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BIO:
Shania
Twain, OC (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian
singer and songwriter who has been very
successful in the country and pop music genres,
setting several sales records for female artists
and for country artists.
Born
Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario to
Sharon and Clarence Edwards, she grew up as
Eilleen Twain in Timmins, Ontario, after her
parents separated when she was two, and her
mother remarried to Jerry Twain, a full-blooded
member of the Ojibwa First Nation.
At
the age of 13, Eilleen Twain was invited to
perform on CBC television's Tommy Hunter Show.
During high school in Timmins, she was the
vocalist for a local band "Longshot"
which covered Top 40 music. When her mother and
adoptive father died in a car crash on November
1, 1987, Eilleen took her two younger brothers,
Mark and Darryl, and sister Carrie-Ann to
Huntsville, Ontario, where she supported the
family by performing at a local resort (Deerhurst
resort). In 1991, after an entertainment lawyer
(Dick Frank) from Nashville, Tennessee heard her
act, she was invited to record a demo tape.
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