Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American songwriter singer, actress, model, and author. LeAnn Rimes’s net worth is $10 million As of 2022. Rimes became famous at the young age of 14, becoming one of the youngest country music stars in America. has received two Grammy Awards She initially started with country music and later on turned to adult contemporary music, pop, and rock and most of her albums are a mix of all these genres.
Not only that, but LeAnn Rimes is active in social work and gave her voice to “Just Stand Up,” a song to get donations for cancer patients and research. She also stood up for the rights of LGBTQ and made a song, “The Rose,” in favor of the movement.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
LeAnn Rimes was born on August 28, 1982, in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, to Wilbur Rimes and Belinda Butler. She demonstrated the talent to sing in high pitch when she was just 18 months old and that is the reason why her parents got her enrolled in singing classes.
When Rimes was six, her family moved to Garland, Texas, where she continued to learn singing and dancing and gave her first local performance. She got an opportunity to perform in a production of A Christmas Carol in Dallas.
There was no looking back for LeAnn Rimes after her appearance on the Network television competition show Star Search. She then decided to pursue country music. During this time, she also appeared on Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue a number of times.
LeAnn Rimes became an experienced professional singer by the age of nine, owing to all the media exposure that she got. She started to perform Cappella renditions of The Star Spangled Banner at the Dallas Cowboys football games.
She toured with her father throughout the nation to take part in different musical endeavors and by 1991, he had started recording under the independent label Nor Va Jak. She released three albums under the label until 1996.
PERSONAL LIFE
In 1998, Rimes dated actor Andrew Keegan. When they first met, Rimes was 15 and Keegan was 19. The couple dated when Rimes and her father were involved in a lawsuit. In the same lawsuit, Rimes’s father claimed that Keegan was attempting to “get his hands” on Rimes’s finances. The relationship ended in 2001
While she was surrounded by legal battles, Rimes fell in love with dancer Dean Sheremet after meeting him at an Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony and got married in 2002. Their marriage came to an end within seven years.
In December 2010, it was announced via Billboard that Rimes and Cibrian were engaged. Rimes and Cibrian wed on April 22, 2011, at a private home in California. The 40-person ceremony also included Cibrian’s sons from his first marriage. In 2013, the couple bought a home in Hidden Hills, California, listed for three million dollars.
CAREER
LeAnn Rimes was turned into an American star through the efforts of Dallas disc jockey and record promoter Bill Mack. In 1994, she recorded Mack’s self-composition titled Blue on her independent album All That.
Rimes released her debut studio album Blue in 1996 in which she re-released Mack’s composition Blue. The track peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Country Chart and the album sold four million copies in the States.
Owing to the success of Blue, she won two Grammys and became the youngest ever person to do so. She also won the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award for Best New Artist of the Year.
In 1997, she released Unchained Melody: The Early Years and You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, which contained more adult contemporary-styled music than country. She also released her first novel Holiday in Your Heart.LeAnn Rimes released her adult contemporary and mid-tempo pop music-based album Sittin’ on the Top of the World in 1998. In 1999, Rimes released LeAnn Rimes,
She ventured into Hollywood in 2000 with Coyote Ugly and sang its soundtracks, Can’t Fight the Moonlight and But I Do Love You. Can’t Fight the Moonlight became a cross-over pop hit and won her a Blockbuster Entertainment Award. In 2001, Rimes released a compilation album I Need You,
She released Twisted Angel in 2002; it was the first album of Rime’s career that was not released under her father’s production. The album peaked at number three on the Top Country Albums chart but was a critical failure.
In 2003, Rimes turned 21 and published her second book and first children’s book Jag. In the same year, she contributed a track titled We Can for Legally Blonde 2. She also released her Greatest Hits compilation.
She released The Best of LeAnn Rimes in 2004 and contributed to the Dr. Pepper commercial by teaming up with country singer Reba McEntire. She released her book Jag’s New Friend and the album What a Wonderful World.
In 2005, Rimes released her bestselling album in five years titled This Woman. The album was certified gold but received mixed critical reviews. She was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
She released an album titled Whatever We Wanna in 2006, which was meant for countries outside America and Canada. The album comprised tracks like And It Feels Like, a duet with Brian McFadden titled Everybody’s Someone, and Strong.
More than a decade in the business, Rimes released Family in 2007––a mix of genres like country, pop, and rock. She co-wrote all the tracks for the album and got nominated for the Academy of Country Music Award. In 2010, Lady & Gentlemen, In 2013, announced the release of her studio album Spitfire through Twitter.
NET WORTH
LeAnn Rimes’s net worth is $10 million As of 2022. She accumulated her net worth by staying active continuously in her famous music career since the age of 14 years.
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