Country Pop Bites: Shania Twain – April 26
Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2003 CMT premiered Shania Twain's "Forever And For Always" video?
It's true! Check it out!
Here are 5 interesting facts about Shania Twain.
- While growing up in poverty, she earned money by singing in local bars.
- She raised her three younger siblings after her mother and stepfather died in a car accident in 1987.
- Her stepfather, Jerry, was an Ojibwa native; when she changed her name from Eileen, she chose "Shania," which is Ojibwa for "I'm on my way."
- She won the 1999 Entertainer of the Year Award at both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards.
- She is a vegetarian; she was the first celebrity to be named Sexiest Vegetarian Alive by PETA, in 2001.