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Post by anafan on Oct 27, 2004 22:17:33 GMT -5
Shania Twain Radio Special
Something very exciting is happening on Lia's show Friday night, November 5th! Lia will be presenting “Shania Twain: Friday Night Live,” a world premiere album release event as part of her regular Friday night show. This special 90-minute spotlight will air live via satellite from Emerald Studios in Nashville beginning at 9pm Central , 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain and 10pm eastern. Lia will be joined live by Shania Twain and a special guest host, who will be announced soon.
Lia will relay questions to Shania from the studio audience, as well as from Lia show listeners tuning in from home. Twain will debut new music from her upcoming Greatest Hits album, including the ballad “Don’t” and “I Ain’t No Quitter.” Event attendees and radio listeners will also hear a sampling of Twain’s chart-topping hits.
Following the live listening party, Lia will offer affiliates an exclusive behind-the scenes post-show celebration with the stars who attended the event. She’ll round this half hour portion out with more of Twain fans’ favorite tunes.
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Post by britrocks16 on Oct 27, 2004 22:41:32 GMT -5
how much do you think this will sell in its first week? Im afraid it might be britney's first week sales ???
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Oct 27, 2004 23:21:36 GMT -5
I would honestly be surprised if Britney sold more than her in the first week. It just seems like Shania has sold more in the past and has more promo/a bigger hit.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 28, 2004 20:06:18 GMT -5
Shania would sell more than Spears in the USA- as it should be.
Any word on the Oprah date yet?
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Post by anafan on Oct 28, 2004 20:21:02 GMT -5
SHANIA GREATEST HITS SPECIAL TO AIR ON GAC GAC will air a half-hour special on Shania's Greatest Hits Friday, December 3rd. Check out gactv.com for show times. SHANIA'S INTIMATE PORTRAIT TO RE-AIR Shania's "Intimate Portrait" will re-air on Lifetime Real Women December 25th at 8 PM EST. www.shania-twain.comAny word on the Oprah date yet? Not yet I don't think..
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Post by drock89 on Oct 28, 2004 20:28:10 GMT -5
Because the Lia radio show has been announced, I can tell you that album shows just like this will be airing all throughout the country in selected markets the street week of the GH.
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Post by anafan on Oct 29, 2004 14:40:09 GMT -5
The best of times for Shania ... and she's out with her greatest of hits By JANE STEVENSON Toronto Sun The Twain Train is about to descend on Ontario. Country music crossover queen Shania Twain returns to her home province next week with stops in Timmins on Tuesday and Toronto on Wednesday to promote her greatest hits collection, due in stores Nov. 9. But back in September, during an exclusive print interview with the Toronto Sun in a posh, 100-year-old lakeside hotel in Montreux, Switzerland, the singer was reveling in the fact that pretty soon she would have no schedule at all. "Really my goal probably for the next year is just writing," said Twain, 39, relaxing on a couch in one of the hotel's ballrooms and dressed casually in a black hoodie, grey shirt and black pants with matching black boots. "I need to write again. So I don't know when the next album's going to be. I don't know when the next tour is going to be. And I think that what this album represents, for me, this greatest hits, is a period of pause." Twain said she didn't even know what musical direction she may take for her next studio album -- the official follow-up to her 2002 release Up!. "I don't know if I want to change direction," said Twain, who lives about 15 minutes outside Montreux in the exclusive neighborhood of Tour-de-Peilz. "I've entertained the idea of doing a really rootsy, country sound; it would be more on the bluegrass side. Would I want to do a straight-ahead pop record? I've entertained the thoughts of doing just duets with all my favourite artists. I've thought of maybe doing an album of covers of my favourite classics. And so what kind of album is the next album going to be? I don't know. I have to think about it a little more." And while the tabloids may love to speculate that as 40 approaches, Twain and hubby/uber-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange may try for another child in her down-time, she said there are no plans to give three-year-old son Eja a sibling. "He's beautiful and we're having such a great time," said Twain. "If it happened, it would be an accident, let's put it that way. We're not planning another one. I'd always welcome another child, but we're not going to plan for it. And we're quite happy the way we are. We've got so much to look forward to, with the (Up!) tour ending, and Eja's going to be starting school in a year or so. I look forward to all those things. I won't want him to start school earlier than he has to. I'd like to wait