LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982) is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single “Blue” when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.
LeAnn Rimes
Was a one time winner on “Star Search” (1983) in 1990, in the junior vocalist competition.
chosen as one of Teen People Magazine’s “21 Hottest Stars Under 21″ [1999]
In May 2000, filed a lawsuit against her father, Wilbur, and his partner and LeAnn’s co-manager alleging that they stole more than $7 million of her earnings.
Diagnosed as suffering from Epstein-Barr virus. [September 2000]
Dated actor Andrew Keegan. [2001]
LeAnn Rimes is reportedly planning to get married on February 23. Rimes met dancer Dean Sheremet last May, when they performed at the Academy Of Country Music Awards in Nashville. The wedding is to take place in Dallas, according to reports. It was initially pencilled in for Santa Barbara, California, but Rimes changed the location to Dallas so that her ill grandfather could walk her down the aisle.
December 14, 2001 – Announced engagement to actor Dean Sheremet at Elton John’s “The Concert” for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
won the 1997 Grammy awards for best new artist & best female country vocalist.
Currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee [2005]
When then 14-year-old Rimes was voted Best New Artist of 1997 at the Grammy Awards, she became the youngest person to win the award.
Lived for quite a while in Garland, Texas at an apartment complex called Pecan Knoll.
Shares a birthday with Shania Twain.
Ranked #47 in VH1′s list of the “100 Greatest Kid Stars”
By age 2, she learned to tap dance; by age 5 she was winning talent competitions; by age 7 she had cut her first album, sold at shows; and by age 14, she was the youngest artist to be nominated for the Country Music Awards.
Friends with actor Jensen Ackles.
Ranked as #50 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)
Turned down the role of “Grace” in The Horse Whisperer (1998), a move which she later admitted regretting.
She is a cousin to both former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and actress Katherine Connella.
She is an only child.
Girlfriend of actor Eddie Cibrian (March 2009 – Present).
Taylor Swift credited LeAnn Rimes as her main influence into a country music career. Swift stated on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (1986) that she wanted to be a country singer after attending Rimes’ concert.
At the start of Rimes’ singing career, the media often remarked that her rich vocals sounded like a “young Patsy Cline”, and she was often nicknamed “The Next Patsy Cline” with the popularity of her hit single “Blue”, a song originally intended for Cline. Rimes later covered several of Cline’s hits on her self-titled album “LeAnn Rimes”.
LeAnn has 3 tattoos. One on her left wrist that says ‘Trust’, one on her right hip (Still I Rise) and one on her lower back(LovE) symbolizing her relationship with boyfriend Eddie Cibrian.
Engaged to Eddie Cibrian [December 27, 2010].
