In 1993, Twain released her
eponymous debut studio album, which caught the attention of record producer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The two collaborated on songwriting via phone calls for six months, and later established a romantic relationship. Soon after, they wedded in December 1993 and Twain's second studio album
The Woman in Me (1995) established Twain as a superstar, selling over 12 million copies in the United States. Twain and Lange continued to collaborate on her subsequent albums
Come on Over (1997) and
Up! (2002); the prior went on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide and became the best-selling album by a female artist. Twain decided to take a musical hiatus in 2005. The divorce was finalized on June 9, 2010. According to Twain, she became
depressed and lost her desire to live following the divorce. As a distraction from it, Twain commenced to write her memoir
From This Moment On (titled after
the 1998 song of the same name). She then began to re-evaluate her life and noted a pattern of attempting to withhold emotions, which affected her voice (for both speaking and singing). She explained the loss of her voice was attributed to a cumulative stress that began with
domestic violence in her childhood, Twain wrote the song "
Today Is Your Day" for self-inspiration, during the development of
Why Not? with Shania Twain. The song premiered on
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on June 12, 2011, immediately after the broadcast premiere of
Why Not? with Shania Twains final episode, "Endless Love". and her first solo-written song released since "Leaving Is the Only Way Out" from
The Woman in Me (1995). ==Development==