LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes is the person who got me to like country music. She started her career very young and by the age of 14 she had won 2 Grammy awards. LeAnn has released 10 studio albums and is still only 27 years old. She was 13 when she first started to release music and was the youngest country singer since Tanya Tucker in the early 70s. LeAnn has also crossed over into the pop music scene and released a more pop album in 2006 titled 'whatever We Wanna'. This album was only released outside on the United States and Canada. LeAnn also had a major part in the sound track of the film for Coyote Ugly and appears in the film performing her hit 'Can't Fight The Moonlight'. LeAnn's first single was titled 'Blue' and was originally written for Patsy Cline however she sadly died before she recorded the song. Watch a video of LeAnn singing an acoustic version of 'Blue' live at Abby Road below.

Random facts about LeAnn

• LeAnn is the youngest person to win a Grammy at the age of 14 followed by Christina Aguilera, Rihanna ,Joss Stone, Beyonce and Alison Krauss all being 19 years old.
• She is also the first country singer to win best new artist at the Grammy awards.
• LeAnn had sung many duets with country artists such as Reba McEntire and also other artists such as Delta Goodrem, Brian McFadden and Ronan Keating.
• LeAnn also sang with Joss Stone when she took part in a show called Crossroads were a country singer or band sings with another artist or band, were they perform each others songs and also cover other artists songs. Watch a video of LeAnn and Joss singing LeAnn's famous song 'How Do I Live' below.