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LeAnn Rimes
......LeAnn Rimes fast facts!
Full Name: Margaret
LeAnn Rimes
Birthdate:
August 28, 1982
Birthplace:
Jackson, Mississippi
Hair:
Blonde
Eyes:
Blue
Height:
5' 5"
Parents:
Wilber and Belinda
Musical Influences:
Patsy Cline, Reba McEntire, Barbara Streisand and her parents.
Current Label: MCG/Curb
Backup Band: Blue
Country
Instruments:
Learning the drums
Favorite Clothes:
T-Shirt and Jeans, Kinda Girl, Also Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein,
Guess, and others.
Favorite Performers:
Tim McGraw, Hal Ketchum, Bryan White
Hobbies:
Riding cutting horses,shopping, bowling, softball, roller
blading, tennis, swimming, seeing “other performers” concerts!
Favorite Charities:
St. Jude's Children's Hospital, T. J. Martell
Foundation, Operation Smile
Pets:
Has a dog named “Sandy”....just like the one in
the movie “Annie.”
Favorite Actors:
Kevin Costner and Whoppi Goldberg
Favorite Movie(s):
The Bodyguard” and "The Shawshank
Redemption
Colors:
Red,blue and black
TV:
Beverly Hills 90210
Foods:
Chicken pasta, pizza, steak, baked potato
Song:
“Fade to Blue” written by Lang Scott
(husband of Linda Davis!)
Favorite Picks from other singers:
Celine Dion, The Colour of my Love, Falling
intoYou; Toni Braxton, Secrets; Bryan White, Between Now and Forever;
Commodores, Commodores
Best Christmas gift:
A ruby and diamond ring from her godparents
Plans for the future:
Continue her music career...continue her
education, do a little acting and maybe become a pediatrician
AWARDS:
1998 Billboard Awards-
1. Female Country Artist
2.Contemporary Christian Artist
3.Contemporary Christian Album-
You Light Up My Life,Inspirational
4.Single Sales Artist
5.Record single @69 weeks, "How Do I Live"
Guiness Book of World Records:
1.Youngest Female to top #1 Pop Album Chart
2.Youngest to top #1 Country Album Chart
3.Youngest to top #1 Country Single Chart
4.1st Country Singer to Win Best New Artist Grammy
5. "How Do I Live" 32 weeks #1 on country single- Most on any
singles US Chart
6. ONLY Teenager with 4 Albums in top US pop Top 3
Modern Screen's- Country Favorite Female Vocalist
Female Breakthrough Artist-Viewpoint
1997 2nd best gross in sales in 1997, $96.3 Million!
LeAnn sold over 15 million in albums and singles! {RIAA}
Blue reached 8 million
Sitting On Top of the World 3X Platinum
and her new singles "Looking Through Your Eyes/Commitment" made
gold
Her single "Blue" turned gold(Silver in U.K.)
Voted Country Roundup 1998 most Popular Country Act
LeAnn won the 1998 World Music Awards World's Best Selling Country
Artist,as well as Best Selling Artist for the year(for any style)!
Dutch Country Music Association Most Promising Artist
Sittin' on Top of the World after 7 weeks was Platinum!
Rolling Stones' Top Country Artist!
British Music Awards Best New Artist!
Blockbuster's Best Female Country Vocalist!
Playboy's Top Female Country Artist of 1998
LeAnn Won 3 Billboard Awards:Country Artist,Country Album and
1997 Billboard Artist of the Year!
8 singles reached Billboard's Top 10.
"How Do I Live" has been 69 weeks on the charts, and was #1 32 weeks
on Country/Adult which is A Record! The Longest running one-sided single
in a consecutivie run(Billboard)
LeAnn has had a #1 song,video or album CONTINOUSLY over the Internet
since May 1996.
{as of June 29, 1998} Her Album "Inspirational" has sold over
4 Million copies! It is the first to become #1 in Pop, Country, &
Gospel charts(ALL 3!). First Female Artist to have 3 CONSECUTIVE
#1 Debuts on the Country charts "You Light Up My Life" is at least Gold(some
argue, but no confirmation yet)
There is some evidence it also reached Platinum! The #1 Recording
Artist of 1997!(RIAA) 4+ Gold
Singles, No other Country Female has EVER done this! Her
hit Single "How Do I Live" has sold over 2 Million!
American Music Awards-1997 Favorite
New Country Artist
Australia's Best Selling Female Country Artist of all time
Billboard Top Country Single Sales(Blue-1996), and Artist
Billboard Video Awards- Best Country Video(Blue) and New Country
Artist
Golden Pick Awards-1997 Favorite New Female Performer, 1997
Favorite Song-"Blue" CMT Female Rising Star Award(1996) 1996 Grammy
Awards:Best New Artist(Overall),Best Female Country, Best Country
Song(Blue)
FIRST Country Artist to EVER win Best New Artist! "Unchained
Melody" Biggest Country Version in History, beat Elvis' Version
1996 ACM Awards:Top New Female,Single of Year(Blue),Song of Year
CMA Awards-1997 Horizon Award-The Youngest person EVER to win a CMA Award!
Country Weekly Golden Pick Award:
Favorite Female NewComer,Favorite
Song(Blue)
TNN Female Star of Tommorrow
Dutch Country Music Association:Most promising Artist
The 1997 Blistex Most Beautiful Lips Award Winner
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