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Shania Twain celebrates her 54th birthday today. Born in Canada as Eilleen Regina Edwards, we take a look at her amazing career which skyrocketed in 1995.

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Shania Twain celebrates her 54th birthday today. Born in Canada as Eilleen Regina Edwards, we take a look at her amazing career which skyrocketed in 1995.

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1990's Shania Twain


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Julia Roberts And Hugh Grant Team Up With "Notting Hill" Soundtrack Stars For Charity -- Julia Roberts And Hugh Grant, The Stars Of The Romantic Film Of The Summer Notting Hill, Team Up For Charity With The Film's Soundtrack Stars Shania Twain, Elvis Costello, And Ronan Keating (From Irish Supergroup Boyzone) At The London Premiere Of The Film.


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Shania Twain attends the 36th Annual CMA Awards (Country Music Association) at the Grand Ole Opry House on November 6, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Shania Twain backstage at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002.


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Shania Twain performs on the "Today" show at Rockefeller Center November 26, 2002 in New York City.


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Shania Twain attends the 30th Annual American Music Awards (AMA) at the Shrine Auditorium on January 13, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.


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Shania Twain performs during the 30th Annual American Music Awards (AMA) at the Shrine Auditorium on January 13, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.


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Shania Twain attends the 2003 Teen People and Universal Records Party at the Ivar Night Club on January 13, 2003 in Hollywood, California. The party honored recording artist Nelly.


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Shania Twain at "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios in Burbank, Ca. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003.


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Taylor Swift and Shania Twain during the recreation of "Thelma & Louise" for CMT Music Awards airing on June 8, 2011 8pm EST on CMT Country Music TV. This segment taped on June 6, 2011 in Thompson's Station, Tennessee.


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Shania Twain speaks on stage as Billboard celebrates the Country Music industry with Country Power Players at WestEnd Kitchen and Bar at the Hutton Hotel on June 5, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Shania Twain (L) and Lionel Richie attend the 23rd annual Keep Memory Alive 'Power of Love Gala' benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 16, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Shania Twain performs at the Staples Center on August 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.


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Shania Twain performs during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVII between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders on January 26, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.