until he's five if I can." Incidentally, Twain doesn't think turning 40 is a big deal: "It doesn't make any difference. You change physically, but I'm happy to do that." Twain did say that Eja surprised her by how much he enjoyed going on the road for Up! "He did great. He was a real trouper about it all. He had his bed on the bus. He loved the bus. Whenever we'd leave it to go somewhere, the bus couldn't come with us or whatever, he'd go (adopts little boy tone) 'Where's my bus? I want my bus!' " Twain -- who has sold close to 80 million albums worldwide -- is facing some mighty fierce competition on Nov. 9 -- Britney Spears is also releasing a greatest hits collection that day. "I didn't know that," said Twain." I don't think it's going to interfere at all on a competitive level, because we have such completely different audiences. There's some crossover, sure, my 12-year-old fans, my eight-year-old fans, I have a lot of kid fans, they're probably her fans too. I know they are. "But my fan base is so wide that I can't imagine that their parents are buying Britney's album. Their parents are buying my album. Their grandparents are buying my album. So it's a different audience in that sense, but there's probably some crossover there. "Besides, things are long-term. I've got three singles on this CD. This isn't just about the first day. This isn't just about the first week. My records never have been anyway. This is about what's going to happen over the following year." Her first single is Party For Two, which she recorded in both country and pop versions as duets with Billy Currington and Mark McGrath, respectively. There's also a new ballad Don't, which was written for the new movie, An Unfinished Life, which stars Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, and Morgan Freeman, and a honky tonk track I Ain't No Quitter. Otherwise, her 21-song collection brims with hits such as Man! I Feel Like A Woman! and Whose Bed Have Your Boots (Been Under). Twain claims she doesn't "have a competitive bone in (her) body," despite the music industry's ever-increasing focus on first day and week sales. "I remember when I was on tour with Toby Keith, he's a really competitive guy, and we were talking about it." Both of them were just getting started in the business. "He actually had a hit and I hadn't had a hit, yet. And he was telling me how competitive he was and how he had to win and he wanted to be on top. He's a football player. He's got that mentality. "He says, 'Don't you just want to be a winner?' And I said, 'No. I really don't care.' I make music and that's what I do. And, of course, I want it to be successful, but I'm not looking at the scale and going, 'Who's beating me or whatever.' So there's just different types. "I, definitely, I'm in my own race. I don't have that nature. It just breeds jealously because then you're a sore loser. And how can you lose in music anyway? It's all a matter of opinion. There's no losing or winning. You put out your music and that's what your music is. "Success, to me anyway, if you can feed yourself, if you can make a living at what you do, you're successful in life. Maybe that's because I come from a poor background." One notable TV appearance Twain made earlier this year was on Oprah to promote her part in a Dolly Parton tribute record. Twain found herself becoming emotionally overwhelmed as she talked about, then met and sang opposite, her idol Parton. "During the hardship of my childhood, Dolly Parton was such a staple of my life," said Twain. "Somebody I listened to all the time. I'd dissect her songs. She was just a very big part of it. And so to have her there, oh, it was just really weird and it was very emotional." The scene made such an impact because Twain, who lost her parents when a logging truck plowed into their car, and was forced to raise her younger siblings, is rarely seen in public breaking down. "It was a personal moment -- that's what it was -- and it was on TV," said Twain. "So it really was truly personal and I really just needed to do that with her by myself. I was like, 'I wanted you to meet my mom. I want to talk to you about your songs.' I wanted just to have her to myself. So I kind of felt exposed a little bit. But that's what Oprah does." www.canoe.com/JamCountryTwain/oct29_twain-sun.html
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2004 17:41:18 GMT -5
By JANE STEVENSON Toronto Sun The Twain Train is about to descend on Ontario. Country music crossover queen Shania Twain returns to her home province next week with stops in Timmins on Tuesday and Toronto on Wednesday to promote her greatest hits collection, due in stores Nov. 9. www.canoe.com/JamCountryTwain/oct29_twain-sun.htmlGreat article. :) After hearing the other 2 new songs on Shania's "Greatest Hits" album, I really hope it sells huge numbers. "I Ain't No Quitter" is definitely a country song that brings back memories of Shania's much earlier work. Imo, "Don't!" is one of her best ballads ever. I think it has the potential to be huge on the charts. I am definitely impressed by her new songs. I just hope radio, country radio in particular, embraces her songs.
