Shania Twain In the News December 2004

"I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful." - Shania

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0412.30-Shania tops the charts again:

Shania remains #1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart, with an 11% sales increase. The Greatest Hits album sold 347,000 copies last week.

0412.30-Don't premieres!!! [CMT]:

Shania's new video "Don't" premiered tonight on CMT USA. You can video the video online at CMT. Be sure to REQUEST THE VIDEO by posting on CMT's Top 20 Video Countdown Message Board. Also begin requesting the song on your local radio stations. Video Captures are located here

0412.28-Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!:

Happy 11th Anniversary to Eilleen and Robert Lange!!!

11 years ago today, Shania and Mutt were married at Deerhurst Resort in Ontario Canada. In the latest issue of Reader's Digest, Shania had this to say about their relationship: "I followed my heart and it didn't let me down! He's just a beautiful person. We have a very strong relationship. We've survived all the pressures that careers like ours can put on a marriage: moving around, separations you have to endure, the intense time together, all the change you have to flow with. And we're still very happy. I look at him with complete adoration and love. I melt. We just went to a wedding, and I looked at him and thought, Wow! I feel like we're still in the beginning."

0412.28-ScentStories Disc:

According to an ad that appears in the magazine REAL SIMPLE, a new disc for the ScentStories player will be released soon featuring "Shania's Wishes For Spring" Stay Tuned for more details.

0412.26-Don't premieres this week:

Don't forget that Shania's new video premieres on the CMT Top 20 Video Countdown show on December 30th. Then on January 1st, CMT debuts a new special, the CMT Top 20 Greatest First Videos at 8pm. Shania is among the country stars interviewed for the special.

04012.22-Shania's secret for a hit record [CountryStars]:

With Shania's Greatest Hits album fly off the shelves, she tells CountryStars, "I'm always trying to do something unique and be an individual artist so in that sense it's probably going to end up being different from a lot of what else is out there, but that is a goal, I do that intentionally, but not intentionally to be a trend setter," she says modestly. Yeah, it does take time to put together I think a good quality record," she admits. "More time for me, I think because I write my own music, so you know, of course it's just more time consuming. And then you know, all the studio time."

0412.22-Triple Platinum [CMT]:

Shania's Greatest Hits Album has been certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA. CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!!!

0412.22-Shania still #1 after 4 weeks:

Shania remains at #1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart, and #4 on the overall Pop Album Chart. Shania's album sales came in at 311,000 copies. That is a 31% sales boost from last week.

0412.22-Shania on EXTRA:

On the TV Entertainment show EXTRA, Mark McGrath interviewed Shania. They showed clips from Shania's Homecoming in Timmins. See the video captures here.

0412.19-CMT Top News Headlines of 2004 [CMT]:

Shania ranked #17 on CMT's list of the top headlines of 2004, despite the fact she broke and set records. The #1 country tour, bringing in over 86$ million dollars, beating second place Kenny Chesney. Her hit album "Come On Over" reached Double Diamond status reaching the 20 million mark, and she received the Triple Diamond Plaque at the CMT Flame Worthy Award Show for being the only artist in history to have three consecutive certified diamond albums.

0412.19-Shania owned the road in '04 [Countrynation]:

At least one Country News website has the story straight: Shania Twain couldn't have had a better 2004 at the ticket window, reporting $62.5-million in total tour grosses and playing to close to one-million fans. Toss last year's total into the pudding, and you come up with a staggering 86-million -- hands-down the top-grossing tour in history for a female country artist. Don't be coming to Daddy with who sold the most tickets -- he's only impressed by who brings home the biggest pile of dough. It was also reported in Billboard Magazine's Year End Issue, that Shania set another record for the highest grossing tour for a female country artist. Congratulations Shania!!!!

0412.16-More Platinum for Shania:

Shania's "Greatest Hits" CD has been certified Double Platinum by the RIAA. Shania achieved this status in 5 weeks time. CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!! Remember to keep requesting her single PARTY FOR TWO!!! Be sure to watch the CMT Canada "CMT CENTRAL" Shania special tomorrow 12/17 and watch the CMT USA special "Top 20 Headlines from 2004" on Saturday 12/18.

0412.16-CMT Top 20 Countdown:

Shania's video "PARTY FOR TWO" has reached #1 on CMT USA's Top 20 Video Countdown Show. Congratulations Shania and Billy!!!

