SHANIA TWAIN DIDN’T CALL IT A CAREER HIGHLIGHT… SHE CALLED IT A LIFE HIGHLIGHT.
When Shania Twain spoke about recording with Anne Murray, her face reportedly “sparkled like a bright light.” Not because she was meeting another celebrity. Because she was sitting beside the woman whose voice helped shape her childhood.
In this touching interview on Canada AM, Anne listened quietly as the host read praise from some of Canada’s biggest artists — names like k.d. lang, Jann Arden, and Nelly Furtado. But it was Shania’s words that carried the deepest emotional weight.
“She is one of the reasons I do what I do.”
For many artists, that kind of praise might invite ego. Anne answered differently. Softly. Humbly. She admitted how flattering it was, then gently reminded viewers that Shania had grown up on her music.
That moment revealed something important about Anne Murray’s legacy.
She did not just sell millions of records or win awards. She quietly became the bridge between generations of Canadian women in music. Before Shania Twain filled stadiums, before Céline Dion conquered the world, before countless young singers believed international success was possible, there was Anne Murray standing alone at the front door, proving a Canadian woman could get there first.
And even after all those years, she still sounded genuinely surprised that anyone would thank her for it.