Whether she was motivated by avid stage parents or by an indelible performing urge, Rimes was singing in pitch when she was 18 months, assuring Belinda and Wilbur to continue nurturing their precocious child ’s talents. Having no siblings, she received the lavish affection parents of only children often afford, and was enrolled in vocal and dance training by the age of two. While some critics have written off Rimes ’s style as derivative of earlier country music heroes like as Patsy Cline, and have chalked up her popularity to novelty appeal, few have discounted her powerful voice itself.īorn on Augto parents Belinda and Wilbur in Jackson, Mississippi, Rimes was initiated into the performing arts at a surprisingly early age. Yet Rimes has demonstrated a mastery of performance as well as huge mass appeal, evidenced by her 1997 Grammy Award for Best Female Vocalist in Country Music.
Assessing the career of adolescent country singer LeAnn Rimes is much like squinting to count tree-rings in a sapling oak -one might say she has only stepped on the precipice of what could be called a career.
