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November 29, 2002 - Shania Twain is on the Jan/Feb 2003 cover of Country Music Today. Check it out here.

November 28, 2002 - It seems Canadians really did miss Shania Twain. Twain's long-awaited return, "Up!," shot to the top of the Canadian album charts, selling 150,000 copies in its first week. Read more.

November 28, 2002 - Hits Daily Double reports minds are boggling over the huge rack sales for Shania Twain's 'UP!', as Wal- Mart, Target and Kmart account for almost 700k of her 862k first-week sales. They say based on one-day's, she'll be in a dogfight with Tim McGraw to continue her run atop the charts.

November 27, 2002 - Shania Twain performed on the NBC Today Show at Rockefeller Center in New York on Tuesday (November 26). Check out pictures from BigPictures, GlobePhotos, GettyImages, and LFI.

November 27, 2002 - Shania Twain and husband Mutt Lange are pictured arriving at the Dominion Theatre in London on Monday (November 25). Check out the pictures here.

November 27, 2002 - Shania Twain performed during her half time show at the CFL Grey Cup football championship game Sunday, Nov. 24, 2002 in Edmonton. Check out photos here.

November 27, 2002 - Shania Twain talks with “Today” host Katie Couric about her new baby, living in Switzerland and the release of her new CD. She also performs her new song 'Up.' Watch the clip here.

November 26, 2002 - CHFI 98.1 in Toronto has an interview with Shania Twain posted to download. Check it out here.

November 25, 2002 - Shania Twain shares with the Sunday Mirror her happiest memory, her love for horses and horse riding, her favorite food, favorite recent purchase, favorite tunes, her best outfit, and best beauty tip. Read more.

November 22, 2002 - Shania Twain chatted with Margherita of Capital FM in London about motherhood, her latest single and teaching the contestants on BBC's 'Fame Academy'. Listen to the clip here.

November 22, 2002 - Shania Twain and Faith Hill recently ran into each other and sat down and talked about the ups-and- downs of superstardom. Both seemed to be very supportive of the each other's new album releases.

November 22, 2002 - "I  write my own songs. I'm the mind behind my music. I am not just a face. I don't need to be beautiful to have hit songs," Shania Twain told Access Hollywood. Watch a video clip and read more here.

November 22, 2002 - "I'm not saying I have any regrets, but at some point I know I'll leave it all behind," Shania Twain tells the Toronto Star. "I don't need it." Read more.

November 21, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Shania Twain's new album 'Up!' is on pace to sell over 800,000 copies, which will guarantee her the top spot on the U.S. album charts.

November 20, 2002 - Shania Twain took part in an interview with Macleans.ca and was asked why she moved from the U.S. to Switzerland. "Privacy, for the most part. I really can live a normal life here," she said. "I come home off the road and I'm just another person on the street. That's invaluable when you're somebody who has a high profile pretty much everywhere else. I do my own groceries, I take Eja to the park. I just go everywhere and nobody blinks an eye. They take a lot of pride in their discretion here. And a lot of celebrities live here for that reason." Read more.

November 19, 2002 - Shania Twain will be on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight. Dave's other guest is 'Survivor' castoff Ken Stafford.

November 19, 2002 - Brian Mansfield of USA Today reviewed Shania Twain's new album 'Up!' giving it 3 out of 4 stars. Read more.

November 19, 2002 - "With this new album, it's clear that Twain is at the top of her game," says Ron Foley Macdonald  of The Halifax Daily News on Shania's new album 'Up!' Read more.

November 19, 2002 - While fans and paparazzi alike may have been clamoring for a glimpse of Shania Twain, the singer says she had no plans to step into the limelight until she was ready with new music, she tells Launch.com. "I was very clear about the fact that I'm just now gone," she said. "Forget about me for a while, and if I'm lucky enough to be remembered again once I resurface with new music, I will do my best to make it worth your while, and that's what I've done." Read more.

November 16, 2002 - The Toronto Sun reports: "A little birdie told us that Shania Twain's new album, Up!, has been shipped four-times platinum in Canada -- that's a whopping 400,000 copies -- leading up to its Tuesday release." Read more.

November 13, 2002 - World Online has clips from Shania Twain's new album 'Up!' available for listening. Check them out here.

November 10, 2002 - Shania Twain tells Launch.com her new album 'Up!' is a natural progression for her. "There are a lot of new things, a lot of new sounds," she said. "I think it's a mix of everything. I'm really happy with it. I think it's the best album I've written so far and there's a lot of music on the album, there's a lot of music for everybody and I think it's for all the different audiences that I've sort of been lucky enough to pick up along the way which is really great. I've had a great chance to explore." 'Up!' is out November 19th.

November 9, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Shania Twain Promoting her new single 'Gonna Getcha Good' on Friday (November 8) at Lanesborough Hotel in London. Check out the pictures here.

November 8, 2002 - Shania Twain was on Access Hollywood on Thursday to talk about motherhood from her appearance at the CMA's Wednesday night. Check out a transcript here.

November 8, 2002 - Launch.com reports Shania Twain told reporters after her 'I'm Gonna Getcha Good!' performance at the CMA's how she felt about her return. "It didn't have the sort of scary impact that I thought it would because I actually started promotion in Europe a couple of months ago, so I've been able to do quite a bit of TV before coming here," she said. "But being back here is special. It was really, really great."

November 7, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Shania Twain London two weeks ago, recorded a performance of her new single to be shown on CD:UK. Check out the pictures here.

November 5, 2002 - WENN reports Shania Twain is so shy of the showbiz limelight she's banned her music from being released in Switzerland, so she can live there in peace. Read more.

November 2, 2002 - WENN reports Shania Twain thinks Britney Spears has been given a rough ride by the media. "Britney's a really sweet kid but things can get rough in this business. Sometimes it can be really hard," Twain said. "I was lucky. It didn't happen to me until I was an adult. I was in my twenties when I got my first record deal and almost 30 when things went really wild. I knew right from the start that I didn't want to be part of the circus that goes with this business. It's different for kids like Britney." Read more.

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