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Post by anafan on Nov 1, 2004 17:51:04 GMT -5
SHANIA TWAIN TO TAKE NEXT YEAR OFF TO WRITE Shania Twain fits in the super singer/songwriter category as her first Greatest Hits package approaches (Nov. 9th), and she's planning to take time to go back to the writing well that made her monster career happen. She tells the Toronto Sun, "I need to write again. So I don't know when the next album's going to be. I don't know when the next tour is going to be. And I think that what this album represents, for me, this greatest hits, is a period of pause." MORE... WILL SHANIA GO MORE COUNTRY OR POP? - There's no doubt she deserves a rest. After all, in the last two years she's recorded and released another Diamond (10 Million +) album, UP! Question is, what kind of album is up next? "I don't know if I want to change direction," said Twain, "I've entertained the idea of doing a really rootsy, country sound; it would be more on the bluegrass side. Would I want to do a straight-ahead pop record? I've entertained the thoughts of doing just duets with all my favorite artists. I've thought of maybe doing an album of covers of my favorite classics. And so what kind of album is the next album going to be? I don't know. I have to think about it a little more." BY THE WAY SHANIA FANS... If you're worried you'll miss Shania when she takes a year or so off to write, you can sure fill up your Shania tank as she hits the media to support her Greatest Hits album. Shania will appear on Good Morning America (11/5), Good Morning America Weekend (11/6), CMA Awards (11/9), CBS Early Show (11/9), Extra (11/9), Access Hollywood (11/9), CNN (11/9), A&E Biography (December), among many other shows. Print outlets featuring Shania include TV Guide (11/5 cover), Reader's Digest (January), and USA Today feature (11/9). countrystars.com/news/haislop/n-update.html---------------------------------------------------------- Sleepless for Shania 400 FANS LINE UP OVERNIGHT FOR CHANCE TO MEET SINGER By KIRK VILLAMARIN, TORONTO SUN HE WORE a jacket, sweater, three shirts, two pairs of pants, and three socks while he slept overnight on Yonge St. to get a wristband yesterday. But Jeremy Ing, 18, said it was worth it to get a chance to meet Shania Twain. "I sat on my ass here for 13 hours," said Ing as he covered himself with a green sleeping bag. "I had to do it." Ing was third in a line of about 400 people who waited to get a wristband that would allow them to get an autograph and have a picture taken with the music superstar when she visits the HMV music store this week. Twain will appear at the store, a block from the Eaton Centre, from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, after she co-hosts Canada AM at Dundas Square. First in line was Audrey Scherrard, 45, followed by friend Peter Clarke, 57. "We were here for 17 hours," Scherrard said. Clarke said he was glad to help her be first. "When she had to go to the washroom or something like that at least I could keep a spot for her and keep her company at the same time." Karin McArthur, 18, said the sleepover wasn't bad. "When it started raining in the morning, it was kind of crappy, but we felt good. It was fun." A hundred of the 500 wristbands were left over. They will be given away Wednesday morning. Universal Music co-manager David Lindores expects people will start lining up by 1 a.m. that day. www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/11/01/695620.html
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Post by anafan on Nov 2, 2004 18:04:47 GMT -5
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Post by drock89 on Nov 3, 2004 17:13:06 GMT -5
Shania Twain Come on over on Friday, November 5 as we host a very special event with multi-Grammy platinum artist Shania Twain. We’ll be chatting live from Nashville as Shania answers fan questions about her new album “Shania Twain Greatest Hits” (featuring 21 tracks) releasing November 9 and more. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet one of country music’s biggest stars. Now does that impress you much? chat.msn.com/msnlive_feature.msnw?id=artist/shaniatwain
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Post by automyskin89 on Nov 4, 2004 22:26:39 GMT -5
Will Shania Release A "Greatest Hits" DVD Of All Her Music Videos...That's What I'd Like To See...Same Thing From LeAnn Rimes....& Sara Evans...lol...Nick
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Post by drock89 on Nov 4, 2004 22:36:29 GMT -5
Will Shania Release A "Greatest Hits" DVD Of All Her Music Videos...That's What I'd Like To See...Same Thing From LeAnn Rimes....& Sara Evans...lol...Nick No word on this yet. There is the "Shania Twain: Platinum Collection" which covers all her videos from "Shania Twain" to "Come On Over"...
