LEANN RIMES
Born: August 28, 1982 Height: 5' 5"
Margaret LeAnn Rimes is a country music and pop singer and occasional songwriter. Mississippi-born, Dallas-bred Rimes, LeAnn Rimes isn't content just to be the next Dolly or Patsy or Loretta. Since she was six, Rimes has dreamed of something bigger, of becoming the next Barbra Streisand or Judy Garland. And apparently nothing--not her parents' divorce, a slip on the charts or a recent illness--can derail her intent.
She's certainly off to a good start. By 15, Rimes was the current youngest person to win a Grammy, and whose big voice has sold more than $150 million in albums. She has a bestselling novel under her belt (Holiday in Your Heart) and has starred in a TV movie based on it. Not to mention that she's been taking meetings recently all over Hollywood in the hope of launching a movie career. She also anticipates more books, TV shows and even a Broadway run.
On February 23, 2002, she married Dean Sheremet, a dancer whom she met while recording Twisted Angel. They currently live in Nashville, Tennessee.
Rimes emerged with the single "Blue" when she was thirteen years old. Her crossover hit "How Do I Live" which spent 69 weeks on the U.S Hot 100 charts, more than any other song in American history, and sold more than 3 million copies, making her the first country artist to sell that many copies of a single. She has won an American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards.
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