half-brothers and half-sister. So Eileen moved back in with them, and supported her
family by singing at a local resort.
She was dirt poor once more, but still would not give up her dreams. When her half-
siblings were grown, Eileen tried yet again. She sent her best songs and music samples to
more record companies.
Finally, her years of persistence paid off and she was asked to make her first album.
Eileen created a new stage name for herself: using an Ojibwa word for “on my way”’ and
her stepfather’s last name, she renamed herself Shania Twain.
Shania Twain went on to make the best-selling album ever by a female singer and the
top-selling album in country music history. The singer who kept on trying has now sold
sixty-five million albums around the world.
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