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| released = {{Start date|2023|02|03|mf=yes}}
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[Pop music|pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/queen-of-me-mw0003847601| title= Queen of Me Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine| website= [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>}}
| length = 36:20
| label = [[Republic Records|Republic]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Tyler Joseph]]|[[Adam Messinger]]|[[Mark Ralph (record producer)|Mark Ralph]]|[[David Stewart (
| prev_title = [[Not Just a Girl (The Highlights)]]
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'''''Queen of Me''''' is the sixth [[studio album]] by Canadian singer and songwriter [[Shania Twain]]. The album was released on February 3, 2023, by [[Republic Records]]. It is her first album since ''[[Now (Shania Twain album)|Now]]'' (2017), and is her first to not be released with her previous label of 29 years, [[Mercury Nashville]]
==Background==
After releasing the compilation album ''[[Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)|Greatest Hits]]'' in 2004, Twain released the single "[[Shoes (Shania Twain song)|Shoes]]" for the [[Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives|soundtrack]] to the television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. Later, experiencing the breakdown of her marriage, Twain divorced her longtime husband and songwriting partner, music producer [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]], in 2008. She remarried to Frédéric Thiébaud, the husband of her former best friend, in 2011. The same year, she released the promotional single "[[Today Is Your Day]]", which had a moderate impact on the charts.
Twain underwent vocal therapy after being diagnosed with [[dysphonia]] and [[Lyme disease]], which caused her to nearly lose her singing voice;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/shania-twain-dysphonia-voice/|title=Shania Twain Diagnosed With Dysphonia, Undergoes Therapy to Restore Her Voice|website=Taste of Country|date=13 May 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> after which she embarked on a [[Rock This Country Tour|concert tour]] and [[Shania: Still the One|Las Vegas residency]] before releasing ''[[Now (Shania Twain album)|Now]]'' in 2017. The album reached #1 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. Twain then embarked on the successful [[Now Tour (Shania Twain)|Now Tour]] as well as her second Las Vegas residency, [[Let's Go! (residency)|Let's Go!]].
Twain released a [[Netflix]] documentary, ''Not Just a Girl'' which documented her career to date as well as documenting some of the recording for her sixth studio album. Tracks previewed in the documentary include "Inhale/Exhale Air" and "Queen of Me".
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On October 28, 2022, she announced that she will embark on her [[Queen of Me Tour]] to promote the album, which is scheduled to begin in Spokane on April 28, 2023, and will end on November 14, in Vancouver, encompassing 76 dates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=Grammy Award-Winning Icon Shania Twain Announces Brand New Album Queen Of Me And Massive Global Tour |url=https://www.livenationentertainment.com/2022/10/grammy-award-winning-icon-shania-twain-announces-brand-new-album-queen-of-me-and-massive-global-tour/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Live Nation Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=Shania Twain Announces Second Leg Of 2023 Queen Of Me Global Tour Due To Overwhelming Demand |url=https://www.livenationentertainment.com/2022/12/shania-twain-announces-second-leg-of-2023-queen-of-me-global-tour-due-to-overwhelming-demand/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Live Nation Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>
On December 5, 2022, Twain performed the lead single, "[[Waking Up Dreaming]]" during a medley of her hits at the [[48th People's Choice Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-peoples-choice-awards-performers-presenters-shania-twain-lauren-spencer-smith-1235181593/|title=Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2022 People's Choice Awards|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=December 5, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206025604/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-peoples-choice-awards-performers-presenters-shania-twain-lauren-spencer-smith-1235181593/|archive-date=December 6, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> She later performed it on the British Television Talent Series ''[[Starstruck (2022 TV series)|Starstruck]]'' on April 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-05 |title=Shania Twain Fans Swear She Looks
Twain also promoted the album through her appearances on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' on January 5, 2023,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sisavat|first1=Monica|title=Shania Twain Reveals How She and Harry Styles Became Friends|url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/shania-twain-harry-styles-friends-49054612|website=PopSugar|date=January 5, 2023|access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref> and ''[[The Kelly Clarkson Show]]'' and ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]] o''n February 2, 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bowenbank|first1=Starr|title=Shania Twain Reveals She Wrote 'Queen of Me' Track 'Inhale/Exhale AIR' After Surviving COVID-19 Hospitalization|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shania-twain-inhale-exhale-air-covid-19-battle-1235212321/|magazine=Billboard|date=February 4, 2023|access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lombardo|first1=Gabriella|title=Shania Twain Jokes About Her 'Explicit' Lyrics on 'The Late Late Show'|url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/shania-twain-jokes-about-her-explicit-lyrics-on-the-late-late-show/|website=Wide Open Country|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
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| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Sydney Morning Herald">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/shania-twain-s-comeback-album-proves-she-s-still-the-one-20230131-p5cgqx.html|title=Shania Twain's comeback album proves she's still the one|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|last=Ross|first=Annabel|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=February 3, 2023}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''
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On review aggregator [[Metacritic]], ''Queen of Me'' received a score of 61 out of 100 based on nine reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="MC"/> Imy Brighty-Potts of ''[[The Irish News]]'' wrote that "the record is a tour of all the best country sounds and tropes climbing the charts over the past few years – with Shania delivering powerful vocals despite undergoing open-throat surgery a few years ago."<ref name="The Irish News"/> According to Ed Power of the ''[[Irish Examiner]]'', "the 'Shania-issance' is in full swing", describing the album as "unashamedly pop" yet "Twain’s country roots are not entirely obscured".<ref name="Irish Examiner"/> Allison Hussey of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' described the album as "a dozen tracks of optimistic affirmations and pumping [[electro-pop]] rhythms", but found the material "ill-suited to Twain's voice" and the lyrics rife with "forcibly modern idioms", concluding that ''Queen of Me'' "tries so hard to capture current trends that it already sounds behind the times".<ref name="PF"/> Billy Dukes of ''[[Taste of Country]]'' summarized that the album "feasts on contagious hooks and repetition",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/shania-twain-queen-of-me-album-review/|title=Review: Shania Twain Is the Woman You Remember Across 'Queen of Me'|website=Taste of Country|last=Dukes|first=Billy|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> while Jon Freeman of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' defined it as "an uplifting statement about being your own champion in the present".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/shania-twain-queen-of-me-1234667694/|title=Shania Twain Feels Like A New Woman On 'Queen of Me'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Freeman|first=Jon|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> Annabel Ross of ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' wrote that Twain is "back to her poppy, peppy self... maintaining an upbeat vibe throughout."<ref name="Sydney Morning Herald"/> Piper Westrom of ''Riff Magazine'' wrote, "''Queen of Me'' is everything fans of Shania Twain could hope for. At the same time, it's a perfect introduction for anyone who's not heard her to this point. Twain is making music that is fun, and she is having fun doing it."<ref name="Riff Magazine"/>
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In Canada, ''Queen of Me'' debuted at number two on the [[Canadian Albums Chart|Canadian Album Chart]], becoming her sixth top-ten album on the chart and seventh overall in the country.
