LeAnn Rimes scored a serious recording contract, will release an album this year

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Here are some photos of LeAnn Rimes at LAX over the weekend. She was returning home after a trip to London. Eddie Cibrian was with her in London, but I guess they flew back separately. Thankfully, LeAnn returned in time to help Eddie celebrate Father’s Day, because it’s not really celebrating unless LeAnn gets to milk it on her Instagram. She posted several photos of Eddie and her “bonus boys” for the holiday – go here to see.

Meanwhile, did you know that LeAnn actually scored another recording contract? She’s been without a label/home since 2013, when she completely her contract with Curb Records by releasing the underwhelming Spitfire (which sold poorly). LeAnn now has a recording contract with RCA-UK:

After 20 incredibly fruitful — yet oftentimes tumultuous — years on Nashville’s Curb Records, LeAnn Rimes has inked a new label deal. The singer-songwriter is now a part of the RCA-UK family, also home to the likes of Christina Aguilera, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Meghan Trainor, Beyoncé, Pitbull and Britney Spears, just to name a few of the big pop, R&B and hip-hop names on the powerhouse record company’s roster.

Rimes will release her first single for RCA-UK, “The Story” on June 24th. Serving as the first taste of her upcoming 16th studio album, the Phil Hanseroth-penned ballad was originally recorded by Brandi Carlile and is a uniquely introspective look at a love. “I fully embrace the journey I am on and have a deeper understanding of how every piece of my story serves a purpose in my evolution as a woman and an artist,” says Rimes. “This song is not only a love song but a song of self-acceptance and appreciation for life.”

It’s not yet clear whether Rimes’ next album, due later this year, will be country, pop or a little bit of both. Spitfire’s producer, Darrell Brown is working with Rimes on her new album, as well.

[From Rolling Stone]

Well, at least that’s something. And maybe we won’t have to chuckle every time LeAnn goes on “tour” with three appearances at various barbeques and honky-tonks. It sounds like this is a serious contract and LeAnn will be expected to do the work of promoting a real album, which means TV appearances and interviews, etc. But my guess is that LeAnn will still find some way to screw it up. I’ve got 10 bucks riding on “medical emergency,” something that can only be healed with margaritas at the beach.

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  1. Tiffany says:

    I know I sling s*it at LeAnn ( and it is deserved), but I never questioned her having talent. If she would stop being her own worst enemy, she can regroup, get rid of Brown and listen to RCA, and take the steps to finally have a hit.

    • Christin says:

      I’m not sure she’ll ever listen to anyone *and* see a good plan to completion. Smugness and laziness are not a great combination.

      • Tiffany says:

        And that is truly sad. She could still have a career of some kind if those traits would just stop. There is tons of money to be made if she follows through and take the opportunities. She is still young and abled body. Dickmatized at its worse.

      • Christin says:

        Some mention she’s had issues for many years, which does make me wonder if her father was the key to her success. In an interview from a few years ago, both she and her mother mentioned how he wanted her to work a lot of dates, while the momentum was there after Blue. Yet both women acted like that was just terrible.

        As we say in the south — Make hay while the sun shines.

      • funcakes says:

        If this was any other singer they would have clean house years ago.
        But even Eddie admitted on their reality show that LeAnn surrounds herself with YES men.
        LeAnn went thru a number of PR people in the early part of her relationship with Eddie.
        She even started writing her own press release ignoring her team.
        She’s gone thru several management companies.
        In the end she sabotaged herself.

    • RedOnTheHead says:

      I stumbled across an old video of LeAnn on YouTube recently. Had truly forgotten what an amazing voice she has/had. I will never understand why someone with a talent like that just allows it to backslide into oblivion.

      • funcakes says:

        Red I did the same thing. I forgot the song,but it was flawless.
        It made me sad because she sounds nothing like this any longer.
        Kelly Clarkson has a song out and all I could think was this would have been the perfect song for LeAnn to sing.

    • Naya says:

      I think she has a great voice but this record deal is probably not that great an idea. A label with such mega artists probably already has some in-house squabbling over which artist gets more attention. She is coming in at the lowest point of her career with a tiny and aging fan base. I am pretty sure she will be shunted off to the side. Unless she is willing to work her tail off and fight for her place on the roster, this is a really dumb move.

