Editing Shania Twain (section)

==Artistry==
[[File:Shania Twain Glaston2024 2806 300624 (46 of 173) (53837669531) (cropped).jpg|thumb|328x328px|Twain playin guitar in 2024]]
Twain possesses a [[contralto]] vocal range.<ref name="Paxman-2020">{{cite web|last=Paxman|first=Bob|date=February 10, 2020|title=25 Years Later: Shania Twain's 'The Woman In Me'|url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/25-years-later-shania-twain-the-woman-in-me/|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=Sounds Like Nashville|quote=Twain sold them in a clear contralto voice|archive-date=June 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611024837/https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/25-years-later-shania-twain-the-woman-in-me/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Lisa|date=June 20, 2017|title=It's Time for Shania Twain and Celine Dion to Record a Duet|url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/06/shania-twain-celine-dion-duet-already.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[thecut.com|The Cut]]|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902203313/https://www.thecut.com/2017/06/shania-twain-celine-dion-duet-already.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shania Twain on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shania-twain/129974|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=[[Apple Music]]|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131194403/https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shania-twain/129974|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.pmgma.com/ebooks/lyric/Lyric_2018-2019_Issue_9_LaTraviata/18/|title=Lyric Opera 2018-2019 Issue 9 La Traviata|page=16|via=PMGMA, Inc.|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131185711/https://www.pmgma.com/ebooks/lyric/Lyric_2018-2019_Issue_9_LaTraviata/18/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=November 9, 1997 |title=Shania Twain: A Whole Other Country |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/11/09/shania-twain-a-whole-other-country/cc73ab7b-9e32-4782-ba7f-16c22092e8aa/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923162526/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/11/09/shania-twain-a-whole-other-country/cc73ab7b-9e32-4782-ba7f-16c22092e8aa/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Vain |first=Madison |date=September 28, 2017 |title=The Catch-Up: Your guide to 24 years of Shania Twain |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/music/2017/09/28/catch-up-shania-twain/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410145035/https://ew.com/music/2017/09/28/catch-up-shania-twain/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Shania Twain at Budweiser Stage |url=https://www.canadianamphitheatre.net/events/shania-twain-2/ |access-date=November 18, 2024 |website=[[Budweiser Stage]] |quote=Known for her contralto voice and blending of country, rock, and pop}}</ref> In 1996, ''[[Newsweek]]'' defended her from detractors who attributed her refusal to tour at the time to her inability to replicate her studio singing live, describing it as "a warm, languid alto sweetened with a wisp of bedroom allure".<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 25, 1996 |title=The Malling Of Shania |work=[[Newsweek]] |url=https://www.newsweek.com/malling-shania-180066 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105212247/https://www.newsweek.com/malling-shania-180066 |url-status=live }}</ref> Admitting that her singing voice is not as strong as it was prior to her [[Lyme disease]] diagnosis, she had to learn how to navigate her new voice in order to continue performing.<ref name="Malkin-2020">{{cite web|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=March 12, 2020|title=Listen: Shania Twain on Almost Losing Her Voice and Wanting to Work With Post Malone|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/shania-twain-i-still-believe-lyme-disease-post-malone-1203531410/|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228045252/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/shania-twain-i-still-believe-lyme-disease-post-malone-1203531410/}}</ref> Prior to her diagnosis, several physicians with whom she consulted throughout the years primarily attribute the loss of her voice to emotional stress, from which she has since recovered after experimenting with various relaxation techniques and devoting a lot of time to [[Vocal warm-up|vocal warmups]].<ref name="Nash-2020" /> In 2018 she underwent [[laryngoplasty]] to have Gore-Tex stabilizers implanted in her throat to reduce the workload on her vocal muscles.<ref name="Nash-2020" /><ref name="Hattenstone-2018">{{Cite news|last=Hattenstone|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Hattenstone|date=April 22, 2018|title=Shania Twain on abuse, betrayal and finding her voice: 'I wanted a break – but not for 15 years'|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/22/shania-twain-unexpected-return-freak-illness-country-pop-star|access-date=September 2, 2021|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230082843/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/22/shania-twain-unexpected-return-freak-illness-country-pop-star|url-status=live}}</ref>

