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Do not fill this in! {{short description|American singer (born 1982)}} {{about|the artist|the album|LeAnn Rimes (album)}} {{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{use American English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = LeAnn Rimes | image = LeAnn Rimes 2009.jpg | caption = Rimes in October 2009 | birth_name = Margaret LeAnn Rimes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|08|28}} | birth_place = [[Jackson, Mississippi]], U.S. | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Dean Sheremet|2002|2010|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|[[Eddie Cibrian]]|2011}} }} | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | origin = [[Garland, Texas]], U.S. | genre = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian]]|[[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]|[[dance-pop]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress|author}} | years_active = 1990–present | label = {{hlist|[[Curb Records|Curb]]|Iconic|Prodigy|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|EverLe|[[Thirty Tigers]]}} | website = {{URL|leannrimesworld.com}} }} }} '''Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian''' (born August 28, 1982)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garner |first1=Kelly K. |title=So You Want to Sing Country A Guide for Performers |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=9781442246416 |page=192}}</ref><ref name=peoplebio>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/leann_rimes/0,,,00.html |title = LeAnn Rimes |magazine = [[People (magazine)|People.com]] |access-date = January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130126171923/http://www.people.com/people/leann_rimes/0%2C%2C%2C00.html |archive-date = January 26, 2013 }}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a [[country music]] artist at age 13 with 1996's "[[Blue (Bill Mack song)#LeAnn Rimes versions|Blue]]".<ref name="book-pg334">{{cite book |title = Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America |editor = Alanna Nash and Paul Kingsbury |publisher = DK Publishing, Inc |location = New York, NY |year = 2006 |page = 334 |chapter = Ch. 12: Pocketful of Gold }}</ref> She has since [[Crossover music|crossed over]] into [[Pop music|pop]], [[Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian]], and other musical genres.<ref name="Top 5">{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Amy |title=Top 5 LeAnn Rimes Songs |url=https://theboot.com/top-leann-rimes-songs/ |website=The Boot |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Rimes has placed over 40 singles on international charts since 1996. In addition, she has sold over 48 million records worldwide, with 20.8 million album sales in the United States according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7677737/leann-rimes-remnants-ego-human|title=LeAnn Rimes on Letting Go: 'Once It Wasn't About My Ego Anymore, I Became Human'|magazine=Billboard|first=Danielle|last=Bacher|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked her number 17 in terms of sales success in the 1990–1999 decade.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4 |title = Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade |magazine = Billboard – 1999: The Year in Music |date = December 25, 1999 |access-date = September 27, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140630052651/http://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4 |archive-date = June 30, 2014 |page=YE-18}}</ref> Rimes was raised in [[Texas]] and demonstrated a unique singing ability from a young age. Through her parents' efforts, Rimes began performing in various programs, including musical theater and local music contests. Developing a local following, Rimes recorded two studio albums as a preteen. These records helped bring her to the attention of Nashville label [[Curb Records]]. She signed a contract with Curb at age 13 and released 1996's "Blue". It became a top ten hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country songs chart. Her 1996 [[Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)|album of the same name]] sold over six million copies and established her as a major country artist. In 1997, Rimes crossed over into pop music with "[[How Do I Live]]". The song became one of the best-selling singles of the 1990s. An extended mix of the track was included on her next album ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]'', which sold over four million copies. Over the next several years, Rimes's singles demonstrated further crossover success. These include "[[I Need You (LeAnn Rimes song)|I Need You]]" and "[[Can't Fight the Moonlight]]". Breaking away from her father's management in the 2000s, Rimes experimented with several styles. In 2002, she released the pop-inspired ''[[Twisted Angel]]'' and in 2004 released the Christmas record ''[[What a Wonderful World (LeAnn Rimes album)|What a Wonderful World]]''. She returned to her country origins with 2005's ''[[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|This Woman]]'', which produced three country hits. A similar album project followed in 2007 titled ''[[Family (LeAnn Rimes album)|Family]]''. After appearing in the 2009 television film ''[[Northern Lights (2009 film)|Northern Lights]]'', Rimes began an affair with fellow actor [[Eddie Cibrian]]. The relationship received notable media attention over the next several years. Her 2013 album, ''[[Spitfire (LeAnn Rimes album)|Spitfire]]'' chronicled the affair and her personal difficulties from the experience. Ending her long-time professional relationship with Curb Records, Rimes released a series of Christmas recordings over the next several years. They included 2014's ''[[One Christmas: Chapter 1]]'' and 2015's ''[[Today Is Christmas]]''. In 2016, she returned with the pop-flavored studio effort ''[[Remnants (LeAnn Rimes album)|Remnants]]'', which featured two ''Billboard'' dance club hits. Her most recent efforts include a 2020 album titled ''[[Chant: The Human & the Holy]]'', which centers on personal mantras and chants inspired by Rimes's mental health journeys. Rimes further developed her acting career during this period. She has since appeared in several feature and television films including ''[[Good Intentions (2010 film)|Good Intentions]]'' (2010), ''[[Reel Love]]'' (2011), and ''[[It's Christmas, Eve]]'' (2018). She also guest appeared in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Country Comfort (TV series)|Country Comfort]]'' (2021) as herself. She is set to appear as a coach on ''[[The Voice (Australian TV series)|The Voice Australia]]'' and ''[[The Voice UK]]'' in 2024. == Early life == Rimes was born in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. She is the only child of Wilbur Rimes and Belinda Butler. The family moved to [[Garland, Texas]], when she was six. She was enrolled in vocal and dance classes, and was performing at local talent shows at the age of five.<ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p182450|pure_url=yes}}|title=LeAnn Rimes - Biography|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref> Rimes began her career in [[musical theatre]], performing in a [[Dallas, Texas]], production of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', and almost landing the lead part in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''. After appearing on the network television competition show ''[[Star Search]]'', where she clearly charmed host [[Ed McMahon]] in addition to being a one-week champion, Rimes decided to go into [[country music]]. Rimes appeared a number of times on ''Johnnie High's Country Music Revue'' in [[Arlington, Texas]] which gained the attention of national [[talent scouts]]. By age nine, Rimes was an experienced singer. She toured nationally with her father and also regularly performed [[a cappella]] renditions of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" at the opening of the [[Dallas Cowboys]] football games. Wilbur Rimes began recording his daughter under the independent label Nor Va Jak when she turned 11. Her debut studio album was released on the label in 1991 entitled ''Everybody's Sweetheart''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roura|first=Phil|title=Music heavyweights pack Atlantic City's fall schedule|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2007/09/09/2007-09-09_music_heavyweights_pack_atlantic_citys_f.html|access-date=September 28, 2011|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|date=September 9, 2007}}</ref> Rimes was then discovered by Dallas [[disc jockey]] and record promoter [[Bill Mack (singer)|Bill Mack]]. Mack was impressed by Rimes's vocal ability, and over the following three years, he made various attempts to take Rimes to a mainstream level. The center of Mack's plan to bring her success was his composition, "Blue". In July 1994, Rimes recorded the song on her second studio album, ''[[All That (album)|All That]]''.<ref name="book-pg63">{{cite book |title = Dreams Come True: The LeAnn Rimes Story |last = Sgammato |first = Jo |year = 1997 |publisher = [[Random House]] |isbn = 0-345-41650-3 |pages = 63–64 }}</ref> Mack then arranged a recording contract for Rimes with [[Curb Records]]. She signed with the Nashville label in 1996.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> == Music career == === 1996: Country music breakthrough with ''Blue'' === {{listen|filename=LeAnn Rimes--Blue--audio.ogg |title="Blue"|description=In 1996 and at age 13, Rimes had her breakthrough song on the country charts with "Blue". The song won multiple awards and drew comparisons to the music of [[Patsy Cline]]. |format=[[Ogg]]||pos=right}} After signing with Curb Records, Rimes recorded a new version of "Blue" as a single. However, Rimes told a BBC radio program in October 2016<ref>{{cite web |title = Woman's Hour |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07zxgn0 |website = BBC |access-date = November 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161027045146/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07zxgn0 |archive-date = October 27, 2016 }}</ref> that the record company accidentally released the version she had recorded as an 11-year-old. She said it was this version that peaked at number ten on the [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Country Chart]].<ref name="cmtbio">{{cite web |url = http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/rimes_leann/bio.jhtml |title = LeAnn Rimes: Biography |publisher = Country Music Television |access-date = February 14, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090208155146/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/rimes_leann/bio.jhtml |archive-date = February 8, 2009 }}</ref> Writers and critics drew comparisons to Rimes with that of [[Patsy Cline]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Takeda |first1=Allison |title=LeAnn Rimes Thought About Sex to Stop Crying During Patsy Cline Tribute |journal=[[US Weekly]] |date=December 12, 2013 |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/leann-rimes-thought-about-sex-to-stop-crying-during-patsy-cline-tribute-20131212/ |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pressley |first1=Sue Ann |title=THEY'RE CRAZY FOR THIS GIRL |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/06/22/theyre-crazy-for-this-girl/ed222b4d-6eef-4c71-b98b-9589a6e3262f/ |access-date=December 19, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 22, 1996}}</ref> Promotion for the single incorrectly said that Rimes was the first person to record the song. The statement proved false as the song had been recorded by multiple artists over the years including Bill Mack himself. Nonetheless, the media attention to "Blue" further added to the belief that Rimes was the successor to Cline's legacy.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> Rimes third album of the [[Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)|same name]] was also released in 1996.