{"id":105840,"date":"2017-06-16T02:25:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T06:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=105840"},"modified":"2017-06-16T02:25:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T06:25:32","slug":"shania-twain-accentuates-the-positive-on-new-single-picks-album-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/06\/16\/shania-twain-accentuates-the-positive-on-new-single-picks-album-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Shania Twain accentuates the positive on new single, picks album release date"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\u201cNow\u201d<\/a>
\u201cNow\u201d \u2014 Shania Twain’s first full-length album in nearly 15 years \u2014 arrives on Sept. 29. (Photo<\/a>: Shania Twain\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO\u2014Shania Twain promises fans will hear more new music this summer, starting with her positively optimistic new single \u201cLife’s About to Get Good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Timmins, Ont.-raised country star released the track online Thursday to coincide with the announcement that \u201cNow\u201d \u2014 her first full-length album in nearly 15 years \u2014 arrives on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day is finally here!!\u201d the five-time Grammy Award winner posted across her social media accounts with the hashtag \u201cSummerOfShania.’<\/p>\n

Her label says other songs from the 16-track album will debut ahead of its release.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow\u201d marks the first time Twain has served as the sole songwriter and co-producer on all of the tracks.<\/p>\n

It follows an extended absence from making albums.<\/p>\n

Twain’s most recent studio release was 2002’s international smash \u201cUp!\u201d But after extensive touring she was sidelined by a struggle with dysphonia, a vocal cord disorder that forced her to stop singing.<\/p>\n

She also divorced her husband and longtime producing partner Robert (Mutt) Lange and battled Lyme disease.<\/p>\n

While Twain dropped the 2011 single \u201cToday is Your Day\u201d as she promoted her autobiography, an expected album never materialized.<\/p>\n

In recent months Twain has been inching her way back into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

She appeared on \u201cThe Voice\u201d as a mentor for the singing competition and on James Corden’s late-night talk show. Twain also received Billboard’s 2016 Icon award and CMT’s Artist of a Lifetime honour.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Twain issued a statement saying \u201cLife’s About to Get Good\u201d was inspired by a personal mission to be more positive and get through a \u201cpast of negativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can’t have the good without the bad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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