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While most 22-year-olds are just beginning their quest to decide how to make their mark in this world, LeAnn Rimes accomplished this at the ripe age of 13 with her debut album Blu.
She has continued to make her mark, nine of them to be exact, by releasing a new record almost every year since then.
Her newest album, This Woman, released Tuesday by Curb Records, reveals a change in Rimes' maturity since she first appeared on the scene as barely a teenager in both her lyrics and the growth in her vocal range and power.
The album has a strong opening with the infectious tune "I Want to With You," which is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Rimes showcases her powerful melodic voice in the ballad "With You," stretching across a wide range of notes.
Rimes helped co-write some of the songs on the album, including "When This Woman Loves a Man." This lends a personal touch to the album, and "You Take Me Home" similarly gives fans an inside look at her new marriage to Dean Sheremet.
Rimes teamed up with her husband to write one of the songs on the CD. She describes the rush of living a fast-paced life in "I Got It Bad." The song has already become a staple at that staple of the country scene, NASCAR races.
Although not all of the remaining songs may be as autobiographical, the shared simplicity and lightheartedness of the lyrics, which grapple with love and relationships, leave the listener feeling upbeat and optimistic.
Her first single from the album, called, "Nothin' Bout Love Makes Sense" has already hit the Top 10 in country charts.
Although Rimes' music has traditionally been categorized in the country genre, this new single is about the only thing purely rooted in country on the entire album.
Mixing pop, rock, and blues rhythms, Rimes creates a contemporary country album of all her own.It manages to appeal to different audiences by virtue of its varied nature.
This is not surprising, considering Rimes' past success in crossing over genres. In 1997 she had a hit with "How Do I Live," and in 2000 she had one with "Can't Fight the Moonlight" from the Coyote Ugly soundtrack.
Rimes' playfulness, mixing other influences into her music, is intended as experimentation and a broadening of horizons.
Although she has experienced the mainstream by delving into pop music, she has never fully left the country genre as she carries it with her into her new and first adult album.
Born in Mississippi and raised in Texas, Rimes has been living in Los Angeles for the past few years. Earlier this year she moved back to Nashville, proving, like her music, that you can take this girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl.
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