<ref name="allmusicbio"/><ref name="book-pg334" /><ref name="roughguide">{{cite book |last = Wolff |first = Kurt |title = Country Music: The Rough Guide |editor = Orla Duane |publisher = Rough Guides Ltd. |location = London |chapter = Ch. 13 – Hunks, Hat Acts, and Young Country Darlings: Nashville in the 1990s }}</ref> The disc sold 123,000 copies in its first week, the highest figure in [[SoundScan]] history at that time. It peaked at number one on the [[Top Country Albums]] and debuted at number three on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart, eventually selling a total of four million copies in the United States and eight million copies worldwide.<ref name="roughguide" /><ref name="allmusicbio" /><ref name="people">{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/leann_rimes/biography |title = LeAnn Rimes Biography: People.com |magazine = [[People Magazine|People.com]] |access-date = February 14, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090203211232/http://www.people.com/people/leann_rimes/biography |archive-date = February 3, 2009 }}</ref> [[AllMusic]] considered the album to be "delightful" and that it could "help inspire other young teens".<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r237851|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Blue'' album review|last=M. Haney|first=Shawn|website=allmusic|access-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref> Rimes followed up the single with "[[One Way Ticket (Because I Can)]]". The song became her first and only number one single on the ''Billboard'' Country Chart.<ref name="Country Songs">{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Country Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/csa/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> A remake of [[Eddy Arnold]]'s 1955 hit "[[The Cattle Call]]" was later released as a single as well.<ref name="book-pg334" /><ref name="cmtbio" /> ''Blue'' would also spawn the charting single "Hurt Me" and the top five country song "[[The Light in Your Eyes]]".<ref name="Country Songs"/> With the album's success Rimes received many major industry awards. In 1997 at 14 years old she became the youngest person to win a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]], for [[Best New Artist]] and [[Best Female Country Vocal Performance]] for "Blue". She was also the first Country music artist to win the Best New Artist category.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> The same year she won the [[Country Music Association]]'s "Horizon Award" for Best New Artist Of The Year, becoming the youngest person to ever be nominated and win a Country Music Association award.<ref name="CMA">{{cite web |title=CMA Past Winners & Nominees: LeAnn Rimes |url=https://cmaawards.com/past-winners-and-nominees/?appSession=41TJ1XHB3N4UU5XN770757J8CT563BA4959GO00NOAHKS1KD73LB22X6NOY352RA370ZCCB3J3EEBA9400G10A3B6OWO44Q735E73PK550GLO82K7733LM3ZVMHE47E9 |publisher=[[Country Music Association]] |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref> She was nominated for similar awards from the [[Academy of Country Music]].<ref name="ACM">{{cite web |title=Search winners: LeAnn Rimes |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners?awardTitle=leann+rimes&awardCategory=&awardYear=&actionButton=Submit |website=[[Academy of Country Music Awards]] |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref> === 1997–2004: Pop crossover and worldwide success === In 1997, Rimes released a [[compilation album|compilation]] of previously recorded material under the Nor Va Jak label, ''[[Unchained Melody: The Early Years]]''. The album mainly consisted of remakes, ranging from Country to pop, including songs originally recorded by [[The Beatles]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Bill Monroe]], and [[Dolly Parton]].<ref name="unchainedmelody">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r246952|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Unchained Melody: The Early Years''|last=F. Promis|first=Jose|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> Rimes's version of the [[Unchained Melody|title track]] became a major country hit in early 1997 and helped increase sales for the album.<ref name="cmtbio" /> In June 1997, Rimes would appear on the Disney Channel for television special called ''LeAnn Rimes in Concert''.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=LeAnn+Rimes+Disney+Channel+Concert&pg=PA6 |title = Billboard – Google Books |date = August 15, 1998 |access-date = June 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621022345/http://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=LeAnn%2BRimes%2BDisney%2BChannel%2BConcert&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YiLQT-DkH83E0AGg0-zxDQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=LeAnn%20Rimes%20Disney%20Channel%20Concert&f=false |archive-date = June 21, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zA4EAAAAMBAJ |page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zA4EAAAAMBAJ/page/n30 31] |quote = LeAnn Rimes Disney Channel Concert. |title = Billboard – |via = [[Internet Archive]] |date = February 1, 1997 |publisher = Nielsen Business Media |access-date = June 7, 2012 }}</ref> In September 1997, Rimes released her follow-up studio album to ''Blue'' titled ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]''. The album covered classic inspirational songs and several pop songs. It was a departure from Rimes's previous releases with more [[Adult Contemporary]]-styled music than Country.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r312598|pure_url=yes}}|title=''You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs''|last=Owens|first=Thom|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> The album sold over four million copies in the United States, certifying 4× Multi-Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="riaa">{{cite web |url = http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=LeAnn%20Rimes&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title = RIAA Gold & Platinum albums – LeAnn Rimes |publisher = [[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date = February 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131127041556/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=LeAnn%20Rimes&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-date = November 27, 2013 }}</ref> The album contained an extended version of the single "[[How Do I Live]]", which became a major pop hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], reaching number two.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Hot 100) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/csa/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="cmtbio" /> "How Do I Live" set a new record for becoming the longest-running single in ''Billboard'' Hot 100 history, spending 69 weeks on the chart.<ref name="people" /> In later years, the song was ranked as the most successful song of the 1990s by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6297023/billboard-hot-100-1990 |title = The Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of the 1990s |website = billboard.com |date = October 30, 2014 |access-date = December 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170627215403/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6297023/billboard-hot-100-1990 |archive-date = June 27, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> {{listen|filename=LeAnn Rimes--How Do I Live--Audio.ogg |title="How Do I Live"|description=In 1997, Rimes recorded the song "How Do I Live", which crossed over onto the pop chart and became one of the most commercially-successful pop recordings of the 1990s. |format=[[Ogg]]||pos=right}} Rimes released her third album in May 1998 titled ''[[Sittin' on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes album)|Sittin' on Top of the World]]''. The album leaned towards Adult Contemporary and mid-tempo pop music. It included pop material written by [[Carole Bayer Sager]] and [[David Foster]].<ref name="roughguide" /> It also included a remake of [[Prince (singer)|Prince]]'s "[[Purple Rain (song)|Purple Rain]]" and was produced by her father. The album was given mixed reviews. Allmusic gave the album two out of five stars.<ref name="Sittin on Top">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r348593|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Sittin' on Top of the World'' album review|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that Rimes "holds her own in the more popular style of [[Mariah Carey]] and [[Celine Dion]], wherein a spectacular voice upstages a song, grins and goes on about her business."<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/117926/review/5941735/sittin_on_top_of_the_world |title = LeAnn Rimes: ''Sittin' on Top of the World'' |last = Hunter |first = James |magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219082448/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/117926/review/5941735/sittin_on_top_of_the_world |archive-date = February 19, 2009 |url-status = dead |access-date = February 15, 2009 }}</ref> ''Sittin' on Top of the World'' debuted at number two on the Top Country Albums chart, and number three on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r348593|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Sittin' on Top of the World'' charts|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> and sold over a million copies in the United States, certifying "Platinum" in sales by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="riaa" /> The project spawned the number four ''Billboard'' country hit "[[Commitment (LeAnn Rimes song)|Commitment]]", the Top 20 Pop hit "[[Looking Through Your Eyes]]", and the number 10 country hit "[[Nothin' New Under the Moon]]".<ref name="Country Songs"/><ref name="Hot 100"/> [[File:Lee Ann Rimes 1999.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Rimes in 1999]] In October 1999, Curb released Rimes's [[LeAnn Rimes (album)|self-titled fourth studio album]]. The record was a collection of country music cover songs mainly by Patsy Cline. It included "[[Crazy (Willie Nelson song)|Crazy]]", "[[I Fall to Pieces]]", and "[[She's Got You]]".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rimes |first1=LeAnn |title=''LeAnn Rimes'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Curb Records]] |date=October 26, 1999 |id=77947}}</ref> The recordings were primarily taken from Cline's ''[[12 Greatest Hits]]'' album. Rimes's album received mostly positive reviews. Allmusic called the song, "a return to her roots" and "a salute to one of her idols, Patsy Cline." The album in general received much praise. Allmusic called the album one of her "better" efforts, since they had disliked her previous releases.<ref name=1999albumreview>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r444551|pure_url=yes}}|title=''LeAnn Rimes'' album review|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the album a positive review and said that Rimes's voice "dares listeners to take note of what is missing in her interpretations–the gutsiness and gut-wrenching urgency of performers who felt what they sang."<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271433,00.html |title = Too Young at Heart? |last = Johnson |first = Beth |magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date = February 15, 2009 |date = November 5, 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219141358/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C271433%2C00.html |archive-date = February 19, 2009 }}</ref> The album debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, topping the country albums chart for two weeks. It also peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r444551|pure_url=yes}}|title=''LeAnn Rimes'' charts & awards|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref><ref name="rock">{{cite web |url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-r/leannrimes_main.htm |title = LeAnn Rimes |publisher = Rock on the Net |access-date = February 15, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090224194615/http://rockonthenet.com/artists-r/leannrimes_main.htm |archive-date = February 24, 2009 }}</ref> The album also sold over one million copies in the United States, and was certified "Platinum" in sales by the RIAA.