Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida is a 1999 concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 that contains songs from, but predates the main production of, the 2000 musical Aida

Aida (musical)

Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....

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With music by Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

 and lyrics by Tim Rice

Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...

, the album

Album

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 features Elton John performing the songs along with pop stars Sting, LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...

, Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

, Angelique Kidjo

Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has...

, Spice Girls

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

, Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

, Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...

, Shania Twain

Shania Twain

Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...

, Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

, James Taylor

James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....

, Lulu

Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...

, Kelly Price

Kelly Price

Kelly Price is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.-Life and music career:Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She was first discovered by Mariah Carey in February 1992 and subsequently introduced to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola...

, and Dru Hill

Dru Hill

Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise", ...

. Additionally, two tracks, "A Step Too Far" and "Elaborate Lives", feature the voices of Aida cast-members-to-be Heather Headley

Heather Headley

Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award.-Personal life:...

 and Sherie Rene Scott

Sherie Rene Scott

Sherie Rene Scott is an American actress, singer and writer. She is a co-founder of Grammy winning Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records and has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals and plays appears on numerous solo and original cast recordings.-Life and career:Scott was...

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"Written in the Stars" would be released as a single and would reach #29 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, and #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "The Messenger" makes its only appearance here, as it would be cut from the Broadway production and consequently left off the cast album.

This record is sometimes known as the "Concept Album" for Aida, both because it came before the production and to distinguish it from the 2000 release of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida: Original Broadway Cast Recording, a conventional original cast recording of the Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 production.

Track listing

1. "Another Pyramid" – Sting
2. "Written in the Stars" – Elton John/LeAnn Rimes
   LeAnn Rimes
   LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
   
   
3. "Easy as Life" – Tina Turner
   Tina Turner
   Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
   
    featuring Angelique Kidjo
   Angélique Kidjo
   Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has...
   
   
4. "My Strongest Suit" – Spice Girls
   Spice Girls
   The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
   
    (without Geri Halliwell
   Geri Halliwell
   Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...
   
   )
5. "I Know the Truth" – Elton John/Janet Jackson
   Janet Jackson
   Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
   
   
6. "Not Me" – Boyz II Men
   Boyz II Men
   Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...
   
   
7. "Amneris' Letter" – Shania Twain
   Shania Twain
   Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
   
   
8. "A Step Too Far" – Elton John/Heather Headley
   Heather Headley
   Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award.-Personal life:...
   
   /Sherie Rene Scott
   Sherie Rene Scott
   Sherie Rene Scott is an American actress, singer and writer. She is a co-founder of Grammy winning Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records and has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals and plays appears on numerous solo and original cast recordings.-Life and career:Scott was...
   
   
9. "Like Father Like Son" – Lenny Kravitz
   Lenny Kravitz
   Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
   
   
10. "Elaborate Lives" – Heather Headley
11. "How I Know You" – James Taylor
    James Taylor
    James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
    
    
12. "The Messenger" – Elton John/Lulu
    Lulu (singer)
    Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
    
    
13. "The Gods Love Nubia" – Kelly Price
    Kelly Price
    Kelly Price is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.-Life and music career:Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She was first discovered by Mariah Carey in February 1992 and subsequently introduced to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola...
    
    
14. "Enchantment Passing Through" – Dru Hill
    Dru Hill
    Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise", ...
    
     
15. "Orchestral Finale" – Elton John

Personnel

• Abe Appleman – violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
  
• Baby Dave – keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  s
• Guy Babylon
  Guy Babylon
  Guy Babylon was a keyboardist/composer, most noted for his work with Elton John.Babylon was born in New Windsor, Maryland. Growing up listening to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Yes and Gentle Giant, he attended Francis Scott Key High School and then moved on to the University of South Florida,...
  
   – keyboards, producer
• Toby Baker – bass
• Julien Barber – viola
  Viola
  The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
  
  
• Diane Barere – cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
  
• Elena Barere – violin
• Jarod Barnes – percussion, drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• David Barry – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Mark Berrow – violin
• Virgil Blackwell – clarinet
  Clarinet
  The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
  
  , bass clarinet
  Bass clarinet
  The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
  
  
• Jeff Bova – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Boyz II Men
  Boyz II Men
  Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...
  
   – producer, performer
• John Bradbury – violin
• Avril Brown – violin
• Ed Calle
  Ed Calle
  Ed Calle is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela.Calle plays the saxophone, flute, clarinet, EWI, keyboards, and vocals. He also composes and arranges music. Dr. Eduardo J...
  
   – flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Bob Carlisle – horn
• Clifford Carter – keyboards
• John Clark – horn
• Angela Clemmons-Patrick – background vocals
• Clem Clempson
  Clem Clempson
  Clem Clempson is an English rock guitarist who has played in a number of bands including Colosseum and Humble Pie.-Career:...
  
   – guitar
• Tony Concepcion – trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  
• Luis Conte
  Luis Conte
  Luis Conte is a Cuban percussionist.-Early years:As a child in Cuba, Conte began his musical odyssey playing the guitar. However, he soon switched to percussion, and that has remained his mode since....
  
   – percussion
• David Daniels – cello
• Michael Davis – trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  
• Jae Deal
  Jae Deal
  Jae Deal was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an American composer, arranger, music producer and orchestrator in various genres including pop, gospel, and hip hop. He is also a session keyboardist, programmer, and bassist in Los Angeles, California...
  
   – bass, keyboards, arranger
• Jill Dell'Abate – tambourine
  Tambourine
  The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
  
  , producer
• Dru Hill
  Dru Hill
  Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise", ...
  
   – producer, performer
• Sly Dunbar
  Sly Dunbar
  Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar is a drummer.-Biography:Dunbar, whose nickname was reportedly given for his passion for Sly & the Family Stone, launched his musical career while still in his adolescence, playing with a local group, The Yardbrooms, at the age of fifteen...
  
   – drums, producer
• Jan Fairchild – engineer
• Larry Farrell – trombone
• David Finck – bass
• Barry Finclair – violin
• Simon Fischer – violin
• Helen Foli – violin
• Chevelle Franklyn – background vocals
• Roger Frisch – violin
• Julian Gallagher
  Julian Gallagher
  Julian Gallagher is a British songwriter and record producer, known for helping Kylie Minogue on her 2001 album, Fever. He also co-wrote songs with Gabrielle on her 2007 album, Always.-External links:**Paul Nash, , Sound on Sound, December 2001...
  
   – guitar, programming
• Roger Garland – violin
• Wilfred Gibson – violin
• Diva Gray – background vocals
• Juliet Haffner – viola
• Heather Headley – vocals
• Carl Herrgesell – piano, harmonium
  Harmonium
  A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
  
  
• Rebecca Hirsch – violin
• Christopher Hooker – oboe
  Oboe
  The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
  
  
• Nick Ingman – string arrangements
• Jean Ingraham – violin
• Janet Jackson – vocals
• Elton John – background vocals, musical director
• Jimmy Johnson – bass
• Tony Kadleck – trumpet
• Karen Kamon – background vocals
• Doug Katsaros – piano
• Zev Katz – bass, electric bass
  Electric Bass
  Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
  
  
• Jeff Kievet – trumpet
• Lauren Kinhan – background vocals
• Merilee Klemp – oboe
• Boguslaw Kostecki – violin
• Lenny Kravitz
  Lenny Kravitz
  Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
  
   – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , bass, arranger, drums, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , background vocals, producer, tympani [Timpani], horn arrangements, wurlitzer
  Wurlitzer
  The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
  
  
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
  Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
  
   – percussion, producer
• Peter Lale – viola
• Carol Landon – viola
• Ann Leathers – violin
• Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
• Diane Lesser – horn, oboe
• Richard Locker – cello
• Martin Loveday – cello
• Lulu
  Lulu (singer)
  Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
  
   – performer
• Robert Lyn – keyboards
• Charles Mangold – background vocals
• Peter Mann – background vocals
• Rob Mathes
  Rob Mathes
  Rob Mathes is an American record producer, music arranger, composer, songwriter, and performer. He also writes bluesy spiritual-pop music.-Background:Born in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Mathes showed interest and skill in music at a very early age...
  
   – guitar, arranger, conductor, keyboards, string arrangements
• Scott Meeder – percussion
• Edgar Meyer – acoustic bass
• Kenny Mims – guitar
• Perry Montague-Mason – violin
• Rob Mounsey – conductor
• Jan Mullen – violin
• Caryl Paisner – cello
• Paul Peabody – violin
• Shawn Pelton – drums
• Julia Persitz – violin
• Anthony Pleeth – cello
• Sue Pray – viola
• Kelly Price
  Kelly Price
  Kelly Price is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.-Life and music career:Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She was first discovered by Mariah Carey in February 1992 and subsequently introduced to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola...
  