    • Zuzus Girl says:

      I’ve always thought she had an amazing voice and is gifted at interpreting songs. I think being the bread winner of her family as a child messed her up and she has some serious mental/personality issues. Eddie knows those and pushes the buttons to keep her off balance so she doesn’t realize he’s been cheating the whole time. Happy to say I’ve never read or followed any of the crazy blog/instagram nonsense of any of these people. I wish she would wake up, drop that loser and get her shit together so she could get her career back on track.

      • gwen says:

        Drop Eddie AND get her shit together? That is never going to happen. I think this record deal is her last hurrah.

      • funcakes says:

        Zuzu you’re so right. He probably denies,denies, denies all while seeing other women.
        If she divorce him it proves all the HATERS right. She’ll never admit defeat.
        If you look at her pictures from the beginning of the relationship until now.you see a drastic difference.
        She starts off confident and youthful. She then goes on a drastic diet before the wedding. She changed the way she dress. There are changes to her face.
        LeAnn eventually gains weight after going to rehab.
        LeAnn loses weight but no longer has that confidence she once had. She clutches to Eddie and hated to travel without him because of his history.

    • starfish says:

      She has marbles in her lyrics, she screams her music, she has no backup band that helps her at all. Nope, she is done, has been from many years ago. Too many new artists out there that really work and tour up to 300 hundred dates a year.

      The UK will lose money on her, tax write off and another failed project. She can spend all her time from now on whining to the press about her affair, her poor childhood as a young singer, and marrying the biggest douche in LA.

      • funcakes says:

        Starfish, I read the same thing on Twitter the other day. Who knew?
        It’s common practice to use failed artist as a write off.
        I read they signed her up in time for a fourth quarter write off. I’m not an accountant but this sound extremely unscrupulous.
        No wonder Jay Z started his own company.
        It also explains why they hire LeAnn.
        Her record and ticket sales are horrendous.
        She’s been searching for a new label for a couple of years.
        LeAnn has been in the new for refusing meet and greets. This includes refusing to see the guy who wrote one of her hits.

    • starfish says:

      She wants credit and # off of others. Nope, will never work as she and Eddie thought living in LA would bring fame to both of them. Never see other parents in tabs with boasting about what they wear, what they eat, vacations, etc. Social media is her only way to stay connected to the press and it’s done her no favors.

  2. Lex says:

    Whyyyy do you need so many hashtags?! #IDontGetIt #Stupid #LooksRidiculous #ShesAGrownAssWoman #Headache

  3. Christin says:

    Oh, the county fairs and casinos still make the ‘tour’ list. She should just own it and work her way back to some level of credibility.

    How did she/they land on a cover by a Brandi? Did she run across it while Googling the ex’s first name? Strange ‘coincidence’.

    • Starkiller says:

      The original version is really a gorgeous song. I don’t really see how she is going to improve it.

      • claire says:

        There’s instagram video out there of her botching the hell out of it. Pure caterwauling, you can’t understand a word. It’s awful.

      • Antonym says:

        I think she’s going to ruin it.

        I know Leann has a nice voice, but the rawness in Brandi’s voice makes that song (IMO).

      • funcakes says:

        Most of the songs she REVISE are unrecognizable. She mainly sings in a higher octive,sways and wave her arms around.
        We get it. Your feeling the music.

    • starfish says:

      Very sad that she has to steal others music, who does that? A child that has no credibility. Legit labels never work for compulsives liars and people who might need mental help. The industry is done for her in the US and the joke is on RCA of the UK. Guess they have to make money off of used up artists.

      • funcakes says:

        Darrell has to always clean up behind her.
        She use the word EPIC in one of her tweets then everyone thought she was signing with Epic Records.Darrell had to tweet she’s not with that company.
        Darrell had to explain that someone wrote The Story and Brandi C sang the song.

  4. QueenE says:

    Becoming Brandi…a cover life by Leann Rimes

    • Zooyork says:

      LOL!!!

    • JenniferJustice says:

      OMG. When I read, “the Phil Hanseroth-penned ballad was originally recorded by Brandi Carlile and is a uniquely introspective look at a love…” I seriously thought it said originally recorded by Brandi Glanville. Now why would I think something LeAnne did or is going to do was first done by Brandi….hmmmmm.

  5. Lynnie says:

    Huh. If she’s smart she’ll use this opportunity and start supporting herself/saving money for when Eddie inevitably leaves her.

