Shania Twain Shares Empowering Message While Accepting the 2022 People’s Choice Awards’ Music Icon Honor: ‘Be the Queen of You’

07.12.2022 - 06:35 / usmagazine.com

She’s still the one! Shania Twain received a standing ovation while accepting one of the biggest honors at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday, December 6.

The “That Don’t Impress Me Much” songstress was honored with The Music Icon Award while attending the fan-voted event in Santa Monica, California.

“Oh, my gosh. This is such a privilege and a dream. Thank you so much for presenting me with this award and highlighting my work as having a significant impact,” she said. “I’m not sure if that’s the right thing to say, but I feel like that’s always my wish to inspire people with my music.”

The Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration star continued: “I always miss my mother right now at these moments in my life. My fans, my friends, my team, you are the ones who really fill that space — you’re here with me. You’ve made me feel loved and special my whole working life and I will always be grateful for that.”

Twain concluded her speech by telling her fans to “giddy up” and stand together. “Embrace your individuality and your crazy ideas. Just be brave. Let’s remember, there is power in numbers. We are in this together. Love is love,” she added. “And when a door slams in your face … just run and leap at that door and kick it down. All I have to say is, be the queen of you.”

The honor also marked Twain’s return to the PCAs stage for the first time since 2005 when she won Favorite Country Female Singer. The Canadian musician previously announced that she would be singing “Waking Up Dreaming,” which is off her upcoming sixth studio album, Queen of Me, which drops in February.

Twain kicked off her medley with “Any Man of Mine” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” only pausing for a quick wardrobe change. she showed off her signature