LeAnn Rimes Youngest Grammy Winner
rowena on Jul 3rd 2008
Margaret LeAnn Rimes is an American country music and pop singer and songwriter. She was born August 28, 1982 in Pearl, Mississippi. Rimes’s first single, “Blue”, was released when she was only 13 years old. At 24, she has sold over 37 million albums. She has garnered a number of awards including American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards.
She holds four important records in the music industry: She is the current youngest person to win a Grammy and the first country artist to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Her version of “How Do I Live” is currently the longest charting song on the U.S. Hot 100 at 69 weeks; this was the second multi-platinum country single ever, the first being Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s 1983 hit Islands in the Stream.
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