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LeAnn Rimes

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  • Birth Name: Margaret LeAnn Rimes
  • Birth Place: Jackson, MS
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/28/1982, Virgo
  • Profession: Singer, songwriter, actor
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LeAnn Rimes Fast Facts:
  • Grew up in Texas.
  • Won her first talent contest at the age of 5.
  • Recorded her first album at 7, her second at age 11. The title song of this disc, Blue, is what brought her to national attention.
  • Sites Janis Joplin as one of her biggest influences, and her vocals have been likened to Patsy Cline.
  • At 16, sued her record label (for their release of an album of studio outtakes that she deemed "substandard") and her father (for taking more than $7 million of her earnings). Ended her estrangement from her father before her 2002 wedding. 
  • Her 1997 version of the song "How Do I Live" spent a record-setting 69 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
  • Married her backup dancer Dean Sheremet.
  • Wrote a children's book titled Jag's New Friend in 2004.
  • LeAnn Rimes Relationships:
  • Andrew Keegan - Ex-significant Other
  • Belinda - Mother
  • Catherine Rimes - Stepmother
  • Dean Sheremet - Husband (separated)
  • Eddie Cibrian - Significant Other
  • Wilbur Rimes - Father
  • LeAnn Rimes Awards:
  • 1996 Grammy: Best New Artist - Winner
  • 1996 Grammy: Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Winner
LeAnn Rimes, Jenna Elfman, Andrew Keegan  courtesy Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
Nora Roberts' Northern Lights, Eddie Cibrian, LeAnn Rimes  courtesy Lifetime
Nora Roberts' Northern Lights, LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian  courtesy Lifetime
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