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'Come On Over' Turns 20: Shania Reflects on Going From Country Sweetheart to Best-Selling Pop Superstar

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Shania Twain on Confidence, Consent, and 20 Years of 'Come on Over'

"It's not a sense a pride, it's a sense of independence. I can't think of anything worse than not being self-sufficient."

By Sarah MacDonald | Noisey | November 2, 2017

There is a photo I think about quite a lot—more than any reasonable person ought to, probably. It's from the 1998 VH1 Diva's show and, left to right, it features Gloria Estefan, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Carole King, Shania Twain, and Celine Dion. Everyone is wearing glitter or velour or both with a hint of lavender radiating off of the image. It captures a particular shift of the 90s; a pop tide turning. The picture celebrates women, of course, both rookies and legends, bringing together Franklin, Estefan, and King with the, then, quaintness of the "new" being Twain, Carey and, to a certain extent, Dion. By that point, Shania Twain would have released Come On Over, which turns 20 years old this weekend, crossing over from a country music act into the pop world.

As predictions go, this photo isn't really that strong of a fortune to tell of the future because you know, and knew then, that all of these women were on track to be famous and integral to pop culture. Twain created a bridge between pop and country—genres that were, at the time, seemingly worlds apart. Country music has its legends like Dolly Parton, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift, and The Dixie Chicks, to name a very brief few. All are monumentally successful performers in their realm. But Come On Over and Twain were different; she can be placed in an entirely separate, ascended spot on her own. The fact remains that now, at this very moment, looking back at that photo, Shania Twain is an icon.

Speaking to me on the phone from Los Angeles, I ask Shania Twain how she feels when words like legacy or icon are attributed to her and her career. Twain answers thoughtfully, yet with complete honesty that doesn't trip over her enormous success. "It makes me feel accomplished intellectually because I, like everybody else, am influenced by what those things mean and they mean something." She continues: "I don't take them lightly. I think that it is an honour to be considered those things."

Shania Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario in August 1965. She is both Eilleen and Shania, the woman in that photo surrounded around actual divas and the one who lived in Timmins, Ontario, chopping up wood for her family. She is also the one who, at eight-years-old, sang in bars; who worked in reforestation (managing a crew of all men); and the one who consumed literature and music as though they were the real nutrients she needed in life. Twain's Come On Over is in the top ten of best selling albums of all time; she has lived in Switzerland; written a book; toured the world; and is one of the few Canadians we will forever claim as our own and always be supremely proud of.

Shania Twain has—plainly— lived a life.

Twain is currently promoting her latest album, Now, which, if you hadn't heard, is her first release in 15 years. The driving narrative of every piece about this record is that she hasn't been part of music for the last decade and a half and this record marks her return. (But does a legend ever really go away?) Now is Twain's pivot into, well, now. "The whole reason I called the current album Now is because, with all of this time that has gone by, it's inevitable that I am different. I have evolved," she says. Twain assumed command on the record, something that she is proud of. In an industry that has historically more or less given performative measures of control to female pop stars, Twain actually took it. "It was very empowering to, you know, take that plunge and have faith in myself and… trust in my own ability," she says. "And, also, to brave the risk of taking responsibility on myself. To not rely on anybody else sharing that with me." The material is a balance of light and dark; of strength and vulnerability (and how those can be both at the same time.)

It's a coincidence, she says, that Now's release came during Come On Over's 20th anniversary year. To put it into perspective, 20 years later, Twain is still an essential part of pop culture canon. She recently appeared on this season's Broad City and over Halloween weekend, you could find people born long after Come On Over's initial release donning leopard print outfits, dressed as Twain from the "That Don't Impress Me Much" video—a track dedicated to every single woman who has ever come across a mediocre man who thought we should care about him. Her influence on pop culture is remarkable specifically because of this album. "I feel like I'm celebrating two incredible things in my life," she says. "I feel so gifted those years were as incredible as they were. It was an awesome time. It would be an awesome time in any artist's right to be looking back 20 years later on such a huge success."

Not only did this record give us "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "You're Still the One," it also gave us "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", which is probably Twain's most well-known and successful track on any album ever. You'll never again be able to hear "let's go, girls" on it like you did the very first time you heard it. It's not necessarily revolutionary—even as an adlib—but, at the time, whether in 1997 or whenever it is you heard it, the song and its blink-and-you'll-miss-it legendary intro does feel extraordinary. It is all at once a command and a refuge; a pop "girls to the front" gesture for whomever needs a rallying cry and it is extended far beyond women, simply, as a group. What follows is a pulsing guitar riff for an electrifying and cheeky country song wrapped up in the gloss of pop with positive, affirming lyrics about how being sure of yourself is one of the best things possible.

Come On Over, like all of Twain's albums, works through stories of heartache, empowerment, love, defiance, and cheekiness. To a mainstream audience back then, her moves were bold. The capital F feminist signifier wasn't ever slapped on her music as a means of promotion—not like it is today, at least. But those values, and the rights of women, were integral to her work and are part of her personal belief system. "In a lot of those songs, [I'm] expressing a liberated perspective—a liberated woman's perspective on things with a sense of humour. You know, I'm not a man-hater or anything like that at all," she says. "I just wanted to say a lot of things that were true with a good spirit and still get my point across."

Nevertheless, there is one track on the record that, dishearteningly, holds weight 20 years later. On "If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!" Twain sings over synths and a slow ripping guitar, "You must start from the heart and then/ If you wanna touch her/ Really wanna touch her/ if you wanna touch her, ask!" While the lyrics focus on a traditional concept of love (starting from the heart, taking it slow before sex, etc.) its underlying meaning is that consent is real and important. "'If You Want To Touch Her, Ask' could absolutely be a song released today. That is so fitting for the time but sad that it's fitting. And to think that 20 years later, we're still dealing with these things on such a grotesque level," Twain says. "It's a real eye-opener for me. When I was younger, it felt quite common to have gender domination problems or intimidation. Not that it was ever acceptable to me, which is why I wrote songs like that. It wasn't acceptable to me. It was awful and it needed to be said. I guess I sort of felt like we had come such a long way and I'm not sure we have."

Despite the barriers she has faced in the industry, and as a human woman existing in the world, she has persevered. Who she is as an artist is who she is as a person; she puts forth an assertion of her truth, she tells me, that is sincerely authentic and fans and critics have responded to that, including her as a universal staple of female independence. "It's not a sense a pride, it's a sense of independence. I can't think of anything worse than not being self-sufficient," she says. "To depend on someone monetarily or depend on someone for your own strength, I think is a mistake. I've always vowed to never do that. It's probably because I had very unreliable men in my life," she says. "I just figured: you know what? If I'm going to get anywhere in life, I'm going to have to do it myself. I'm not going to rely on any man to make that happen."

And that unwound something in me.

When I was 7 years-old, the first album I ever received—gifted to me by my mom—was The Woman In Me. I've written about it, and Shania, before and how important she is not simply as a female pop star but as a woman who has worked exceptionally hard for her success. Receiving that album for Christmas when I was so little had a far heavier weight than just new music. My estranged father ruled over our house. Still, in her resolve and reluctance, my mom taught my sister and me to be strong and that we didn't need to rely on others for strength (read: most men.) And she did it with strategic moves such as this. I don't know what she felt when she saw how elated I was to see this cassette or if she noticed the hours I spent perfecting a lip sync to "Any Man of Mine." When Come On Over was released, I remember my mom and I watching the video for "That Don't Impress Me Much" and singing along. It was our code, this pop music; our language of being in this together, and that we could rely on each other. In seemingly small ways, both women left this huge impression on me. I imagine there are numerous stories like mine from women who have sought comfort in a pop star like Shania Twain.

Of the last words Twain says to me, she imparts a wisdom that speaks to when Come On Over was released 20 years ago as much as it does today with her record Now. "I've expressed a lot of sentiments in past and current songs [of] the strength of pulling yourself up and moving forward... risking whatever is necessary to get past them and face them," she says. Strength and courage and kindness are key to Twain's ethos—past, present, and certainly her future.

Shania is, by all counts, still the one.

https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/mb33jn/shania-twain-on-confidence-consent-and-20-years-of-come-on-over

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Looks Like We Made It, Still Going Strong: 20 Years Of Shania Twain's Come On Over

By Courtney E. Smith | Refinery29 | November 2, 2017

Shania Twain is a bonafide country music superstar, with more awards and sales than most people could even imagine. She's an icon, who has played Vegas and inspired many a drag tribute. She's also one of the most progressive, pro-woman, and fascinating figures in the history of country.

Refinery29 spoke to Twain about the 20-year anniversary of her landmark album, Come On Over, which happens to come just a little over a month after her latest album, Now — which is the first album she's released in that time. Looking back, we were struck by the number of enduring hit songs that came from Come On Over, as well as how relevant it is to what women are going through today. Our friends at Pandora tell us that her stations have 497.5 million plays, with Come on Over's crossover hit single, "You're Still The One" as her top song with 68.9 million plays.

In the years between those two albums, Twain took time off to recuperate her voice after being diagnosed with X, which is related to Lyme disease. Her return to country, on Now, finds her writing all the songs on the album (a feat unheard of for most female musicians) and getting personal.

Twain spoke to us about how her songs reflect the culture of harassment and empowerment that women are looking to address today, why she hasn't ever felt beholden to anyone's ideas about how to make country music, and gave us the scoop on her Broad City cameo.

