Rewinding the Country Charts: In 1995, Shania Twain Took Her ‘Man’ to No. 1

Rewinding the Country Charts: In 1995, Shania Twain Took Her ‘Man’ to No. 1

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Shania Twain attends the Sixth Annual Billboard Tune Awards on Dec. 6, 1995, at New York Coliseum in New York City.

“Any Man of Mine” became her first of seven Hot Country Songs leaders.

On July 22, 1995, Shania Twain‘s “Any Man of Mine” notched its first of two weeks at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart, changing into the celeb’s first leader on the list.

Written by Twain after which-husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange (who completely produced the song), “Man” marked the first of four No. 1s on the ranking from her step forward LP The Lady in Me. The put led Prime Country Albums for 29 weeks, starting the identical physique that “Man” first topped the singles glimpse.

Twain, born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, boasts seven Hot Country Songs No. 1s, amongst 16 high 10s and 34 total entries. Her most latest charted title, “Lifestyles’s About to Obtain Appropriate,” hit No. 33 in July 2017, while guardian put Now arrived as her fifth leader on Prime Country Albums that October.

On Dec. 9, 2016, Twain became as soon as honored with the Icon Award at Billboard‘s Girls in Tune social gathering. “I believe I became as soon as three after I noticed this became as soon as what I became as soon as presupposed to elevate out for the leisure of my lifestyles,” she mused. Echoing the spirit of her step forward hit, she added with silly, “At the motivate of every and each mountainous girl is a mountainous man … but [behind him] there could be an even elevated girl.”

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