Leann Rimes was born on 28^th August 1982, Jackson Mississippi, USA to the musician parents. Her father was a part time Guitarist who encouraged Leann for singing and tap dancing when she was just two years old. She won a talent contest at the age of five. Her family moved to Texas where she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at various sports events and the National Cutting Horse Championships in Fort Worth. Her fist album was recorded by her parents when she was seven with a purpose to sell. After a few years she recorded “All That” in which one song was written by Bill Mack for Patsy Cline, who had died before it could be recorded.

Once listening to music, the record executive Mike Curb heard Leann’s album and instantly decided to offer Leann a contract with his nationally distributed label. Leann gladly accepted it. On her first work with Curb, Leann reworked “Blue” and sang a duet with Eddy Arnold. This new “Blue” was a super hit in US to reach the top of the chart.

Her second country number 1 came with the up-tempo "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" with its Searchers-like guitars. “Blue “remained on the top of the chart for 22 weeks. Leann Rimes became the youngest ever nominee for 1996 CMA Awards. She received Horizon award in 1997. Rimes won the Grammy award for the Best New Artist, best Female of the country and Best Country Song for “Blue” in 1997. In the same year, at Billboard Awards she won another six honors, including Artist Of The Year.

Rimes continued to taste the success by sticking to good and commercial materials like her cotemporary child stars such as Brenda Lee and Tanya Tucker in other countries. Like them, she sounded and, with fashioned hair, Lolita sunglasses, AIDS ribbon, figure-hugging clothes, looked much older than her age (15), and was given adult material to perform - on "My Baby" she sang the words, "My baby is a full-time lover, my baby is a full grown man." Besides that, she does possess an extraordinarily rich voice for such a young singer, and she seems to be handling her incredible success with great maturity.

However there was an indication of difficulties in management of appropriate material as it was indicated by the revival of her excellent 1997 revival of "Unchained Melody”. And that was confirmed by the reissue of old songs on Unchained Melody/The Early Years. Despite this fact, the album did reach the top of US album chart. That album suggested a move towards AOR market and it was confirmed by the international success of "How Do I Live' and Sittin".

“How do I live” proved to be most flourishing and triumphant US single of all time that remained on Billboard chart for 69 weeks at number 2. It was on the UK top 40 for 30 weeks. Another song “Looking through your eyes” emerged out as the bestselling US Top 20 hit single in the same year. Rimes got back to her country for releasing “LeAnn Rimes” which had six tracks associated with Cline and only one new song, the closing "Big Deal".

In November Rimes once topped the US chart with Can’t Fight the Moonlight”. Leann got busy in litigating Curb to get released from her recording contract. She went on for file a lawsuit against her father also as she claimed that he had duped her out of several million dollars. The record company dispute was suddenly settled in December 2001, and LeAnn was reunited with her father on 23 February 2002 when he gave her away at her wedding.