Refinery29: Let's talk about your amazing 20-year anniversary. Did you know that 'You're Still the One' is the most streamed song on Pandora of your catalog? I remember it being your big pop/country crossover song when it was released. Why do you think that one has been so enduring?
Shania Twain: "I think that song resonated on a lot of a lot of levels with people. I think people enjoyed it musically, and it was something that they could sing along to very easily — it's not a complicated song. The sentiment was something a lot of people could relate to, especially for anybody that was falling in love. It became a huge wedding song and anniversary song. On so many levels, it was powerful."

Looking back at the songs on Come on Over now, some of them are classics from your catalog, but some have a strong relevance today. Going back and reading the lyrics to "If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!" or "Black Eyes, Blue Tears," they speak to the national conversation women are having about harassment and the political climate. Has the world just not changed that much in the last 20 years?
"The world, certainly from my point of view, has not changed as much as I would have liked it to in the last 20 years. The fact that we are still having to talk about these issues as if they haven't always existed. They have always existed. Why are we still having these problems? What are we waiting for to address them? To me, 20 years ago, writing songs is my way of addressing issues like harassment and assault. These problems have always been there, and of course they're going to keep resurfacing if we're not addressing them all together. One little voice here and there, it all helps. I'll always be bold about whatever my little part in talking about these issues is, but I think we're a lot stronger unified. A song like, 'If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!' takes on an age-old problem. It's certainly nothing new to me. I have to say, it does surprise me a little bit that the song could be released right now and make total sense."

Another of your iconic songs from Come on Over is "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" — it's also another of your most streamed, at number 3 from your catalog on Pandora. What is it that made you want to record it?
"Well the hook of the song seems like a very obvious hook that any songwriter would recognize is a good one. I like a play on words and 'man, I feel like a woman' is obviously that — the double entendre and all. You're always hunting for great ideas, and then when you stumble on one it's a great feeling. I had that feeling when I came up with this hook. Other people obviously relate to it and they seem to feel the same way I do about it. People relate to it whether they're men, women, or trans. On a lot of different levels, everyone has their own fun with the song, and it means something to them in their own gender. Such a broad spectrum of people like it, it's almost on an anthemic level."

Have you seen any Shania tributes from that song that have really impressed you?
"There have been many, I've witnessed a lot of really spectacular performances of that song. But the one that caught me the most was totally unsuspecting. I was in my tour bus, just driving down the street, and we'd come to the stoplight. Next to the bus is a man in a pickup truck who has his window down and he's singing along to 'Man, I Feel Like a Woman' on the radio. He looks like this a real rough, rock, macho guy and he's just singing with all his heart. He didn't know that I was there, of course, because you can't see inside the bus. I thought, this is the moment; this is my best 'Man, I Feel Like a Woman' moment ever. I was genuinely a fly on the wall and it was awesome."

Do you think "That Don't Impress Me Much" as a song has held up better than Brad Pitt, who famously doesn't impress you in the lyrics?
[Laughs] "You know, he still looks pretty damn good. He's had a very long-lasting acting career. I think he's held up pretty good!"

I understand you wrote every song on your new album, Now. That pretty much never happens happens in country music.Were these songs you'd been working on for the last 20 years or did you just uncork a bottle and it all came out?
"I'm one of those writers who is always writing. I'm always coming up with ideas, I'm always inspired by things and jotting them down. So over the last 20 years I've been writing things, but it was only two years before I started recording the album that I focused on narrowing my ideas down and corralling them into an album. Once I decided to do that, the floodgates opened and it all seemed to come quite quickly after that. I had a lot of life to live in the last 15 years, and it was almost like a collecting phase. I've just got more albums in me now, and it's nice. It's nice to be back in the studio, expressing all of this on a microphone."

When you decided to record this album, did you have to consider what gets played on country radio and the on-going difficulties women have being played on country radio?
"No. I always had problems with that anyway, all through my career. My biggest song never made it to #1 on country radio. I would be lying to say I didn't think I would have that problem, because I've always had that problem. I relied on the fans' support to get radio behind me, always. With my new album, I'm at the point in my life, not just my career but my life, where I feel unapologetic for expressing myself honestly. I needed to be as pure and honest as I can be to get satisfaction out of [making music]. I have to be personally satisfied with the work to do it and it takes a lot of courage to do that. You put your heart into it and, this album particularly more than any of the music I've ever written, is really from my heart. But in the end, you still have to write things that are relatable and not so self-serving that nobody gets it. I do like it most when the listener relates to what I'm saying, that is my intention."

I would love to hear about your experience on the set of Broad City this season. What did they pitch you to get you to be on the show?
"I was told they had a running joke about this lie that I had been training with Abbi. They told me on set, they thought it would be amazing if they could get me on the show to make the lie a truth. I just loved that idea. First of all, it was a compliment that I was even unwittingly part of this fun riff. I thought to myself, I should show up for it! I loved their sense of humor. They're all so talented and it's like a real work from the ground up team of thinkers, writers, and actors. I was totally into it. It was one of the most fun things I've ever done."

http://www.refinery29.com/2017/10/178400/shania-twain-now-album-come-on-over

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Article that I posted in the other thread a couple weeks ago. Shania posted it on her social media pages this morning.

‘Now’ and Then: Shania Twain on Chasing Love and Fun, 20 Years After ‘Come on Over’

By Chris Willman | Variety | October 19, 2017

Shania Twain’s new album “Now,” released Sept. 29, arrived 15 years after she sang “Can only go up from here!” Those words — from her 2002 chart-topper “Up!” — proved not to be so prophetic, as Twain had some downturns to weather before she would return to recording, including a few nearly career-ending vocal problems and the end of a long relationship with her producer and co-writer, who had also happened to be her husband.

By coincidence, 2017 also marks the 20th anniversary of “Come on Over,” not only her biggest album — with 20 million in U.S. sales, and possibly double that globally — but close to being anyone’s biggest album. It ranks No. 8 on the Recording Industry Assn. of America’s list of all-time American bestsellers, but if you leave out double albums where each individual disc doubles the total, Twain’s album would be at No. 4. With a track record that includes that and two other diamond-certified albums — 1995’s “The Woman in Me” and “Up!” — Twain, 52, would clearly never have to release another lick of music to go on as an arena act, but the real fans want to hear the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have said.

“On a business level, touring is key to most major artists,” says her manager, Maverick’s Scott Rodger, “but it’s by no means their first priority. Artists are driven by creating and releasing new music and that’s the most important thing in their careers. For Shania, we know that sales-wise we won’t be able to compete [with the catalog], as no artist will ever do in the current musical landscape, so you have to remove any concept of selling 40 million albums. It won’t happen ever again. Also, for a female in her early 50s, it presents challenges at radio, especially country radio, which is so heavily dominated by male artists. Our options are extremely limited for exposure there — thus the reason we have focused a lot on TV performances and appearances in order to create awareness around the album release. Releasing new music also stimulates the back catalog and increases awareness for licensing opportunities as well as streaming.”

Rodger notes Twain is “completely driving the ship here” by writing the entire new album herself and taking the guiding hand with co-producers, unlike the three big albums on which Robert “Mutt” Lange shepherded her. Critics have been surprised by how much “Now” seems a continuation of that classic run, albeit with some verses that make pit-stops at some darker places than “I’m Gonna Getcha Good!”

Variety spoke with Twain about putting her bittersweet past decade and a half into song, her upcoming return to the road, and how she felt 20 years ago when “Come on Over” really did make tens of millions of fans want to stop by.

A few years ago, you announced a farewell tour. Now you’re getting ready for another outing. What changed your mind about retiring from the road?
It all really came down to voice problems and the vocal issues. I had been pushing my limits coming out of the Las Vegas residency after two years. But I had done better than I expected there, and that gave me the boost I needed to get in a touring environment one more time. I was willing to take a chance and end that part of my career on a touring stage and not in the comfortable environment [of Vegas]. It was a bit of a challenge, and a personal decision as an artist, to end that part of my career in fans’ towns, so they weren’t coming to me but I was going to them. But that (farewell tour) went better than expected. So now my thinking is, well, I’ll just take it one day at a time, and if it’s working, then I just keep doing it till it doesn’t work any more.

Some years back Taylor Swift wrote an entire album by herself, partly to prove wrong the detractors who thought others did the heavy lifting. In writing “Now” by yourself, was there any similar aspect of feeling like you had something to prove?
It was definitely a matter of proving things, but proving it to myself. I was stepping out for the first time in a long, long time without Mutt as my producer and my co-writer. In that relationship I was also writing all the time by myself, but then I was taking that material to Mutt and we were bouncing it off each other and collaborating from that. But before I met Mutt, I had been writing entirely alone. Once that relationship was over, I needed to get reacquainted with that songwriter that I had been before I met Mutt, and get back to that isolation that I actually love. I enjoy the independence. I enjoy not necessarily having any feedback, to be honest. I like having no inhibitions and having no one to interfere with what I was thinking or feeling before I had a chance to assess it later. I just needed to know that that (solo) writer was still there, intact. Mutt always did respect me as a songwriter and was always drawing (certain things) out of me anyway. But then there were other things that I hadn’t been in touch with for years. On my own, I love going to the minor chords. I love my two-bar chiming thing — just a lot of signature things that I’d gravitated to more as a younger writer. Without anyone else involved, this is really the purest music I’ve ever recorded.

