Shania Twain's net worth is $400 million, and she is the richest woman on the planet.

A Canadian country pop singer-songwriter has a net worth of $400 million dollars.As a result of her status as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, she is sometimes referred to as The Queen of Country Pop.She has achieved major success both as a singer and a writer, selling more than 100 million records.

On August 28, 1965, Eilleen REGINA EDWARDS was born in Windsor, Ontario.Her parents divorced when she was two years old and her mother moved her three daughters to Timmins, Ontario.The girls legally changed their name to Jerry Twain after Sharon married him.She had a difficult childhood, with their parents earning little money and not having enough to eat.The relationship between her mother and stepfather was strained from the beginning.The girls were taken to a Toronto homeless shelter by their mother.Sharon went back to Jerry with the children.At the age of 8 she started singing at bars to help pay her family's bills.At the age of 10, she wrote "Is Love a Rose" and "Just Like the Storybooks."At 13 years old, he was invited to perform on the "Tommy Hunter Show".She was a singer in a local band called Longshot.She graduated from Timmins High in 1983.

After Longshot broke up, Twain was in a cover band and took singing lessons from a Toronto voice coach.She was noticed by Toronto DJ Stan Campbell who took her to Nashville to record demos.Mary Bailey was a fan of Shania's voice and became friends with her.She practiced her music for hours a day and continued to record demos after moving into Bailey's house.John Kim Bell was close to the Canadian Country Music Association.The two were dating.Her first big break came when she performed at a charity event.On November 1, 1987, Shania's mother and stepfather died in a car accident.She took care of her younger siblings and put her singing career on hold.She supported them at the Deerhurst Resort.After her siblings moved out on their own, she assembled a demo tape and caught the attention of several labels, including Mercury Nashville Records.Within a few months, they signed her.

In 1993 she released her first album.She sold one million copies of this album after her subsequent albums shot her to superstar status.Outside of Canada, the album gained her attention.The album only made it to the top.There were positive reviews of 67 on the US Country Albums Chart.In Europe, the album won the Country Music TV Europe'sRising Video Star of the Year Award.

"The Woman in Me" was the album that started her career.In its first year of release, this album sold 4 million copies."Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" was one of the hits of "The Woman in Me"."You Win My Love" and "No One Needs to Know"The album was nominated for two awards at the Academy of Country Music awards.

Her next album, 1997's "Come On Over" became the best-selling studio album of all time by a female act in any genre.She had two of her most well-known songs on this album.I feel like a woman and you're still the one.The album won fourGrammy Awards, including Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance, and stayed on the charts for two years."That Don't Impress Me Much" became a hit in Europe.In the summer of 1999, 3 hit in the UK and Top 10 in Germany.The "Notting Hill" soundtrack featured a version of "You've Got a Way".The most played artist on American radio in 1999 was Shania.In 1998 she launched her first major concert tour.