Eilleen Regina Edwards was born at Windsor, Ontario and was raised at Timmins, Ontario.

Her mother, Sharon and father Clarence Edwards divorced and soon after they moved to Timmons for work where Sharon met Jerry Twain an Ojibwa from the Mattagami First Nation who ran a wood industry  employing many people from his tribe and Timmins.

Jerry encouraged Eilleen and her younger sisters to do what you love.

At age thirteen Eilleen appeared on CBC’s “The Tommy Hunter Show”, where she impressed everyone with the strength and maturity of her voice.

At nineteen Eilleen was working at Huntsville, Ontario where is waitressed during the week and sang on the weekends.

Her mother and step-father were killed in a car accident and Eilleen went home to Timmins and when she came back, she had her two younger sisters with her.

She took the name of Twain as attribute to her step-father and called herself Shania an Ojibwa name meaning ‘On my way’ and continued working at the Lodge, supporting her sisters and singing on the weekends.

Through connections she met Mutt Lange a songwriter and record producer.

Mutt and Shania became a song writing team and shortly thereafter married and Shana’s career took off.

Shania singlehandedly saved U.S. Country Music as it was falling into disfavour.

She was the first non-U.S. citizen to win “Country Performer of the Year”.

Shania gave Country Music a modern vibe and opened the door for Country Rock.

Shania is a member of “The Order of Canada”, has three Junos, has a star on “Canada’s Walk of Fame”, has a street named in her honour in Timmins, Ontario. She is a member of the “Canadian Country Hall of Fame”, “Canadian Music Hall of Fame” as well as the U.S. Country Music Hall of Fame and she garnered several awards from all around the world.

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