The only new music that people had heard from you in recent years had been a single called “Today is Your Day.” I wondered whether all of the new album would be in that inspirational a vein, or whether you would let yourself go dark, a little bit. And you did.
I did write even darker songs than the ones that are on the album, or darker versions of some of these songs. Songwriting’s my therapy. In some cases I just ended up abandoning certain lyrics or even certain grooves. I would go into a happier groove, just to take it somewhat lighter. I was raking through all kinds of crap in my mind and in my heart, and then in the end, I just felt better, so the songs ended up being more optimistic than where I started, generally. It’s a record of a personal journey more than an album-making exercise. I don’t know if I’ll ever write an album quite like this again, because this is very unique to what I was going through

Did you ever feel like you needed to work up some courage to share some of the more vulnerable material on this album?
I don’t find it painful. I find it helpful to talk about it. It’s healing to share.

You said recently, “This is not my divorce album.” But most of us listening to it will think that a lot of the songs have to do with divorce and remarriage and finding yourself again. You’ve said a lot of it is autobiographical. So where does it fit on the confessional scale?
I will say it’s definitely not the divorce album. The divorce album would have been a very different album. [She laughs loudly.] There are a few that are absolutely about my divorce experience. This album is really about a period of transition and evolution for me, and the divorce is absolutely one of the cornerstone experiences of that journey. But there are so many other things in there, and a lot of references where listeners wouldn’t really know what part of my life I’m referring to, so maybe they would just assume that it was divorce.

Can you name one that people might assume is about the divorce that isn’t?
“Where Do You Think You’re Going” is more about my own parents leaving me, dying. Or loss in general, about when you lose something or someone and there’s just nothing you can do about it — that helplessness that you feel… There are so many things about my day-to-day life and my really personal, journalistic-type views on things. “Kiss and Make Up” just came from my current husband and I having a little argument, and I went and wrote that song, and that song got it out of my system.

“Soldier” has been licensed for a new movie that is actually about soldiers, “Thank You for Your Service.” But it doesn’t seem like you were necessarily thinking about that in the literal sense when you wrote it.
When I wrote “Soldier,” I was thinking of my son, and the anxiety of separation, and thinking of him soldiering his way through life. I have my son here with me, but even just saying goodbye to go to school, I feel that. And I think a lot of that just comes from losing my own parents so suddenly, without being able to say goodbye. And I thought of other families that have a military member going off to serve, and when they say goodbye, they really may never see that person again. In the times right now where we’re always having discussions on TV about military and wars here and there, I’m affected, like everybody else. I’m concerned… That song starts with “Don’t close the door when you leave.” Normally you would tell someone, when it’s cold, to close the door. But this is: Don’t close the door behind you, because I don’t care if it’s cold, I may never see you again, and I just want you to promise me that you’ll be back … I’m crying, I get so emotionally wrapped up in that. And when I saw the movie, it such a perfect fit. I cried a lot when I wrote that song, so I’m happy that the song has found such an appropriate home.

“More Fun” is on the opposite end of the scale, tone-wise. I imagine the song must be about your younger self, because I don’t see you hanging out in parking lots much these days. Or maybe you do—what do I know? [She laughs.] But it seems to be reminiscing.
Well, I was reminiscing. I was actually sitting in a hotel room on an upper floor watching thousands of fans going to a baseball game, while I had the flu, and I was so jealous—I really wanted to go. I was really feeling sorry for myself and thought, “Oh, man. I have to get out more.” I was working very hard during the promo tour, and that looked like more fun. It’s reflecting back on the years when fun was just an everyday thing that you considered a necessity.

Speaking of less fun, your memoir makes it sound like the period surrounding “Come On Over” was not such a fun time for you. The mania over that album really did not die down for years. You had eight singles off it, and it broke in Europe two years after it broke in America, and it broke in pop after it broke in country. In the book, you say, “I was exhausted, and although I was thrilled by the success, I feared it would never end: the work, the travel, the loneliness.” It’s hard to be grateful when you’re exhausted by the juggernaut. Did it take a number of years to grasp what had happened?
There was no real one-moment impact for any one of those songs, almost. Everybody was picking up on things at different times in different ways. So it was just a really long, big, incredible moment, I guess, for 12 years straight. I didn’t have perspective; I wasn’t very objective in it, because I became isolated. I do like to be isolated when I’m creative and writing or in the studio, but otherwise, it’s very hard to cope with. Loneliness is a terrible thing. And the workload was outrageous. And not a lot of people were that gracious all the time with me. I think I didn’t always feel welcome. It was just tough. It was an exciting period in my life, but it wasn’t the most fun period in my life. Looking back on it now, I’m enjoying it more from where I stand more than I ever did while it was happening. But it was hard to escape, then. Normally, if you’re in a high-stress career, you can take a vacation and cut yourself off and get a break. When you’re a celebrity at a high level, there almost isn’t anywhere you can go, anywhere, in the world that will give you that real break, where there’s not a trigger somewhere that will take you back to your professional frame of mind. There is security and logistics and you can never truly check out. That affects you, especially if you’re a younger person. But I was already in my 30s by the time this even started.

So you feel that helped a little, that you were better equipped to handle becoming a superstar in your 30s than someone who was fresh off the boat?
Yeah. I didn’t totally go mad. [Laughs.]

In your book you wrote, “Breaking records is not why I got into music. This is an artform, not a sport like hockey.” But for those of us who do keep score, there are so many staggering stats about “Come On Over.” It’s the biggest selling album ever by a female artist. The fourth biggest album of all time. The second biggest of the Soundscan era. It set a record for the longest stay in the top 20 of the top 200 on Billboard. And then an additional, weird factoid: For all that elongated success, it was never actually No. 1 on the Billboard chart. That suggests that, when it came out, you weren’t quite at superstar level yet.
The biggest artists at that time, the ones that were leading the pack, were selling 3 million albums. That was a dream in itself, if I would even have imagined being up in that category. So I had to stop counting after that. I was like, “I’ll leave the counting to you guys; I’ll just go out there and do what I do.” I never followed those things. And a lot of my biggest hits didn’t go No. 1 on certain charts. So it just seemed to me that it’s kind of not really relevant in the end. I don’t know about everybody else, but in my case, anyway, it’s the public that have made me as big as I am, and not necessarily an internal thing from me. It wasn’t a contrived thing. It was just the fans, at their own pace and in their own time, grabbing onto particular songs or particular albums of mine. It was almost a little bit random, the way things ended up tallying up. But it’s fun now for me to look back on it all and see how impactful it was.

Do you have a favorite song from “Come On Over” 20 years later, or one you think was underrated?
Mmm, that’s a good question, because sometimes I don’t even remember which songs were on which albums. I know they came out far apart, but they ran together in so many ways. Sometimes I had ideas that made it onto “Come On Over” that I started writing during “Woman in Me.” So to me, what album what songs went on is not that clear. So I’ll probably say something that was on “Up!” [Laughs.] I know we’re talking about the 20-year anniversary of “Come On Over.” But I think of “The Woman in Me” — which, obviously, was on “The Woman in Me.” I always thought was a song that should be re-recorded (as a cover by someone else). And “From This Moment On” is a song I’d definitely love to hear redone, with a voice that’s much more of a power-style voice, and there’s so many of those right now. Maybe I didn’t do those songs the justice the justice that they deserved, or at least the way I heard them when I wrote them. I remember when I wrote “From This Moment On,” I said to Mutt, “You know, I don’t think I should sing this song. Let’s call up some great power singer and get her to record it.” He was pretty insistent on me doing it.

Especially in country, people look back fondly on the late ‘90s as an idyllic period, in which women seemed the strongest artists of all. We think of that being an era when the window was open for powerful women to catch an equal break, and for the barriers between country and pop to dissipate, too. But maybe you don’t remember it as an open window. Maybe you shattered it.
No, the window was definitely not open, at all. It was a real struggle at the time. And the only thing that worked was the fan demand. That was it. If I hadn’t had that, it would never have worked. So it was really just more a question of, how do I reach them? That was the real difficulty at the time, way more than it is now, because now there are all these other immediate accesses to music and to artists that nobody has control over, which is really amazing. You did not have that 20, 25 years ago. (Gatekeepers) can’t filter to the degree that they were able to filter years ago. The fans in the end decided that they wanted to hear me, and how often, and that determined everything. There was no other way I ever would have gotten to this point.

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/shania-twain-interview-1202593122/

Tommy · Guru

Coming Around Again Podcast: When Shania Twain's 'Come on Over' Ruled the World

By Andrew Unterberger | Billboard | November 3, 2017

Welcome back to the Coming Around Again podcast, part of the Pop Shop family, where host Andrew Unterberger and a variety of guests discuss notable anniversaries being celebrated in the music world.

This week, we're talking all things Shania Twain and Come on Over. The album, released 20 years ago on Nov. 4, experienced crossover success previously unheard of in the SoundScan era, not only going on to sell over 15 million copies, but spawning six Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits -- including three top 10s -- and essentially dominating pop culture through the turn of the millennium.

Billboard Associate Editor Taylor Weatherby comes by the pod to discuss her Shania superfandom, recently capped by an excellent interview Taylor did with the singer-songwriter, in which she dove deep back into her two-decade-old memories surrounding the album. We talk about how Shania was actually intimidated by the idea of following up the album she assumed would be her career-definer -- 1994's similarly Diamond-certified The Woman in Me -- and actually ended up leaving that album practically in the dust with the classic, endleslsy single-spawning Over. And of course, we discuss our favorite tracks on the album, and how Shania seems more beloved now than ever 20 years later.

Listen below, and if you haven't already, make sure to read Taylor's discussion with Shania. And be sure to check back every week, to see which classic artists, albums and songs are Coming Around Again!

Click Link Below To Listen To The Podcast.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/8023112/shania-twain-come-on-over-coming-around-again-podcast

Tommy · Guru

Today marks Shania Twain's iconic album, Come On Over, 20th anniversary.

