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LeAnn Rimes (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes August 28, 1982 in Jackson,
Mississippi) is a popular American country music singer. Rimes emerged
with the single "Blue" when she was thirteen years old. She is most
recognized for her crossover hit "How Do I Live" which spent 69 weeks on
the U.S Hot 100 charts, more than any other song in American history.
Rimes' other notable songs include "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (from the
movie Coyote Ugly) and American Idol favorite "I Need You." She has won an
American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music
Awards, and four Billboard Music Awards.
On February 23, 2002, she married Dean Sheremet, a dancer whom she met
while recording Twisted Angel. They currently live in Nashville,
Tennessee.
On January 25, 2005, Rimes released a new album called This Woman.
Although it has been met with mixed reviews, This Woman is a comeback of
sorts for Rimes. With sales over 600 000, this is Rimes best-selling album
in over five years since her self-titled album in 1999. In terms of the
singles released, this is her most successful album since her debut nearly
10 years ago. The upbeat and undeniably catchy "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes
Sense" reached the Top 5 and became her biggest hit on the country charts
in years. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way," a song about a woman trying to
get over a lost love, was released as a single, climbing to number 3. The
video to "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" was very dark, and the song was
received well in the country music world. When "Something's Gotta Give"
broke into the Top 3 and reached the #2 spot on the Billboard country
chart and #1 on the Radio and Records country chart in June 2006, it
became her biggest country hit since "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", her
sole Billboard number one hit 10 years ago. The video for "Something's
Gotta Give" also reached #1 on CMTs video countdown.
Rimes co-wrote three songs off This Woman: "You Take Me Home," "I Got It
Bad," and "When This Woman Loves a Man".
On Saturday, September 3, 2005, Rimes performed a concert, on a three hour
special on Larry King Live, as a benefit for those affected in the Gulf
Coast by Hurricane Katrina. As a Mississippian, she said that Hurricane
Katrina "hit close to home." Just days before the hurricane, she had
performed in Biloxi, Mississippi.
On January 4, 2006, Rimes performed the National Anthem before the Rose
Bowl championship game between the USC Trojans and the Texas Longhorns in
Pasadena, California.
On June 6, 2006, Rimes released a new album in Europe called "Whatever We
Wanna (UK)". The new album presents a pop-oriented sound. Rimes co-wrote
10 out of the 15 songs on the album. The album includes a remixed pop
version of her song "Some People" from her album This Woman. The first
single released was "And It Feels Like", which reached #22 on the official
UK singles chart. It peaked at #24 in Ireland.
The second single to be released in the UK and Ireland is Rimes' duet with
former Westlife singer Brian McFadden entitled "Everybody's Someone."
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"I'm not an overnight success,
I've been at this since I was 6." (On winning her Best New Artist
Grammy at age 14 in 1997)
"Me and my husband don't really do the drugs and rock'n'roll thing.
We don't do crazy stuff like that. We're pretty mellow people."
"I was raised as a Southern woman so I am polite, have great manners
and know how to handle myself as a woman. But I'm no goody
two-shoes, definitely not. I have fun when I want to have fun."
"I'm very happy now; I'm married, I have wonderful friends, my dad
and I have a great relationship. I feel better than I ever have.
There was a lot more pressure when I was 14 - a lot more was
expected of me."
"I grew up in a really musical family and I think I was just blessed
with a gift. I kind of knew this was what I was supposed to do in
life, with a little help from my mum and dad, who were never pushy
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