<ref name="riaa" /> The project also included the new song "[[Big Deal (LeAnn Rimes song)|Big Deal]]". Released as the lead single, "Big Deal" reached number six on the ''Billboard'' country chart.<ref name="Country Songs"/> Also in 1999, Rimes recorded a duet with [[Elton John]] for the stage musical ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'', titled "[[Written in the Stars (Elton John and LeAnn Rimes song)|Written in the Stars]]". {{listen | pos = right | filename = | title = "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (2000) | description = A thirty second sample of Rimes's "Can't Fight the Moonlight", from the ''[[Coyote Ugly (soundtrack)|Coyote Ugly]]'' soundtrack. | format = [[Ogg]] }} In 2000, Rimes contributed to the soundtrack from the 1999 TV movie ''[[Jesus (1999 film)|Jesus]]''. The song, "[[I Need You (LeAnn Rimes song)|I Need You]]", was issued as the lead single from the soundtrack in July 2000. A country mix was released as a single to radio along with a pop version.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Evans Price |first1=Deborah |title=EMI Labels Join Forces for 'Jesus' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 1, 2000 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=leann+rimes+records+i+need+you+for+2000+film+jesus&pg=PA13 |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> "I Need You" was characterized by Allmusic as having similarities to that of Adult Contemporary and Pop music.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r512635|pure_url=yes}}|title=''I Need You'' album review|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|website=allmusic|access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> The song reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' country songs chart and number 11 on the Hot 100.<ref name="Country Songs"/><ref name="Hot 100"/> Rimes appeared in the 2000 film ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'' and contribute four songs to the [[Coyote Ugly (soundtrack)|soundtrack]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hay |first1=Carla |title=Curb, Rimes Go for Three in a Row with 'Blonde' Single |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=July 19, 2003 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=leann+rimes+records+for+coyote+ugly&pg=PA14 |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> "[[Can't Fight the Moonlight]]" was released as a single from the film, reaching number 11 on the Hot 100.<ref name="Hot 100"/> By February 2002 "Can't Fight the Moonlight" had become a crossover pop hit, reaching number 11 in United States and becoming the highest selling single of 2001 in Australia. "Can't Fight the Moonlight" won Rimes a ''[[Blockbuster Entertainment Award]]'' for "Favorite Song from a Movie".<ref name="rock" /> Also released from the soundtrack was "[[But I Do Love You]]", which reached the American country top 20.<ref name="Country Songs"/> In January 2001, [[Curb Records]] released another compilation of previously recorded material, ''[[I Need You (album)|I Need You]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rimes |first1=LeAnn |title=''I Need You'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Curb Records]] |date=January 30, 2001 |id=8573876382}}</ref> The album received mostly unfavorable reviews. ''Rolling Stone'' gave the album two and a half stars, describing it as "synthetic-feeling".<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/105687/review/6067849/i_need_you |title = LeAnn Rimes: ''I Need You'' |last = Berger |first = Arion |magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] |date = February 20, 2001 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015205358/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/105687/review/6067849/i_need_you |archive-date = October 15, 2007 |url-status = dead |access-date = October 18, 2012 }}</ref> Despite very little praise from critics, the album sold well, and was certified "Gold" in sales by the RIAA.<ref name="riaa" /> Rimes later publicly disowned the album, which she said was compiled from studio outtakes her father had produced and that it was released without her knowledge or input.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1474877/leann-rimes-disowns-new-album.jhtml |title = News : LeAnn Rimes Disowns New Album |publisher = CMT |date = February 3, 2001 |access-date = September 27, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320054634/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1474877/leann-rimes-disowns-new-album.jhtml |archive-date = March 20, 2012 }}</ref> At the time during the litigation with her label Curb, Rimes was asking that Curb give her the rights to all past recordings and videos, give up all publishing interests in her compositions, and destroy all currently available recordings.<ref name="mtv">{{cite web |last = Flippo |first = Chet |url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1274452/leann-rimes-sues-label.jhtml |title = LeAnn Rimes Sues Label In Attempt To End Contract – Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher = MTV |date = November 17, 2000 |access-date = October 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110428105356/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1274452/leann-rimes-sues-label.jhtml |archive-date = April 28, 2011 }}</ref> In 2002, she released her fifth studio effort ''[[Twisted Angel]],'' which contained more adult material.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> It was certified "Gold" by the RIAA, her second Gold-certified album.<ref name="riaa" /> ''Rolling Stone'' gave the album two out of five stars, stating that the album sounded too "country-pop crossover".<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/121150/review/5943137/twisted_angel |title = LeAnn Rimes: ''Twisted Angel'' |last = Hoard |first = Christian |date = October 22, 2001 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219082454/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/121150/review/5943137/twisted_angel |archive-date = February 19, 2009 |magazine = Rolling Stone |url-status = dead |access-date = February 15, 2009 }}</ref> The following year she released her first children's book, titled ''Jag'', in July<ref name="jag" /> and she also released a ''[[Greatest Hits (LeAnn Rimes album)|Greatest Hits]]'' compilation in November.<ref name="rock" /> === 2005–2013: Return to country === In January 2005, Rimes's ninth studio album ''[[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|This Woman]]'' was released. The disc's songwriting and production was a return to her country origins. "It's mainly a Country album, but it's my kind of Country music," she told the ''[[Voice of America]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morningstar |first1=Mary |title=LeAnn Rimes Returns to Country Roots with ''This Woman'' |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2005-03-02-voa24/306202.html |access-date=December 19, 2021 |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=October 30, 2009}}</ref> It was Rimes's best-selling album in over five years,<ref name="biography">{{cite web |url = http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1843:2276/2/LeAnn_Rimes.htm |title = The Biography Channel: LeAnn Rimes biography |publisher = [[Biography Channel]] |access-date = February 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090220010248/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1843%3A2276/2/LeAnn_Rimes.htm |archive-date = February 20, 2009 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> reaching the top five of both the ''Billboard'' Country Albums chart and the Billboard 200.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rimes Returns As A New 'Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rimes-returns-as-a-new-woman-64286/ |access-date=December 19, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 2, 2005}}</ref> The album spawned the singles "[[Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense]]", "[[Probably Wouldn't Be This Way]]", and "[[Something's Gotta Give (LeAnn Rimes song)|Something's Gotta Give]]". All three songs reached the top five of the ''Billboard'' country songs chart, becoming her highest-charting singles in over five years.<ref name="Country Songs"/> In summer 2006, Rimes released the studio album ''[[Whatever We Wanna]]''. Due to the increased success of ''This Woman'' in North America,<ref name="Family">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=''Family'': LeAnn Rimes: Songs, reviews, credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/family-mw0000487631 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> it was sold exclusively to European audiences.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> In the United Kingdom, the album reached number 15.<ref name="UK Albums">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/leann%20rimes/|title=LeAnn Rimes UK Albums|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> {{listen|filename=LeAnn Rimes--Something's Gotta Give--Audio.ogg |title="Something's Gotta Give"|description=In 2005, Rimes released ''[[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|This Woman]]'', an album which produced her first top ten country songs in several years. It included 2005's "Something's Gotta Give". |format=[[Ogg]]||pos=right}} [[File:LeAnn Rimes performs in the East Room of the White House.jpg|right|thumb|Rimes performing in the East Room of the White House before President [[George W. Bush]] and [[Laura Bush]], 2006]] In October 2007, Asylum-Curb issued Rimes's eleventh studio disc titled ''[[Family (LeAnn Rimes album)|Family]]''.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> The country-flavored project as the first album in her career in which every track featured writing credits from Rimes herself.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |title=Leann Rimes, "Family" |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/leann-rimes-family-1048424/ |access-date=December 19, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' called the record "uneven" and gave it a rating of three and half stars.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/16614468/review/16683014/family |title = LeAnn Rimes: ''Family'' |last = Sheffield |first = Rob |magazine = Rolling Stone |access-date = February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080725221742/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/16614468/review/16683014/family |archive-date = July 25, 2008 }}</ref> Allmusic gave ''Family'' four stars and said that it "illustrates her range as a singer along with some true strength as a writer."<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r1113543|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Family'' album review|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen |website=allmusic|access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref> The project's lead single "[[Nothin' Better to Do]]" reached the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' country songs chart while the second single, "[[Good Friend and a Glass of Wine]]", reached the top 40.<ref name="Country Songs"/> In 2008, Rimes joined [[Kenny Chesney]] on his ''Poets and Pirates Tour'', along with [[Brooks & Dunn]], [[Keith Urban]], [[Sammy Hagar]], [[Gary Allan]], [[Big & Rich]], and [[Luke Bryan]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://countrymusic.about.com/od/news/qt/KC_2008FullTour.htm |title = Kenny Chesney Announces Full Summer Tour 2008 |last = Fabian |first = Shelly |publisher = [[about.com]] |access-date = February 16, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090224114405/http://countrymusic.about.com/od/news/qt/KC_2008FullTour.htm |archive-date = February 24, 2009 }}</ref> Around the same time, she collaborated with [[Joss Stone]] for a [[Crossroads (CMT TV series)|CMT ''Crossroads'']] special aired in fall 2007.