With 40 million copies sold, Come On Over is the best-selling country album and the best-selling album by a female artist in any genre.

The album gave us the No. 1 hits "You're Still The One", "Love Gets Me Everytime" and "Honey, I'm Home". Plus the timeless classics "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", "From This Moment On", "That Don't Impress Me Much" and many more.

Happy 20th Birthday, Come On Over!

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain

20 years ago today, I released 'Come On Over' 😭 I can't even believe it's been 20 years!! This year I celebrated releasing my new album 'NOW' too and I'm loving being back with you guys. Tag the person you'd invite to come on over for a Shania listening party, for the chance to win this signed Come On Over NOW vinyl bundle 😘

Video loop of Shania holding her Come On Over and NOW albums - https://www.facebook.com/ShaniaTwain/videos/10155498534912655

11:00 AM ET - 4 Nov 17

http://www.facebook.com/ShaniaTwain

Nash · Senior Member

Happy Birthday Come On Over! This is the album that I fell in love with Shania! ❤️

Tommy · Guru

From the Record Crate: Shania Twain – “Come On Over” (1997)

By Katie Gill | The Young Folks | November 4, 2017

There are very few albums that you can say definitively changed the face of a genre. Shania Twain’s Come On Over is one of them.

Released in 1997, Come On Over was a massive success, selling over 15 million copies. The album featured twelve singles, most of which managed some form of radio play, and a few now iconic music videos. And, most importantly for the genre, Come On Over is one of the first examples of the country-pop genre to blow up on such a national scale. Twain takes the country music sensibilities of her previous album, The Woman in Me, and interjects top 40 stylings and arrangements, giving the songs near-pop perfection.

Arguably, the two songs most people would recognize off the album are its powerhouse singles: “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much”. Both songs are fun, bright, punchy girl power anthems that have become girls nights songs and almost obligatory karaoke jams. The girl power movement flourished in the late 1990s/early 2000s and “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” is a beautiful jam in that vein. A bright pump-you-up song, “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” is about going out with the girls, having a good time, and just reveling and celebrating in utter femininity. Twain’s lower register is put on wonderful display here, as she belts, charms, and grins her way through the entire song.

“That Don’t Impress Me Much” is a brilliant take down of all the egomaniac men that every woman has had to deal with at some point. Twain’s dismissals are kind of cheesy, but in a short and pithy way, a beautiful kiss off to puncture egos: “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt / that don’t impress me much.” The song is light-hearted and fun, as Twain dismisses all her potential suitors with a smile on her face and a laugh in her voice. Both songs also have equally iconic videos, from “Man’s” Robert Palmer riff to the leopard print bonanza of “Impress Me Much.”

Though Twain’s biggest songs off the album are arguably these sassy ‘we don’t need men’ songs, Come On Over gives her plenty of a chance to show off her softer side. The album features multiple love songs, slower and more tender ballads that would fit on adult contemporary radio or playing over the credits of a romcom. One of them actually did play over the credits of a romcom: “You’ve Got A Way”, featured in Notting Hill. That song, as well as others like “From This Moment On” and “You’re Still the One” show just how multifaceted Twain is as a performer and how she manages to sell the hell out of any song or mood.

I really can’t overstate just how much of a cultural juggernaut this album was and how it effortlessly launched Shania Twain into the public consciousness. I doubt her 2003 Super Bowl performance would have happened had it not been for the masterpiece that was Come On Over. And even today, twenty years later, the impact of Come On Over is still felt. From HAIM covering “That Don’t Impress Me Much” to various album-themed jokes Twain made during her appearance on Broad City, Come On Over still holds a tight grip on the public consciousness and a firm place in the music loving world’s mind.

https://www.theyoungfolks.com/music/112377/from-the-record-crate-shania-twain-come-on-over-1997/

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

20 years ago today I released 'You're Still The One' and even now I still enjoy listening to it ❤️

11:00 AM ET -27 Jan 18

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Tommy · Guru

Celebrating 20 Years Of Shania Twain’s ‘You’re Still The One’

by Laura Klonowski | CelebMix | January 27, 2018

It is one of the most iconic songs of all time and is still the most requested wedding song but can you believe that Shania Twain’s massive hit single ‘You’re Still The One’ turns 20 today?

The classic love ballad crossed Twain over from country music sensation to mainstream superstar back in 1998 and ever since we have been singing the iconic lines to one of the greatest love songs ever released. The track has spanned generations with people who weren’t even born when it was originally dropped professing their love for the sentimental yet not mushy country/pop hit.

When it was released back in 1998 on January 27th it instantly became a crossover hit and charted at number 1 on the US Hot Country Chart, number 2 on the Hot 100 Billboard, number 10 on the UK charts, number 1 in Australia and entered in the top-ten in various countries including Twain’s native Canada where it peaked at number 2, Ireland, and Netherlands.

‘You’re Still The One’ helped make Shania Twain a household mainstream name, and the fact that it was lifted off the greatest selling album of all time in any genre by a female artist ‘Come On Over’ makes it even more of a classic.

The track has sold millions of copies around the world, selling over 2 million physical copies in the US alone. In fact the only reason it didn’t peak at number 1 on the Hot 100 Billboard was because stores sold out of the CD.

Today the single that is still a fan favourite turns 20 and Twain celebrated the anniversary on Twitter.

Fans will be able to witness Shania Twain singing the classic ‘You’re Still The One’ live when she tours the world later this year with her massive NOW Tour. Tickets for the eagerly anticipated shows are on sale now.

http://celebmix.com/celebrating-20-years-shania-twains-youre-still-one/

Angelo1985 · Veteran Member

Still my 2nd favourite album in my entire life! Super album!

Butters · Guru

I'm sure with her ego and competitive nature, she is disappointed with the lack of success with her latest album.

Tommy · Guru

The Lasting Impact of Shania Twain’s ‘Come On Over’

By Bobbie Jean Sawyer | Wide Open Country | February 20, 2018

Three seconds into the opening track on Shania Twain’s game-changing third album Come On Over, Twain fired off the command that would ultimately sum up her career and subsequent legacy: “Let’s go, girls.” Spoken between bursts of roaring, crunchy guitars, it was a call to action heard around the world.

Released in November of 1997, Come On Over went on to become the best-selling country album of all time, selling over 40 million copies to date. And its impact stretches beyond country music. It’s tied with Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours for the eighth best-selling album of all time — across all genres.

But beyond its massive commercial success, Come On Over was a benchmark moment for country music. The album changed the perception of what country music was and who it could reach. It was also a beacon for future female country artists, giving them a crash course in risk-taking and taking ownership of their careers.

The Songs

Out of the 16 songs on Come On Over, 11 made it to the top 30 on the country chart. Eight were top 10 hits. Three went to No. 1. It was a mind-mindbogglingly impressive feat. It’s even more impressive when you consider that Twain co-wrote every track on the album.

Filled with irresistible pop hooks, Twain channeled the attitude exhibited on her first No. 1 hit, “Any Man of Mine.”

On “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” Twain extolled confidence and the beauty of being “free to feel the way I feel.” “Honey, I’m Home” carries the torch for the confident, take-no-bullsh*t demeanor championed by artists like Loretta Lynn. With “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” Twain reminds us time and time again that she has no interest in changing herself to fit someone else’s idea of what a woman should be.

Women in country music are often expected to stifle outward confidence in the name of humility and meekness. Twain’s in-your-face fearlessness was a radical notion.

The Legacy

The songs from Come On Over spawned iconic videos that further exemplified Twain’s image as a woman who knows exactly what she wants. “That Don’t Impress Me Much” featured Twain wandering a desolate landscape in a full-body leopard suit. “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” flipped the script on Robert Palmer’s infamous “Addicted to Love” music video, placing Twain front and center before a backing bad of male models.

Twain’s videos didn’t look like any other country music video. And that was perfectly fine. In fact, it was kind of the point. Twain changed what country music could look and sound like, opening the door for anyone who didn’t fit the classic country archetype. It proudly sent the message that country music doesn’t have to look like just one thing.

Come On Over had a profound impact on female country artists who followed in Twain’s footsteps, such as Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, Carly Pearce and Kelsea Ballerini — artists less concerned with a strict adherence to genre and more concerned with being true to themselves.

You can hear Twain’s influence on Morris’ latest single and fan favorite “Rich,” an infectious pop country bop that tells off an on-again-off-again flame with a Diddy reference and a “la-di-da.”

The women in Twain’s songs have agency and control over their own lives. Miranda Lambert tracks like “Kerosene” and “Vice” are a continuation of that legacy, as is Cam’s “other woman” saga “Diane.”

It may be remembered as a diamond-selling, record breaking pop country juggernaut, but Come On Over‘s true legacy lies in how it inspired a new generation of fearless performers and songwriters to be free to feel the way they feel.

Let’s go, girls.

http://www.wideopencountry.com/come-on-over-shania-twain/

Tommy · Guru

19 Years Ago: Shania Twain’s ‘Come on Over’ Earns Diamond Certification

By Gayle Thompson | The Boot | April 7, 2018

Nineteen years ago today (April 7, 1999) was an historic day for Shania Twain -- and for country music. It was on that date that Twain's 1997 album Come on Over was certified diamond, for sales of 10 million copies, making Twain the first female country artist to earn two diamond-certified albums (her sophomore record, 1995's The Woman in Me, was also certified diamond, in 1997).

Released in November of 1997, Come on Over was certified double platinum, for sales of 2 million units, just one month later. The record became the best-selling country album of the 1990s and of all time, as well as the best-selling studio album by a female act in any genre of all time.

