canadian women by the end of the decade enjoyed greater international commercial success than ever before in the popular music field. as alannah myles, lisa dalbello and lee aaron had a decade earlier, four women in particular rose out of the 1990s, setting new pinnacles of success in terms financial, critical, and in their immediate and strong influences on their respective genres: sarah mclachlan, céline dion, alanis morissette and shania twain. alanis morissette kicked off another revolution in canadian music, launching an era in which canadian women like avril lavigne would rule the pop charts worldwide. quebec-born singer, celine dion is the best-selling canadian artist of all time, and when her 1997 album, "let's talk about love" was released in canada, it broke the record for the highest opening weekly sales for any album, selling 230,212 copies, a record which still stands. alanis morissette, along with shania twain, are the only canadian artists, male or female to have sold two million units in canada, receiving the double diamond award other female canadian musicians have achieved international success in the highly competitive world of popular music, including joni mitchell, ginette reno, diane dufresne, diana krall, avril lavigne, loreena mckennitt, amanda marshall, holly cole, chantal kreviazuk, diane tell, jann arden, deborah cox, sarah harmer, susan aglukark, melissa auf der maur, emily haines, kittie, bif naked, nelly furtado, colleen rennison and feist.