<ref name="Crossroads">{{cite news |url = http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1564730/20070713/rimes_leann.jhtml |title = CMT Reveals New Episodes, Specials |date = July 13, 2007 |publisher = [[Country Music Television|CMT]] |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033458/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1564730/20070713/rimes_leann.jhtml |archive-date = September 30, 2007 }}</ref> In 2009, Rimes published ''What I Cannot Change'' along with song co-writer, Darrell Brown. It was released on April 14, 2009, and contains a bonus CD with an exclusive live performance of the song and both Brown and Rimes reading excerpts from the book.<ref name="change" /> In 2011, Rimes released her twelfth studio collection called ''[[Lady & Gentlemen]]''. Co-produced by [[Vince Gill]], the disc contained a set of classic country songs originally made successful by male artists that Rimes re-recorded from a female perspective.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> It also featured production credits from Rimes herself, becoming her first album that she produced.<ref name="Lady & Gentlemen CD Liner Note">{{cite journal |last1=Rimes |first1=LeAnn |title=''Lady & Gentlemen'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Curb Records]] |date=September 27, 2011 |id=79203}}</ref> Included on the project were songs by [[John Conlee]], [[George Jones]], and [[Merle Haggard]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Conaway |first1=Alanna |title=LeAnn Rimes Pays Homage to Classic Country on 'Lady and Gentlemen' |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/leann-rimes-classic-country-lady-and-gentlemen-album/ |website=[[Taste of Country]] |date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented, "As concept albums go, LeAnn Rimes' 2011 album ''Lady & Gentlemen'' is a good one: a collection of masculine country classics reinterpreted by a female singer.<ref name="Lady and Gentlemen">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=''Lady & Gentlemen'': LeAnn Rimes: Songs, reviews, credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lady-gentlemen-mw0002203135 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s Mikael Wood concluded that "The result is predictably solid, though it rarely sheds new light on the top-shelf material."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |title=''Lady & Gentlemen'' review - LeAnn Rimes |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 22, 2011 |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/09/22/lady-gentlemen-review-leann-rimes/ |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref> The album's cover of [[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]]'s "[[Swingin' (John Anderson song)|Swingin']]" was nominated for a Grammy award.<ref name="Grammys">{{cite web |title=LeAnn Rimes: Artist |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/leann-rimes/14004 |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> ''Lady & Gentlemen'' also featured two bonus tracks which were original recordings: "[[Crazy Women]]" and "[[Give (song)|Give]]".<ref name="Lady & Gentlemen CD Liner Note"/> Both tracks were released as singles and reached charting positions on the ''Billboard'' country survey.<ref name="Country Songs"/> Over the next several years Rimes recorded songs for her next project. In 2013, ''[[Spitfire (LeAnn Rimes album)|Spitfire]]'' was released and marked her final album with the Curb label.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> It was co-produced by Rimes along with [[Darrell Brown (musician)|Darrell Brown]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rimes |first1=LeAnn |title=''Spitfire'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Curb Records]] |date=June 4, 2013 |id=79346}}</ref> The disc centered around Rimes's affair with future husband [[Eddie Cibrian]] and the media speculation around their relationship. "I used to get mad at the tabloids, but I should be thanking them because they helped me write this whole record," she commented.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Scott |first1=Walter |title=LeAnn Rimes: I Was 'Terrified' While Writing About Eddie Cibrian Relationship |magazine=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=June 15, 2013 |url=https://parade.com/22053/walterscott/leann-rimes-i-was-terrified-while-writing-about-eddie-cibrian-relationship/ |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> The album sold 10,798 copies in its first week and debuted at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/leann-rimes-spitfire-bombs-week-album-sales-article-1.1371665 |title = LeAnn Rimes' 'Spitfire' album bombs with only 10,798 copies sold in first week |location = New York |work = Daily News |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130618013433/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/leann-rimes-spitfire-bombs-week-album-sales-article-1.1371665 |archive-date = June 18, 2013 }}</ref> It also debuted at number nine on the country albums chart.<ref name="US">{{cite magazine |last1=Johnson |first1=Zach |title=LeAnn Rimes' Spitfire Album Debuts to Disappointing Sales |magazine=[[US Weekly]] |date=June 13, 2013 |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/leann-rimes-spitfire-album-tanks-sells-10798-copies-in-its-first-week-2013136/ |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> The official first single to be released from ''Spitfire'', "What Have I Done",<ref>{{cite web |first = Beville |last = Dunkerley |url = http://www.theboot.com/2012/11/19/leann-rimes-what-have-i-done/ |title = LeAnn Rimes' 'What Have I Done' Is Heartfelt Apology to Ex |work = The Boot |publisher = [[AOL Music]] via [[AOL]] Inc |date = November 19, 2012 |access-date = December 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121228081920/http://www.theboot.com/2012/11/19/leann-rimes-what-have-i-done |archive-date = December 28, 2012 }}</ref> was released to [[Music download|digital download]] originally in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-have-i-done-single/id570818442 |title = What Have I Done – Single by LeAnn Rimes |work = [[iTunes Store]] |publisher = [[Apple Inc.]] |access-date = April 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130406013833/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-have-i-done-single/id570818442 |archive-date = April 6, 2013 }}</ref> but was replaced by the second single, "Borrowed", also issued in 2012 for radio release.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.theboot.com/2012/11/19/leann-rimes-what-have-i-done/ |title = LeAnn Rimes's 'What Have I Done' Is Heartfelt Apology to Ex |work = The Boot |publisher = [[AOL Music]] via [[AOL]] Inc |date = November 19, 2012 |access-date = December 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121228081920/http://www.theboot.com/2012/11/19/leann-rimes-what-have-i-done |archive-date = December 28, 2012 }}</ref> Sales of the album were considered "disappointing" by several news outlets, including ''[[US Weekly]]''<ref name="US"/> while singles released from the album failed to become commercially successful.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> ===2014–present: Changes in musical style and new directions=== {{listen|filename=LeAnn Rimes--Long Live Love--Audio.ogg |title="Long Live Love"|description=In 2017, Rimes recorded an album with RCA Records titled ''[[Remnants (LeAnn Rimes album)|Remnants]]'' that represented a transition in musical style. Spawned from the album, "Long Live Love" reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart. |format=[[Ogg]]||pos=right}} In 2014, Rimes announced that she would release three Christmas EPs over the course of three years: 2014, 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://tasteofcountry.com/leann-rimes-christmas-tour-album/ |title = LeAnn Rimes Hits the Beach to Announce Christmas Tour, Album |website = Tasteofcountry.com |date = July 11, 2014 |access-date = February 3, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202080138/http://tasteofcountry.com/leann-rimes-christmas-tour-album/ |archive-date = February 2, 2016 }}</ref> In October 2014, the first of these planned EP's was released entitled ''[[One Christmas: Chapter 1]]''. It was issued through Iconic Entertainment and contained six holiday cover tunes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rimes |first1=LeAnn |title=''One Christmas, Chapter 1'' (EP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=Iconic Entertainment Group |date=October 28, 2014 |id=ICON-025}}</ref> This included the lead single, a cover of "[[I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Adult contemporary songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/tfm/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> It peaked at number 20 on the Top Country Albums chart<ref name="Country Albums">{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Country Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> and number 35 on the [[Top Holiday Albums]] list.<ref name="Holiday Albums">{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Holiday Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Rimes later embarked on a holiday tour to promote the project titled the "One Christmas Tour", which played multiple shows around the United States in the winter months of 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bishop |first1=Matt |title=LeAnn Rimes Spreading Holiday Cheer On 2014 One Christmas Tour |url=https://pcmworldnews.com/news/2014/12/leann-rimes-spreading-holiday-cheer-on-2014-one-christmas-tour/ |access-date=December 20, 2021 |work=PCM World News |date=December 9, 2014}}</ref> Rimes's original plan of multiple EP releases was dropped and replaced with a full-length holiday album in 2015.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> That year she released ''[[Today Is Christmas]]'' through Prodigy Entertainment. The 12-track holiday record contained a mixture of cover tunes and original songs, including the title track. A duet of "[[Celebrate Me Home]]" with [[Gavin DeGraw]] was included.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rimes |first1=LeAnn |title=''Today Is Christmas'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=Prodigy Entertainment |date=October 16, 2015 |id=PDG- 001CD}}</ref> The record reached number two on the Holiday albums chart<ref name="Holiday Albums"/> and number nine on the Country Albums chart.<ref name="Country Albums"/> [[File:LeAnn Rimes--2014 Big Apple Awards.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Rimes at the 2014 Big Apple Awards]] In 2016, Rimes signed with [[RCA Records#Other RCA labels|RCA UK]] and released a cover of [[Brandi Carlile]]'s "[[The Story (Brandi Carlile song)#LeAnn Rimes version|The Story]]".<ref name=story>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7408828/leann-rimes-new-single-rca-uk-the-story|title=LeAnn Rimes Announces New Single On RCA UK, 'The Story'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> It was included on her fifteenth studio album titled ''[[Remnants (LeAnn Rimes album)|Remnants]]'', which was also issued on RCA.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/23/leann-rimes-releases-remnants |title = LeAnn Rimes releases 'Remnants' |publisher = Euronews |access-date = April 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170427095843/http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/23/leann-rimes-releases-remnants |archive-date = April 27, 2017 }}</ref> First issued in the United Kingdom in 2016, ''Remnants'' was later released in the United States in February 2017.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> The disc reached number 15 on the [[Official Charts Company|UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UK Albums"/> and number 88 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Billboard 200) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> The record received mixed reviews. AllMusic concluded that "She may be able to sing just about anything but the album would've been stronger if it had a greater connective thread than sheer skill."