LeAnn Rimes is one of the biggest names in country music. Fans watching The Masked Singer Season 11 will see her hit the stage in 2024, reminding viewers of Rimes’ powerful pipes and the beautiful songs she’s released through the years. However, it hasn’t been easy for the superstar. When she was just 14 years old, she released a version of the same song as Trisha Yearwood on the same day — and it sparked a “feud” that country fans will never forget. Here’s what Rimes said about it.
LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood released versions of the same song on the same day in 1997, sparking a ‘feud’ LeAnn Rimes | Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
Country music fans likely remember the alleged “feud” between LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood. The two country singers released the song “How Do I Live” on the same day in 1997.
So, how did this happen? Diane Warren,...
LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood released versions of the same song on the same day in 1997, sparking a ‘feud’ LeAnn Rimes | Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
Country music fans likely remember the alleged “feud” between LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood. The two country singers released the song “How Do I Live” on the same day in 1997.
So, how did this happen? Diane Warren,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The artist lineup for the sixth annual 2000s “Dance Party to End Alz” benefiting the Alzheimer's Association has been announced.
The event founded by Kimberly Williams-Paisley will be hosted by Hallmark stars and friends Ashley Williams and Nikki DeLoach. Apple Music radio host Kelleigh Bannen will emcee the evening.
This year’s lineup will include Jay Allen and Kylie Morgan, Melinda Doolittle, Charles Esten, Paul Freeman, Paul Greene, MaRynn Taylor, Noah Thompson, Alicia Witt, and a special group number by Wes Brown, Paul Freeman, Ginna Clare Mason and Alicia Witt. Artists will take the stage to perform their favorite hits from the 2000s to raise awareness and funds in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease and all other dementia.
Tickets for the event and sponsorship packages, taking place on Sunday, November 12 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tenn., are available now by visiting alz.org/danceparty.
“We’re overjoyed...
The event founded by Kimberly Williams-Paisley will be hosted by Hallmark stars and friends Ashley Williams and Nikki DeLoach. Apple Music radio host Kelleigh Bannen will emcee the evening.
This year’s lineup will include Jay Allen and Kylie Morgan, Melinda Doolittle, Charles Esten, Paul Freeman, Paul Greene, MaRynn Taylor, Noah Thompson, Alicia Witt, and a special group number by Wes Brown, Paul Freeman, Ginna Clare Mason and Alicia Witt. Artists will take the stage to perform their favorite hits from the 2000s to raise awareness and funds in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease and all other dementia.
Tickets for the event and sponsorship packages, taking place on Sunday, November 12 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tenn., are available now by visiting alz.org/danceparty.
“We’re overjoyed...
- 11/9/2023
- Look to the Stars
Nearly two decades have passed since Carrie Underwood released her debut album. Yet the veteran country singer seems as grounded now as she was early on. In fact, as she recently revealed, Underwood still drives the Ford Mustang she won as a contestant on the long-running singing competition series American Idol.
When did Carrie Underwood win ‘American Idol’? Carrie Underwood | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Underwood appeared in American Idol Season 4. During that batch of episodes, she ultimately emerged victorious, beating Bo Bice. Although both artists have released music since their time on the show, Underwood has become arguably the most successful musical artist to come out of American Idol, with nine studio albums and eight Grammys under her belt.
Perhaps Underwood’s best-known song is the breakup anthem “Before He Cheats.” The song’s story of a jilted lover getting revenge and Underwood’s ferocious vocals make it a standout. But...
When did Carrie Underwood win ‘American Idol’? Carrie Underwood | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Underwood appeared in American Idol Season 4. During that batch of episodes, she ultimately emerged victorious, beating Bo Bice. Although both artists have released music since their time on the show, Underwood has become arguably the most successful musical artist to come out of American Idol, with nine studio albums and eight Grammys under her belt.