0412.16-Shania remains #1 in week 5:

Shania's Greatest Hits CD remains #1 on the Country Billboard Chart, selling 237,000 copies. She is #6 on the overall album chart.

0412.16-Shania leads Christmas Sales [Chart Attack]:

With one week of Christmas shopping to go the winner of the holiday season CD race looks to be Shania Twain. After a strong showing from U2 a couple of weeks ago, Twain forcefully came back and holds down #1 for the second week in a row. Twain’s Greatest Hits is selling like mad, actually increasing sales over last week. The country pop star sold 61,700 CD’s last week, up 5,000 from the week before. This sudden surge of Shania fever has pushed her well ahead of her toughest competition, U2

0412.16-Greatest Hits review [PhilStar]:

...The sequence of the songs goes backwards with the cuts from UP! coming first, followed by those from Come On Over and The Woman in Me. What I find truly interesting is that this gives the listener a look into how Shania evolved from talented country singer into a big pop star through the years. It shows her music starting at country, the country getting some rock which changes into power ballads, that lightens into pop, where it gets that bright beat that has become her trademark. Now that she is on top of the game, you won’t believe what she does. She goes back to country. Shania introduces three new songs in the album, two of them Don’t! and Ain’t No Quitter are country songs. The other Party for Two strikes a balance between pop and country and is probably where Shania wants to be, enjoying both worlds.

0412.13-Shania: top country tour [Countrynation]:

While the Nashville Press twists words over who had the top tour so they look good, Countrynation gets the story right. Total ticket sales aside, who was the country star taking home the most tour loot in 2004? Answer: Shania Twain. According to Billboard, Shania grossed a cool $62.5 million, playing to nearly 950,000 fans. The top ticket seller in country was Kenny Chesney, but he came in a few million shy of Shania, raking in $49.3 million -- while Toby Keith stuffed $44.3 million under his hat.

0412.12-Up! video clips [Mercury]:

Mercury has added video clips from the Up! Video press kit on their website. Shania talks about the recording of Up! and the making of the video for "I'm Gonna Getcha Good". Shania also talks about being a new mom.

0412.12-Shania plans new charity [Readers Digest]:

Be sure to check the January issue of Reader's Digest. Shania recently did an interview that is published in this issue. Shania talks about her Greatest Hits CD, as well as the formation of a charity to help kids in need. Shania says...Not a day goes by that I'm not planning this charity to help underprivileged kids, hungry kids in North America. I know what happened to us and what happens to a lot of kids, and somebody needs to help them.

0412.08-CMT VIDEO PREMIERE! "Don't" [OFC]:

The Shania "DON'T" video will WORLD PREMIERE on CMT during their year-end NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL TOP TWENTY - December 30, 2004

0412.07-Double Diamond news [Billboard]:

Well, the press releases are finally out in regards to "Come On Over" going Double Diamond. The RIAA and Billboard both posted articles on their websites. Shania Twain has joined an exclusive club as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November certified her 1997 album "Come on Over" 20 times platinum. The milestone reflects U.S. shipments of 20 million copies of the single-disc Mercury Nashville set, the equivalent of two of the RIAA's diamond level awards (10 million). "Come on Over" is the best-selling country album in history, according to the RIAA. "Come on Over" is the best-selling country album in history, according to the RIAA. Only five artists have titles that have shipped more copies to U.S. retailers: the Eagles (1976's single-disc "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975)," 28 million), Michael Jackson (1982's single-disc "Thriller," 26 million), Pink Floyd (1979's two-disc "The Wall," 23 million), Led Zeppelin (1971's single-disc "Led Zeppelin IV," 22 million) and Billy Joel (1985's two-disc "Greatest Hits, Vol. I & II," 21 million). (Ed note: For its accounting purposes, the RIAA counts each disc of a multiple-disc release as a single unit towards a title's total.) Twain's entry into that pantheon debuted at No. 1 Billboard's Top Country Albums and No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart upon its release. Eleven of the 16 tracks reached Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "You're Still the One" (No. 1), "Love Gets Me Every Time" (No. 1), "Honey I'm Home" (No. 1), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (No. 4), "Come on Over"(No. 6), "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" (No. 6), "From This Moment On" (No. 6), "That Don't Impress Me Much" (No. 8), "You've Got a Way" (No. 13), "I'm Holdin' on to Love (To Save My Life)" (No. 17) and "Rock This Country" (No. 30). Shania's site has also been updated!

