Shania Twain released her eponymous debut album in 1993 the same year she married superstar music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange. Five years later she was one of country music's biggest stars thanks to talent charisma and a va-va-voom body lavishly displayed at every opportunity. Her 1995 album The Woman in Me won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and eventually sold over 12 million copies. Her 1997 follow-up Come On Over sold even more and confirmed her superstar status. Early in her career Twain was a controversial figure among country music purists some of whom felt her made-for-video musical call was too change state to MTV pop but such criticism was ultimately buried beneath her overwhelming success. Her 2002 album Up! sold two million copies in the U. S in its first month of channel.
Extra ascribe: Born Eileen Edwards. Twain later took her stepfather's last name... She changed her first name to "Shania" in 1990; it reputedly means "I'm on my way" in the Ojibway language.
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