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=''Remnants'': LeAnn Rimes: Songs, reviews, credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/remnants-mw0002982027 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' wrote, "With these 14 fantastic songs, ''Remnants'' is easily an early contender for my album of the year."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bjorke |first1=Matt |title=Album Review: LeAnn Rimes -- ''Remnants'' |url=https://roughstock.com/news/2017/02/41402-album-review-leann-rimes-remnants |website=Roughstock |date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> The album would also spawn the singles "[[Long Live Love (LeAnn Rimes song)|Long Live Love]]" and "[[Love Is Love Is Love]]". Both recordings topped the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]], becoming her second and third number one Dance hits.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes chart history (Dance Club Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In June 2018, Rimes released ''[[Re-Imagined (EP)|Re-Imagined]]'' through EverLe Records and the [[Thirty Tigers]] label.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Re-Imagined'' by LeAnn Rimes |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/re-imagined-ep/1390184878 |website=[[Apple Music]] |date=June 20, 2018 |access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> The EP contained five tracks from her back-catalogue that she re-recorded ("Can't Fight the Moonlight", "Blue", "One Way Ticket", "How Do I Live" and "Borrowed"). The new recording of "Borrowed" featured duet vocals from [[Stevie Nicks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/listen-to-leann-rimes-duet-borrowed-with-stevie-ni.html|title=Hear LeAnn Rimes Sing "Borrowed" with Stevie Nicks for Re-Imagined EP|date=June 20, 2018|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=December 19, 2019|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116153235/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/listen-to-leann-rimes-duet-borrowed-with-stevie-ni.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later in 2018, Rimes appeared in the [[Hallmark Channel|Hallmark]] original television film titled ''[[It's Christmas, Eve]]''. She recorded the film's [[It's Christmas, Eve|soundtrack of the same name]], which was released in October 2018. Included were covers of Christmas standards, as well as new recordings she composed with producer [[Darrell Brown (musician)|Darrell Brown]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=LeAnn Rimes Unveils Title Ballad From Hallmark Film 'It's Christmas, Eve' (EXCLUSIVE) |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 4, 2018 |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/leann-rimes-its-christmas-eve-hallmark-song-1202968497/ |access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref> In 2019, Rimes recorded and released her first live album titled ''[[Rimes: Live at Gruene Hall]]''. A mixture of country, pop and rock covers were featured and were all recorded at [[Gruene Hall]], a venue located in Texas.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hollabaugh |first1=Lorie |title=LeAnn Rimes Releases First Live Album Of Her Career |magazine=Music Row |date=September 25, 2019 |url=https://musicrow.com/2019/09/leann-rimes-releases-first-live-album-of-her-career/ |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref> In November 2020, Rimes released her seventeenth studio record ''[[Chant: The Human & the Holy]]''. The project was a change in musical directions, as its 12 tracks were built from chants and daily mantras rather than traditional songs. A corresponding health and wellness podcast titled ''Wholly Human'' followed around the same time that focused on similar themes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liptak |first1=Carena |title=LeAnn Rimes Releases ''CHANT: The Human & the Holy'' album |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/leann-rimes-chant-the-human-and-the-holy/ |website=[[Taste of Country]] |date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Rimes produced and composed the album with longtime musical collaborator Darrell Brown.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=LeAnn Rimes Announces Meditative Album 'Chant: The Human & The Holy' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/leann-rimes-announces-chant-meditation-album-9484893/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> "As I started meditating I started chanting and singing. And as I felt what was coming through needed to come through and felt good, I would press record on my phone and get it down, then expand it from there," Rimes explained of the projects.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Windsor |first1=Pam |title=LeAnn Rimes Shares Path To Wellness With Album 'Chant: The Human & The Holy" & New Podcast |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=November 20, 2020 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamwindsor/2020/11/20/leann-rimes-shares-path-to-wellness-with-album-chant-the-human--the-holy--new-podcast/?sh=3138d1c6591a |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Rimes released an album in 2022 entitled ''God's Work'' featuring artists like Ziggy Marley, Sheila E. and Aloe Blacc.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanders |first1=Chaise |title=Fans Are Obsessing Over LeAnn Rimes's Latest Behind-the-Scenes Photo |url=https://news.yahoo.com/fans-obsessing-over-leann-rimess-200000194.html |access-date=December 23, 2021 |work=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! News]] |date=December 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/746779/aloe-blacc-and-leann-rimes-team-up-for-i-do/|title=Aloe Blacc And LeAnn Rimes Team Up For 'I Do'|first=Jamie|last=Samhan|date=February 12, 2021|work=ET Canada|publisher=Corus Entertainment Inc|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213104351/https://etcanada.com/news/746779/aloe-blacc-and-leann-rimes-team-up-for-i-do/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="God's Workd">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/album/id/1615450373|title=god's work by LeAnn Rimes|work=Apple Music|publisher=Apple, Inc|accessdate=April 9, 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Rimes joined [[Tenille Arts]] on a duet version of her single "[[Jealous of Myself]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/tenille-arts-leann-rimes-jealous-of-myself/|title=Tenille Arts Taps LeAnn Rimes for Stunning 'Jealous of Myself' Duet [Listen]|first=Jeremy|last=Chua|date=April 14, 2023|work=Taste of Country}}</ref> ==Acting career== ===1997–2007: Move to Los Angeles and early acting roles=== In 1997, Rimes's parents divorced. While her father stayed in Nashville, Rimes chose to move to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] with her mother. In Los Angeles, Rimes started an acting career at age 16.<ref name="Women">{{cite book |last1=Bufwack |first1=Mary |last2=Oermann |first2=Robert K. |title=''Finding Her Voice: The History of Women in Country Music'' |date=2003 |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |location=Nashville, TN |isbn=0826514324 |pages=487–88}}</ref> The same year, Rimes starred in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television film ''[[Holiday in Your Heart]]''. The film was based on Rimes's book of the same name, which was also released in 1997. The film was the start of three-movie contract that Rimes was offered by ABC in 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Evans Price |first1=Deborah |title=Curb's Rimes a Country Music Conqueror |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=December 6, 1997 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=leann+rimes+stars+in+tv+movie+holiday+in+your+heart&pg=PA43 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> The film was partially semi-autobiographical, with Rimes playing a country performer who discovers that her grandmother becomes hospitalized. In the film, Rimes also performed several of her hits including "Blue" and "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)".<ref>{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes, Actress |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1997/12/14/leann-rimes-actress/0fa52c51-b59c-4b10-a327-b8ccab5e892a/ |access-date=December 20, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 1997}}</ref> In 1998, she played a teen runaway in one episode of ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. "My grandmother used to ... I used to want to watch Sesame Street and she would make me watch Days of Our Lives and so I got hooked on it. I watch Days all the time," Rimes explained.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cronin |first1=Lindsay |title=You Probably Missed Leann Rimes' First Acting Role |journal=[[The List (magazine)|The List]] |date=January 10, 2021 |url=https://www.thelist.com/302744/inside-brandi-glanvilles-friendship-with-leann-rimes/ |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2000, Rimes not only contributed to the soundtrack of ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'', but also appeared in the film itself. Rimes only appeared at the end of the movie, dancing on top of a bar alongside actresses [[Tyra Banks]] and [[Piper Perabo]]. "I was trying to be this sexy singer performing on a bar, and that was so opposite of me. I was really acting at the time 'cause I was still figuring all that out about myself," she told ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gawley |first1=Paige |title=LeAnn Rimes Says 'Coyote Ugly' Was the Introduction to Her Sexuality (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/leann-rimes-says-coyote-ugly-was-the-introduction-to-her-sexuality-exclusive-155282 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=October 23, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In addition, Rimes provided the singing voice for Piper Perabo's character Violet Sanford.<ref>{{cite web |title = Radio Free Entertainment Exclusive Interview: Piper Perabo |url = http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/piper_perabo/interview03.shtml |publisher = RadioFree.com |date = March 22, 2007 |author = Lee, Michael J. |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004065637/http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/piper_perabo/interview03.shtml |archive-date = October 4, 2011 }}</ref> [[File:Kimberly Caldwell, LeAnn Rimes at Yahoo Yodel 4.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Rimes alongside [[Kimberly Caldwell]] conducting an interview in 2009.]] In 2005, Rimes became the host of the [[USA Network]] talent competition ''[[Nashville Star]]''. The show was broadcast from the BellSouth Acuff Theater in Nashville.<ref>{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes To Host 'Nashville Star' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/leann-rimes-to-host-nashville-star-1426002/ |access-date=December 20, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 27, 2004}}</ref> However, a vocal chord illness stopped Rimes from maintaining hosting duties.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rimes Recuperating From Vocal Cord Ailment |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1499926/rimes-recuperating-from-vocal-cord-ailment/ |access-date=December 20, 2021 |work=[[Country Music Television]] |date=April 11, 2005}}</ref> In 2006, Rimes sang the theme song to the ''[[Holly Hobbie & Friends]]'' series of animated specials. She also guest starred in the series' Christmas episode.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Holly Hobbie and Friends Christmas Wishes: Just in time for the holidays |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=November 22, 2006 |url=https://people.com/parents/holly_hobbie_an/ |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2007, Rimes contributed to the soundtrack of ''[[Evan Almighty]]''. For the film, she contributed the song "Ready For A Miracle" (previously recorded by [[Patti LaBelle]]). The song can be heard in the movie, during the end credits, and in the trailers of ''Evan Almighty.''