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Post by jazz on Nov 4, 2004 23:09:04 GMT -5
I am so impressed with her 3 new songs for this album. I still have not taken to the pop version of "Party for Two", but I love the country version, "Don't", and "I Ain't No Quitter". She has done a great job with this album. I will definately be getting it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2004 19:38:29 GMT -5
Shania has a new interview in "TV Guide." The new "TV Guide" interview also includes new Shania photos. The date of the "TV Guide" is November 7 - 13 and it has Shania or[/B] the "Desperate Housewives" cast on the cover. You can read the complete "TV Guide" Shania interview here... lounge.teamshania.com/showthread.php?t=5482Edit:[/B] Some people are saying that Shania is on the cover of "TV Guide" in some areas of the country. One part of the U.S. seems to be getting the issue with Shania on the cover. The other part of the U.S. is getting the issue with the "Desperate Housewives" on the cover. The inside part of the magazine is the same, including the Shania interview & new photos. The only difference is the cover.
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Post by anafan on Nov 5, 2004 19:47:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2004 17:53:47 GMT -5
Shania is scheduled to be interviewed on the CBS "Early Show" on This Tuesday morning - November 9th. Taken from a press release: CBS News anchor Hannah Storm will bring CBS "The Early Show" back to the Grand Ole Opry House for interviews with Toby Keith and Shania Twain, as well as live reports on Tuesday morning, Nov. 9.lounge.teamshania.com/showthread.php?t=5495
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2004 12:36:17 GMT -5
Here are the new[/B] Shania photos from "TV Guide." If you live in certain parts of the country, this is the "TV Guide" cover that you will see in stores. Photos courtesy of members.aol.com/muzikguy94/shania.html
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Post by anafan on Nov 8, 2004 16:35:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the TV guide scans. Shania Twain Looks Back on CareerBy JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A car full of dudes. Radio blaring. Annoying guy in the back singing off-key to Shania Twain's "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" while his buddies look seriously uncomfortable. Twain, who co-hosts Tuesday's Country Music Association awards with Brooks & Dunn, hasn't seen the Chevy commercial, but she's heard about it — and laughs at the thought. She's the first to admit her songs have a strong female perspective. But it's far more than women who are buying her records by the millions and filling arenas for her concerts. "It's girls, boys, men, women, grandparents, everybody," Twain says. "I don't know why that is. They all relate to it somehow. I think they relate to the sense of humor of it. It's not straight-ahead female empowerment. Men relate to it because it's got a sense of humor." Twain's new album, a greatest hits package, comes out Tuesday — the same day at her CMA appearance. If it follows course, it will be a huge success. Her last three albums have topped the 10 million mark, with 1997's "Come On Over" reaching 20 million and placing her among music's elite. Only a handful of acts — none of them country, not even Garth Brooks — have had bigger-selling albums. "As a country artist, she is in a bit of a category by herself," said Wade Jessen, a chart director for Billboard magazine. "In terms of radio and video exposure, Shania is a bona fide signed, sealed and delivered crossover artist." Dressed casually in a blue, green and white striped sweater with black pants and boots, Twain, 39, sips hot tea during an interview. She's polite, offering refreshments to a guest, and candid, answering pointed questions without flinching. She's unabashed in her pursuit of commercial success. She and her husband, producer extraordinaire Robert John "Mutt" Lange, approach each song as a potential radio hit. Artistic expression is fine and good, but only if it's commercially viable. "We only write songs that we think are worthy of being hits, of being on the radio," Twain says. "We work very hard to make every song like that." To reach every demographic, they often record two versions of the same song, one country-flavored, maybe with fiddles or steel guitars, and the other pop-oriented. Her music has become a staple on country, pop and adult contemporary stations. Her latest single, "Party for Two," one of three new songs on the greatest hits album, went to country radio as a duet with country newcomer Billy Currington and to pop radio as a duet with Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath (news). "It just keeps us in the pattern of my career so far, going all the way back to 'That Don't Impress Me Much' and 'Man, I Feel Like a Woman,'" she said. "If you've got that kind of versatility, why not have fun with it? We have that diverse fan base, and it's great to be able to explore that." Twain, who grew up poor in Ontario, Canada, almost always speaks in the plural when discussing her career, a nod to Lange's involvement. A South Africa native, Lange had produced top-selling albums by Def Leppard, AC/DC, Foreigner, the Cars and Bryan Adams (news) before he and Twain crossed paths. After seeing a video she made for her self-titled debut album (the lowest seller of her career by far) he traveled to Nashville to meet her. They married in 1993, and he has been her collaborator and partner ever since. Together, they co-write all of her songs. Early on, the relationship raised questions about her talent, fueled in part by her decision not to tour in support of her second album, "The Woman in Me" (she says now that she didn't have enough hits at that point to do a full show). While Twain credits their relationship with helping her career, she dismisses suggestions that he is a puppeteer behind her success. She says she comes up with most of the song ideas and many of the lyrics and melodies, while he takes the lead on arrangements and production. "He on his own has never had this kind of success. And me on my own, I doubt very much I would have had this kind of success. First of all, would I even have found anyone who had so much faith in me? Part of why I think I flourished is because he believed so much in me. He loved my voice; he loved my songwriting. He was my biggest fan." As for the critics, she says she was ready for them. She had been writing songs and performing since she was a child and was confident in her abilities. And today, she says, most of the doubters have gone away. "There's so much consistency in the music, so much consistency in everything," she says. "You can't really duplicate that if it's not really you." news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041108/ap_en_mu/music_shania_twain_2
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Post by bambas on Nov 8, 2004 21:41:23 GMT -5
AMG review,gives the GH 5 stars: Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Just like the albums her husband/producer Mutt Lange produced for Def Leppard, Shania Twain's albums are designed to generate hit singles for two or three years, which means that each of her blockbuster records — 1995's The Woman in Me, 1997's Come On Over, 2002's Up! — already seem like greatest-hits records, since they're filled with huge hits. This makes assembling an actual greatest-hits album a little difficult, since not only is the material overly familiar, but there are so many hits that they're difficult to fit on a single-disc collection. Impressively, 2004's Greatest Hits — the first compilation Shania has released in her career — doesn't skimp in either the hits or its actual length. Weighing in at a whopping 21 tracks, it has every big hit from her career, bypassing just a handful of tracks (including anything from her eponymous 1993 debut, plus "God Bless the Child" from 1996 and "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" from 2004), none of which are greatly missed. The collection runs in reverse chronological order, beginning with the ballad "Forever and Always" from Up! then running through hits like "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," "That Don' Impress Me Much," "You're Still the One," "Any Man of Mine" — all in their most familiar radio mixes, which means pop mixes alternate with country mixes according to the song — before ending with four new tracks (the gleefully goofy "Party for Two" is featured in two versions, a pop version with Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath and a country version with Billy Currington). Taken as a whole, this is a pretty impressive and consistent body of work — sure, her hits can be slick, glossy, and silly, but they're infectious, irresistibly catchy, impeccably crafted, and most importantly, still tremendous fun after hundreds of plays. This isn't straight country, but it never pretends that it is. Instead, Twain and Lange poached the catchiest elements from arena rock and adult contemporary pop, peppered it with '90s pop culture references — anything from bad hair days to Brad Pitt — and developed a glorious, supersized sound that defined mainstream pop and country for nearly a decade. And, as this wonderful collection proves, Shania's hits not only defined their time, but transcend them, as this Greatest Hits is as fun as pop music can get. www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bc881va5zzva~T1
