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How Do I Live by Leann Rimes

Artist Biography For Leann Rimes

Margaret LeAnn Rimes Born August 28 1982 In Jackson Mississippi Is A Popular American Country And Pop Music Singer. Rimes Emerged With Her First Single "Blue " When She Was Just Thirteen Years Old In 1996. She Is Most Recognized For Her Crossover Hit "How Do I Live" Which According To The Billboard Charts Is One Of The Most Successful Songs In American Music History Spending 69 Weeks On The Hot 100 Chart Which Currently Stands As The Second Longest Run In The Chart's History Behind Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" . While Country Singer Trisha Yearwood's Version Of The Song Won A Grammy In 1998 Rimes' Version Outsold Yearwood's By Millions Of Copies. Rimes' Other Notable Songs Include "Can't Fight The Moonlight" And "You're The Right Kind Of Wrong" From The Movie Coyote Ugly And American Idol Favorite "I Need You." She Has Won An American Music Award Two Grammy Awards Three Academy Of Country Music Awards And Four Billboard Music Awards. Rimes Was Chosen To Sing The Theme Song "Light The Fire Within" For The February 8 2002 Opening Ceremony Of The 2002 Winter Olympics In Salt Lake City. On February 23 2002 She Married Dean Sheremet A Dancer Whom She Met While Recording Twisted Angel. They Currently Live In Nashville Tennessee. In 2005 LeAnn Was Selected To Become The New Host Of The USA Network Reality Tv Series Nashville Star A Position She Held For Only One Season. She Also Was Selected To Sing "Remember When " The Official Song For Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration. On January 25 2005 Rimes Released A New Album Called This Woman. Although It Has Been Met With Mixed Reviews This Woman Is A Comeback Of Sorts For Rimes. With Sales Over 600 000 This Is Rimes Best-Selling Album Since Her Self-Titled Album In 1999. In Terms Of The Singles Released This Is Her Most Successful Album Since Her Debut Nearly 10 Years Ago. "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" Reached The Top 5 And Became Her Biggest Years On The Country Charts In Years. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way " A Song About A Woman Trying To Get Over A Lost Love Was Released As A Single. The Video For "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" Was Very Dark And The Song Was Received Well In The Country Music World. When "Something's Gotta Give" Reached The #2 Spot In June 2006 It Became Her Biggest Country Hit Since "One Way Ticket Because I Can " Her Sole Number One Hit 10 Years Ago. Rimes Co-Wrote Four Songs Off This Woman "Something's Gotta Give " "I Got It Bad " "When This Woman Loves A Man " And "Afraid To Fall." "I Got It Bad" Was Co-Written With Her Husband Dean Sheremet. On Saturday September 3 2005 Rimes Performed A Concert On A Three-Hour Special On Larry King Live As A Benefit For Those Affected In The Gulf Coast By Hurricane Katrina. As A Mississippian She Said That Hurricane Katrina "hit Close To Home." Just Days Before The Hurricane She Had Performed In Biloxi Mississippi. On January 4 2006 Rimes Performed The National Anthem Before The Rose Bowl Championship Game Between The USC Trojans And The Texas Longhorns In Pasadena California. On June 6 2006 LeAnn Released A New Album In Europe Called Whatever We Wanna.
The New Album Presents A Pop-Oriented Sound The First Single Released Was "And It Feels Like." The Album Did Not Receive A US Release. In March 2009 LeAnn Became The First Country Crossover Artist To Top The Billboard Club Play List When Remixes For "What I Cannot Change" Topped This Dance Chart. Prior To LeAnn's Accomplishment The Highest Charting Song By A Country Artist On This Dance Survey Had Been The #2 Peak Of Reba McEntire's Remixed Remake Of "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: How Do I Live

"How Do I Live" Is A 1997 Song Written By Diane Warren. It Was Released Originally By Trisha Yearwood And Shortly Afterward By Leann Rimes.
The Song Was Originally Intended For Release As A Single For The 1997 Action Blockbuster Con Air Soundtrack. Warren Wrote The Song For Rimes To Sing. The Film Producers Felt That Rimes' Version Had Too Much Of A Pop Feeling To It And Requested That She Re-Record It To Fit Their Standards. She Refused And The Producers Chose Trisha Yearwood To Record The Song. Her More Country-Style Version Was Released On May 27 1997 And Appeared In The Film. When Rimes Heard Of The Release She Quickly Released Her Version.
Despite Only Peaking As High As Number Seven In The UK Singles Chart 1 LeAnn Rimes' Version Of How Do I Live Spent Thirty-Four Weeks In The Chart. It Set A Record For Staying On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart For Sixty-Nine Weeks. The Song Entered The Top 25 Country Singles Chart On June 21 1997 And Was Still There In February 2003 A Record 291 Weeks Five And Half Years Later.
How Do I Live Was Covered By F.I.R. Faye And Real Featuring LeAnn Rimes . F.I.R. Invited Rimes To Record A Portion Of The Song For Their Third Album Flight Tribe In 2006.
The Song Has Also Been Performed On The Hit Show American Idol Vonzell Solomon In Season 4 Paris Bennett In Season 5 And Meosha Denton In Season 2. It Was Also Part Of American Idol Season 2 Compilation Sung By Carmen Rasmusen.
Rimes' Version Ranks At #4 On Billboard's All Time Top 100. 2 The Single Has Been Certified 3x Platinum By The RIAA For Shipments Of Over 3 Million Copies In The United States. 3 On The Digital Front It Routinely Shifts More Than 1 000 Units Per Week For A To-Date Total In Excess Of 203 000. Both The Rimes And The Yearwood Versions Debuted On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 On The Week Ending June 14 1997. LeAnn Rimes' Version Peaked At Number Two And Spent A Record-Breaking Sixty-Nine Weeks On The Chart More Than Any Other Song In History Until Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" 2008 And Spent 34 Weeks On The UK Singles Chart. Trisha Yearwood's Version Was Moving Quickly Up The Charts Getting As High As Number Twenty-Three When MCA Refused To Issue Any More Copies Of The Single For Fear Of Cannibalizing Album Sales. The Limited Press Run Of 300 000 Sold Out Quickly And The Single Was Off The Hot 100 After Twelve Weeks. Yearwood's Single On The Country Charts Quickly Climbed All The Way To Number 2. Rimes' Version Spent 11 Weeks Atop The Adult Contemporary Chart. 5 In Australia Rimes' Version Peaked On The ARIA Charts At Number 17 While Yearwood's Peaked At Number 2. In 1998 For The First Time In History The Grammy Awards Nominated Two Artists For The Same Song In The Same Category. Directly Following LeAnn Rimes' Performance Of The Song Trisha Yearwood Won The Grammy Award For Best Female Country Vocal Performance. 6 Yearwood Also Performed The Song At The Country Music Awards For Which She Won The 1997 Award For Female Vocalist Of The Year 7 Yearwood Also Won The 1997 ACM Award For Top Female Vocalist. 8 The Single Was Nominated For An Academy Award For Best Original Song But Lost To My Heart Will Go On. 9 Yearwood Performed The Song At The Ceremony. In 2008 Filipina Singer Nina Girado Recorded Her Own Version Of The Song For Her Album Nina Sings The Hits Of Diane Warren.

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