<ref>{{cite news |title = LeAnn Rimes sings for Evan Almighty |publisher = CMT |url = http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1563132/20070621/rimes_leann.jhtml |date = June 21, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071106114000/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1563132/20070621/rimes_leann.jhtml |archive-date = November 6, 2007 }}</ref> ===2009–present: Television film transition=== In 2009, Rimes played the role of Meg Galloway in the made-for-television film ''[[Northern Lights (2009 film)|Northern Lights]]''. The show was aired on the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] network. The film was based on [[Nora Roberts]]'s book of the same name. At the time of the film's announcement, it was reported that Rimes's character would have love scenes with a fellow male actor. "I definitely will be making out with someone...I think I know who but I can't say yet," she told ''The Boot'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=LeAnn Rimes to Star in Made-for-TV-movie |url=https://theboot.com/leann-rimes-to-star-in-made-for-tv-movie/ |website=The Boot |date=October 14, 2008 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> It was later announced the [[Eddie Cibrian]] would be playing her love interest. Rumors of their real-life affair helped make ''Northern Lights'' the network's most-watched television movie, with four and a half million viewers in March 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hibberd |first1=James |title='Northern Lights' is Lifetime's most-watched movie |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 23, 2009 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/northern-lights-lifetimes-watched-movie-51395/ |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Rimes played a supporting role in the movie ''[[Good Intentions (2010 film)|Good Intentions]]'' with [[Elaine Hendrix]], which filmed near [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name="Good Intentions">{{cite news |url = http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5613564,00.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153749/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5613564,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date = September 30, 2007 |title = LeAnn Rimes in the Movies |date = July 3, 2007 |publisher = [[Great American Country|GAC]] }}</ref> "I've been wanting to act...It's just been finding the right thing. And ''Good Intentions'' was the right thing at the right time. It was the right script," she told ''Sounds Like Nashville''. Rimes also contributed to the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite news |title=CONTEST: LeAnn Rimes In "Good Intentions" |url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/leann-rimes-stars-in-good-intentions/ |access-date=December 20, 2021 |work=Sounds Like Nashville |date=March 14, 2010}}</ref> In 2011, she played a guest role in the television show ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]'', starring as the ex-wife of fictional celebrity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Donna |title=LeAnn Rimes Showcases Her Inner 'Diva' |url=https://theboot.com/leann-rimes-drop-dead-diva/ |website=The Boot |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2011, Rimes played the role of an attorney who returns to her hometown in the television film ''[[Reel Love]]''. The film aired on [[Country Music Television]] and also starred actor [[Burt Reynolds]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bobbin |first1=Jay |title=LeAnn Rimes finds 'Reel Love' on CMT |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3621274/leann-rimes-finds-reel-love-on-cmt |access-date=December 20, 2021 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> In 2013, she appeared on the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] television show ''[[Anger Management (TV series)|Anger Management]]'' alongside [[Charlie Sheen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Lauren Jo |title=LeAnn Rimes to Appear on 'Anger Management' Tonight |url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/leann-rimes-to-appear-on-anger-management-tonight/ |website=Sounds Like Nashville |date=July 11, 2013 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2014, Rimes starred in the reality television series ''LeAnn & Eddie'' alongside Eddie Cibrian. The program aired on the [[VH1]] network. The intention of the reality show was to "help clear the air" about their romantic relationship. "This show gave us an opportunity to take back our lives in a way and show a different side of us than what people really believe," Rimes commented. After one season, the show was cancelled by VH1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vinson |first1=Christina |title=LeAnn Rimes 'LeAnn & Eddie' Reality TV Show Cancelled |url=https://theboot.com/leann-and-eddie-reality-show-cancelled/ |website=The Boot |date=January 22, 2015 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2017, Rimes made a cameo appearance in the film ''[[Logan Lucky]]'' where she sang "[[America the Beautiful]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes shares career highlights, including her Logan Lucky cameo |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=August 25, 2017 |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/08/25/leann-rimes-career-highlights/ |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> One year later, Rimes starred as the main character in the [[Hallmark Channel]]'s television film ''It's Christmas, Eve''. Rimes played the fictional character Eve Morgan<ref>{{cite web |title=LeAn Rimes as Eve Morgan in 'It's Christmas, Eve' |url=https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/its-christmas-eve/cast/leann-rimes |website=[[Hallmark Channel]] |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> who is a high school superintendent who helps saves the district's music program.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freeze |first1=Kellie |title=LeAnn Rimes Talks About Her Music-Filled Hallmark Holiday Film, 'It's Christmas, Eve' |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/729824/leann-rimes-interview-its-christmas-eve-hallmark-countdown-to-christmas/ |website=[[TV Insider]] |date=November 10, 2018 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2020, Rimes competed as the "Sun" on the [[The Masked Singer (American season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] reality singing competition ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''. Her identity was revealed during the season finale on December 16, 2020, where she was declared the winner of the season.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Huff |first1=Lauren |title=The Masked Singer winner Sun fought to perform that stunning Billie Eilish cover a cappella |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=2020 |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-masked-singer-sun-leann-rimes-interview/ |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title='The Masked Singer' Finale Reveals Sun as Winner: Here's the Identity of the Final Three Celebrities |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-masked-singer-finale-recap-sun-mushroom-crocodile-leann-rimes-1234864744/ |website=Variety |access-date=December 17, 2020 |date=December 17, 2020}}</ref> She was later a guest panelist in the [[The Masked Singer (American season 5)|season five]] finale. [[Darius Rucker]] also joined her in the show.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Bobby |title=Darius Rucker, LeAnn Rimes to Appear on 'The Masked Singer' |url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/darius-rucker-the-masked-singer/ |website=Wide Open Country |date=May 10, 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> Rimes celebrated her 25th year in the music industry with a special [[CMT Crossroads]] episode featuring [[Carly Pearce]], [[Brandy Clark]], [[Ashley McBryde]] and [[Mickey Guyton]] airing on April 14, 2022.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/leann-rimes-cmt-crossroads-mickey-guyton-ashley-mcbryde-1235050032/ |title=LeAnn Rimes Welcomes Mickey Guyton, Ashley McBryde & More for 'CMT Crossroads' |magazine=Billboard |last=Nicholson |first=Jessica |date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=April 20, 2022}}</ref> ==Artistry== ===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> {{multiple image | width1 = 150 | image1 = Patsy Cline 1960 publicity portrait - cropped.jpg | width2 = 131 | image2 = Judy Garland publicity photo.png | footer = Rimes has credited various music artists as influences on her career, notably [[Patsy Cline]] (left) and [[Judy Garland]] (right). }} 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"/> ===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> ===Musical styles=== Rimes has been categorized in the musical genres of country,<ref name="allmusicbio"/> pop,<ref name="Top 5"/> Contemporary Christian,<ref name="Top 5"/> adult contemporary<ref name="Sittin on Top"/> and dance pop.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Gordon |title=LeAnn Rimes Leads Dance Club Songs Chart With 'LovE Is LovE Is LovE' |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/leann-rimes-dance-club-songs-chart-love-is-love-is-love/ |access-date=December 21, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> Rimes began her career rooted in the country genre with debut Curb release, "Blue" and its subsequent country chart hits.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> After crossing over with songs like "How Do I Live" and "Can't Fight the Moonlight", Rimes was then described as a pop artist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hannan |first1=Ed |title=LeAnn Rimes Still Topping the Charts |url=https://www.lowellsun.com/2019/01/18/leanns-rimes-still-topping-the-charts/ |access-date=December 21, 2021 |work=[[The Sun (Lowell)|The Sun]] |date=January 18, 2019}}</ref> Further releases like ''Sittin' on Top of the World'' demonstrated a more adult contemporary style.<ref name="Sittin on Top"/> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found that while she dabbled in many styles, Rimes was tied to the country genre: " During the decade that separated "Can't Fight the Moonlight" and ''Remnants'', Rimes dabbled in pop, but she remained anchored in country music, regularly placing on Billboard's Country Top 40 and occasionally landing a big hit."<ref name="allmusicbio"/> ==Personal life== ===Marriages and relationships=== [[File:Eddie Cibrian 090310-F-4667S-148.jpg|thumb|right|In 2009, Rimes began an extramarital affair with actor [[Eddie Cibrian]]. The relationship ended her and Cibrian's first marriages. The couple wed in 2011.]] In 1998, Rimes dated actor [[Andrew Keegan]]. When they first met, Rimes was 15 and Keegan was 19.<ref name="Keegan">{{cite magazine |last1=Atkinson |first1=Katie |title=Music's Biggest Couples of 1998: Gwen & Gavin, Will & Jada and More |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 1, 2018 |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/music-biggest-couples-of-1998/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> The couple dated when Rimes and her father were involved in a lawsuit. In the same lawsuit, Rimes's father claimed that Keegan was attempting to "get his hands" on Rimes's finances.<ref name="Keegan"/> The relationship ended in 2001. According to press reports, Keegan became romantically interested in Rimes's co-star in ''Coyote Ugly'' (Piper Perabo).