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According to Las Vegas entertainment reporter, Robin Leach, Shania has "begun" recording her new album in Nashville. Oh geez, let's hope she hasn't really just begun.

Is another Strip show about to close? Plus, Drake’s love for Shania Twain

By Robin Leach | Las Vegas Review-Journal | August 16, 2016

We have Wicked Whispers + Racy Rumors this torrid Tuesday:

Say it ain’t so! Unconfirmed gossip! Another Strip show that has been open only a few weeks is in danger of being shuttered by its producers, according to insiders. They’re blaming low ticket sales despite great reviews and reaction from critics and early theatergoers.

The producers shut another show recently blaming the same sluggish summer ticket sales for their decision, but they haven’t given up hope and are already looking for a new production to bring to center Strip.

Former Caesars Palace headliner Shania Twain has begun recording her new album in Nashville and on a break from the recording studio turned up at fellow Canadian singer Drake’s show. He singled her out from the audience, professed his love for her, sang one song to her and had her pose for a huggable photo for his Woman Crush Wednesday blog posting!

http://www.reviewjournal.com/robin-leach/another-strip-show-about-close-plus-drake-s-love-shania-twain

Wynonna @WynonnaMusic

What a blessing to get to hang backstage in Nashville w/ my Sisterfriends @ShaniaTwain & @dixiechicks! #GirlPower

3:35 AM ET - 18 Aug 16

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***Shania is still in Nashville. She and fellow County music artist, Wynonna Judd, attended the Dixie Chicks concert on Wednesday night (Aug. 17) in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena.

I think nothing will happen. Remember, some years ago when she was about to release her travelogue montage they opened countdown on her website? I would expect something like that or even bigger as her new single/album are much more anticipated. I think she's not ready to release them yet.

I will be hated but as a fan I am rather disappointed. If she doesn't release a single before her 51 birthday she should be ashamed of herself. She promised a single before she turned 51 and it does not seem likely. I hate these promises. Always will be a fan but starting to wonder if we will even get a single this year let alone an album.

Here is the USA Today article from last year (June 2015) where Shania talks about the new album and says there has to be a single release while she is 50.

Shania: 'Enough songs for two albums'

Brian Mansfield | USA TODAY | June 4, 2015

Shania Twain planned to have a new album ready when she finished her Las Vegas residency in December.

But things didn't work out the way she planned.

"Vegas was a giant undertaking," says the singer. "That's slowed the album process down."

If Twain couldn't get it done during two years in Vegas, does she have a chance of finishing it during her three-and-a-half-month Rock This Country Tour, which kicks off Friday in Seattle?

"It won't be any easier," she says, "and it will be frustrating for me."

Fortunately, she says, the songs are written: "I've got enough songs for two albums at this point, because I've been at it for two years."

She also has a good start on the tracking. "We've already tackled, I'd say, half the album, as far as a first draft on production.

"It's like building a house. The planning stages take the longest. Once the hammers and nail start going, it rolls along a lot faster."

While Twain's producers, whose names she has yet to reveal, work on the music, the singer plans to record her vocals as she travels. "My voice will be in good shape, because I'll be singing every day," she says. "That will lend itself to this end of the record."

Twain hasn't released a studio album since 2002's Up!, which shipped 11 million copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. It was her third album to sell at least that many; Come On Over, released in 1997, has sold 20 million copies, making it the top-selling album ever by a female country singer.

Those albums, along with 1993's The Woman in Me, made Twain a superstar with a combination of big-beat country-rock songs and sweet ballads. Twain and Robert "Mutt" Lange, her husband and producer at the time, reshaped the sound of country music during that era, creating tightly structured tracks that piled on musical hook after hook and pulled in country and pop fans alike.

"Mutt was extremely talented at that because he was going from one genre to another well before I came into the picture, going from AC/DC to Billy Ocean," Twain says. "There were so many night-and-day things he did. Even within our stuff, he was able to make that departure. Now this new record will be a completely different departure again."

Twain's quick to emphasize that her fans shouldn't expect her new music to simply sound like an update of Any Man of Mine or Honey, I'm Home.

