Shania Twain Net Worth [2022]: $400 Million (approx.)
Net Worth: | $400 Million (approx.) |
Date of Birth: | Aug 28, 1965 |
Age: | 56 years |
Height: | 5 ft 3 in (1.613 m) |
Profession: | Singer-songwriter, TV Personality, Singer, Music artist, Songwriter, Composer, Musician |
Nationality: | Canada |
Shania Twain net worth is around $400 million. Shania Twain is a famous Canadian country pop singer, songwriter.
How much is shania twain net worth?:
Shania Twain net worth is around $400 million in 2022. Shania Twain is often referred to as The Queen of Country Pop due to her status as one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Shania Twain House:
Shania Twain also reportedly owns homes in the Bahamas, New Zealand, New York and Florida. Shania Twain previously owned a luxury resort in New Zealand called Mahu Whenua that spans many acres and features rooms that rent out for as much as $15,000 per night.
Shania Twain Biography:
Born | Eilleen Regina Edwards August 28, 1965 (age 56) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
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Occupation | Singer,songwriter |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse(s) | Robert John “Mutt” Lange(m.1993; div.2010) Frédéric Thiébaud (m.2011) |
Children | 1 |
Musical career | |
Origin | Timmins, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Country,pop,country pop |
Labels | Mercury Nashville |
Website | shaniatwain.com |
Shania Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario on 28 August, 1965. Shania Twain parents, Sharon and Clarence Edwards, divorced when she was two years old and her mother shifted her three daughters to Timmins, Ontario.
Sharon married Jerry Twain, who adopted the girls and changed their surname to his. Shania Twain had a difficult childhood as parents earned little money and there was food a scarcity in their house.
Shania Twain mother and stepfather’s relationship was strained from the beginning and there was violence between them. In 1979, her mother drove the girls 420 miles to a Toronto homeless shelter for assistance. Sharon returned to Jerry Twain with the children in 1981.
Shania began singing at bars at the age of 8 to try and help pay her family’s bills. Shania wrote her first songs at the age of 10: “Is Love a Rose” and “Just Like the Storybooks.” At age 13, Shania Twain was invited to perform on the CBC’s “Tommy Hunter Show.” When she attended high school, Shania Twain was a singer for a local cover band called Longshot. Shania Twain graduated from Timmins High in 1983.
Shania Twain Career:
After Longshot broke up, Shania Twain performed in a cover band called Flirt and toured all over Ontario with them while taking singing lessons from Toronto voice coach Ian Garrett. Shania Twain was noticed by Toronto DJ Stan Campbell who took her to Nashville to record demos, which she had difficulty financing.
Shania Twain became friends with regional country singer Mary Bailey who was a fan of Shania’s voice. Shania Twain moved into Bailey’s house under a recording contract and practiced her music for hours a day and continued to record demos.
Shania Twain met John Kim Bell who had close contacts with the Canadian Country Music Association. The two secretly began dating. Shania Twain first big break came when Bell staged a fundraiser in 1987 at which Shania performed at. On November 1, 1987, Shania Twain’s mother and stepfather tragically died in a car accident.
Shania Twain put her singing career on hold and moved back home to take care of her younger siblings. She performed at the Deerhurst Resort in Ontario to support them. Many years later, Shania Twain assembled a demo tape and caught the attention of many labels, including Mercury Nashville Records. They signed her within a few months.
Shania Twain Success:
Shania Twain released her first album “Shania Twain” in 1993. This album wasn’t a huge success when it was first released but eventually sold one million copies after her subsequent albums shot her to superstar status. The album gained her recognition and audiences outside of Canada. The album only reached No. 67 on the US Country Albums Chart but it was positively acclaimed in reviews. The album found success in Europe where Twain won the Country Music TV Europe’s Rising Video Star of the Year Award.
It was Shania Twain 1995 album “The Woman in Me” that launched her career. This album sold 4 million copies in its first year of release and eventually sold 12 million copies. “The Woman in Me” boasted such hits like “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?”, “You Win My Love” and “No One Needs to Know.” The album picked up the Grammy for Best Country Album as well as Album of the Year at the Academy of Country Music awards.
Shania Twain next album, 1997’s “Come On Over” became the best-selling studio album of all time by a female act in any genre and the best-selling country album of all time after selling more than 40 million copies worldwide. This album contained probably two of her most well-known songs to date, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman”, and “You’re Still the One.”
The album stayed on the charts for two years and won four Grammy Awards, including Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance. The songs drew further European attention and “That Don’t Impress Me Much” became a No. 3 hit in the UK and Top 10 in Germany in the summer of 1999.
Additionally, a remix of “You’ve Got a Way” appeared on the “Notting Hill” soundtrack. Billboard declared Shania Twain the most played artist on American radio in 1999. Shania Twain launched her first major headlining concert tour in 1998.
After a two year hiatus, In 2002, Shania Twain released the album “Up!”, which sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Her 2017 album “Now” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and US Country charts as well as #1 in Canada.
Shania Twain’s autobiography was published in 2011. In addition to singing, Twain portrayed herself in the 2011 TV series, “Why Not? with Shania Twain”, in which she told her story from poverty and tragic personal life to becoming one of the best-selling female artists ever.
In June 2011, Shania Twain received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Today Shania Twain is the second best-selling artist in Canada, behind Celine Dion, as well as the first (and currently only) female artist in history to have three consecutive albums reach diamond status, certified by the RIAA.
Who is shania twain’s husband?:
Shania Twain met producer Mutt Lange in 1993. They were married later that same year and had a child together in 2001. In 2008, it was revealed that Mutt had cheated on Shania with her best friend, a woman named Marie-Anne Thiebaud.
They separated and were divorced in June 2010. In December 2010, Shania was engaged to business executive Frederic Thiebaud (the ex-husband of Marie-Anne). Shania Twain married in January 2011.
Shania Twain Awards:
Shania Twain has achieved huge success both as singer and songwriter, selling more than 100 million records, winning five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter awards.
Shania Twain Interesting facts:
- Shania Twain is a resident of Switzerland.
- Shania Twain birth sign is Virgo and her life path number is 3.
- Shania Twain birth flower is Gladiolus and birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx.
- Shania Twain was born in the Year of the Serpent.