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Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) was born August 28, 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to Sharon and Clarence Edwards. She grew up as Eilleen Twain in Timmins, Ontario, after her parents separated when she was two and her mother remarried to Jerry Twain, a full-blooded member of the Ojibwa First Nation. She is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has been very successful in the country and pop music genres, setting several sales records for female artists and for country artists. |
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News in english
about Shania Twain
(August / 2009)
Thousands spent in plans Date: 01 Aug 2009
The Brownsville Herald -
On June 30, local developer Richard Hope envisioned a big press event. After all, Hope would soon be announcing that country stars Garth Brooks and Shania Twain would be at the Brownsville Sports Park Sept. 5. He had contracted an advertising agency and talked to a stage and lighting contractor.
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Lonestar's "Amazed" is UK's Most Popular First Dance at Weddings Date: 03 Aug 2009
cmt.com -
Lonestar 's "Amazed" has been named the most popular first dance at weddings in the United Kingdom, according to PRS for Music, a royalties collection organization in the U.K. Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" came in second, followed by Shania Twain 's "From This Moment On," Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)" and Take That's "Rule the World."
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Twainiacs converge on Timmins Date: 04 Aug 2009
Timmins Daily Press -
About 30 Twainiacs will converge on the City with the Heart of Gold Thursday for the seventh-annual Shania Twain Fan Convention. Some arrived early on Tuesday, while the remainder are expected to roll in sometime today, said Shania Twain Centre manager Tracy Hautanen.[...]
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Fans come on over Date: 05 Aug 2009
Timmins Daily Press -
About 30 Twainiacs will converge on the City with the Heart of Gold Thursday for the seventh-annual Shania Twain Fan Convention. Some arrived early yesterday, while the remainder are expected to roll in sometime today, said Shania Twain Centre manager Tracy Hautanen.[...]
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Taylor Swift Tops Country Album Chart for 20th Week Date: 05 Aug 2009
Moldova.org -
19-year-old Country star Taylor Swift spends her 20th week at Number One on the Country Albums chart with Fearless. She now joins Garth Brooks and Shania Twain as the only artists in SoundScan history to have two albums spend 20 weeks at Number One on the Country chart. Last week (week ending August 1), Taylor set a record as the only artist in 25 years to simultaneously appear in the Top 5 on ...
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Grandmother of songstress dies Date: 07 Aug 2009
Timmins Daily Press -
In a week, while visiting fans are celebrating Shania Twain's career, a key member of the singer's family has died. Selina Twain, grandmother of the Timmins' songstress, passed away on Wednesday. She was 86.[...]
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New Twain album 'nowhere in sight' Date: 07 Aug 2009
Toronto Star -
For the seventh year in a row, Shania Twain fans are gathering at a conference in the country superstar's hometown of Timmins.
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question of the week Date: 07 Aug 2009
Coast Reporter -
TORONTO - For the seventh year in a row, Shania Twain fans are gathering at a conference in the country superstar's hometown of Timmins, Ont. But it's also been seven years since they've had a new Twain album to listen to, and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime in the near future.
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