LeAnn Rimes Profile

LeAnn Rimes General Facts:

Full name: Margaret LeAnn Rimes
Birthday: Aug. 28, 1982
Birthplace: Jackson, Miss.
Raised: Garland, Texas

Early performances:

Her parents have tapes of her singing The Judds' "Have Mercy" at 18 months old. When she was five, LeAnn entered and won her first song and dance competition singing "Getting To Know You." After the victory, she told her mom, I'm going to be a singer, and I want to be bigger than Barbra Streisand!

Big Break:

As LeAnn was singing the national anthem at a Dallas Cowboys football game, a local disc jockey found the voice to record his song, "Blue" - a tune he'd written 40 years earlier for Patsy Cline.

Platinum Albums:

Blue (6 million, 1996), The Early Years: Unchained Melody (2 million, 1997), You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (4 million, 1997), Sittin' On Top Of The World (1 million, 1998), LeAnn Rimes (1 million, 1999)

Awards:

1997 CMA Horizon Award; 1996 ACM for Top New Female Vocalist; 1996 ACM Single and Song of the Year for "Blue"; 1996 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best New Artist

Top 10 Singles:

Blue (No. 1, 1996), One Way Ticket (Because I Can) (No. 1, 1996), Unchained Melody (No. 3, 1997), How Do I Live (No. 1, 1997), The Light In Your Eyes (No. 5, 1997), On The Side Of Angels (No. 4, 1998), Commitment (No. 4, 1998), Nothin' New Under The Moon (No. 10, 1998), Big Deal (No. 6, 2000), I Need You (No. 8, 2000)

Label:

Curb Records

Discography:

• Blue
• Unchained Melody: The Early Years
• Sittin' On Top of the World
• You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
• LeAnn Rimes
• Twisted Angel
• I Need You
• Greatest Hits
• What a Wonderful World
• This Woman