In the United States, the album debuted at number 10 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], earning 38,000 equivalent album units, with 34,000 of those being album sales, becoming Twain's sixth top-ten album in the country. She joins [[Madonna]] as the only women with newly-charting Billboard 200 top 10s in the 1990s, 2000s, ’10s and ’20s (Madonna's streak also includes the ’80s).<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-02-14 |title=Morgan Wallen Rebounds for Sixth Week at No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-sixth-week-top-artist-100-chart-1235254250/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The album also debuted on the ''Billboard'' [[Top Country Albums]] chart at No. 2, earning Twain her seventh top-five entry on the chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shania Twain Returns To Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart With 'Queen Of Me' – ET Canada |date=15 February 2023 |url=https://etcanada.com/news/968878/shania-twain-returns-to-billboards-top-country-albums-chart-with-queen-of-me/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215170222/https://etcanada.com/news/968878/shania-twain-returns-to-billboards-top-country-albums-chart-with-queen-of-me/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-02-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In the United Kingdom, ''Queen of Me'' debuted atop the [[UK Albums Chart]], becoming her third number one album in the country. Elsewhere, ''Queen of Me'' peaked within the top five in Australia and Switzerland, and charted in seven additional countries.
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| title1 = [[Giddy Up!]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Shania Twain]]|[[Romans (musician)|Samuel Romans]]|Jessica Agombar|[[David Stewart (
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{{Track listing
| headline = ''Queen of Me'' {{nobold|– [[Target Corporation|Target]], [[HMV]], and [[jpc (retailer)|JPC]] CD bonus tracks}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.target.com/p/shania-twain-queen-of-me-target-exclusive-cd/-/A-87926786|title=Shania Twain - Queen Of Me (Target Exclusive, CD)|
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title13 = On Three
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| writer14 = Twain
| extra14 = Twain
| title15 = Inhale/Exhale AIR
| note15 = | length15 = 3:19
| extra15 = Ralph
| title16 = Queen of Me
| note16 = acoustic version
| length16 = 2:34
| extra16 = Ralph
| title17 = Giddy Up!
| note17 = | length17 = 2:44
| extra17 = {{hlist|Stewart|Malibu Babie{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| total_length = 51:16
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* Tom Mann – guitar (4)
* Adam Messinger – programming (5, 8), background vocals (8)
* Steve Milbourne – guitar (13)
* Ray Parker Jr. – background vocals (8)
* Chris Powell – drums (14), band claps (14), shaker (14), spoons (14)
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* Mark Ralph – bass (6, 7, 10, 11), guitar (6, 7, 10, 11), keyboards (5–7, 10, 11), percussion (5–7, 10, 11), programming (5–8, 10, 11)
* Jack Savoretti – background vocals (7)
* [[Donnell Spencer Jr.]] – background vocals (8)
* David Stewart – acoustic guitar (1, 3), background vocals (1, 3), bass (1, 3, 8), drum programming (1, 3), drums (1, 3), electric guitar (1, 3), keyboards (1, 3, 8), percussion (1, 3, 8), synthesizers (1, 3)
* Johnny Thirkel – trumpet (1)
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! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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{{album chart|Australia|5|artist=Shania Twain|album=Queen of Me|rowheader=true|access-date=February 10, 2023}}
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2023-02-13|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=February 13, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>▼
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! scope="row"| [[ARIA Country Album Chart|Australian Country Albums]] ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/country-albums-chart/2023-02-13|title=ARIA Top 40 Country Albums|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=February 13, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>
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{{album chart|Netherlands|53|artist=Shania Twain|album=Queen of Me|rowheader=true|access-date=February 11, 2023}}
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{{album chart|France|96
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{{album chart|Germany4|13|id=509071|artist=Shania Twain|album=Queen of Me|rowheader=true|access-date=February 10, 2023}}
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{{album chart|BillboardCountry|2|artist=Shania Twain|rowheader=true|access-date=February 14, 2023}}
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===Year-end charts===
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! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-canadian-albums|title=Older Classics Dominate 2023's Top Canadian Albums Year-End Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
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