Perhaps Underwood’s best-known song is the breakup anthem “Before He Cheats.” The song’s story of a jilted lover getting revenge and Underwood’s ferocious vocals make it a standout. But...
- 4/8/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ashley Williams and Jay Williams will host the fifth annual star-studded ‘Dance Party to End Alz’ in Nashville at the Wildhorse Saloon on Sunday, November 13.
Apple Music’s Beats 1 “Today’s Country” radio host Kelleigh Bannen will serve as emcee for the event as well as perform.
This year’s lineup includes Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley with Hot Country Knights, Tracy Lawrence, Kelleigh Bannen, Ashley Campbell, Melinda Doolittle, Lindsay Ell, Charles Esten, Chrissy Metz, and special guests. Nashville’s very own will take the stage to perform their favorite songs from the 1990’s to raise awareness and funds in the fight to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
“For the past five years, Dance Party to End Alz has been bringing people together to dress up, dance and experience great live music as some of the biggest names in country music sing cover songs from the ’80s and ’90s,...
Apple Music’s Beats 1 “Today’s Country” radio host Kelleigh Bannen will serve as emcee for the event as well as perform.
This year’s lineup includes Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley with Hot Country Knights, Tracy Lawrence, Kelleigh Bannen, Ashley Campbell, Melinda Doolittle, Lindsay Ell, Charles Esten, Chrissy Metz, and special guests. Nashville’s very own will take the stage to perform their favorite songs from the 1990’s to raise awareness and funds in the fight to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
“For the past five years, Dance Party to End Alz has been bringing people together to dress up, dance and experience great live music as some of the biggest names in country music sing cover songs from the ’80s and ’90s,...
- 9/16/2022
- Look to the Stars
Siblings Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ashley Williams and Jay Williams hosted the fourth annual Dance Party to End Alz on Sunday, November 14 at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon.
Apple Music’s Beats 1 “Today’s Country” radio host Kelleigh Bannen emceed the lively event, which raised nearly $300,000 for the Alzheimer's Association research grant program.
Donned in iconic fashion from the ‘80s, country artists took to the stage performing throwback hits from the decade. Accompanied by Wildhorse Saloon’s Three Lane, performances included:
Brad Paisley's renditions of “Hot for Teacher,” “Boys of Summer” and “Walk of Life,” Darius Rucker's powerful take on “Purple Rain,” Kelleigh Bannen’s electric rendition of “9 to 5,” Ashley Campbell’s spin on “Faith,” Melinda Doolittle’s rocking version of “Old Time Rock ’n Roll,”
Charles Esten's energetic adaptations of “Love Shack” and “You Give Love a Bad Name,” Jamie O’Neal’s powerhouse rendition of “Don’t Stop Believing,...
Apple Music’s Beats 1 “Today’s Country” radio host Kelleigh Bannen emceed the lively event, which raised nearly $300,000 for the Alzheimer's Association research grant program.
Donned in iconic fashion from the ‘80s, country artists took to the stage performing throwback hits from the decade. Accompanied by Wildhorse Saloon’s Three Lane, performances included:
Brad Paisley's renditions of “Hot for Teacher,” “Boys of Summer” and “Walk of Life,” Darius Rucker's powerful take on “Purple Rain,” Kelleigh Bannen’s electric rendition of “9 to 5,” Ashley Campbell’s spin on “Faith,” Melinda Doolittle’s rocking version of “Old Time Rock ’n Roll,”
Charles Esten's energetic adaptations of “Love Shack” and “You Give Love a Bad Name,” Jamie O’Neal’s powerhouse rendition of “Don’t Stop Believing,...
- 11/24/2021
- Look to the Stars
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton's marriage may have been plagued by rumors of infidelity, but the truth is these exes still share fond memories of their time together. Miranda recalled one of those "special moments" in an interview with Kelleigh Bannen of Essentials Radio on Apple Music, sharing how she and her ex-husband wrote the heartbreaking ballad "Over You," which was inspired by the death of Blake's older brother, Richie, in 1990. "My ex-husband, Blake, had lost a brother and it's one of those moments where even if you're married to someone, sometimes you find something new about them," Miranda remembered. "Dudes don't open up about...