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Post by drock89 on Nov 9, 2004 6:52:09 GMT -5
This is the day!! I will post the predicts from HITS today or tomorrow, whenever they get to posting them. The new songs rock. If you like Shania, I suggest HIGHLY that you pick this one up ;)
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Post by drock89 on Nov 9, 2004 6:56:36 GMT -5
Country show: Shania Twain's Greatest Hits arrives Tuesday; later that night, she performs at the Country Music Association awards. Mercury Records Twain's greatest hit: Her stunning success By Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY NASHVILLE — A decade ago, nobody in Mercury Records' Nashville division quite knew what they had in Shania Twain. The Canadian brunette recently had married Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had produced multiplatinum albums by the likes of AC/DC, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams. Even in a day when Garth Brooks extolled the virtues of Kiss and Queen, the music Twain and Lange created didn't sound like anything a country label had ever released. It certainly didn't resemble Twain's Nashville-produced middle-of-the-road debut, which hadn't managed to get a single cut into the top 40. Twain's blend of kittenish lyrics, in-your-face fiddles and massive drumbeats was enough to make everyone nervous — and very, very excited. "Everybody was sitting around going, 'How many records do you want to sell?' " Twain, 39, recalls. "I'm thinking, 'I don't even know what other people sell!' So I said, 'How many records do the top artists sell in country music?' They said 3 million. I said, 'OK, well, three. If I could be up there with the best, that's what I say.' " In retrospect, that goal seems a bar set far too low. Each of Twain's previous three albums — 1993's The Woman in Me, 1998's Come On Over and last year's Up!— have been certified diamond for shipments of more than 10 million. At 19 million, Come On Over is both country music's top-selling album and the best-selling album by a female singer. Songs such as From This Moment On, That Don't Impress Me Much and You're Still the One became hits in a variety of formats. Those singles appear on Twain's Greatest Hits album, out today, along with three new songs, including latest single Party for Two. Like many Twain singles, there are separate versions for the pop and country radio formats, one featuring Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath, the other country newcomer Billy Currington. Twain and Currington will perform the song on tonight's Country Music Association awards show, which airs at 8 ET/PT on CBS. On the day of this interview, she's sitting in a luxurious room in Nashville's Hermitage Hotel, munching on guacamole and tortilla chips. "I don't really like Americanized guacamole with all the onions and tomatoes," the vegetarian singer says. "I prefer just avocado, lime juice and maybe some garlic." But on a busy day and an empty stomach, it must taste good, because Twain wraps it up and takes it with her to finish during downtime of her rehearsal for a Good Morning America concert that aired Friday. Q: You and Mutt have been married almost 11 years, and January marks the 10th anniversary of your first big hit, Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? How have those years changed you and your music?A: When Mutt and I were putting Greatest Hits together, we looked back at all the old music we hadn't heard in so long and realized just how consistent it had been. You could pluck songs from different CDs and place them on each other. I think it's because we've been the same team the whole time. In Mutt, I felt for the first time that I had somebody who really made my record. Even though I came in as a nobody, he always respected me. He made me sound the way I wanted to sound and turned my songs into something I was really proud of. Q: How did working with Mutt change the way you wrote songs?A: It didn't. That was what was so amazing. We were just that compatible. I still write exactly the same way I ever did. I'm a better writer with him, because he pushes me and knows there's more there. He's the gauge. He says, "That's not good enough. Go think of something else. You've got to find another angle." He'll tell me what he thinks is wrong with it. So I just keep coming up with things. But he's the guy who says, "OK, that's it. That's a great idea." Would I know when I really have it? Creative people don't really know, I don't think. They just do it, and then other people tell them how (good) they