Editing Shania Twain (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:ShaniaTwainJunoAwardsMar2011.jpg|thumb|348x348px|Twain at the [[Juno Awards of 2011|Canadian Music Hall of Fame]] in 2011]]
[[BBC Online]] described her as "the real Queen of Pop", citing her influence on subsequent successful female artists such as [[Meghan Trainor]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Taylor Swift]] and [[Haim (band)|Haim]].<ref name="BBC Online-2017">{{cite web|date=2017|title=6 reasons why Shania Twain is the RealL Queen of Pop|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/rHgnyY6rw0X7jcZm6bPR8Y/6-reasons-why-shania-twain-is-the-real-queen-of-pop|url-status=live|access-date=September 1, 2021|website=[[BBC Online]]|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902032945/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/rHgnyY6rw0X7jcZm6bPR8Y/6-reasons-why-shania-twain-is-the-real-queen-of-pop}}</ref> As one of country music's first crossover stars,<ref name="Hattenstone-2018" /> the website claims her success as a country-pop crossover artist demonstrates that "she was doing the Taylor Swift thing before Taylor Swift even arrived."<ref name="BBC Online-2017" /> Justin Chandler of [[CBC.ca|CBC]] credited her with making "country-pop crossover its own genre" and "paving the way for artists sitting atop those same charts every year since."<ref name="Chandler-2018" /> Her record-breaking album ''[[The Woman in Me (album)|The Woman In Me]]'' is credited as the one that permanently changed country music as a whole.<ref name="apnews.com">{{cite web|date=April 20, 2021|title=Shania Twain reflects on breakout album that changed country|url=https://apnews.com/article/music-shania-twain-country-music-e49bc27f1dd607c12db1e0033a7890be|access-date=September 24, 2021|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927025945/https://apnews.com/article/music-shania-twain-country-music-e49bc27f1dd607c12db1e0033a7890be|url-status=live}}</ref>

Twain's success in the music industry has earned her the honorific nickname the "Queen of Country Pop".<ref>{{cite web|date=August 28, 2015|title=Shania Twain: The A to Z guide to Canada's 'Queen of Country Pop'|url=https://ca.hellomagazine.com/music/02015082718389/shania-twain-a-to-z-guide-to-canada-s-queen-of-country-pop|url-status=dead|access-date=September 1, 2021|website=[[Hello! Canada]]|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902031524/https://ca.hellomagazine.com/music/02015082718389/shania-twain-a-to-z-guide-to-canada-s-queen-of-country-pop}}</ref><ref name="Crone-2021" /> By 1998 ''[[Maclean's]]'' had named her "the reigning queen of country music".<ref name="Johnson-1998" /> ''[[American Songwriter]]'' contributor Joe Vitagliano named her one of the greatest artists of our time.<ref name="Vitagliano-2021">{{cite web|last=Vitagliano|first=Joe|date=August 2021|title=Shania Twain: "I Was Criticized As An Artist"|url=https://americansongwriter.com/shania-twain-i-was-criticized-as-an-artist/|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[American Songwriter]]|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902142014/https://americansongwriter.com/shania-twain-i-was-criticized-as-an-artist/}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' music critic [[Jon Caramanica]] named her "Country's Crossover Queen", writing that during her prime she "was both a pop centrist and a country rebel, and many of the aesthetic moves she pioneered ended up, following a period of some resistance, as central to the sound of Nashville."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|date=October 13, 2017|title=Shania Twain Was Country's Crossover Queen. What Is She Now?|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/arts/music/popcast-shania-twain-now.html|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902031521/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/arts/music/popcast-shania-twain-now.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a ranking of Twain's best songs, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that her catalogue of music "ha[s] come to define an era in country music and paved the way for other genre-bending artists that followed."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Freeman|first=Jon|date=August 28, 2019|title=Shania Twain's 20 Best Songs, Ranked|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/shania-twains-20-best-songs-ranked-204246/dance-with-the-one-that-brought-you-1993-205202/|access-date=September 2, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902235153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/shania-twains-20-best-songs-ranked-204246/dance-with-the-one-that-brought-you-1993-205202/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Kristin M. Hall of the [[Associated Press]] Twain's global success "changed country music for years to come."<ref name="Hall-2020b">{{cite news|last=Hall|first=Kristin M.|date=September 30, 2020|title=Shania Twain reflects on breakout album that changed country|work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/music-shania-twain-country-music-e49bc27f1dd607c12db1e0033a7890be|access-date=September 2, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185147/https://apnews.com/article/music-shania-twain-country-music-e49bc27f1dd607c12db1e0033a7890be|url-status=live}}</ref> Nash credits her work on ''Come On Over'' with helping to redefine the future of country music.<ref name="Nash-2020" /> [[NPR]]'s Jewly Hight wrote that, despite initial derision, Twain eventually "redefin[ed] what country superstardom looked, sounded and behaved like", ultimately influencing a generation of country artists "in making flashier music videos, beefing up their backbeats and staging shows with the energy and theatricality of [[arena rock]]."<ref name="Hight-2018">{{cite web|last=Hight|first=Jewly|date=March 20, 2018|title=How The Sound Of Country Music Changed|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/20/594037569/how-the-sound-of-country-music-changed|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[NPR]]|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115035011/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/20/594037569/how-the-sound-of-country-music-changed}}</ref>

