent five singles up the country charts and three more ("Ka-Ching!", "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" and "When You Kiss Me") to international formats. None of the singles went to #1 on country, but "Forever and For Always" was a major AC hit. Also in an unusual move, ''Up!'' was issued as a double disc, with a different mix on the second disc depending on the market. Promptly afterward, she released a GreatestHitsAlbum which included three new songs: "Party for Two," "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter." None of these singles saw much success.

Although Twain has not released a single since "Shoes" in 2005 (from the multi-artist ''Music from and Inspired by DesperateHousewives''), she has remained in the business and long promised a fifth studio album. In 2009, she divorced Mutt Lange.

Twain re-entered the spotlight in 2011 with a reality show on OprahWinfrey's OWN network. Also that year, she threw radio a bone with "Today Is Your Day", a teaser single produced by Nathan Chapman.

* NoExportForYou: Her double album Up! was released in the US and Canada with the first disc being pop mixes (red) and the second disc being green (country mixes). The rest of the world got the red disc too, but the second disc was a blue disc (Indian mixes) instead of the country disc. This was probably because of the then-popularity of bhangra in the UK. The general consensus is that the country disc is much better than the Indian-inspired one, and that non-North American fans got screwed.
** The original version of Come On Over, which features the original country mixes, better mastering, a different cover, and a different track order was only released in the US and Canada.

Shania Twain (1965-) is a prominent Canadian CountryMusic singer known for her slick, hooky, crossover-friendly music and longtime marriage to RecordProducer Music/RobertJohnMuttLange.

* DistinctDoubleAlbum: As mentioned above, ''Up!'' was released with different mixes on its second disc.

** Interestingly, "Today Is Your Day" suggests that she's moving back into the mainstream with a pseudo-TaylorSwift / LadyAntebellum kind of sound (unsurprising, since she's now working with Taylor's producer).

** But note that she also quoted as having said that she explicitly does not like stripping off, insisting that audiences focus 'on the music' and not on anything else.
* LongRunner: Come On Over had possibly the longest period of success of any album. No less than 12 singles released from it (not counting reissues), from three different mixes of the album, over the course of three years. In an unusual case, it became most popular 2 years after it had been released in the US and Canada.

* RearrangeTheSong: Both the albums Come On Over and Up were remixed for international markets, where country music was not as popular as the US. Many of the songs are similar but missing fiddles or country elements. However, in the case of "If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!" they completely changed the mood of the song, from a guitar driven country rock song to an sparse electro ballad (with occasional guitar).
** Also, the "UK Dance Mix" of That Don't Impress Me Much has a different, more rhythmic guitar riff in it than the original does. This version became the hit version in the UK and elsewhere, and many fans had no idea it was a remix. The radio occasionally played the original by mistake.

* VocalDecay: According to TheOtherWiki:

Shania Twain (1965-) is a prominent Canadian CountryMusic singer known for her slick, hooky, crossover-friendly music and longtime marriage to RecordProducer [[MuttLange Robert John "Mutt" Lange]].

* ExcitedShowTitle: Several of her song titles have exclamation marks: "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!", "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", "Up!", "Ka-Ching!" (those latter three were released consecutively), "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" and "Don't!"

* ReclusiveArtist: She mostly just hides away and tries her hardest to stay out of the public light. Especially after the ''Up!'' album.

* DreamTeam: Got into singing again with "White Christmas" with MichaelBuble on his christmas album.

* SignatureSong: "Any Man of Mine," her breakthrough song.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Before her debut album, she sang backing vocals on then-labelmate Sammy Kershaw's 1993 album ''Haunted Heart''.

* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Gonna Getcha Good".

** YourMileageMayVary, but "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" could also be considered this.

Prominent Canadian CountryMusic singer known for her slick, hooky, crossover-friendly music and longtime marriage to RecordProducer [[MuttLange Robert John "Mutt" Lange]].

Prominent Canadian CountryMusic singer known for her slick, hooky, crossover-friendly music and longtime marriage to RecordProducer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.