Profile:
Full name: Eilleen Regina Edwards. In 1991 she changed her name to Shania, meaning "I'm on my way" in Ojibwa.
Born: August 28 1965 Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Star sign: Leo.
Parents: Sharon and Clarence
Education: Graduated from Timmins High and Vocational School in northern Ontario.
Previous jobs: Singing as a child after hours in bars. At 13 she appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show. Worked in McDonalds as a teenager.
Lives: Owns a house in Florida but spends most of her time at a chateau in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland.
Love life: Married to record producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange since December 28 1993. They married six months after meeting while working on her album, The Woman In Me.
Trivia: She's passionate about horses and horse-riding. In 1991 she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Nashville. She signed a $3 million deal as the face of Revlon cosmetics.
