James Taylor

Other recognition:. Shania Twain has won numerous awards, including "Best Country Album", "Top Country Artist of the Year", and "Best Songwriter". Grammy Awards:. Total US Sales 44 million Worldwide 81 million. In 2001 Taylor wed for the third time to Caroline (Kim) Smedvig, Director of Public Relations and Marketing at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. To be continued.... Taylor's appearances were joint performances with the Dixie Chicks. It got overwhelmingly positive reviews across the board and quickly sold 2 million copies in the US in just a month and a half.

Bush in that year's Presidential campaign. In 2004, Shania decided to release a greatest hits album. These concerts were organized by MoveOn.org with the general goal of mobilizing people to vote for John Kerry and against George W. Since it was a double album, it has been certified 10x Platinum. Always visibly active in environmental and progressive causes, in October 2004 Taylor joined the "Vote for Change" tour, playing a series of concerts in American swing states. Despite hit singles like "Gonna Getcha Good," "Up!" and "Forever And For Always," "Up!" didn't have the staying power of "Come On Over." It sold 5 million in America, roughly down 75% from it's predecessor. In 2004, with his Columbia/Sony record contract having concluded, he released James Taylor: A Christmas Album with distribution through Hallmark Cards; it continued the accompaniment trend. It charted at the top for 5 weeks.

It featured a number of quiet but sophisticated instrumental accompaniments and passages, one of which won the corresponding Grammy. "Up!" debuted at #1 to good reviews, selling 874,000 in the first week alone. Flanked by two greatest hits releases, the new October Road appeared in 2002 to a receptive audience. Internationally the country mixes were replaced by world mixes. Taylor's two albums of original material from the 1990s were notably successful: his thirteenth album, New Moon Shine, went platinum in 1991, and he won the coveted Grammy for Best Pop Album in 1998 for Hourglass. A double-album, it featured 19 songs in pop mixes and the same 19 songs in country mixes. His concerts feature songs from throughout his career; a particular strength is his section of backup singers, especially Arnold McCuller. Naturally, she toured again to support it.

He toured regularly, and was especially popular on the American summer outdoor amphitheatre circuit. After having a child in 2001, Shania went back into the studio to record the follow-up to her blockbuster album "Come On Over." "Up!" was released in November of 2002, making it 5 years since the world had new material from her. That's Why I'm Here started a series of studio recordings that, while spaced further apart than his previous records, showed a more consistent level of quality. Many newer fans were totally unaware of her country music roots, particularly as singles released outside the United States and Canada featured remixed versions de-emphasising country-style instrumentation. He put his addiction problems behind him. When the dust finally settled, Come On Over had sold 20 million copies in America and 39 million worldwide, making it the biggest album by a female artist in history. Beginning in 1985 Taylor staged a career resurgence. Shania toured the globe in support of the album.

Taylor also performed at the No Nukes concert in Madison Square Garden, then appeared on the album and film from the concert. Over the next two years, the album stayed on the charts, spinning off hit after hit. The album was a success, though there were no hit singles from it. Songs like "Don't Be Stupid," "Man! I Feel Like A Woman," "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "From This Moment On" joined the 11 songs that eventually saw release as singles. After collaborating with Art Garfunkel and briefly working on Broadway, Taylor took a two-year break, reappearing in 1979 with Flag. It never hit the top spot, but with the single "You're Still The One," sales skyrocketed. Taylor signed to Columbia Records and released JT in 1977, winning another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for "Handy Man". But slowly, the album started racking up sales.

Simon was unhappy with Taylor's being out on the road traveling so much; he rejected an ultimatum from her that he spend more time with his children, and they eventually divorced in 1983. In 1997, Shania released her follow-up album, "Come On Over." Selling 172,000 out of the gate and peaking at #2, the album was seen by many at first as a disappointment, given the massive success of her last effort. Taylor and Simon had two children, Benjamin ("Ben") and Sarah ("Sally"). Initially known as a country music artist, after her musical collaboration with (and subsequent marriage to) rock producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, her music veered towards pop, with huge commercial success following. Her album "The Woman In Me" caught fire due to singles like "Any Man Of Mine" and "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" It eventually topped the Country charts for months and became a massive crossover on the mainstream charts, peaking at #5 and topping out at 12 million sold. It became a huge hit and remains Taylor's best-selling album. In 1991, after an entertainment lawyer from Nashville heard her act, she was invited to record a demo tape. This was followed by In the Pocket in 1976, and then a Greatest Hits album that included some rerecordings of Apple Records-era material. When her mother and adoptive father died in a car crash in 1987, Eileen took her two younger brothers and sister to Huntsville, Ontario where she supported the family by performing at a local resort.

His next album, 1974's Walking Man, was a disappointment but the following one, Gorilla, was a success, partially because of a successful single, a cover version of Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". During high school in Timmins, she was the vocalist for a local band which covered Top 40 music. In 1972 (see 1972 in music) Taylor returned with One Man Dog and married Carly Simon, another singer-songwriter. At the age of 13, Eileen Twain was invited to perform on CBC television's Tommy Hunter Show. He won a Grammy Award for his version of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend". The city of Timmins later renamed a street for her and built the "Shania Twain Museum". 1971 saw the release of Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, another hit album. In 1991, when she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Nashville Records, she changed her name to Shania which is an Ojibwa language word meaning "I'm on my way".

Taylor worked with Dennis Wilson (of the Beach Boys) on a film, Two-Lane Blacktop, but this was unsuccessful at the time. Born Eileen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario to Sharon and Clarence Edwards, she grew up as Eileen Twain in Timmins, Ontario after her parents separated when she was two and her mother married Jerry Twain. The success of this single and the album, piqued interest in Taylor's first album, James Taylor, bringing it and the single "Carolina on My Mind" back onto the charts. Shania Twain (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His second album, Sweet Baby James, was a massive success, buoyed by the single "Fire and Rain", a song about his experience in an asylum and the suicide of a friend. 2005 "Don't!" #30 UK. Once recovered, Taylor signed to Warner Brothers Records and moved to California, keeping Peter Asher as his manager and record producer. Billy Currington.

Shortly after that, he broke both hands in a motorcycle accident on Martha's Vineyard and was forced to stop playing for several months. 2004 "Party For Two" feat. On July 20, 1969, he performed at the Newport Folk Festival. Mark McGrath #10 UK. By 1969, he was well enough to perform live and had a six-night stand at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles. 2004 "Party For Two" feat. Moving back to the United States, Taylor checked into Austin Riggs Hospital in Stockbridge, Massachusetts to try to kick the habit. from "Greatest Hits"