"It's so entirely different," she says. "It's better for me to say it right now. That songwriting is just so different."

Twain has written the entire album herself, where she and Lange collaborated on her previous hits.

"Co-writing is a whole other ballgame," she says. "I'm a tennis player, and the singles game is completely different from the doubles game. It's a different approach, a different strategy, different everything.

"Mutt was an amazing songwriting teacher. He never interfered with my writing style and the way I approached songs. I learned a lot from him, and I think I was a great student. I would bring in a whole bunch of stuff to him, then we would sit together and hash through stuff.

"That's the part I'm not doing now. I'm not bouncing anything off anybody else and waiting for direction or a reaction."

Twain doesn't believe her new music has taken such a dramatic turns that fans won't recognize it. "It will still be my voice," she says. "I think my writing style will still be very clear. A lot of time has passed. I guess a departure would even be expected, it has been so many years."

At one point, Twain indicated she would release the new album soon after she turned 50, which happens Aug. 28. She hedges on that deadline now, saying she doesn't want to rush the process of her producers.

"They've got me in their ear; I'm giving my direction already," she says. "But I want that direction to be creative, as opposed to my being the time master.

"There has to be a single release while I'm 50. So I've given them that extra space. The album will just follow as it follows."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/06/04/shania-twain-new-album-details/28418721/

Whatever the case, she has had more than enough time to finish the album, let alone release a single. After her RTC tour last year she said she already had 6 songs finished. That was 10 months ago. I don't know why she has been dragging her feet. There's no reason why we shouldn't have new music by now. At least a single.

Wow !! it is has been over ten years since we all kept believing that each next year would be the year Shania releases an album finally lol Yes we were all niave lol I gave up on believing a few years ago and decided not wasting anymore energy on Shania. I come back to check from time time to see what is new . But nothing has changed, everyone is still waiting for an album lol What was her latest promise or fake hint to fans.? That she will have music out before she turns 51? lol I don't judge Shania anymore because it is her life and she can do what she wants on her own time, she has the money. But really have lost so much respect for her as any kind of real artist. Once again, she doesn't care what i think and nor should she. I understand that Shania first made a connection with some fans back many years ago when her music got them through some tough times. Those people will never see any wrong in Shania and that is okay. I actually got into her music in 1993 because she was from Canada and she had catchy songs and went against the Nashville grain. Mutt and her were a great team but that is the past. I wish her luck on whatever music she is working on and and hope her fans enjoy it whenever she releases it. I think all the fans know now never take Shania for her word. She will say things she thinks her fans want to hear. Can't believe time has gone by so quickly lol i think it was 10 years ago when i first started complaining on this site about Shania lol I wasted too much energy for sure lol Oh well at least i still look the same and am in the best shape of my life lol Now time for kevy to enjoy the rest of his summer in Canada and then go to Hawaii in October lol Chow for now.

I'm still holding out hope for a single release before her birthday. So like this Friday???? Let's hope, if not I have no idea when.

Makes sense sometime in September or early October. What happens if she does not release a album or single this year?

Well, tomorrow is Shania's 51st birthday. We know we won't be getting a single by tomorrow and unless a miracle happens, I don't expect an announcement either. I'm not surprised though. It's crazy how much time she is taking for one album! It better be good! We know Shania has songs finished so I don't know why she can't release the lead single. Unless the album still isn't ready! Because once the lead single is released, albums come out 4-6 weeks after.

I'm guessing we'll hear something in September. Who knows! Unless she surprises us tomorrow. But I doubt it. She hasn't even mentioned anything about the album. Like when she expects it to come out.

She's taking so much time because this time she's not with Mutt. She knows a lot of people will examine every piece of her new songs so she's just being careful, I guess. I'm not surprised. I didn't believe her words when she said she wanted the album to be ready by her 51st birthday. We've heard a lot of such "promises". I guess I'm just got used to that and I doubt every statement she makes now.

I'm not disappointed either. I knew it would be so.

They never post anything unless something is near. I might be wrong but September seems to be the month and if it ain't then 2017 it shall be.

Looks like they're still working on the album.