Twain released 11 singles from Come on Over, including the title track. She co-wrote all 16 songs on the record with her then-husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who also produced the project. Three of the tunes from the album shot straight to No. 1, including "You're Still the One," which was certified double platinum, for sales of 2 million copies.

Twain wrote much of Come on Over while in the Caribbean: “The sunny weather gets me into writing mode,” the Canadian-born country singer shares. “Many of the songs from The Woman in Me and Come on Over were written in the tropics, so it’s a good place for me to be creative.”

Twain released one more studio album, Up!, after Come on Over. The record, which was released in 2002, sold 11 million copies but failed to produce any No. 1 hits.

Several of the songs from Come on Over, including "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," "Honey, I'm Home," "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and "That Don't Impress Me Much," were included on Twain's 2015 CD / DVD package, Shania: Still the One Live From Las Vegas. Come on Over is available for download on iTunes.

http://theboot.com/shania-twain-come-on-over-certified-diamond/

Tommy · Guru

20 Years Ago: Shania Twain’s ‘You’re Still the One’ Hits No. 1

By Annie Zaleski | The Boot | May 2, 2018

On May 2, 1998, Shania Twain's "You're Still the One" hit No. 1 on the country singles chart.

A tender ballad sprinkled with organ, piano and guitar — and, on the bridge, quivering pedal steel and harmonies — "You're Still the One" is a loving ode to a significant other. Despite obstacles (and naysayers who thought the couple might not make it), the protagonist is proud to say, "Looks like we made it / Look how far we've come my baby / We might have took the long way / We knew we'd get there someday."

Adding to the authentic tone of "You're Still the One," Twain co-wrote the song with her then-husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. As she recalls in her autobiography, From This Moment On, the music came together seamlessly.

"Mutt and I spent a lot of time apart as I was promoting and touring, and he was in studios working on tracks and arrangements as we wrote," Twain writes. "It's surprising that we were able to write all this stuff with so little time together. We wrote independently and merged ideas when we joined up.

"I remember feeling very excited about the counter line sung by Mutt as backing vocals in "You're Still the One,"" she adds. "As I sang the chorus melody repeatedly while working out the lyrics, he kicked in with the counter line, 'You're still the one,' and it gave me chills. All of a sudden we had a hit chorus. It was a magic moment."

The song wasn't the first country chart-topper to come from Twain's 1997 LP, Come on Over; that honor went to the album's initial single, "Love Gets Me Every Time." But "You're Still the One," which was originally released in the U.S. on Jan. 27, 1998, was unique because it was also marketed to pop and adult contemporary radio stations.

"Although the song has country elements of warm, acoustic strumming, the verses are dominated by piano, while a smoldering organ, my last favorite instrument, stands out as the most prominent sound on the choruses," Twain writes in From This Moment On, calling the song "a personal favorite of mine."

"The music, I believe, transcended genres," she continues, "and the universal message of the lyrics gave it broad crossover appeal."

The crossover gamble worked like a charm: "You're Still the One" only spent one week atop the country charts, but the single peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Twain's first Top 10 crossover hit, and also topped the adult contemporary charts. In 1999, the song nabbed two Grammy Awards, for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

In a further interesting twist, there was also an "international version" of Come on Over released in 1998 that made the record more palatable to pop audiences: "We've taken out some of the sounds that Europe would find a little less palatable and made it more universal," Twain told Billboard in January 1998. The new take on "You're Still the One" especially de-emphasized the fiddle and pedal steel found on the bridge of the album version. This move also worked: "You're Still the One" hit No. 3 in Ireland and No. 10 in the UK.

http://theboot.com/shania-twain-youre-still-the-one-number-1/

Tommy · Guru

According to @BRITs, Shania's 1999 single, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", has been BRIT Certified Platinum (600,000 copies) in the UK.

Tanya · Guru

Don't know where to ask. Sorry, if I chose the wrong thread.

I guess, first I read it in Robin Eggar's book and then Shania herself wrote in her memoir that "From This Moment On" (quote): "was my first record to feature another recording artist, Bryan White, and for the international version, the lead singer from the group Boyzone, Ronan Keating".

I have both editons of the international version of Come On Over album and as far as I can hear, both have Shania solo. They are a bit different musically but she sings alone. Where is the duet with Ronan Keating then?

-- Edited by Tanya on Saturday 2nd of June 2018 05:01:54 PM

Tommy · Guru

20 Years Ago: Shania Twain’s ‘Come on Over’ Earns Diamond Certification

By Gayle Thompson | The Boot | April 7, 2019

Twenty years ago today (April 7, 1999) was an historic day for Shania Twain -- and for country music. It was on that date that Twain's 1997 album Come on Over was certified diamond, for sales of 10 million copies, making Twain the first female country artist to earn two diamond-certified albums (her sophomore record, 1995's The Woman in Me, was also certified diamond, in 1997).

Released in November of 1997, Come on Over was certified double platinum, for sales of 2 million units, just one month later. The record became the best-selling country album of the 1990s and of all time, as well as the best-selling studio album by a female act in any genre of all time.

Twain released 11 singles from Come on Over, including the title track. She co-wrote all 16 songs on the record with her then-husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who also produced the project. Three of the tunes from the album shot straight to No. 1, including "You're Still the One," which was certified double platinum, for sales of 2 million copies.

Twain wrote much of Come on Over while in the Caribbean: “The sunny weather gets me into writing mode,” the Canadian-born country singer shares. “Many of the songs from The Woman in Me and Come on Over were written in the tropics, so it’s a good place for me to be creative.”

Twain released two more studio albums after Come on Over: 2002's Up! and 2017's Now. The former sold 11 million copies but failed to produce any No. 1 hits; the latter hit No. 1 on the pop and country charts, and spawned on Top 40 hit, "Life's About to Get Good."

Several of the songs from Come on Over, including "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," "Honey, I'm Home," "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and "That Don't Impress Me Much," were included on Twain's 2015 CD / DVD package, Shania: Still the One Live From Las Vegas. Come on Over is available for download on iTunes.

https://theboot.com/shania-twain-come-on-over-certified-diamond/

Tommy · Guru

Billie Eilish Ties One Of Shania Twain's Most Unfortunate Chart Records

By Hugh McIntyre | Forbes | August 14, 2019

As Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus hold onto the Hot 100’s throne for an unprecedented nineteenth week, almost every other song in the chart’s top 10 keeps exactly where it was this time last frame, with only two spots holding a different tune than during the previous period. While “Old Town Road” makes history in a particularly glamorous way, the cut that comes just behind it also does something noteworthy...only it’s not much of a reason to celebrate.

Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” is currently stuck at No. 2, a position it has occupied for over two months now. The alternative pop song has earned nine stays in the second place rung, bouncing in and out of the spot depending on what new tunes arrive (titles from Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello displaced it, but only temporarily).

With nine weeks at No. 2 (without hitting No. 1), Eilish’s “Bad Guy” is now tied for the second-most frames in the passenger seat, and it’s on the same level as two other beloved cuts that couldn’t quite break through. Both Donna Lewis’ "I Love You Always Forever" and Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One” held at No. 2 for nine weeks during their heyday.

In first place among the songs that racked up the most frames in second place without ever claiming even one stay in the penthouse are both Foreigner’s "Waiting for a Girl Like You” and Missy Elliott’s “Work It,” which were forced to do so for 10 weeks.

If Eilish beats “Old Town Road” next week, this record goes away completely, as it only focuses on those pieces of music that never reach No. 1. If it remains at No. 2 once again, it will tie the all-time record for the most spins in the runner-up rung, and at the moment, it looks like it has a good shot of doing exactly that...and it may even break it in time.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/08/14/billie-eilish-ties-one-of-shania-twains-most-unfortunate-chart-records/#2c8f330c39aa

Tommy · Guru

On This Day - Shania Twain Breaks Record for Album Most Weeks at No. 1

By Chelsey Jensen | Global News | August 20, 2019

Today in 2000, Shania Twain’s album, “Come On Over,” broke the record for being the #1 album on the Country Albums chart.

On the top for 44-weeks, the album officially held the spot longer than any other album in history.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5789154/on-this-day-shania-twain-breaks-record-for-album-most-weeks-at-no-1/

***Come On Over went on to spend 50 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

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'THIS ONE'S' A KEEPER Luke Combs' debut full-length This One's For You rebounds 2-1 on Top Country Albums, earning 21,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 15.

The LP has now spent 45 weeks in the penthouse, the most among male artists, having passed Randy Travis' Always & Forever, which led for 43 weeks starting in June 1987. Only one title has spent more weeks atop Top Country Albums, which launched in 1964: Shania Twain's Come On Over, which ruled for 50 frames beginning in November 1997.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527810/dan-shay-score-sixth-country-airplay-no-1-all-to-myself

Tommy · Guru

Luke Combs Inches Closer to Shania Twain’s All-Time Chart Record

By Jim Casey | Nash Country Daily | August 27, 2019

Once again this week, Luke Combs’ 2017 debut album, This One’s for You, is No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The double-Platinum album, which has moved 2 million units according to the RIAA, has now spent 46 weeks at No. 1.

Only Shania Twain’s Come On Over, which led for 50 weeks from 1997–2000, has spent more time at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Come On Over has been certified as 20x Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 20 million units.

Will Luke’s This One’s For You break Shania’s chart record? While the odds appear favorable, let’s take a look at some of the big names releasing albums in the coming weeks before Luke drops his sophomore set on Nov. 8.

http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2019/08/27/luke-combs-inches-closer-to-shania-twains-all-time-chart-record/

Tommy · Guru

The impact of Shania Twain's Come On Over, 20 years after it hit Number 1 in the UK

We reveal the huge numbers behind Shania's world-conquering album.