0412.07-Grammy Nominations for Shania:

Shania has been nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("She's Not Just A Pretty Face") and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Coat Of Many Colors," recorded for the tribute album, Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss & Union Station backing.

0412.06-Shania, on writing songs [STNAOFC]:

What’s your technique for writing a new song?
If I have an idea, I’m usually singing it around for a couple of days, milling it around in my mind. Lyrics I will write down immediately. A melody, well you can always call your own telephone number and sing it into the phone, so that’s an easy way of not losing it. Some melodies are there for years and I know that with the next record there are a few melodies that have been milling around for a long long time which I will get to.

Have you ever got a tune in your head and wondered whether it’s new, or whether you’ve just heard it somewhere? Sometimes it does happen and I’ll say to myself, have you heard this melody before? A lot of things do happen unconsciously. Some melodies might come to me in my sleep or, maybe it’s been in my head for so long and I never realised it and that’s why it sounds familiar to me, but it’s really mine.

Do you tend to think of a snappy title or lyric first, or the music first?
I know that for If You’re Not In It For Love I’m Out Of Here, that came later. We did the song, we didn’t have a title yet. We had this rhythm going and we were in the Caribbean at the time and Mutt kept saying ‘Come on, think of something!’ I remember him encouraging me to try and think of something. I was listening to the music, he was playing the riff over and over again over several days. At breakfast one morning I finally said, ‘Okay, If You’re Not In It For Love I’m Out Of Here. And he said ‘Yes, that’s it!’

0412.06-Christmas with Shania [CMT Canada]:

Shania told CMT CANADA what Christmas was like growing: She told us that Christmas was always a fun time for her family. “We all decorated the tree. It was a really nice, family time for our family. And we would often travel to my grandparents’ house when we lived out of town. And we would spend between Christmas and New Year’s with them a lot of the times. And that was more of a big, you know, Aunts, Uncles, cousins and all that sort of thing on my Dad’s side of the family. So, my immediate family spent most of our Christmases by ourselves and it was really quite nice.”

0412.05-Country Countdown USA [CCUSA]:

December 11-12: Shania Twain co-hosts this week with Lon. Her Greatest Hits CD has just been released, featuring her duet with Billy Currington. She talks about recording that song, and shooting the video. She also talks about a couple of recent movie roles. And she tells us what she'll be doing in 2005. Listen online at 3c Digital 4pm est.

0412.05-Two Years of Triumph [GAC]:

...she had just begun a new assault on country music hoping to take her already lofty superstar status to even greater heights with the release of a new album and the beginning of a new tour. It was just over two years ago that she released her album Up! What’s followed has been two years of undisputed triumph. It had been five years since she’d released a new album and 3 years since she had been on tour. To her fans it was like she’d never been away. They immediately embraced her new album and enthusiastically welcomed her back on her worldwide tour. It’s been a love-fest bigger than anything she’s experienced before. Shania talks about the future: "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." While Shania Twain thinks about what’s next, she’ll no doubt be reflecting proudly on her last two years of Triumph.

0412.05-Shania GAC Artist of the Month [GAC]:

Although GAC has taken the half hour special off their schedule, they are still promoting Shania through a "Party For Two" Contest. Remember to REQUEST THE VIDEO PARTY FOR TWO!!!!

0412.03-Shania the songwriter [STNAOFC]:

This Shania interview appeared in the Herald Sun on November 28th. Shania talked about family, songwriting, and why she would never live in Australia. Here is the an excerpt on one of Shania's favorite things to do, and that is songwriting, ..."If you're talking about deep satisfaction, I only get that from songwriting because it's such an expressive thing. It's like writing in your diary or something. It's permanent." There is one aspect of Shania's early days she misses: belting out old favourites on a dodgy sound system in a small, smoky bar. "I find that it's difficult in a big concert with the kind of music that I like to indulge in. It doesn't translate as well." Shania says she is sitting on a pile of unpublished songs that she has penned over the years -- a treasure trove that would be worth a fortune. But if she has her way, it may never be seen. "I would be so embarrassed to think anybody may find it -- even in a 100 years. "It's like anything. Before you finish something you don't want anyone to see it. That would be the most embarrassing thing. I don't even let Mutt hear it! "I felt that way when John Lennon died and they brought out his unreleased material. As a writer I felt a pang. And there was that exhibition of Picasso's unfinished works. "I felt like I was intruding. It was fascinating, but I still felt wrong. I thought, `He doesn't know we're all peering at his private thoughts'."