She did little writing on her self-titled debut album, but Lange noticed Twain "had a distinctive voice as a songwriter" he felt had been overlooked by other collaborators.<ref name="Hall-2020a">{{Cite news|last=Hall|first=Kristin M.|date=September 30, 2020|title=Shania Twain reflects on breakout album that changed country|work=[[CityNews]]|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/09/30/shania-twain-reflects-on-breakout-album-that-changed-country/|access-date=September 2, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721172702/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/09/30/shania-twain-reflects-on-breakout-album-that-changed-country/|url-status=live}}</ref> Describing Twain and Lange as a "versatile" songwriting duo, Bob Paxman of Sounds Like Nashville observed that their songs explore several themes such as feminism and romantic longing,<ref name="Paxman-2020" /> while ''[[Maclean's|Maclean]]''<nowiki/>'s journalist [[Brian D. Johnson]] said her songs "range from domestic-bliss ballads to sassy rockers that taunt and tease."<ref name="Johnson-1998">{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Brian D.|author-link=Brian D. Johnson|date=March 23, 1998|title=Shania Revealed|work=[[Maclean's]]|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1998/3/23/shania-revealed|access-date=September 2, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902060202/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1998/3/23/shania-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref> Alanna Nash of [[AARP]] observed that Twain crafted ''The Woman in Me'' around "hooky melodies and clever wordplay" from her point of view.<ref name="Nash-2020" /><ref name="Hall-2020a" /> During the 1990s record executives feared her lyrics were too "male-threatening";<ref name="Malkin-2020" /> both ''The Woman in Me'' and ''Come On Over'' contain feminist and anti-infidelity themes.<ref name="O'Connor-2020">{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=October 5, 2020|title=Shania Twain: 'You're not allowed to be too pretty or too sexy or too anything as a woman'|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/shania-twain-interview-woman-me-anniversary-albums-b745027.html|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721172750/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/shania-twain-interview-the-woman-in-me-anniversary-albums-b745027.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Although she has become synonymous with singing songs about female empowerment that are "full of attitude", her catalogue also consists of love songs.<ref name="Jo Black-2020">{{cite web|last=Jo Black|first=Lauren|date=June 19, 2020|title=Did your favorite Shania Twain tracks make the cut?|url=https://countrynow.com/10-best-shania-twain-songs/|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=Country Now|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902144556/https://countrynow.com/10-best-shania-twain-songs/}}</ref> She believes female singers are often misunderstood for expressing "feminist views" or standing up for themselves, about which she often sings, explaining, "that doesn't mean that we don't love the men in our lives, and that we don't need the men in our lives."<ref name="Crone-2021">{{cite web|last=Crone|first=Madeline|date=March 2021|title=Shania Twain Celebrates Fellow Female Country Artists on International Women's Day|url=https://americansongwriter.com/shania-twain-womens-day-news/|url-status=live|access-date=September 1, 2021|website=[[American Songwriter]]|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902034233/https://americansongwriter.com/shania-twain-womens-day-news/}}</ref> She tends to isolate herself when writing songs to avoid distractions, believing she is most productive in this manner.<ref name="O'Connor-2020" /> She claims to adapt melancholy experiences into happy songs.<ref name="O'Connor-2020" /> ''Now'' was the first album she wrote without Lange's involvement, identifying the procedure as a very important songwriting experience because "I needed to do it alone, to start ideas and finish them without relying on anybody else's opinion and direction."<ref name="O'Connor-2020" /> Drawing from raw feelings of pain,<ref name="Nash-2020" /> she also used the album to process the demise of their relationship.<ref name="O'Connor-2020" />

Her primary musical genre is considered to be [[country pop]],<ref name="Jo Black-2020" /> with [[AllMusic]] critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] declaring that she "Skillfully fus[ed] mainstream, [[Album-oriented rock|AOR rock]] production with country-pop".<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Shania Twain – Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shania-twain-mn0000161808/biography|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]|quote=she earned few good reviews -- most critics accused her of diluting country with bland, anthemic hard rock techniques and shamelessly selling her records with sexy videos. Fans ignored such complaints|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030065802/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shania-twain-mn0000161808/biography}}</ref> ''Up'' is considered to be her most straightforward pop album to-date.<ref name="O'Connor-2020" /> She maintains that she did not dress provocatively for fame, attention or "shock value" but simply because she enjoys her midriff, claiming to have no regrets about her past outfits.<ref name="Koo-2013" /> She defends contemporary pop stars who dress provocatively, explaining, "I don't think it's too sexy now ...The boundaries are really up to the individual. And then it's up to the viewer whether they like it or not."<ref name="Koo-2013" /> She cites [[Karen Carpenter]],<ref name="Paxman-2020" /> [[Dolly Parton]], [[Mickey Guyton]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[The Chicks]], [[Wynonna Judd]], and [[Kelsea Ballerini]] as some of the female country artists who inspire her.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=John R.|date=March 11, 2021|title=Shania Twain Pays Tribute To Female Country Stars On TikTok|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/shania-twain-pays-tribute-to-female-country-stars-on-tiktok-1.14749689|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=iHeartRadio|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311180807/https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/shania-twain-pays-tribute-to-female-country-stars-on-tiktok-1.14749689|url-status=live}}</ref> She has also expressed admiration for country singers [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Patsy Cline]], [[Tammy Wynette]], [[Reba McEntire]] and [[LeAnn Rimes]].<ref name="Crone-2021" />