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in Pearl, Mississippi on August 28, 1982, Rimes started singing before the age of two and appeared on Star Search at age 8. A few years later, Rimes and her family moved out to Texas, and before age 11, she had released her first album-- Everybody's Sweetheart-- on a small independent label. Her major label debut, 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 its first week. The album was so successful it has since been certified six times platinum. A series of hugely successful releases followed Blue, with LeeAnn Rimes songs heard constantly on country and easy listening radio stations the world over. By the time she was 24, Rimes had sold 37 million albums. Among her accolades are an American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards. She also holds the distinction of being the youngest performer ever to win a Grammy Award.
These days, Rimes is experiencing a resurgence in the country music world. In 2005, her release, This Woman, was her best-selling album in over five years, and went platinum. The first single released from the album in late 2004 titled "Nothin' Bout Love Makes Sense" hit the #5 spot on the Country charts late that year, her first major country hit in a number of years. In addition, the next single, "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way", reached #3 on the Country charts in 2006, and even made the Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary charts. Rimes' latest single, "Nothin' Better To Do", comes off the Family album she released in October 2007. The album is about her personal life, which now happily includes her husband Dean Sheremet. Rimes has come a long way since her years as diminutive country child star, and her soaring voice and uncommon talent still shines through.