    Then again I could see her undertaking this deal so she could get some cash to keep Eddie around.

    Anyway good luck to her

    • JenniferJustice says:

      No such luck. If the previous articles about her vacays with their couple friends who loaned them money to go on recent trips, chances are, she and Eddie owe some major funds before they can keep any let alone save some.

      LeAnne never saves money. She needs instant gratification and more bikini pics from waters along tropical islands.

      • starfish says:

        Yep you must be able to replenish funds, she can’t do that with backyard singing. I really wonder how far in debt she really is, and Eddie has worked out 5 days in 3 years.

  6. manda says:

    She had a song in ’05 that I enjoyed. I think she’s going to have to work hard to get any good will back from fans though

  7. Izzy says:

    Oh goody, more yodeling.

  8. Cici says:

    I think it would also mean a real tour which is going to mean she’ll have to leave Eddie at home sometimes. I think she’d still have a pretty good career if she hadn’t spent the last 6 years obsessed with making sure he isn’t with another woman.

    • starfish says:

      3 dates in the UK is not a tour. Maybe 10 gigs at casinos in a year. Real artists tour 300 gigs a year.

  9. claire says:

    The f**kery has already started. Months of cringey tweets about “creating” and then her first single is a cover, as usual. And, a well-known cover, something her and her weirdo producer tried to hide and give appearances it was an original song. Doesn’t sound like the studio has full faith in her. More like, they want to test reaction first by having her put out a song they already know resonated with people and see how it goes.

    As an aside, it is truly amazing that they still put out the excuse that Eddie can’t work because of having kids, and that it would require him to travel, yet, he leaves town every chance he gets to vacation. I guess he could put “paid escort” on his resume, though.

    • jenn12 says:

      I remember their attempts to claim that the boys’ education was falling apart without him there (Jake was THREE) when he worked in Chicago. He should’ve been a model- bland, goodlooking, and likes to get his photo taken. He’s lazy and a failure. These are the two people who kept getting child support, etc, reduced, while showing off Leann’s huge engagement ring that he “bought”. But anyway, that’s his trick: calling black white and white black. Brandi isn’t a hardworking single mom who is taking advantage of opportunities, according to them; she’s a person who rides their “fame” (cough) and “makes” Eddie stay home for the kids’ sake. Leann actually coughed out that no one knew Eddie’ sacrifices. Sure we do: he sacrifices his sons’ wellbeing, emotional health and privacy for his own sake.

      • Christin says:

        One episode of their flopped show had a scene along these lines. She was near tears over his noble sacrifice.

        Strangely enough, I thought she wasn’t acting. My initial reaction was, this aging pretty boy actor has sold her a bill of goods.

        Oh, she may enjoy pretending she’s so wealthy she can keep him afloat, and he may play on that.

      • starfish says:

        Eddie is a kept man, she should be ashamed of herself. She is no role model for all those 7 fans who tweet her with their problems of sickness, money issues, kids who have troubles and yet she sells them her crap. She should be giving advice to them to save their money for their families and issues they have. She is a leech.

  10. Jess says:

    She does have a great voice, but I saw a video of her singing the new song and truly couldn’t understand most of her words! If she’d listen and take lessons she could be fantastic again.

    I didn’t like how she tried to take credit for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “love is love is love”, she claimed she wrote those lyrics months ago, and tried to get attention for herself after the Orlando shooting, that’s not cool.

    Other than those things I wish her the best, she’s desperate to have that level of fame again and I do feel sorry for her, it must hard watching women like Taylor and Carrie have so much success when it easily could’ve been LeAnn in those paths, she just let Eddie ruin her unfortunately. I’m glad she finally wised up and starting getting along with Brandi, the children need it.

    • claire says:

      She was ruined way before Eddie. Her career had stalled YEARS before he came around. She was already out there as unlikeable, bitchy, bratty, hard to understand, and a host of other things. It’s just gotten more publicity since Eddie.

    • starfish says:

      She is using Brandi, that’s what is sad. Brandi needs to ignore her. I know she has to deal with the deadbeat, but Leann has no real friends so she has latched on to Brandi.

  11. Dlo says:

    I am a little confused and maybe one of you can help. I thought she was caught last week in Malibu when she claimed to be in London? And she should dump that nasty Darrel guy

    • Kitty says:

      She was actually in London and not in Malibu on the same day.

