Today in 1997, Shania Twain’s “Come On Over” album was certified gold, platinum and double-platinum.

Come On Over is the third studio album recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 4, 1997. It became the all-time best-selling country music album, best-selling studio album by a female act, and best selling album by a Canadian. It is eighth all-time best-selling album in the United States, and sixteenth best-selling album in the United Kingdom.

To date, the album has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, shipped over 20 million copies in the United States, with over 15.7 million copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan, and another 1.99 million through BMG Music Clubs. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and stayed there for 50 non-consecutive weeks. It stayed in the Top Ten for 151 weeks. 11 of the 16 songs hit top 30 of the Hot Country Songs chart, 8 of which hit top 10, including three No. 1s. Twain promoted the album with television performances and interviews. It was further promoted with the successful Come On Over Tour, which visited North America, Oceania and Europe. Out of the album’s 16 tracks, 12 were released as singles and most of them became a “greatest hit” for Shania Twain.

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Today in 1989, Charlie Daniels’ single, “The Devil Went Down To Georgia,” was certified platinum. It was released in 1979 on “Million Mile Reflections”, the tenth studio album by Charlie Daniels and the sixth as The Charlie Daniels Band, released on April 20, 1979. The album’s title refers to the band having passed the million mile mark in its touring.

Today in 1980, Dolly Parton’s first movie, “9 to 5,” premiered. It was a huge hit and the title song went on to hit #1 on the country charts and pop charts — Dolly also won two Grammy Awards for the song.

The film stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with, and their overthrow of, the company’s autocratic, “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” boss, played by Dabney Coleman.

The film grossed over $103.9 million and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician and songwriter—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. A television series of the same name based on the film ran for five seasons, and a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009.

9 to 5 is number 74 on the American Film Institute’s “100 Funniest Movies” and has an 82% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.

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Today in 1981, Buck Owens had a fictitious speeding ticket rescinded by singing “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail” in an episode of the CBS series “The Dukes Of Hazzard,” starring John Schneider and Tom Wopat.

Tammy Wynette, Roy Orbison, Dottie West, the Oak Ridge Boys and Mel Tillis were also “caught speeding” in Hazzard County. The recurring “Celebrity Speed Trap” bit was a way to feature the most popular country artists of the era on the show.

Other notable appearances included Loretta Lynn in a 1980 episode in which she was kidnapped. And Mickey Gilley played himself in an episode that featured Boss Hogg attempting to sell an illegal bootleg of a concert.

Today in 2002, the numbers were made final and Faith Hill was tapped as logging a record setting 6-million streams as AOL’s “Artist of the Month” campaign. The achievement proved to be the online provider’s most successful in history. This news also came on the heels of Faith’s nomination as Favorite Female Artist by the People’s Choice Awards and the highest network ratings for any music special broadcast during Thanksgiving week.