- 3/29/2021
- E! Online
Eric Church announced his plans for the three-album release Heart & Soul last week. On Friday, he debuted the lead-off track from Heart, a windows-down love song titled “Heart on Fire.”
Written solo by Church, “Heart on Fire” is more FM classic rock than Nashville country, with hints of Lonesome Jubilee-era John Mellencamp. “I’m soaking my soul in gas and setting my heart on fire,” Church sings, as propulsive tinkling piano and Joanna Cotten, Church’s longtime backing vocalist, add a loose bar-band vibe. Of all the songs Church...
Written solo by Church, “Heart on Fire” is more FM classic rock than Nashville country, with hints of Lonesome Jubilee-era John Mellencamp. “I’m soaking my soul in gas and setting my heart on fire,” Church sings, as propulsive tinkling piano and Joanna Cotten, Church’s longtime backing vocalist, add a loose bar-band vibe. Of all the songs Church...
- 1/29/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday, Apple announced the launch of two new streaming radio stations, Apple Music Country and Apple Music Hits. Both are live now alongside the flagship station Beats 1, which has been renamed Apple Music 1. Originally launched alongside Apple Music in 2015, Beats 1 built its reputation on a combination of in-depth interviews and music discovery.
Several country artists will head up exclusive shows for Apple Music Country, including Dierks Bentley, who will host The Nashville Countdown, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Breland, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Morgan Evans, Florida Georgia Line, Pat Green,...
Several country artists will head up exclusive shows for Apple Music Country, including Dierks Bentley, who will host The Nashville Countdown, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Breland, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Morgan Evans, Florida Georgia Line, Pat Green,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Kelleigh Bannen didn’t really have the spirit-draining aspects of quarantine in mind when she wrote her new song “The Optimist.” The Nashville native, who also hosts Apple Music’s streaming radio show Today’s Country, was thinking more of transformative relationships than national crises when she penned the ballad with Will Bowen and Claire Douglas, and ultimately recorded it at home.
“It was written about the people that can turn you into an optimist and the way love can turn you into an optimist,” Bannen says. “That’s definitely true of my husband,...
“It was written about the people that can turn you into an optimist and the way love can turn you into an optimist,” Bannen says. “That’s definitely true of my husband,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On March 8th, Nashville’s Big Machine Label Group sent out an email in honor of International Women’s Day featuring images of female artists on their roster. “Today, and every day, we celebrate the women of Big Machine,” it read, with photos of Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott, Carly Pearce, and Lauren Jenkins. The only problem: Jenkins wasn’t on the label. She was let go a few days earlier, just shy of the first anniversary of her debut LP No Saint.
“Two days after the tornado was when...
“Two days after the tornado was when...
- 5/8/2020
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
“Not a lot of people walk the walk,” said Change the Conversation’s Tracy Gershon at the annual Cmt Next Women of Country event, which took place Tuesday at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. “Brandi Carlile runs.”
Gershon was there to help present Carlile with the Impact Award, an “honor presented to a female artist that has impacted songwriting, recording, radio airplay, record sales, streams, media impressions, awards and touring in country music over the past year.” From her Girls Just Wanna Weekend festival to opening for artists...
Gershon was there to help present Carlile with the Impact Award, an “honor presented to a female artist that has impacted songwriting, recording, radio airplay, record sales, streams, media impressions, awards and touring in country music over the past year.” From her Girls Just Wanna Weekend festival to opening for artists...
- 11/13/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
A Thousand Horses return with a new Dave Cobb-produced anthem, Tanya Tucker’s daughter Presley proves that talent runs in the family, and Kelleigh Bannen sparkles on a precious ballad in this week’s list of must-hear songs.