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coy |first1=Bronte |title=Bizarre life of 10 Things I Hate About You star Andrew Keegan |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/bizarre-life-of-10-things-i-hate-about-you-star-andrew-keegan/36WIAZIHQLJ2SOLCOJJW5BRZHI/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=May 3, 2019}}</ref> Shortly after the couple parted ways, Rimes met dancer Dean Sheremet at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards. By December 2001, the pair became engaged. In 2002 and at age 19, Rimes wed Sheremet in a church ceremony in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Susman |first1=Gary |title=LeAnn Rimes Gets Married |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 28, 2002 |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/02/28/leann-rimes-gets-married/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> In 2003, the couple purchased a 1.7 million dollar home, located in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=David |first1=Mark |title=LeAnn Rimes' Nashville Nest |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 18, 2008 |url=https://variety.com/2008/dirt/real-estalker/leann-rimes-nashville-nest-1201227840/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> In 2007, Sheremet directed the choreography for Rimes's single "Nothin' Better to Do". According to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', the couple spent more time apart in later years of their marriage as Rimes devoted energy towards an acting career in Los Angeles while Sheremet remained in Nashville.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bartolomeo |first1=Joey |title=LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet: Inside Their Relationship |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=July 29, 2009 |url=https://people.com/celebrity/leann-rimes-and-dean-sheremet-inside-their-relationship/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> In July 2009, the couple separated and in September 2009, Rimes announced their plans to divorce.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20293707,00.html |magazine = People |title = LeAnn Rimes and Husband Are Separated |date = July 24, 2009 |access-date = August 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090831101838/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20293707%2C00.html |archive-date = August 31, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/leann.rimes.divorce/ |title = LeAnn Rimes announces divorce on Web site |publisher = CNN |date = September 2, 2009 |access-date = August 15, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121108074922/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/leann.rimes.divorce/ |archive-date = November 8, 2012 }}</ref> The divorce was finalized on June 19, 2010, exactly six months after Sheremet filed divorce documents for dissolution of marriage.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/leann-rimes-sordid-affair-eddie-22442909|title=LeAnn Rimes' sordid affair with Eddie Cibrian that destroyed two marriages|date=August 1, 2020|first=Molly|last=Pike|work=Daily Mirror|access-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet Officially Divorced |url=https://theboot.com/leann-rimes-dean-sheremet-divorced/ |website=The Boot |date=June 21, 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes divorce complete |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/06/21/leann-rimes-divorce-complete/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[Boston Herald]] |date=June 21, 2010}}</ref> Rimes began an extramarital [[affair]] with actor [[Eddie Cibrian]], whom she worked with on the TV film ''Northern Lights''<ref name="Country Living">{{cite magazine |last1=Dibdin |first1=Emma |title=LeAnn Rimes's Relationship With Husband Eddie Cibrian Sounds Like a Hallmark Movie |magazine=[[Country Living]] |date=March 21, 2021 |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a24890352/leann-rimes-husband-eddie-cibrian-love-story/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20299630,00.html |magazine = People |title = LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Take Their Love to the Links |date = August 21, 2009 |access-date = August 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090826093126/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20299630%2C00.html |archive-date = August 26, 2009 }}</ref> Reports surfaced in March 2009 of the couple embracing while eating at a restaurant.<ref name="US Affair">{{cite journal |title=LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian's Road to Romance: A Complete Timeline |journal=[[US Weekly]] |date=June 16, 2021 |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/leann-and-eddies-controversial-love-2010258/32371-2/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> [[Brandi Glanville]], Cibrian's wife at the time and the mother of his two sons, filed for divorce as a result of the affair in August 2009, ending eight years of marriage.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20300442,00.html |magazine = People |title = Eddie Cibrian Files for Divorce |date = August 26, 2009 |access-date = December 3, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090827111927/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20300442%2C00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines |archive-date = August 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/eddie-cibrian-is-committed-to-being-a-devoted-father/|title=Eddie Cibrian Is 'Committed to Being a Devoted Father'|last=Chiu|first=Alexis|date=August 29, 2009|website=People|access-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref> In June 2010, Rimes spoke for the first time about the end of her first marriage, stating; "I take responsibility for everything I've done. I hate that people got hurt, but I don't regret the outcome."<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20390748,00.html |magazine = People |title = LeAnn Rimes: 'I Take Responsibility for Everything' |date = June 3, 2010 |access-date = June 4, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100606064501/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20390748%2C00.html |archive-date = June 6, 2010 }}</ref> In June 2010, Rimes moved into Cibrian's California home. In an interview with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], Rimes discussed her new relationship: "What happened is not who I am, period. But I do know how much I love him. So I've always said I don't live my life with regret. I can't."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weisman |first1=Alan |title=LeAnn Rimes Opens Up on Affair: 'What Happened Is Not Who I Am' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/InTheSpotlight/leann-rimes-affair-actor-eddie-cibrian/story?id=12032482 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |date=November 3, 2010}}</ref> In December 2010, it was announced via ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' that Rimes and Cibrian were engaged.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/948731/leann-rimes-engaged-to-eddie-cibrian |title = LeAnn Rimes Engaged to Eddie Cibrian |magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date = December 27, 2010 |access-date = December 27, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130214025156/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/948731/leann-rimes-engaged-to-eddie-cibrian |archive-date = February 14, 2013 }}</ref> Rimes and Cibrian wed on April 22, 2011, at a private home in California. The 40-person ceremony also included Cibrian's sons from his first marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20484223,00.html |title = LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Are Married! |work = [[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date = April 23, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110425220309/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20484223%2C00.html |archive-date = April 25, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Country Living"/> In 2013, the couple bought a home in [[Hidden Hills, California]], listed for three million dollars.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riggs |first1=Erika |title=Leann Rimes and Eddie Cibrian buy in Hidden Hills |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/leann-rimes-eddie-cibrian-buy-hidden-hills-flna1c8540547 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[NBC]] |date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> ===Family challenges and lawsuits=== From the beginning of Rimes' career, father Wilbur Rimes managed his daughter and served as producer on her records. In May 2000, Rimes and her mother sued Wilbur, alleging that he took more than seven million dollars of her income over the course of five years.<ref name="Women"/> The lawsuit claimed that money was being taken away from Rimes personally as well as from a management company that was founded back in 1995.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes Sues Father, Ex-Manager |url=https://apnews.com/article/d212fe49e15ef431915bbca7b31ff5df |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> The suit also included her former manager, Lyle Walker, who assisted her father in management duties. The suit was filed in a district court in [[Dallas, Texas]]. Rimes also alleged that both men made unreasonable fees and took advantage of Rimes's label (Curb Records).{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Rimes sought unspecified damages because her attorney was not sure of how much money had been lost in the preceding five years. In May 2001, she was informed by a Nashville court that she could not break her contract with Curb Records. Amidst the reaction, she visibly mouthed the words, "I hate you" to her father.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Edward |title=Rimes' Stepmom Releases Tapes to Tennessean |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1443651/rimes-stepmom-releases-tapes-to-tennessean/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[Country Music Television]] |date=May 13, 2001}}</ref><ref name="Women"/> When Rimes was 18, she filed a lawsuit against Curb Records on her own, successfully petitioning a court to remove her position as a "minority" on the recording contract. As a result, this change made the contract binding.<ref name="Women"/> In 2002, Rimes's lawsuit with her father was "settled on undisclosed terms."<ref name="people" /> "It is difficult to express just how happy I am that all of the legal troubles between my daughter and I are over," Rimes's father commented.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rimes, Father Resolve Differences |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rimes-father-resolve-differences-76696/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 22, 2002}}</ref> Rimes reconciled with her father for her wedding.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = SomethingBlue |author = GarySusman |url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,213116,00.html |magazine = Entertainment Weekly |date = February 26, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080528220013/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C213116%2C00.html |archive-date = May 28, 2008 }}</ref> During her wedding ceremony to Dean Sheremet, Wilbur Rimes walked his daughter down the aisle. "I've never hated my dad. I just wanted a dad. I guess I just really disliked where he was in my life. I just wanted him to be my father," she told ABC News.<ref>{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes Reconciles With Dad After Bitter Feud |url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/Entertainment/story?id=715127&page=1 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |date=January 6, 2006}}</ref> ===Health challenges=== In 2008, she opened up about her lifelong struggle with the autoimmune disease [[psoriasis]]. She participated in a [[public service announcement|PSA]] to raise awareness about the disease.