Anne Murray is a soft-spoken lady that came from a small town in Nova Scotia, and she also ended up being a musical superstar who kicked down doors to allow Canadian females to achieve huge success on the international stage, including paving the way for the massive careers of Shania Twain and Celine Dion. While going to university, she auditioned for a small Canadian singing series called “Singing Jubilee”, eventually getting a part on it. She struck up a friendship with the show’s musical director, who convinced her to record a solo album at an independent record label in Toronto. That album did well for an independent release, and caught the attention of Capital Records. After Anne signed with them, they released the song “Snowbird” as a single. It not only became a major success in Canada, but it ended up becoming a surprise hit in the U.S. as well (hitting the top ten on at least 4 different U.S. charts), as well as being a hit in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. That surprise hit song would eventually turn into an over 20 year career of hits on the country and pop charts and selling millions of records in the process. She retired from the entire entertainment world in 2008 and has made very few appearances since that point, but that does not diminish her legacy as a legendary award-winning superstar who took the world by storm.