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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]]. It is her first album to receive a Parental Advisory label. The album was promoted with the release of two singles and a promotional single: "[[Waking Up Dreaming]]", "Last Day of Summer", and "[[Giddy Up!]]". Commercially, the album became her third number one album in the United Kingdom, and entered the top ten in Canada, Switzerland, Australia and the United States.
==Background==
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==Singles==
Twain released "[[Waking Up Dreaming]]", the album's lead single on September 23, 2022, following its premiere on [[BBC Radio 2]]. A music video for the song, directed by [[Isaac Rentz]], was released on the same day.
"Last Day of Summer", co-written with [[Jack Savoretti]] was released as the album's first promotional single on October 28, 2022, along with a lyric video.
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==Promotion==
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
On February 2, 2023, she appeared on ''[[The Kelly Clarkson Show]]'' and ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]''.<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>
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==Critical reception==
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| MC = 61/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/queen-of-me/shania-twain|title=Queen of Me by Shania Twain Reviews and Tracks|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Evening Standard]]''
| rev1score = {{rating|3
| rev2 = ''[[Idobi Radio]]''
| rev2score = A<ref name="Idobi Radio">{{cite web|url=https://idobi.com/music-reviews/album-review-queen-of-me-shania-twain/|title=Album Review: Queen of me|website=[[Idobi Radio]]|last=Myers|first=Maddi|date=February 2, 2023|access-date=February 3, 2023}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Irish Examiner]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|4
| rev4 = ''[[The Irish News]]''
| rev4score = 8/10<ref name="The Irish News">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/arts/music/2023/02/01/news/shania_twain_and_sam_smith_lead_the_way_with_the_week_s_best_albums-3029872/|title=Shania Twain and Sam Smith lead the way with the week's best albums|website=[[The Irish News]]|last=Brighty-Potts|first=Imy|date=February 1, 2023|access-date=February 3, 2023}}</ref>
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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"/>
In a more critical review of the album for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] claimed that, "There's no question that she's game -- she throws herself into the songs, not hesitating when "Pretty Liar" calls for her to
== Commercial performance ==
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 (
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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