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ByBrent Furdyk

Shania Twain is one of country music's most successful female artists, though she hails not from Nashville, but rather Ontario, Canada.

When it comes to album sales, Twain is at the top.

According to Universal Music Publishing Group, she's sold 100 million albums, more than any female artist in country music history. Following her self-titled 1993 debut, her 1995 follow-up, "The Woman in Me," made her a force to be reckoned with.

Yet her greatest triumph lay ahead in the form of 1997's "Come On Over," which sold 40 million albums worldwide, as noted by Variety, and spawned such hits as "You're Still the One" and "That Don't Impress Me Much."

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Unbeknownst to Twain, there were dark times ahead that would sidetrack her red-hot career for years.

Yet Twain demonstrated she was a survivor, reemerging with the comeback of all comebacks to reclaim her place at the top of the charts and remin