By Rob Copsey | Official Charts | September 3, 2019

Shania Twain’s Come On Over album proved the old adage that slow and steady really can win the race. After debuting at Number 15 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart in March 1998, the record finally took the Number 1 spot some 74 weeks later, this week in 1999.

The UK were slow to warm to Shania’s sound - country music didn’t have a big audience and a glance over the Top 40 at the time shows little else was comparable to its sound. By contrast, Shania was a superstar in the US. At the time, her 1995 debut album Woman In Me was America’s best-selling country music album ever released. The album didn’t chart in the UK until 2000, long after Come Over Over’s release.

Such was the UK’s aversion to country music that Come On Over was remixed to give it more of a pop and world feel. All 16 songs on the exclamation-heavy tracklist remained, but new artwork was shot, and only one song was kept in its original form, the country fiddle of Rock This Country! proving too sublime to mess around with. As with the original album, Shania and her then husband Robert Lange solely worked on the revised version for an international audience.

The original Come On Over artwork vs. the international version.

They certainly succeeded in their mission. The result of the new mixes sent sales of the album and its singles stratospheric. A reworked version of That Don’t Impress Me Much peaked at Number 3, and Man! I Feel Like A Woman! managed the same. The album’s final single Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You), pushed the album’s country-meets-dance melding to the max, so much that the dance edit released as a single doesn’t appear on the album - or even on streaming platforms today. Look at Shania's full Official UK Chart history here.

In total, Come On Over has racked up 3.4 million in pure sales (physical and downloads) in the UK, making it the country's 15th best-selling record ever. Its biggest sales week was the penultimate week of 1999, when it shifted 278,000 copies in seven days. Internationally, the collection has reportedly sold more than 40 million, including 20 million in the US.

Come On Over is still proving popular in the streaming era: since records began in 2014, Come On Over has notched up 84 million plays across all its tracks in the UK. The album’s most popular song is Man! I Feel Like A Woman!, with 22 million plays. That won’t be surprising news to most; its rallying “let’s go girls!” intro is still frequently referenced today. Meanwhile, the most popular album track is the title track, which was released as the record’s tenth single (of twelve!) in America.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-impact-of-shania-twains-come-on-over-20-years-after-it-hit-number-1-in-the-uk__27190/

Tommy · Guru

After falling to No. 2 last week, Luke Combs' debut album 'This One's For You' has returned to the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album has been No. 1 for 47 weeks now. That's just a few weeks behind Shania's 'Come On Over,' which spent 50 weeks at No. 1.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-09-14

Tommy · Guru

After falling to No. 2 last week, Luke Combs' debut album 'This One's For You' has once again returned to the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album has been No. 1 for 48 weeks now. Two weeks shy of tying Shania's 'Come On Over,' which spent 50 weeks at No. 1.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-09-28

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Luke Combs' first LP, This One's For You, rebounds 2-1 on Top Country Albums (20,000 equivalent album units, up 6%). The set scores a 48th week at No. 1 and is now only two weeks from potentially tying the record for the longest reign in the chart's history (which dates to 1964). Shania Twain's Come On Over ruled for 50 weeks beginning in 1997.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8530875/dierks-bentley-living-17th-country-airplay-no-1

Tommy · Guru

Luke Combs' debut album 'This One's For You' falls back to No. 2 on this week's Billboard Top Country Albums chart. So the album's No. 1 position remains at 48 weeks. Two weeks shy of tying Shania's 'Come On Over,' which spent 50 weeks at No. 1.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-10-05

Tommy · Guru

It looks like Shania's Come On Over album might hang on to the 50 weeks at No. 1 record on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart afterall. Luke Combs' This One's For You falls two more spots to No. 4 this week. So once again the album's No. 1 position remains at 48 weeks.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-10-12

***On a side note, Luke's new album comes out November 8. That should take away some of the sales from This One's For You.

Tommy · Guru

Luke Combs' debut album 'This One's For You' has once again returned to the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album has been No. 1 for 49 non-consecutive weeks now. One week shy of tying Shania's 'Come On Over,' which spent 50 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-10-26

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ONE MORE TO TIE At the Top Country Albums apex, Luke Combs' This One's for You rebounds from No. 2 (19,000 equivalent album units).

The set, which debuted at No. 1 in June 2017, leads for a 49th frame and is now just one week from potentially tying for the longest rule in the chart's history. Shania Twain's Come on Over dominated for 50 weeks beginning in November 1997.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8533739/good-vibes-chris-janson-no-1-country-airplay

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Luke Combs Is 1 Week Shy of Shania Twain’s All-Time Billboard Chart Record

By Jim Casey | Nash Country Daily | October 22, 2019

Luke Combs is inching closer to one of country music’s most impressive records.

Once again this week, Luke’s 2017 debut album, This One’s for You, is No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with sales of 19,000 units, according to Nielsen Music. The double-Platinum album, which has moved 2 million units according to the RIAA, has now spent 49 weeks at No. 1.

Only Shania Twain’s Come On Over, which led for 50 weeks from 1997–2000, has spent more time at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Come On Over has been certified as 20x Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 20 million units.

Will Luke’s This One’s For You break Shania’s chart record? While the odds appear favorable, let’s take a look at some of the big names releasing albums in the coming weeks, as Luke gears up to drop his sophomore set on Nov. 8.

October 18 (sales haven’t been announced)
Chris Janson – Real Friends

Oct. 25
Old Dominion – Old Dominion
Toby Keith – Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years
The Oak Ridge Boys – Down Home Christmas

Nov. 1
Miranda Lambert – Wildcard
Hootie & the Blowfish – Imperfect Circle

Nov. 8
Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get

Nov. 15
Lady Antebellum – Ocean

Nov. 22
Jason Aldean – 9

Dec. 13
Blake Shelton – Fully Loaded: God’s Country

http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2019/10/22/luke-combs-is-1-week-shy-of-shania-twains-all-time-billboard-chart-record/

Tommy · Guru

Luke Combs' 'This One's For You' Ties Shania Twain's 'Come On Over' For Longest Top Country Albums Reign

The sets share the record: 50 weeks each at No. 1.

By Jim Asker | Billboard | October 28, 2019

Luke Combs' debut LP This One's for You rules Billboard's Top Country Albums chart for a record-tying 50th week. The set matches the reign of Shania Twain's Come On Over, which began its 50-frame domination in 1997. (The chart launched in 1964.)

Combs' set, released on River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville, reaches the milestone atop the Nov. 2-dated chart with 20,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 24, according to Nielsen Music.

The album debuted atop the chart dated June 24, 2017 (with 43,000 units) and followed Combs' same-named EP, which debuted at No. 36 in December 2015 and peaked at No. 24 in May 2017.

A deluxe version of the LP was released on June 1, 2018, sparking the title's top weekly unit count (55,000, as reflected on the chart dated June 16).

This One's for You previously spurred chart history for Combs, as its five singles all crowned Country Airplay, making him the first artist to send his first five entries on the survey to No. 1. His debut hit "Hurricane" led for two weeks beginning in May 2017, followed by "When It Rains It Pours" (two, November 2017), "One Number Away" (one, June 2018), "She Got the Best of Me" (four, October 2018) and "Beautiful Crazy" (seven, March 2019).

Combs extended his record when sixth single, "Beer Never Broke My Heart," paced the list for two weeks in August. The song is the first single from his EP The Prequel, which debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums in June. His second full-length, What You See Is What You Get, is due Nov. 8.

Twain's Come On Over is the best-selling country album (15.73 million) since Nielsen Music began tracking U.S. sales in 1991. (It ranks second overall, trailing only Metallica's self-titled 1991 set: 16.98 million.) Come On Over yielded 11 Hot Country Songs hits, including eight top 10s, three of which hit No. 1. One of those leaders, "You're Still the One," crossed over to a No. 2 peak on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, while "From This Moment On" and "That Don't Impress Me Much" also reached the Hot 100's top 10.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8540970/luke-combs-this-ones-for-you-ties-record-top-country-albums

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain's 'Come On Over' Was an Awards Magnet; Luke Combs' 'This One's for You,' Not as Much

Each album has spent a remarkable 50 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, but they had different fates at awards shows.

By Paul Grein | Billboard | October 29, 2019

You probably heard that Luke Combs' This One's for You has tied Shania Twain's Come on Over for the longest run at No. 1 in the 55-year history of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart -- a remarkable 50 weeks.

The two albums took very different routes to the record. As my colleague Jim Asker pointed out in his story breaking the news, Come on Over spawned three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. None of the singles from This One's for You cracked the top 10, or even the top 20, on the Hot 100, though "Beautiful Crazy" came close, peaking at No. 21.

The two albums also experienced different fates at major awards shows. Come on Over was nominated for album of the year at the Grammys, CMA Awards and ACM Awards. This One's for You wasn't nominated in that category at any of the three shows.

Twain won four Grammys for Come on Over and was named entertainer of the year for 1999 at both the CMAs and the ACMs. Combs has yet to win a Grammy. He won new artist honors at both of the country award shows, but has yet to be nominated for entertainer of the year at either.

One reason for their different awards show fates is that Come on Over was Twain's second smash album, following 1995's The Woman in Me, while This One's for You was Combs' debut.

Twain received nine Grammy nominations for Come on Over and its multiple hits over a two-year period. The album was nominated for both album of the year and best country album (1998). "You're Still the One," the biggest hit from the album, was nominated for both record and song of the year. "You've Got a Way" was nominated for song of the year the following year.