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = LeAnn Rimes discloses her struggle with psoriasis |first = Michelle |last = Tauber |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20222836,00.html |magazine = People Magazine |date = September 3, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081030080509/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20222836%2C00.html |archive-date = October 30, 2008 }}</ref> In August 2012, one day after her birthday, Rimes checked into treatment for [[anxiety]] and [[stress (psychological)|stress]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20625497,00.html |title = Leann Rimes goes to treatment for emotional issues |work = [[People (magazine)|People]] |author = Laudadio, Marisa |date = August 30, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120922044829/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20625497%2C00.html |archive-date = September 22, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Randy |title=LeAnn Rimes checks into rehab for emotional issues |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-aug-30-la-et-ms-leann-rimes-rehab-anxiety-20120830-story.html |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 30, 2012}}</ref> "This is just a time for me to emotionally check out for a second and take care of myself and come back in 30 days as the best 30-year-old woman I can be," she explained.<ref>{{cite web |title=LeAnn Rimes Checks into Treatment Facility for Help with Stress, Anxiety |url=https://theboot.com/leann-rimes-treatment-stress-anxiety/ |website=The Boot |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> In March 2014, Rimes's jaw became dislocated while performing, ending her concert encore early. Rimes attributed the dislocation to [[temporomandibular joint dysfunction]], a disorder of the jaw joint and surrounding muscles. She has publicly posted about her struggles with this disorder via Twitter.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/25/leann-rimes-jaw-pops-out-during-concert/6862097/ |title = LeAnn Rimes' jaw pops out during concert |work = USA TODAY |access-date = September 8, 2017 |language = en |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170908153443/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/25/leann-rimes-jaw-pops-out-during-concert/6862097/ |archive-date = September 8, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/leann-rimes-jaw-popping-concert/ |title = LeAnn Rimes 'Jaw-Popping' Concert |website = ABC News |language = en |access-date = September 8, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170908111032/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/leann-rimes-jaw-popping-concert/ |archive-date = September 8, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> In 2020, following a stress-related flare up of psoriasis, Rimes posed for a nude photo shoot for [[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour magazine]] as part of her efforts to raise awareness and acceptance about the disease on 2020 World Psoriasis Day (observed October 29).<ref>{{Cite web|title=LeAnn Rimes poses nude to show psoriasis flare-up, triggered by 2020 stress|url=https://www.today.com/health/leann-rimes-psoriasis-stress-2020-leads-flare-t196671|access-date=November 2, 2020|website=TODAY.com|date=October 30, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="People 2"/> Later that year, she told ''People'' magazine that in addition to anxiety and stress, she was also suffering from depression in 2010: "It's something I've been very vocal about, because I feel like there's so much stigma around it."<ref name="People 2">{{cite magazine |last1=Tracy |first1=Brianne |title=How Sharing Psoriasis, Mental Health Struggles Has Been 'Liberating' |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=November 30, 2020 |url=https://people.com/country/leann-rimes-sharing-psoriasis-mental-health-struggles-very-liberating/ |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> ==Philanthropy== Rimes lent her voice to the 2008 song "Just Stand Up". The proceeds benefited Stand Up to Cancer. As a result of SU2C fundraising endeavors, the SU2C scientific advisory committee, overseen by the [[American Association for Cancer Research]], was able to award $73.6 million towards cancer research.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/stand-up-to-cancer.aspx |title = AACR-Stand Up To Cancer |publisher = AACR.org |access-date = September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120915112933/http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/stand-up-to-cancer.aspx |archive-date = September 15, 2012 }}</ref> In 2009, Rimes was given a special humanitarian award from the Academy of Country Music in honor of her philanthropic efforts.<ref name="ACM"/> In December 2010, she performed "The Rose", joined by The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/12/20/leann-rimes-gay-mens-chorus-celebrate-xmas |title = LeAnn Rimes and The Gay Men's Chorus Celebrate Xmas |publisher = TheAdvocate.com |date = December 20, 2010 |access-date = June 20, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002160459/http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/12/20/leann-rimes-gay-mens-chorus-celebrate-xmas |archive-date = October 2, 2012 }}</ref> in remembrance of the many gay teenagers who committed suicide in 2010. On her weblog she wrote on June 18, 2011: "I believe in equality for everyone. I believe everyone should have the right to love and commit to whomever they want. [...] All I know is that in God's eyes we are all the same. I just wish we could see through the eyes of God more often."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://leannrimesworld.com/blog |title = Leannrimesworld.com Weblog |access-date = June 20, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110618034645/http://leannrimesworld.com/blog |archive-date = June 18, 2011 }}</ref> In 2017, Rimes revealed that her uncle was gay and died from the [[AIDS]] virus. "Now, every time, everywhere I get to sing—or when I get stand up alongside my LGBTQ brothers and sisters—I get to give him a voice," she commented.<ref>{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes: Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/leann-rimes-gay-pride-month-love-letter-7809710/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> == Discography == {{Main|LeAnn Rimes discography}} '''Studio albums''' * ''Everybody's Sweetheart'' (1991) * ''[[All That (album)|All That]]'' (1994) * ''[[Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)|Blue]]'' (1996) * ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]'' (1997) * ''[[Sittin' on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes album)|Sittin' on Top of the World]]'' (1998) * ''[[LeAnn Rimes (album)|LeAnn Rimes]]'' (1999) * ''[[I Need You (album)|I Need You]]'' (2001) * ''[[Twisted Angel]]'' (2002) * ''[[What a Wonderful World (LeAnn Rimes album)|What a Wonderful World]]'' (2004) * ''[[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|This Woman]]'' (2005) * ''[[Whatever We Wanna]]'' (2006) * ''[[Family (LeAnn Rimes album)|Family]]'' (2007) * ''[[Lady & Gentlemen]]'' (2011) * ''[[Spitfire (LeAnn Rimes album)|Spitfire]]'' (2013) * ''[[Today Is Christmas]]'' (2015) * ''[[Remnants (LeAnn Rimes album)|Remnants]]'' (2016) * ''[[Chant: The Human & the Holy]]'' (2020) * ''[[God's Work]]'' (2022)<ref name="God's Workd" /> == Filmography == {{main|LeAnn Rimes videography}} * ''[[Holiday in Your Heart]]'' (1997) * ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1998) * ''[[Moesha]]'' (1999) * ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'' (2000) * ''[[American Dreams]]'' (2003) * ''[[Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes]]'' (2006) * ''[[Northern Lights (2009 film)|Northern Lights]]'' (2009) * ''[[Good Intentions (2010 film)|Good Intentions]]'' (2010) * ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]'' (2011) * ''[[Anger Management (TV series)|Anger Management]]'' (2013) * ''[[It's Christmas, Eve]]'' (2018) * ''[[Country Comfort (TV series)|Country Comfort]]'' (2021) == Awards and nominations == {{main|List of awards and nominations received by LeAnn Rimes}} Rimes has won several awards for her work as a music artist. This includes three accolades from the [[Academy of Country Music]]<ref name="ACM"/> and two accolades from the [[Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammys"/><ref name="cmtawards">{{cite web |url = http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/rimes_leann/awards.jhtml |title = LeAnn Rimes awards |publisher = [[Country Music Television]] |access-date = February 14, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090217053748/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/rimes_leann/awards.jhtml |archive-date = February 17, 2009 }}</ref> == Books == * ''Holiday in Your Heart'' (1997) with Tom Carter<ref name="holiday">{{cite book |url = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HWYWGY |title = Holiday in Your Heart: Leann Rimes: Books |via = Amazon |date = October 13, 1997 |publisher = Scholastic Book Services |access-date = May 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202075609/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HWYWGY/ |archive-date = February 2, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> * ''Jag'' (2003)<ref name="jag">{{cite book |url = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C4T3IO |title = Jag: Leann Rimes, Richard Bernal: Books |via = Amazon |access-date = May 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202075645/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C4T3IO/ |archive-date = February 2, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> * ''Jag's New Friend'' (2004)<ref name="jag2">{{cite book |url = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C4SI1M |title = Jag's New Friend: LeAnn Rimes: Books |via = Amazon |access-date = May 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202075720/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C4SI1M/ |archive-date = February 2, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> * ''What I Cannot Change'' (2009) with Darrell Brown<ref name="change">{{cite book |url = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042P59BE |title = What I Cannot Change: Leann Rimes, Darrell Brown: Books |via = Amazon |date = April 14, 2009 |publisher = It Books |access-date = May 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202070516/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042P59BE |archive-date = February 2, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category|LeAnn Rimes}} *{{official website}} * {{IMDb name|id=0005361|name=LeAnn Rimes}} {{LeAnn Rimes|state=expanded}} {{Billboard Year-End Top Artists}} {{Navboxes |title = [[List of awards and nominations received by LeAnn Rimes|Awards for LeAnn Rimes]] |list = {{CMA New Artist}} {{Grammy Award for Best New Artist}} }} {{Portal bar|California|Film|LGBT|Mississippi|Music|Texas}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rimes, Leann}} [[Category:LeAnn Rimes| ]] [[Category:20th-century American actresses]] [[Category:20th-century American singer-songwriters]] [[Category:20th-century American women singers]] [[Category:21st-century American actresses]] [[Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters]] [[Category:21st-century American women singers]] [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Actresses from Mississippi]] [[Category:Actresses from Texas]] [[Category:American child singers]] [[Category:American country singer-songwriters]] [[Category:American women country singers]] [[Category:American women pop singers]] [[Category:American women singer-songwriters]] [[Category:American sopranos]] [[Category:APRA Award winners]] [[Category:American child pop musicians]] [[Category:Country musicians from Mississippi]] [[Category:Country musicians from Texas]] [[Category:Country pop musicians]] [[Category:Curb Records artists]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Musicians from Jackson, Mississippi]] [[Category:People from Garland, Texas]] [[Category:People from Hidden Hills, California]] [[Category:RCA Records artists]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters from Mississippi]] [[Category:American ballad musicians]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters from California]] [[Category:Masked Singer winners]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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