Rissi Palmer, “Soul Message”
When Rissi Palmer released her debut single in 2007, she became the first African-American woman in 20 years to chart a country hit. A dozen years later, she’s back with Revival, a potent punch of soul, rootsy R&b, and back-porch country. “Soul Message” slows the tempo to a sexy,...
Rissi Palmer, “Soul Message”
When Rissi Palmer released her debut single in 2007, she became the first African-American woman in 20 years to chart a country hit. A dozen years later, she’s back with Revival, a potent punch of soul, rootsy R&b, and back-porch country. “Soul Message” slows the tempo to a sexy,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Chase Rice offers up the mellow ballad “Lonely If You Are” and Caroline Jones heads south in “Gulf Coast Girl,” plus new releases from Gwen Sebastian and Jedd Hughes in this week’s list of must-hear songs.
Davina and the Vagabonds, “I Can’t Believe I Let You Go”
Backed by brass, B3 organ and the barroom jazz of a well-tested road band, Davina Sowers creates her own Americana mishmash — a little Amy Winehouse-worthy neo-soul there, a little Great American Songbook-influenced songcraft there — with “I Can’t Believe I Let You Go.
Davina and the Vagabonds, “I Can’t Believe I Let You Go”
Backed by brass, B3 organ and the barroom jazz of a well-tested road band, Davina Sowers creates her own Americana mishmash — a little Amy Winehouse-worthy neo-soul there, a little Great American Songbook-influenced songcraft there — with “I Can’t Believe I Let You Go.
- 7/5/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
With three free daytime stages and more than 110 artists performing across them, June’s Cma Fest offers plenty of no-cost entertainment options for fans over the event’s four days.
On Tuesday, the Cma announced a slate of artists who will appear on the free stages: Kassi Ashton, Kelleigh Bannen, Dillon Carmichael, Travis Denning, Cale Dodds, Love and Theft, Muscadine Bloodline, Brandon Ratcliff, Tenille Townes and Rachel Wammack are among the names set for the Chevy Breakout Stage at Walk of Fame Park, opposite the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
On Tuesday, the Cma announced a slate of artists who will appear on the free stages: Kassi Ashton, Kelleigh Bannen, Dillon Carmichael, Travis Denning, Cale Dodds, Love and Theft, Muscadine Bloodline, Brandon Ratcliff, Tenille Townes and Rachel Wammack are among the names set for the Chevy Breakout Stage at Walk of Fame Park, opposite the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
- 4/30/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
“Eventually country radio is going to get its shit together and play everyone,” Maren Morris told the crowd gathered yesterday at Cmt’s Next Women of Country showcase at Nashville’s City Winery. There to celebrate the 2019 class and accept the annual Impact Award presented by Natalie Hemby, Morris (part of the 2015 class) peppered that “eventually” with a certain kind of punch: maybe country radio will get its shit together, and maybe it won’t. But Morris, along with Cmt’s Leslie Fram and co-host Cassadee Pope, and the new class — comprising Anna Vaus,...
- 11/14/2018
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
It borrows the title of a celebratory song sung around the world on a daily basis, but Kelleigh Bannen’s “Happy Birthday,” as depicted in the Nashville native’s melancholic new video, isn’t aiming to get the party started. Penned by Bannen with Claire Douglas and Dallas Wilson, “Happy Birthday” is a delicate and wistful look at life after love and the times when a phone call has to substitute for more intimate contact. (Think Adele’s “Hello” with a touch of sweet, acoustic twang.)
Covering a three-year period...
Covering a three-year period...
- 10/16/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Cmt’s Next Women of Country event teamed up two Americans and one Canadian for a stellar country cover of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do”. Related: Selena Gomez Celebrates Taylor Swift’s Birthday Canada’s own Lindsay Ell and American singer Kelleigh Bannen – both former classmates of the event – teamed up with newcomer Kalie Shorr for the epic […]...
- 12/20/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
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