think it is. He has never matched this success with any other artist. When I realized that was happening, that started giving me even more confidence in myself, realizing, "OK, I'm pulling my weight here." Q: Do you remember when you learned that Come On Over had passed Garth Brooks' No Fences as the best-selling country album ever?A: I think what I remember most is it being the biggest-selling album by a female singer. Numbers don't mean as much to me. But when you say things like "biggest-selling female," I start thinking about all these other artists, and it's hard for me to believe that. Q: What one thing told you you had succeeded far beyond anything you had imagined?A: I think when I did the (VH1) Divas (in 1998 with Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan and Aretha Franklin). I was humbled by it. And I realized that, wow, if nothing ever happens, ever again in my career, this has really stamped some great level on success (for me). Q: Any Man of Mine was your first No. 1. What made that song work?A: That song is one of the best examples of our collaboration. It's got the country roots from my childhood. It's got that rock sound that Mutt brings to it. It's got every element that people can relate to, and it represents everything that followed in my career. Q: From This Moment On was your first record that crossed over to pop radio. Was that always your intent?A: We knew from The Woman in Me that there were a lot of people listening to me who weren't listening to country radio. They didn't even know any of the (other) country artists. It started multi-formatting among the fans before it started getting on multi-format radio. I've never been a one-dimensional artist. From my very youngest years of singing, I never could sing just one style of music, ever. And I couldn't write just one style of music. I needed to be diverse. Q: One of your three new songs on the album, Don't, will appear in the forthcoming Robert Redford/Jennifer Lopez movie, An Unfinished Life. Did you write the song for the movie?A: Mutt had the thing, Don't, for a long, long time. Since the last album. And I had this melody that I was singing. He had this chord progression. But the sentiment of the song had not reared its head. What do you do with Don't? So the movie dictated where we went with it. The movie is really all about the struggle of relationships — forgiveness, anger, some really deep things. So we had to dig deeper. Q: I Ain't No Quitter is your most traditional-sounding country song in a long time.A: It's going to be one of my favorites, out of all the stuff I've done. I really love that very traditional, straight-ahead country stuff, and Mutt does, too. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? was really the only other one. And No One Needs to Know, too, had that sort of swinging feel, but this is real barroom, classic stuff. Q: Were Billy Currington and Mark McGrath your first choices to be the duet partners on the versions of Party for Two?A: No. I don't even know if we had decided at the beginning that we were going to have two versions. We knew we were going to do country for sure. We fished around for a lot of different options. Time was a big issue for so many people we thought of. I asked Toby (Keith) if he would do it. He said yes, but then it interfered with his record. He's probably the only other person I approached. It was getting complicated to find somebody who was going to have the right timing. So Luke (Lewis, Mercury Nashville label chief) said, "Maybe we should look at somebody new. It's not like you need the name. Just find the right voice." He said, "Listen to this guy Billy Currington." I wanted to have somebody who was a strong contrast to me. He's got the real deep, Southern voice, couldn't be more opposite from me. Q: What's with all the exclamation points in song titles like Up! and Man! I Feel Like a Woman!?A: I guess because when you're singing it, you're thinking about it in an expressive way. It just doesn't sound right to sing, "Man, I feel like a woman." (You want,) "Man!" I don't know. Q: How did you get the cameo in the movie I Heart Huckabees?A: I was written into the script before I even knew it. They called me up and said, "We wanted you to know that you've been written into our script a zillion times. Are you OK with that?" Then they asked about using some images. I eventually got personal letters from some of the cast, from the director, one of them from Jude Law, saying, "Would you come and be in this for a few seconds with us? Because you're in the script so much, and we talk about you so much on set, that it would just be so cool if you actually showed up for a second." So I did. (cont..)
