Up! is a studio album released in 2002 by Canadian singer Shania Twain. Three versions of the album were released; a country version ("Green" disc), a pop version ("Red" disc) and an "international" version ("Blue" disc). The country and pop versions were released together in North America, while the pop and international versions were released outside of the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S., Up! debuted at number one with sales of 874 000 copies.
Writing and recording the for the album took place...
Up! is a studio album released in 2002 by Canadian singer Shania Twain. Three versions of the album were released; a country version ("Green" disc), a pop version ("Red" disc) and an "international" version ("Blue" disc). The country and pop versions were released together in North America, while the pop and international versions were released outside of the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S., Up! debuted at number one with sales of 874 000 copies.
Writing and recording the for the album took place across the world. According to the album booklet Twain and Lange wrote and recorded in Berlin, Rome, Vienna, Paris, Avignon, Provence, Milan, Dublin, The Bahamas, The Grenadine Islands and Mumbai.[1] For the "Blue" international disc, the pair enlisted British-Asian music producers Simon and Diamond Duggal for production collaboration. Canadian folk music group Leahy provided group fiddles throughout the album.
Twain launched an extensive promotional tour for the album, starting in October 2002. Major events included the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, the 2002 and 2003 Country Music Awards, the 2003 American Music Awards, the 2003 Juno Awards, the 2003 ECHO Awards, the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, and the 2003 CMT Flameworthy Awards.
On October 2, 2002 Shania performed on the Dutch program TROS TV Show. On October 5 she appeared on Wetten, dass..?. On October 19 she appeared on the BBC show Parkinson and on France's Star Academy. On October 26 Shania filmed a mini-concert for CD:UK. On November 6 she launched the U.S. leg of the promotion tour by opening the 2002 Country Music Awards. On November 24 Shania performed in Edmonton at the 2002 Grey Cup halftime show.
The RIAA certified the album at 11x platinum, denoting shipments of 5.5 million in the United States; since it is over 100 minutes in length, the RIAA counted each disc separately for certification purposes, as of 2007 UP! has sold 15 million copies worldwide.[2][3]
The album was also certified diamond in Canada a month after its release date.[4]
In 2007 the album's cover was listed on Maxim's Sexiest Album Covers.[5]
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