0412.03-CMT Special: 20 Biggest Headlines of 2004:

Be sure to check out the new CMT USA special "20 Biggest Headlines of 2004" which airs on December 18th. Check CMT for more information.

0412.02-Homecoming special is a home run for CTV:

Shania's homecoming special on CTV on November 28th was the ratings winner, beating out the CBC's "Greatest Canadian" special with a 63% more viewers. According to CTV, Recording superstar Shania Twain was the most popular Canadian on the dial last night, when 1.535 million Canadians (2+) tuned in to Shania's Homecoming on CTV. The one-hour special, which aired head-to-head against the finale of CBC's The Greatest Canadian, attracted 63 per cent more viewers, making Twain the greater Canadian for viewers last night. Shania's Homecoming will be rebroadcast this Sunday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings), exclusively on CTV.

0412.02-"Crazy Cakes" [Leukemia.ca]

According to shania.com, "Last May Shania donated her recipe for "Crazy Cake" to a special cause, moved by a very touching story about two little girls: 8-year old cancer survivor Juliana and her 10-year old cousin Brooke, who want to help children with cancer. The girls are huge Shania fans and were able to attend her last concert in London ON. With her mom's help, Brooke published a cookbook called "Cookin' in Brooke's Kitchen," which raised enough money for two Leukemia Research Fellowships. Young Brooke has now finished her second cookbook (with Shania's secret recipe) to raise more money for Leukemia Research. Brooke's new cookbook with be available December 10. Brooke will have a book signing that day at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. 5,000 copies are being printed and Brooke hopes to raise $75,000 for research of childhood Leukemia. All money raised goes to the Leukemia Research Fund of Canada... To ORDER go to this link: Leukemia.ca

0412.02-Iraqi Shania fan [CSM]:

Shania fans show up in the most unlikely places....

Shania Fan in Kurdistan....After writing the piece, correspondent Annia Ciezadlo went to an Internet cafe to send it. Her Apple laptop would not start. The next day, she found a computer technician in Sulaymaniyah who was sure he could fix it. "He pulled out his screwdrivers and began to disassemble it before my eyes," she says. While he was working, he asked Annia where she was from. "Chicago? That's a great city. Do you know why?" By way of answering, he turned on another computer in his shop that began playing a Shania Twain concert in Chicago. "For two hours, he danced and worked," says Annia. "He said 'Shania is my guide,' sighing, and rolling his eyes to the heavens. 'She is teaching me English.' But he fixed the computer, and only charged me $25, so it was worth being subjected to an entire Shania Twain concert. I think."

0412.02-Shania takes some time off [Yahoo]:

After a decade of touring and focusing on her career, Shania Twain says she's now ready to enjoy life more and spend time with her new son — in addition to creating music. "I haven't cracked as many champagne bottles open as I probably should have over the last 10 years, just because I was always so focused on the future, what's next, all that sort of stuff," Twain told reporters at a recent news conference Over the past 10 years, Twain has undertaken a heavy schedule of touring, recording, writing and promotion but "never really (stopping) to enjoy the moment as it's happening. That's kind of unfortunate," she said. But that has already begun to change. For one, she has been spending more time with her son, Eja, who accompanied Twain around the world on her most recent tour. "He's just a wonderful little boy — cheerful, happy and he's got a lot of miles under his belt right now," she said

0412.01-3c Digital interview [3cDigital]:

Shania was on the 3c Digital country station on the web, and she talked about various things:

On the CMA Awards:

"CMAs awards, there is no logic as to when you get them".

Come On Over getting the double diamond:

She said that she and Mutt focus on writing quality songs, and every album they have worked on has gone Diamond.

On future goals:

She said, since she already has over did her dreams, she constantly wants to write a better song, coming up with a better story.

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0412.01-People's Choice Awards [pcavote]:

Vote for Shania who is a nominee for the Favorite Country Singer Award for the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards, which will air on January 9th 2005 on CBS at 9pm

0412.01-More on Shania's album sales [Countrynation]:

Here is a funny story from Countrynation, I just had to reprint here:

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-- With Shania Twain's 3rd week sales in excess of 384k, her "Greatest Hits" album has now sold over 1 million copies in the US alone -- and will spend a third week at the top of the country charts. Here's the best part. Each Shania album sold puts another chigger in the shorts of the wags on Music Row. You keep buying and they keep scratching. Life is good.

So remember to purchase your Greatest Hits CD!!!

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