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Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) was born August 28, 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada 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. She 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. Her album Come On Over is the biggest-selling album by a female artist of all time, the biggest-selling country album ever, and the 6th best-selling album of all time. Additionally, she is the only female artist to have three albums certified Diamond by the RIAA. She is also the recipient of five Grammy awards. |
