1997 – 2001: pop crossover
The year 1997, marked a year of new trials for LeAnn Rimes. Curb re-released a previous album by Rimes done on an independent label before her breakthrough in 1996, and re-named it Unchained Melody: The Early Years. The title track "Unchained Melody" reached No. 3 on the Country charts. The album hit No. 1 on both the Top Country Albums list and the Billboard 200 list. Later that year, she released her third full-length studio project, You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs which debuted at No. 1 simultaneously on the Billboard 200, Top Country Albums, and Christian Albums charts. The lead single, "How Do I Live" became a hit following the success of the other version by Trisha Yearwood the same year. Originally, Rimes recorded her version for the 1997 film, Con Air, however her version was rejected by producers in favor of Yearwood's. That version became a Top 5 Country hit. Rimes version became the first certified multi-platinum country single and holds the record for most week
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1996: Breakthrough
The album, Blue hit stores in 1996 when Rimes was only 13 years old, and sold 6 million copies. Blue debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and sold 123,000 copies within read more...
1997 – 2001: Pop Crossover
The year 1997, marked a year of new trials for LeAnn Rimes. Curb re-released a previous album by Rimes done on an independent label before her breakthrough in 1996, and re-named read more...
2002 – 2004: Commercial Decline
In 2002, Rimes released another album with a pop-oriented sound titled, Twisted Angel. It featured two successful singles and videos, "Life Goes On" and "Suddenly". On February 23, read more...
2005 – Present: Country Music Comeback
On January 25, 2005, Rimes made a comeback into Country music, when she released This Woman. With sales over 800,000, it was her best-selling album in over five years, receiving read more...
LeAnn Rimes (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes August 28, 1982 in Pearl, Mississippi) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. Rimes's debut single, "Blue", was released when she read more...
In 2000 LeAnn Rimes was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus. At 16, LeAnn tried to take the reins of her career from her father. In 2000, she filed suit against her father, claiming read more...