===Influence on other artists===
[[Taylor Swift]] credits Twain for her own pop crossover.<ref>{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift shares her appreciation for her in new TikTok|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/taylor-swift-shares-appreciation-shania-twain-tiktok-80187448|access-date=September 24, 2021|website=Good Morning America|language=en|archive-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923225039/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/taylor-swift-shares-appreciation-shania-twain-tiktok-80187448|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift has cited her as one of her most prominent musical influences.<ref name="Crone-2021" /> [[Carrie Underwood]] states that Twain "paved the way for a lot of us."<ref name="apnews.com"/> Underwood believes all similar artists were influenced by Twain, whether or not they realize it.<ref name="Hall-2020b" /> She has been cited as a major influence among Canadian country music artists such as [[Tenille Arts]], [[Jess Moskaluke]], [[Dean Brody]], [[Lindi Ortega]] and [[Brett Kissel]].<ref name="Chandler-2018">{{cite news|last=Chandler|first=Justin|date=September 6, 2018|title='Shania did everything': how the record-breaking singer shaped Canadian country music|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/shania-did-everything-how-the-record-breaking-singer-shaped-canadian-country-music-1.5046705|url-status=live|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=[[CBC.ca|CBC]]|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907170815/https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/shania-did-everything-how-the-record-breaking-singer-shaped-canadian-country-music-1.5046705}}</ref> Rapper [[Post Malone]] and singer [[Rihanna]] have cited her as an inspiration, with the former calling her his childhood crush.<ref name="O'Connor-2020" /><ref name="Parker-2020">{{Cite news|last=Parker|first=Lyndsey|date=January 29, 2020|title=Post Malone talks Shania Twain crush, country music aspirations, and working with Ozzy|work=[[Yahoo! Music]]|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/post-malone-talks-shania-twain-crush-country-music-aspirations-and-working-with-ozzy-160618807.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMifGAVacsKYq7ReX3-_OLVJefjfHTURzogWDBx0woejXeKW1T3xeS9miEzmw-HvqnUQvBLTj-b1II5KdQ0hxI1yRYmNIDJFSfR_115cSL7fqauh7wNxIUGFt0NpmnJqzSrSWPit4ovmPpguwHqLktVlbLawGS-e8osmC-2LAXg2|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721172752/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/post-malone-talks-shania-twain-crush-country-music-aspirations-and-working-with-ozzy-160618807.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMifGAVacsKYq7ReX3-_OLVJefjfHTURzogWDBx0woejXeKW1T3xeS9miEzmw-HvqnUQvBLTj-b1II5KdQ0hxI1yRYmNIDJFSfR_115cSL7fqauh7wNxIUGFt0NpmnJqzSrSWPit4ovmPpguwHqLktVlbLawGS-e8osmC-2LAXg2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RollingStone">{{cite magazine|title=Rihanna on her love of Mariah, Whitney, Celine and Shania.|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-on-her-love-of-mariah-whitney-celine-and-shania-247776/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 25, 2009|access-date=January 5, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035350/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-on-her-love-of-mariah-whitney-celine-and-shania-247776/|url-status=live}}</ref> She covered Malone's song "[[Rockstar (Post Malone song)|Rockstar]]" live during the [[American Music Awards]].<ref name="Parker-2020" /> She has expressed interest in collaborating with Malone, claiming to have written a song for the two of them in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gray|first=Mark|date=December 10, 2019|title=Shania Twain Wasn't Joking About Post Malone Collab — but 'If He Doesn't Want It, No Problem'|url=https://people.com/country/shania-twain-post-malone-collaboration-no-joke/|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721172747/https://people.com/country/shania-twain-post-malone-collaboration-no-joke/}}</ref> Singer-songwriter and actor [[Harry Styles]] has mentioned her as his biggest influence both "musically and in fashion".<ref name="Vogue">{{cite news|last=Frank|first=Alex|title=Harry Styles moves like Jagger but his heart belongs to Shania Twain|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-shania-twain-style|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=May 30, 2017|access-date=September 3, 2022|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135852/https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-shania-twain-style|url-status=live}}</ref> Her bold fashion statements also inspired multiple artists. [[Harry Styles]] revealed in an interview with ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' that in "I think, both music and fashion," his "main influence was probably Shania Twain."<ref>{{cite web|last=Spellings|first=Sarah|date=November 28, 2017|title=Harry Styles Reveals His Biggest Style Inspiration|url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/11/harry-styles-says-shania-twain-is-his-style-inspiration.html|access-date=September 24, 2021|website=The Cut|language=en-us|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001959/https://www.thecut.com/2017/11/harry-styles-says-shania-twain-is-his-style-inspiration.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] cited her as one of the artists she was inspired by in her music video "[[You Should Be Sad]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Shania Twain Says Halsey's New Music Video Made Her Feel 'Warm and Fuzzy'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8549289/shania-twain-halsey-music-video-you-should-be-sad|access-date=September 24, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=October 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026022320/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/shania-twain-halsey-music-video-you-should-be-sad-8549289/|url-status=live}}</ref>