US pop icon planning collaboration with Adele ahead of UK tour and TWO more albums
By Simon Boyle | The Sun - UK | September 10, 2023
SHE has performed with everyone from Harry Styles to Lionel Richie.
And now Shania Twain is eyeing up a superstar collaboration with someone who is a huge fan of hers — Adele.
The Brit singer was left starstruck in November when she discovered Shania had secretly attended one of her Las Vegas shows, admitting she “would have self-combusted had I seen it was you” and adding: “I adore you”.
Now Shania has revealed she is keen for them to team up after they eventually met at the Grammy Awards in February.
In an exclusive interview, the Canadian country star said: “I would love to sing with her.
“I think we would blend beautifully together. Obviously, that would be amazing.
“She’s a great singer and has her own style that is unique.
“She’s a character on stage, too. She’s a fabulous performer.
“She’s so funny. I like her a lot.
“I saw her at an awards show shortly after — it was the Grammy Awards — and I was able to chat with her then.
“She was seated nearby and having a great time.
"We chatted about when I was in her audience, and I really loved the show. It was such a beautiful show.”
Any song the pair put out would surely be a big hit, given they made two of the best-selling female solo albums of all time.
Shania’s 1997 record Come On Over is a huge seller, having shifted 40million copies, while Adele’s 2011 album 21 has shifted 31million units.
Shania has spent much of this year on the road following the release of her latest album Queen Of Me and will kick off her UK tour this Thursday in Glasgow.
And she has teased there is far more music on the way.
She explained: “I’ve got so much music that I wrote over the lockdown periods because I was, out of sheer boredom, needing an outlet for my creativity.
“I wrote a ton of stuff. I’ve got enough to make at least two albums right now.
“That’s been building up and I plan on making a new record as soon as I can.”
She kept fans waiting six years for her latest album, so hopefully this means it won’t be so long next
Hopefully she releases the next album soon - in the next year and a half to two years. If she follows her usual 5 year release cycle, she'll be almost 70 by the time the second album is released.
I would like to see a more country influenced album that has a similar sound to Done and Dusted and Wanted Man tha builds off her 90s country sound. I also would like a duets album where she revisits her hits with newer pop and country artists.
I also would be very interested in a Brandi Carlisle produced Shania album. Brandi Carlisle is a great vocalist on her own but she is also a great songwriter and producer. She reserrected Tanya Tucker's career with the album While I'm Living in 2019, and I would love for her to write and produce an album with Shania.