Twain won back-to-back Grammys for best female country vocal performance (for "You're Still the One" and "Man! I Feel like a Woman!") and best country song (for "You're Still the One" and "Come on Over").

By contrast, Combs' only Grammy nom to date was best new artist (2018). "Beautiful Crazy" is vying for noms this year for record of the year and best country solo performance. The noms for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards will be announced on Nov. 20.

Come on Over also fared better at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Twain received six noms over the life of the album. Combs has received three noms for the album over a three-year period, winning for new male artist of the year (2018).

It's a mixed picture at the CMA Awards. Combs received more overall noms for his album (five) than Twain did for hers (three), though Twain was nominated for album of the year (1998).

Combs' five CMA noms for the album include one win: new artist of the year (2018). He's nominated this year for male vocalist of the year (for the second year in a row) and song of the year for "Beautiful Crazy." (He's also nominated for musical event of the year for "Brand New Man," but that's from a Brooks & Dunn album.)

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8541397/shania-twain-come-on-over-luke-combs-this-ones-for-you-awards

ShaniaFan25 · Member

The way albums are sold today are not like how they were sold in the 90s. Besides When his album reaches 40 million plus then I'll be amazed. It's Not like the CMA'S ever supported Shania Twain in the United States anyway. Hence why she never makes any appearances on that awards show. Shania Twain's come on over is a massive album and no country artist will ever sell what that album sold with just one album. So if he beats the 50 weeks at number 1 I am sure Shania won't be disappointed lol

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Happy Birthday Come On Over! 22 years today!!

10:30 AM ET - 4 Nov 19

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***Come On Over is the best-selling country album (over 40 million sold worldwide) and the best-selling studio album by a female artist in any genre.

Tommy · Guru

Luke Combs' debut album 'This One's For You' falls back to No. 2 on this week's Billboard Top Country Albums chart. So the album's No. 1 position remains tied with Shania's 'Come On Over' at 50 weeks.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-11-09

***On a side note, Luke's new album 'What You See Is What You Get' comes out this Friday, November 8. I'm sure the album will debut at No. 1.

Tommy · Guru

A Guy Named Luke Stands in the Way of Luke Combs’ Chart Greatness

By Jim Casey | Nash Country Daily | March 18, 2020

Below is a self-quarantined update to an article I penned in January.

Since releasing his sophomore album, What You See Is What You Get, in November 2019, Luke Combs has prevented himself from breaking his all-time Billboard chart record.

In late October 2019, Luke’s 2017 debut album, This One’s for You, reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for the 50th week, tying him with Shania Twain’s Come On Over for the all-time record of most weeks at No. 1.

Since dropping in November, Luke’s sophomore album has spent 14 out of 18 weeks at No. 1, including this week.

No. 2 on the chart during nine of those 14 weeks? Luke’s This One’s for You.

In theory, if Luke scrubbed his sophomore album from streaming services for one week, his debut album would get the bump to No. 1, thus breaking his tie with Shania.

Of course, that’s not going to happen. It’s just food for thought while you self-quarantine. A more likely scenario would be that This One’s for You organically reaches No. 1 again…or Shania’s legion of fans re-buy Come On Over to put her back in sole possession of the crown…or Luke and Shania live happily ever after as king and queen.

https://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2020/03/18/a-guy-named-luke-stands-in-the-way-of-luke-combs-chart-greatness/

Tommy · Guru

chart data @chartdata

.@ShaniaTwain's "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" has now surpassed 200 million views on YouTube.

https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1241504751050686464

7:19 PM ET - 21 Mar 20

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Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

The Man! I Feel Like A Woman! video has hit 200 million views on @YouTube 😱 SO awesome. Thank you!

12:52 PM ET - 23 Mar 20

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Robby · Senior Member

Shania Twain’s Come On Over is an overlooked feminist masterpiece

It’s one of the biggest-selling albums ever and took country-pop global but its themes of female empowerment are often forgotten. In our second column on personal favourites, Roisin O'Connor reappraises a record that impresses her, very much.

By Roisin O'Connor | The Independent - UK | April 10, 2020

I was seven years old when Come On Over was released in the UK. It was 1999, and my half of the bedroom I shared with my younger brother was littered with cassettes, felt-tip pens, and books by Roald Dahl and Jacqueline Wilson. Downstairs, we had a CD player and shelves stacked with my parents’ albums: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Dire Straits for my dad; Kate Bush, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac and The Police for my mum. I’d heard “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” on the radio and begged my mum to let me buy the album with my pocket money. Against the odds, America’s biggest country music star found her way into the family collection.

Seven-year-olds don’t really listen out for things like how good the production is, or whether the lyrics reference some obscure poem. Instead I lasered in on Twain’s warm, Canadian twang singing huge choruses over fiddles made to sound like synths. I felt the thrill of trying to emulate her brassy confidence on that most cutting of lines: “OK, so you’re Brad Pitt?... That don’t impress me much!” Later, I’d learn that most of these songs were performed in a major key, so it’s no wonder they were such a joy to sing along to. I had a dance routine for every one of them.

With the help of her producer and then-husband Mutt Lange, who had previously worked on stadium rock albums for the likes of AC/DC and Def Leppard, Twain made the definitive country-pop album. Come On Over is a slam-dunk of hits, and one that taught me about female empowerment. A full 15 years before the #MeToo movement, Twain was singing about consent on “If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!” and domestic abuse on “Black Eyes, Blue Tears”. On the defiant “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, meanwhile, she flouted every rule about what a demure country chanteuse was supposed to be and she inverted Dolly Parton’s “9-5” on “Honey, I’m Home”. It’s the most traditional sounding song on the record but it sees Twain demanding that her partner look after her when she comes home from a crappy day at work. “Shania’s brand,” the singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose told Rolling Stone in 2017, “was ‘I will take no sh*t and all of your money, thanks!’ … nobody stepped on Shania, especially not the men in her songs.”

There was even a dig at the Nashville purists on the album: “Rock This Country!”. Shania wasn’t afraid – she was hard as nails, raised in a household in Timmins, Ontario, where food was scarce and her mother and stepfather engaged in a tumultuous, often violent relationship. By the time she was eight, she was singing in bars to help support her family. And she wasn’t afraid of taking risks with her music, either. Her second album, 1995’s The Woman in Me, made her a star in country music but failed to chart at all in the UK and so in order to go global, her sound had to morph into something country that resembled pop. Lange spent four months remixing the album to remove many of the traditional country elements from the album’s original US version and that’s the version that I heard as a child. What remained was Twain’s message, one shared by the prominent female artists in the late Nineties, from Alanis Morissette to Madonna, that explored empowered female sexuality.

However scandalised Nashville was by Twain’s pop hooks and glam-rock wardrobe, the rest of the world was sold. Come On Over is a monolith that shattered industry records and was a No 1 country album across four different years, eventually topping the UK charts in 1999, 74 weeks after it had originally been released here. It is still one of the biggest-selling records of all time, shifting over 40 million copies worldwide. Songs such as “That Don’t Impress Me Much” have the kind of winking, sarcastic tone that Taylor Swift – who decided to pursue her own career after hearing Twain’s music – would later inject into hit songs such as “Blank Space” and “We Are Never Getting Back Together”. Without Shania, there likely wouldn’t be a Taylor.

But Come On Over’s success didn’t always overshadow its critics. In 2000, Come On Over became the best-selling album of all time by a female solo artist and yet a 1999 article in The Observer titled “Could this be the worst year in the history of pop music?” bemoaned Twain’s “fake country”. Not only that but the music press was still hardwired to pit female artists against each other: just a few months later, the same publication instructed Twain to “move over” as it profiled another rising female country star, Faith Hill.

The reality was that 1999 was a defining year for women in music. The 41st Grammys was dubbed the “Grammy Year of Women” because each of the nominees for Album of the Year was a woman or a band fronted by a woman, while Lauryn Hill was to set an industry record as the first woman to win five Grammys in one night.

In the past few years, pop writing has evolved so that “serious” music sections in national publications can just as easily publish a think piece on Britney Spears as they can on Bob Dylan. But there is still a chasm between the two: you still might not expect to see Shania Twain’s albums recommended by a “serious” writer, and it often falls through the cracks of poptimist criticism. But I would argue that Come On Over has stood the test of time just as much as anything by Fleetwood Mac or The Beatles. It broke records and boundaries and succeeded in being enjoyed by as many people as possible, and it has some killer riffs.

For me, it’s the album I always come back to. I listen to it when I’m cleaning my flat; if I’ve had a rubbish day and need cheering up; when a member of the opposite sex really pisses me off. I actually stopped listening to music last year, after breaking my ankle, which is a scary situation for any music critic. I was bed-bound and fell into a depression. But, even though I couldn’t dance, Come On Over was the album that pulled me out of the fog. Shania, you’re still the one.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/shania-twain-come-on-over-feminism-empowerment-grammys-mutt-lange-a9457146.html

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain’s Come On Over is an overlooked feminist masterpiece

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Thank you for sharing this @Roisin_OConnor 😘
https://twitter.com/roisin_oconnor/status/1248558931850530816

Video message from Shania - https://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain/status/1249407072015470592

2:40 PM ET - 12 Apr 20

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Tommy · Guru

Come On Over is #300??? That's ridiculous!

