LeAnn Rimes

===Voice and vocal ability===
Rimes's voice has been described as a [[soprano]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/twisted-angel |title = Twisted Angel Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More |website = [[Metacritic]] |access-date = July 8, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130924183336/http://www.metacritic.com/music/twisted-angel |archive-date = September 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Bakersfield">{{cite web |last1=Self |first1=Jennifer |title=Kern County Fair lineup: LeAnn Rimes, Steppenwolf, En Vogue and ... |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/kern-county-fair-lineup-leann-rimes-steppenwolf-en-vogue-and/article_b5210e98-9e8d-5a6e-abc0-0d0d7861ab1b.html |website=Bakersfield |date=May 15, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Syracuse">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Elliot |title=LeAnn Rimes brings Grammy-winning voice to NYS Fair (Review) |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2017/09/leann_rimes_brings_grammy-winning_voice_to_nys_fair_concert_review.html |website=Syracuse |date=September 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> She has often been described by critics as having "powerhouse vocals".<ref name="Folk Works">{{cite web |last1=Altman |first1=Ross |title=LeAnn Rimes in Concert |url=https://folkworks.org/article/leann-rimes-in-concert-2/ |website=Folk Works |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Top 5"/><ref name="Glamour">{{cite magazine |last1=Goodman |first1=Jessica |title=LeAnn Rimes Wrote 'Borrowed' After Seeing a Tabloid With Her Face on the Cover |magazine=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |date=July 22, 2021 |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/leann-rimes-borrowed-story |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> Critics took notice from her earliest recordings. ''Entertainment Weekly'''s Don McLeese commented, "Though 'Young Country' doesn't get much younger than Rimes, she already shows more poise and maturity than many artists twice her age."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=McLeese |first1=Don |title=LeAnn Rimes has a big voice for a young girl |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=August 9, 1996 |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/08/09/leann-rimes-has-big-voice-young-girl/ |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> In similar vein, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote in 2005 "Rimes's voice is far and away her strongest selling point. Rich and worldly, it belied her young age -- especially when she tackled a vintage-sounding country song like 'Blue'."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tarradell |first1=Mario |title=LeAnn Rimes and the Voice of Maturity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2005/01/30/leann-rimes-and-the-voice-of-maturity/54da57d0-2860-4228-8ddb-1f3a0b54f195/ |access-date=December 21, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 30, 2005}}</ref> From a young age, Rimes also chose material that was considered beyond her years. In her first album, Rimes recorded such material as [[Deborah Allen]]'s "My Baby", whose lyrics say, "my baby is a full-time lover, my baby is a full-grown man."<ref name="roughguide" /> Other material such as [[Diane Warren]]'s "How Do I Live" had also been considered too mature for Rimes's age and was the main reason why her version of the song was not chosen to be used in the soundtrack for the film ''[[Con Air]]''.<ref name="nashville">{{cite book |last = Kosser |first = Michael |title = How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A. |publisher = Hal Leonard Corp. |location = Milwaukee, WI, USA |page = 316 |chapter = Ch. 26 — The King of Independents }}</ref>

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As Rimes matured into adulthood, critics continued to take notice of her voice. In reviewing a 2005 concert, Chrissie Dickinson of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' found that while her stage presence was lacking, Rimes's voice had significant power: "But what Rimes lacked in stage electricity she made up for in vocal power. She has superlative control over that big voice, a soaring instrument that can belt and whisper within the same song."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickinson |first1=Chrissie |title=Rimes lacks presence, but that voice is powerful |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-06-27-0506270152-story.html |access-date=December 21, 2021 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 27, 2005}}</ref> In reviewing her 2011 album ''Lady & Gentlemen'' Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated, "Throughout it all, Rimes hits her marks with ease...she's become a stronger, more nuanced singer over the years."<ref name="Lady and Gentlemen"/> Jessica Goodman of ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' found that her 2016 song "Remnants" "showcases the powerhouse vocals that made Rimes famous all those years ago."<ref name="Glamour"/>