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Post by drock89 on Nov 9, 2004 6:56:55 GMT -5
Q: Did you like the experience enough to try a bigger role someday?A: I loved the experience, but I also realized that these are real actors; they know what they're doing. I don't know if I could do that. It was a bit intimidating in that sense, but great fun. Q:You bought about 62,000 acres in New Zealand. What are you going to do with it?A: It's really just for the future. We live in Switzerland. That's where we'll spend most of our time. But we'll definitely go there for a couple of months. In their summer, because of opposite seasons. And ride! On the range! Q: You've said the Greatest Hits album might represent "a period of pause" for you. How long is a period of pause for somebody who takes five years to put out new albums?A: I know. A lot of people ask me, does this signify some kind of hiatus? I said, "Well, between CDs, I've always made this space. When you write your own stuff, you just need that." I'm not someone who puts an album out once a year. So I don't think it's going to be any longer. We'll get writing right away. I've already got ideas. Because we're married, we don't have to arrange getting together. When we feel ready to get back in the studio, we'll go. www.usatoday.com/life/music/...nia-twain_x.htm
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2004 15:09:15 GMT -5
This is the day!! I will post the predicts from HITS today or tomorrow, whenever they get to posting them. The new songs rock. If you like Shania, I suggest HIGHLY that you pick this one up ;) I've already gotten my copy. I got it at Target for just $ 9.98. Sitting next to it on the shelves was Shania's "Up! Close & Personal" DVD. It was only $ 11.98. So I bought the DVD too. A "Greatest Hits" cd and a new DVD for just $ 22.00. Not bad. :)
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Post by automyskin89 on Nov 9, 2004 15:55:56 GMT -5
I've already gotten my copy. I got it at Target for just $ 9.98. Sitting next to it on the shelves was Shania's "Up! Close & Personal" DVD. It was only $ 11.98. So I bought the DVD too. A "Greatest Hits" cd and a new DVD for just $ 22.00. Not bad. :) What's on this DVD?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2004 16:31:41 GMT -5
The "Up! Close & Personal" DVD is her 2003 NBC special with Alison Krauss & Union Station. The DVD features all of the songs that she did with Alison Krauss & Union Station. Plus, the DVD features additional behind-the-scenes stuff. Here's the official news report about the DVD: DVD RELEASE OF "UP! CLOSE AND PERSONAL"Also on November 9th, we will release a DVD version of her "Up! Close & Personal" TV special. The special, which was taped last November on NBC and aired Thanksgiving week, features Shania performing 12 songs (11 of her own tracks, plus a cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long") with Alison Kraus and Union Station as her band. The DVD also features bonus footage including interview, behind the scenes footage, and fan commentary.THE SONGS 01. I'm Gonna Getcha Good! 02. Ain't No Particular Way 03. From This Moment 04. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? 05. I Ain't Going Down 06. Up! 07. You're Still The One 08. I'm Holding On To Love (To Save My Life) 09. She's Not Just A Pretty Face 10. Forever And For Always 11. In My Car (I'll Be The Driver) 12. You Shook Me All Night Long Approximately 60 minutes. lounge.teamshania.com/showthread.php?t=5293&highlight=Personal
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Post by anafan on Nov 9, 2004 22:09:11 GMT -5
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Post by michellem on Nov 10, 2004 18:05:55 GMT -5
I saw a promo on QVC, she was to be on Monday 11/8 to promote this CD. QVC moves items really fast no matter what they are selling. Probably adds 50,000 units to her total.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2004 20:13:36 GMT -5
OTHER NEWS FROM THE AWARDS[/size] In spite of selling over 65 million albums worldwide, over 10 million in the past year, and mounting a two-year tour that grossed over 80 million dollars, Shania Twain was completely ignored by the CMA nominations this year. Many feel she should've been represented in the Entertainer and Female Vocalist categories at least. In spite of that re-buff, Shania showed up to the awards to perform her new duet with Billy Currington and to show her commitment to country music. She had announced that she would be taking some time off, and told us backstage that she didn't know how long that would be, "I've already begun writing. But, it's the writing that determines when we come back out," Shania said. "When the songs have been written, then the album will be done too." But, Shania says she's looking forward to some private time too, to be with her son Eja. www.countrystars.com/CMAAwards2004/index.html
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