Download of the Day: Shania Twain's "Today Is Your Day"

The true queen of country has returned.

After dealing with unbelievable turmoil in her six-year absence, Shania Twain has decided to reignite her record-breaking career. Kicking it off is a brand new single, "Today Is Your Day", which she premiered as a part of her healing process on her OWN reality show Why Not? with Shania Twain. In the show, she talks about how her husband's adultery and the divorce stripped her of her confidence and her voice, and how she struggled to get it back.


Listening to "Today Is Your Day", it hardly sounds like a struggle. Shania sounds absolutely effortless singing this song, so much so it's as if she never left. Not one ounce of that inimitable twang has left, and she sounds very confident. The song itself is probably the most "country" record she's released since The Woman in Me, Shania's diamond-selling 1995 album. I was hoping to hear something with more crossover appeal, like her landmark Come On Over album, but I can definitely appreciate the top-notch production, done by David Foster (Whitney Houston) and Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift). I can also appreciate, especially considering her personal life (seriously "Mutt" Lange, what were you thinking), the song's positive, uplifting message of living your life to the fullest. It may be simple, but it is charming, effective, and a great start for a woman who had it all, lost it, and is getting it back.

It's obvious that "Today Is Your Day" is just an appetizer to the massive main course, once the album comes out. Still, it's great to see Shania officially back, ready to take back her hard-won crown as the queen of country music.