Shania Twain Trivia

SHANIA TWAIN TRIVIA

1) What name was Shania Twain born with?

Eilleen Regina Edwards was born in Windsor, Ontario, on August 28, 1965. Her parents divorced when she was two and her mother married Jerry Twain, an Ojibwa from the nearby Mattagami First Nation who adopted Eilleen and her two sisters. After deciding to pursue a country music career, she changed her name to Shania, which was said to be an Ojibwa word meaning "I'm on my way."

2) At what age did Shania start singing in bars?

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Twain started singing at bars at the age of eight to try to help pay her family's bills. She often earned $20 between midnight and 1 a.m. performing for remaining customers after the bar had finished serving alcohol. "I hated going into bars and being with drunks," she would later say. "But I loved the music and so I survived."

3) What was the name of Shania's first band?

FLIRT LONGSHOT UPTOWN BOURBON REVIVAL

While attending Timmins High and Vocational School, she was also the singer for a local rock band called Longshot, which covered Top 40 music like Journey, REO Speedwagon, and Bryan Adams.

4) In which song does Shania sing: "We mighta took the long way/We knew we'd get there someday"?

"ANY MAN OF MINE""HONEY, I'M HOME""YOU'RE STILL THE ONE""FROM THIS MOMENT ON"

"You're Still the One" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks, becoming Twain's first top-ten hit in the US. Although it never topped the chart, the song is recognized as Twain's most successful crossover single.

5) Which Britney Spears song did Shania co-write?

"DON'T LET ME BE THE LAST TO KNOW""OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN""BORN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY""HOW I ROLL"

"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" was written and produced by Robert Lange, with additional lyrics by his then-wife Shania Twain and Keith Scott. Spears recorded her vocals for the song between November and December 1999 at Robert Lange's and Shania Twain's chateau in La-Tour-de Peilz, Switzerland.

6) How many of Shania's original songs were on her debut album?

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In her autobiography, Twain revealed that she had very little creative control over her self-titled debut album and expressed frustration over only being able to include one of her original songs: "God Ain't Gonna Getcha for That."

7) Which song became Shania's first No. 1 single on the Billboard country singles chart?

"DANCE WITH THE ONE THAT BROUGHT YOU""ANY MAN OF MINE""FROM THIS MOMENT ON""YOU'RE STILL THE ONE"

"Any Man of Mine" spent ten weeks atop the Billboard Country Singles Sales chart. It won Single of the Year at both the Canadian Country Music Awards and Country Music Radio Awards in 1995.

8) How many songs from Twain's Come On Over album reached the Billboard Hot Country Songs top 20?

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10 of the 16 songs on Come On Over reached the top 20, including three No. 1s: "Love Gets Me Every Time", "You're Still the One", and "Honey, I'm Home".

9) In which song does Shania sing: "I will love you with every beat of my heart"?

"FROM THIS MOMENT ON""MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!""YOU'RE STILL THE ONE""HONEY, I'M HOME"

"From This Moment On" was written during a soccer game in Italy. Twain once explained, "We were in Italy at a soccer game. My husband loves sports. I don't know the game that well, so my mind drifted and I started writing."

10) Which NASCAR driver named his car after Shania?

RICKY CRAVEN TYLER REDDICK TIM FEDEWA KYLE BUSCH

Tim Fedewa told Sports Illustrated that he nicknamed his car "Shania" in honor of the Canadian singer.