Jake Gosling @JakeGosling

Drum recording timeeeeeeee with #AndyNixon @shaniatwain album

8:34 AM ET - 30 Aug 16

http://twitter.com/JakeGosling

Chris Leonard @mrchrisleonard

Andy recording drums for @shaniatwain album with @jakegosling @RAK_Studios

9:48 AM ET - 30 Aug 16

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***RAK Studios is a recording studio complex with residential facilities located near Regent's Park in central London, United Kingdom.

The author/blogger of this article thinks it will be a few more months.

New Shania Twain Album Getting Closer

It looks like new music from country-pop queen Shania Twain is just around the corner.

By Laura K | CelebMix | August 30, 2016

Excitement overload! Shania Twain’s brand new album is just around the corner.

The 51-year-old country-pop crossover legend is currently working on the follow up to her 2002 diamond certified album ‘Up!’ and her music producer Jake Gosling-who has worked with huge names including One Direction and Ed Sheeran-has shared a snap of drummer Andy Nixon as they record the drum sessions for the upcoming LP.

It was thought that Twain would give her fans a taste of her new music before her birthday but since the star celebrated turning 51 on the 28th of August it seems they will have to wait a little longer before hearing any new songs.

But after waiting fourteen years for a new LP from the record-breaking superstar what’s a few more months?

The ‘Come On Over’ hitmaker has been working on a new album since she made a sensational comeback in 2011 after recovering from Dysphonia which causes a dysfunction in the muscles needed to produce speech. Therefore Twain ultimately lost her singing voice for a number of years but after extensive treatment and rehabilitation she made a triumphant return with her 2011 hit ‘Today Is Your Day‘, before announcing her 2012 Las Vegas residency. The Las Vegas shows ran from 2012-2014 and produced a live album of the show and DVD.

After her residency had ended Shania announced her 2015 ‘Rock This Country’ farewell tour, the tour was a huge success and firmly cemented her status as the best female country singer of all time.

Now a year after her tour ended Twain is officially working on her fifth studio album and by the looks of it we could be getting it very soon. The album has once again been recorded all over the world so we can expect a variety of different sounds and cross genres.

http://celebmix.com/new-shania-twain-album-getting-closer/

My opinion : new single in November 2016 (November 2 is CMA Award Show)  and new album in the first three months of 2017 ?

Jacob wrote:.

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This link says new album 2017 and she has 8 songs finished. Not sure if this is a gossip site or real?

http://en.mediamass.net/people/shania-twain/new-album.html

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It's a satirical gossip site.

http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project

I don't mind waiting for the new album but I just kinda wish we could get some sort of clarification from her. I mean what happened to the whole I'm probably gonna do another residency and the whole RTC might do a European tour. Did all those plans just fall apart? Remember we did see her in Vegas earlier this year. I was sure then an announcement was coming but nope nothing came to be. I wish she'd talk to us. I remember a few years back she did a Q&A with fans and answered alot of our questions then.

She didn't post anything on her birthday because she knew people were expecting a new single or at least an announcement. So she figured she'd better stay out of the spotlight. But that was a week ago and she still hasn't posted anything. It's strange because she has been regularly posting pictures of her adventures, concerts and sporting events.

She sure has been recording for a while. Here is a picture from back in February. (Thanks to Tanya for the find.)

Jude Cole

Missed Superbowl yesterday but had more fun playing guitar (and banjo- first banjo session ever!) for Shania Twain.

9:48 AM ET - 8 Feb 16

http://www.facebook.com/jude.cole.391

Maybe She's doing a photo shoot and getting ready to launch a big countdown. Not including a music video. Up album was done the same way? I also believe the greatest hits first single was released later in September too

Tommy wrote:

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 Jacob wrote:

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Maybe She's doing a photo shoot and getting ready to launch a big countdown. Not including a music video. Up album was done the same way? I also believe the greatest hits first single was released later in September too

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A photo shoot only takes a day or two. And even IF she's making a music video (which probably takes 3 or 4 days), that wouldn't be a reason why she hasn't posted anything in 10 days. 

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Just a guess. If she's shooting something she had to change her look (the hair roots have grown and her blonde is almost yellow now) and she may not want to show it yet.