   – performer, vocal arrangement
• Jim Pugh – trombone
• LeAnn Rimes
  LeAnn Rimes
  LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
  
   – performer
• Matt Rowe – keyboards, programming, producer
• Philippe Saisse – Fender Rhodes
• Frank Schaefer – cello
• Sherie René Scott
  Sherie Rene Scott
  Sherie Rene Scott is an American actress, singer and writer. She is a co-founder of Grammy winning Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records and has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals and plays appears on numerous solo and original cast recordings.-Life and career:Scott was...
  
   – performer
• Mary Scully – bass
• Laura Sewell – cello
• Robbie Shakespeare – bass, producer
• Jackie Shave – violin
• Mark Orrin Shuman – cello
• Daryl Simmons
  Daryl Simmons
  Daryl Simmons is an American Grammy Award winning R&B songwriter, musician and record producer who is best known for his association with the LaFace Records production duo of Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds....
  
   – keyboards, producer, drum programming
• Pamela Sklar – flute
• Bob Smissen – viola
• Andy Snitzer – tenor sax
• Liz Sobieski – violin
• Spice Girls
  Spice Girls
  The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
  
   – performer
• Stokely – drums
• Byron Stripling – trumpet
• Marti Sweet – violin
• David Taylor – bass trombone
• James Taylor
  James Taylor
  James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Vance Taylor – piano
• Dana Teboe – trombone
• Donna Tecco – violin
• Daria Tedeschi – violin
• Sabina Thatcher – viola
• David Tofani – flute, alto flute
• Darryl Tookes – background vocals
• Tina Turner
  Tina Turner
  Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
  
   – performer
• Shania Twain
  Shania Twain
  Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
  
  – performer
• Carol Webb – violin
• Ellen Westerman – cello
• Kate Wilkinson – viola
• James "D-Train" Williams – background vocals
• Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis – guitar
• Judy Witmer – viola
• Gavyn Wright – violin
• Craig Young – bass

Additional personnel

• Rob Albano – assistant engineer
• Glenn Barratt – mixing
• Joe Bates – assistant engineer
• Lee Blaske – string arrangements
• Paul Bogaev – producer
• Andy Bradfield – mixing
• Mark Browne – assistant Engineer
• Adrian Bushby – engineer
• Ralph Cacciurri – assistant engineer
• Steve "Barney" Cahse – engineer
• Barney Chase – engineer
• Peter Collins – producer
• Jake Davies – programming
• Mike Dy – assistant engineer
• Frank Filipetti – producer, engineer, mixing
• Dave Fisher – assistant engineer
• Jan Folkson – programming
• Jon Gals – mixing
• Jason Groucott – mixing assistant
• Michael Hanna – arranger
• Delroy "Dr. Marshall" Harrison – engineer
• Jean Hébrail – arranger, producer, engineer
• Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing
• John Holbrook – engineer, mixing
• Jimmy Jam – arranger, multi instruments, producer
• Pete Karem – assistant engineer
• Thom "TK" Kidd – engineer
• Angélique Kidjo – arranger
• Matt Knobel – engineer
• Nathaniel Kunkel – producer, engineer, mixing
• Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
• Pete Lewis – engineer
• Terry Lewis – arranger, multi instruments, producer
• Patrick Lindsay – mixing
• Kevin Lively – assistant engineer
• Lord-Alge – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Mike Malak – engineer
• Terry Manning – engineer
• Steve Mazur – mixing assistant
• Garfield McDonald – engineer
• Chris Montan – producer
• Nathan Morris – arranger
• Wanya Morris – arranger
• Rob Murphy – assistant engineer
• Jake Ninan – assistant engineer
• Richard Pandiscio – artwork, art Direction
• Todd Parker – assistant engineer
• Dave Pensado – mixing
• Greg Pinto – assistant engineer
• Phil Ramone – producer, executive producer
• Chris Ribando – assistant engineer
• Tim Rice – lyricist, liner notes
• Alexander Richbourg – drum programming
• Olle Romo – engineer
• Sisqó – arranger
• Ivy Skoff – producer
• Xavier Smith – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Richard Stannard – producer
• Shawn Stockman – arranger
• Pat Thrall – programming, digital editing, electronic editor
• Fred Vaughn – choir arrangement
• Stephanie Vonarx – assistant engineer
• Paul Waller – programming
• Ron Warshow – assistant engineer
• James "Big Jim" Wright – arranger