I will have to do some screen captures, since there are some pics in this I don't recall seeing a lot of.
AMOM brought fans in from key demographics, besides the typical country music fan which is a female 35 years old. Shania brought in teens, men, and international impact.
Young wannabees tried copying Shania.
Teens were drawn to Shania for her empowerment themes, it also brought in adults.
Her critics attacked Shania for her sex appeal.
Country music is now broken into two eras for female country music. That is BT and AT, they showed a couple of videos from Martina, Faith, Reba, from each era.
BT=Before Twain, and AT=After Twain.
Shania was willing to take chances with her image, videos, performance style, fashion, and her songwriting and by crossing genres.
Mutt's rock savvy and Shania'a accesible lyrics were part of Shania's impact and success.
All upcoming female artists, try to emulate Shania despite what they say.
Faith Hill had some name recognition in country music before Shania, but copied Shania when Shania was the focus of all the attacks, Shania made it safe for other female artists to be sexy.
Shania attracted corporate interest in country music again. Shania transcended all genres. Shania is seen as wholesome by corporatations. Shania was already "sold" to the audience that the corporations were trying to reach. They sought out Shania for her recognition with people.
Shania gave country artists the right to be themselves.
Through Shania's sucess, Mercury has been able to launch many artists, and the Lost Highway record label.
All artists after huge sucess have faced declines in commerical success, Elvis, Jackson, the Beatles, etc.
It is too soon to say what her legacy is going to be, but she has already affected at least a decade of country music. Her career is in uncharted territory......
Excellent dvd, screen captures over the weekend
-Chris