LeAnn Rimes

===Influences===
Rimes has credited performers of different musical styles as career influences, including [[Alanis Morissette]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Melissa |title=COUNTRY STARLET'S TALENT FAR EXCEEDS HER YEARS\ FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD LEANN RIMES BREAKS THROUGH WITH ''BLUE' |url=https://greensboro.com/country-starlets-talent-far-exceeds-her-years-fourteen-year-old-leann-rimes-breaks-through-with/article_02006643-54fa-5776-bab0-bd269186963c.html |access-date=December 21, 2021 |work=[[News & Record]] |date=October 9, 1996}}</ref> [[Reba McEntire]], [[Wynonna Judd]],<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |last1=Feiler |first1=Bruce |title=Big Voice, Big Dreams and All of 13 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/25/arts/big-voice-big-dreams-and-all-of-13.html |access-date=December 21, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 25, 1996}}</ref> [[Judy Garland]], [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[Whitney Houston]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Scott |title=LEANN RIMES HITS THE BIG TIME |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1996/09/29/leann-rimes-hits-the-big-time/1d5f9541-894b-47b3-9b25-5142eb73db89/ |access-date=December 21, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 29, 1996}}</ref> Early in her career, Rimes commented on McEntire's influence with ''[[The New York Times]]'': "If I had to model my career after anyone it would have to be Reba. She's made some great business decisions in her career to stay around for 20 years, and my biggest goal right now is to stay around for a long time."<ref name="NY Times"/>

Rimes was most notably influenced by [[Patsy Cline]].<ref name="Women"/><ref name="roughguide"/> Listeners and critics drew similarities to Cline's voice through Rimes's phrasing and vocal delivery<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joyce |first1=Mike |title=FROM LEANN RIMES, BRIGHT BLUE' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/08/07/from-leann-rimes-bright-blue/a6bd709b-a15e-4d55-95ed-5f78762f2f08/ |access-date=December 21, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 7, 1996}}</ref> Rimes later stated that Cline's voice largely influenced the way she created her own unique sound. "[Patsy Cline] was such a huge part of how I created my sound. From [Cline], really it was about this true, honest, emotional connection and the way that she could just take you to a place that you don't normally go within yourself when you listened to her music," she told ''popculture.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Hannah |title=LeAnn Rimes Says Patsy Cline Was a 'Huge Part' of How She Created Her Sound |url=https://popculture.com/country-music/news/leann-rimes-says-patsy-cline-huge-part-how-she-created-her-sound/ |website=popculture. |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> In 2013, Rimes performed a tribute to Cline at the [[American Country Awards]] she sang a tribute medley of Cline's songs. "I mean I know how much I've been influenced by her and how I feel about her and then you see a sea of people and artists who have been just as influenced and she's touched so many people," she told ''[[E!]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Toomey |first1=Alyssa |title=LeAnn Rimes' Trick to Stop Crying During Patsy Cline Tribute? "Think About Sex," Says Singer |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/490289/leann-rimes-trick-to-stop-crying-during-patsy-cline-tribute-think-about-sex-says-singer |access-date=December 21, 2021 |work=[[E!]] |date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>