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better

By Rolling Stone | September 22, 2020

Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was originally published in 2003, with a slight update in 2012. Over the years, it’s been the most widely read — and argued over — feature in the history of the magazine (last year, the RS 500 got over 63 million views on the site). But no list is definitive — tastes change, new genres emerge, the history of music keeps being rewritten. So we decided to remake our greatest albums list from scratch. To do so, we received and tabulated Top 50 Albums lists from more than 300 artists, producers, critics, and music-industry figures (from radio programmers to label heads, like Atlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman). The electorate includes Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish; rising artists like H.E.R., Tierra Whack, and Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail; as well as veteran musicians, such as Adam Clayton and the Edge of U2, Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, Gene Simmons, and Stevie Nicks.

How We Made the List and Who Voted

When we first did the RS 500 in 2003, people were talking about the “death of the album.” The album —and especially the album release — is more relevant than ever. (As in 2003, we allowed votes for compilations and greatest-hits albums, mainly because a well-made compilation can be just as coherent and significant as an LP, because compilations helped shaped music history, and because many hugely important artists recorded their best work before the album had arrived as a prominent format.)

Of course, it could still be argued that embarking on a project like this is increasingly difficult in an era of streaming and fragmented taste. But that was part of what made rebooting the RS 500 fascinating and fun; 86 of the albums on the list are from this century, and 154 are new additions that weren’t on the 2003 or 2012 versions. The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better.

300 - Shania Twain, 'Come On Over'

Mercury, 1997

Shania Twain’s third album was basically a country Thriller, still the biggest-selling album ever by a female artist. Twain and her husband, AC/DC and Def Leppard producer John “Mutt” Lange, had radio in a hammerlock during the late Nineties with hits like “You’re Still the One” and “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” and Twain’s mix of genre-defying effervescence and feel-like-a-woman self-assertion helped pave the way for superstar rule breakers like the Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Swift, who said seeing Shania perform inspired her to want to get onstage herself.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Come On Over is one of @RollingStone's greatest albums of all time and one of my own greatest albums of all time! So many amazing albums on this list!! @DianaRoss, Aretha Franklin, @Drake, @DollyParton, @Harry_Styles, Prince, @eltonofficial... 😘

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/shania-twain-come-on-over-1062933/

10:45 AM ET - 26 Sep 20

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Tommy · Guru

Raised On It @RaisedOnIt_
A country music blog and podcast bringing you new songs & artists, your favorite music you grew up on, as well as the occasional hot take.

“Come On Over” is an iconic album, featuring massive crossover hits. We chat about this album’s impact on @ShaniaTwain’s career and legacy as well as what it did for country music.

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3mvA129
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2G4GcdQ

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11:15 AM ET - 28 Oct 20

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Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Happy Birthday Come On Over - 23 years!! Thank you for making this album what it is 😘💎 Favourite song? Favourite memory? Favourite artwork? I wanna know!!

3:03 PM ET - 4 Nov 20

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***Come On Over is the best-selling country album (over 40 million sold worldwide) and the best-selling studio album by a female artist in any genre.

Tommy · Guru

AP Entertainment @APEntertainment

ON THIS DAY - In 1997, @ShaniaTwain released her record-breaking album, "Come On Over." #OnThisDay

Video - https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/1324000196578086913

9:47 AM ET - 4 Nov 20

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Tommy · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Happy Birthday Come On Over - 23 years!! Thank you for making this album what it is 😘💎 Favourite song? Favourite memory? Favourite artwork? I wanna know!!
3:03 PM ET - 4 Nov 20
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***Come On Over is the best-selling country album (over 40 million sold worldwide) and the best-selling studio album by a female artist in any genre.

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Great memories ❤️❤️❤️

Retweet of Bryan White's behind-the-scenes video when he recorded "From This Moment On" with Shania and producer Mutt Lange
https://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain/status/1324361355189735425

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elaw4VOt0ZY

***Recorded in Shania and Mutt's home studio in upstate New York in the mid 90's.

Sakurakylie · Veteran Member

THE BRYAN WHITE CLIP IS GIVING ME LIFE!!!!!!!

Tommy · Guru

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Tommy · Guru

The Music Genre channel on YouTube has uploaded the entire Come On Over (International Version) album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq_b8EemzkM

Tommy · Guru

'You're Still the One': The Story Behind Shania Twain's Iconic Crossover Hit

By Grace Lenehan Vaughn | Wide Open Country | April 24, 2021

Shania Twain is known as the one of the best-selling female artists in the history of country music and one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. Throughout the '90s and early 2000s, Twain enjoyed an incredibly successful career in country and pop music, and the height of her career all started with "You're Still the One" from her 2x-Diamond-Certified album, Come On Over.

Prior to releasing Come On Over in 1997, Twain had seen success in country music with hits like "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?," "Any Man of Mine," "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" and more, but "You're Still the One" served to be the turning point which made Twain the massive, crossover star we know today. Released as the third single from the album in 1998, "You're Still the One" is a passionate love song that celebrates the longevity of a relationship that beat the odds and proved the critics wrong.

"Looks like we made it / Look how far we've come, my baby / We mighta took the long way / We knew we'd get there someday / They said, 'I bet they'll never make it' / But just look at us holding on / We're still together, still going strong," Twain sings in the first chorus.

The song was written by Twain and then-husband and music producer/songwriter Robert John Lange (or Mutt Lange), whom she married in 1993. According to Twain, the couple often worked on songs separately and then brought them together, and on the day they wrote "You're Still the One," magic happened.

"As I sang the chorus melody repeatedly while working out the lyrics, he kicked in with the counter line, 'You're still the one,' and it gave me chills," Twain wrote in her autobiography, From This Moment On (quote via The Boot). "All of a sudden we had a hit chorus. It was a magic moment."

Not only did Twain and Lange write the song together, but it's said the song was written about their relationship and the criticism it received in its early days. Twain and Lange were divorced in 2010 after he allegedly had an affair with Twain's best friend (Twain is now married to that friend's ex-husband, Frédéric Thiébaud), but the singer still calls the song "one of my favorite songs I've ever written".

Writing honestly about their relationship at the time proved to be successful for Twain and Lange, as "You're Still the One" became her first massive crossover hit and paved the way for the rest of Twain's high-flying career. The tune topped the US Country chart and the Adult Contemporary chart; it landed at No. 4 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart and on various other charts all over the world. It also spent nine weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and made an appearance on many other year-end charts. "You're Still the One" was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1999 and won the awards for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. The singer lost Record of the Year and Song of the Year to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."

Beyond all the accolades and awards the song received, it most of all established Twain as a force in both the country and pop genres. This song opened the door for the height of Twain's career, which included hits like "From This Moment On," "Honey, I'm Home," "That Don't Impress Me Much," "Man! I Feel Like A Woman," "You've Got A Way," and more. Fans may also remember the song's official music video, which featured Twain singing the tune on a beach. Today, the song continues to be one of Twain's greatest hits and has been covered by many artists. Musicians that have released or performed cover versions of the song include Prince, Roper, Harry Styles with Kacey Musgraves, and more.

https://www.wideopencountry.com/youre-still-the-one/

Tommy · Guru

'Man! I Feel Like A Woman!': The Story Behind Shania Twain's Empowering Song

By Darby Sparkman | Wide Open Country | August 7, 2021

Shania Twain is a pop-country superstar that glitters and shines brighter than any diamond. With hits like "Honey, I'm Home," "You're Still The One," "Any Man of Mine," and "Man, I Feel Like A Woman," she's a '90s country icon.

"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" was written by Twain and her producer, and then-husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange as a single from her 1997 album Come On Over. The song was released to US radio first in March of 1999 and worldwide in September of that same year. The song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, reached the top 10 in over six countries, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for 1,000,000 digital downloads. The song won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000.

The song's lyrics are full of girl power and having fun during a night out and Twain has said the hit was likely inspired by nights out at gay clubs with her friends during her early twenties.

When Twain was trying to get a start in the music industry, she moved to Toronto and lived with two other girls who would encourage her to go out with them at night. Twain, her two roommates, and her gay friends would all get ready together before hitting the town. "They'd come over to our place first, and we'd all dress up and put on dark eyeliner -- the guys included," she continued in the book. "Madonna had just hit it big, and everyone was copying her look. We'd dress like her, back-comb our hair until it was too big and all spiky, then head out on the town," Twain wrote in her autobiography From This Moment On.

"Gay bars had the best dance music and the most impressive dancers....Being inexperienced at applying makeup, I marveled at how artistic and glamorous some of the men were. They looked so gorgeous, with features that had been defined and exaggerated with blushes, liners, shadows and accessories. My fascination with this initial introduction to men transforming themselves into beautiful women likely sowed the seed of inspiration for a song I would write years later: 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman!'" she continued.

You can see Shania Twain live in Las Vegas at her upcoming "Let's Go" residency at Zappos Theater in 2021 and 2022. There, you can see her perform her greatest hits like "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under," "That Don't Impress Me Much," "Forever and For Always" and 'Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)."

'Man I Feel Like A Woman!': Lyrics:

Let's go girls
Come on!

I'm goin' out tonight, I'm feelin' alright
Gonna let it all hang out
Wanna make some noise, really raise my voice
Yeah, I wanna scream and shout

No inhibitions, make no conditions
Get a little outta line
I ain't gonna act politically correct
I only wanna have a good time

The best thing about bein' a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild
Yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action
Feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free
Yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man, I feel like a woman

Girls need a break, tonight we're gonna take
The chance to get out on the town
We don't need romance, we only wanna dance
We're gonna let our hair hang down

The best thing about bein' a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild
Yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action
Feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free
Yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man, I feel like a woman

The best thing about bein' a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun (fun), fun!

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild
Yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action
Feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free
Yeah, to feel the way I feel
And man, I feel like a woman

Oh yeah
I'm totally crazy
Can't you feel it?
Come, come, come on baby
I feel like a woman

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