      Someone on twitter noted that the Daily Mail probably used pics from a couple weeks earlier. They noted that in the Malibu shopping pics, Ed and LeAnn, were in the same clothes they were wearing they day she was kissing Lizzy Lips.

      They also noted that Ed didn’t have his hand brace on in the shopping pics. Like he wore in London. Because he “broke” it later that same day in Malibu “surfing.”

      Which most took to mean, he was drunkenly “surfing” down those stairs.

      LeAnn probably paid for the article but her most recent paid pap pics were the Malibu ones and the ones in Brandi’s Bronco. So the DM used previously unseen Malibu pics to create a false article.

      Anyway, she’s certainly getting her money’s worth. I’m not sure how many times the DM has used pics from that day, but it’s like five or six different articles at this point. Probably more.

  12. LooseSeal says:

    Brandi Carlile is one of my favorite musicians of all time! I’ve seen her live more times than I can count. Her music and voice are so passionate. I know Leann is really one of the best singers out there, but I feel squicky having her stink near Brandi. Hopefully she makes a boat load of money off the publishing rights and can spend some time chilling with her wife and writing more great music!

    • starfish says:

      Leann is not the best singer, her voice is a nightmare. I feel sorry for Carlile to have this loser sing my song. Leann tries to copy the greats, but it has failed time and time again. No one will work with her and Barrel has no other artists that will work with him, so he hangs on to Leann for a paycheck.

  13. Lexie says:

    No no no no NO. That song is Brandi Carlile’s. Anyone reading this, go to the original and skip Leann’s version. Honk for Carlile!!!!!

    • lisa says:

      yeah the original is everything. i especially love the live version i have. i think leanne’s cover will be technically competent without any of the feeling of the original.

    • starfish says:

      Yes!!!! Buy the original.

  14. hogtowngooner says:

    I’m sure once she realizes how much this will take her away from Ediot and his wandering eye, she’ll find a way to get out of it.

    • claire says:

      He seems okay with ditching his kids with babysitters and following her around for trips and casinos a couple times a month. Hence, she hasn’t cancelled as much. She complains the whole way leading up to and after the shows but not a lot of cancellations lately. She might surprise us and actually do her shows. Though, can’t imagine RCA is gonna let her get away with so little touring so maybe you’re right. Eddie isn’t going to be able to keep a mistress if she does a real tour one of these days and he has to tag along.

      • starfish says:

        3 shows is her tour, RCA used her for a tax write off. Once again, the joke is on Rimes.

    • Lisa says:

      Exactly. It’s kind of hard to keep your husband occupied/ stalking him when you’re supposed to be in a studio recording and then touring to support an album. It seems that Leanne can never be away from her husband because she doesn’t trust him not to screw around. Not to mention, where will she find the time to tweet 5,000 times a day when she working? I’ll believe ithis news when I see it.

    • Ravensdaughter says:

      All I know is if Lee Ann can get a recording contract after having been a has been for so long, I can get a job after having been a has been (laid up with a major illness) myself, too.
      The world can be brutal when you are a celebrity, and can be brutal when you are not.

  15. Kitty says:

    Without a doubt she’ll screw this up. If she wants to tour and promote this CD properly she won’t be able to dictate an Ed friendly schedule.

    And now, she is dragging Britney into her tale of being a victim. How she’s still trying to frame it that she’s the victim of destroying two families is amazing.

    Frankly, someone at the record company needs to rehab her interview skills along with her work ethic. If they want her to have a chance at making money.

    • starfish says:

      Nothing to promote, you can’t understand her when she sings. Wish she would yodel her own songs instead of stealing from others.

  16. jenn12 says:

    Well, there’s the reason she decided to make peace with Brandi and finally rein in her twitter loonies. She needs this to go well, because she doesn’t have many avenues left, and Eddie is never going to work. Total borderline personality disorder: manipulates emotions. Now everyone is supposed to see her as this Zen, chill person who has “moved on”. Plus, the boys are too old to manipulate, and now that they’re older, she doesn’t have as much interest, and she can have Eddie as a constant companion. Good for Brandi and the kids, but a pity the years were eaten up by Leann’s and Eddie’s vile behavior. Wonder how she got an actual deal when she’s so unpopular?

    • Christin says:

      This has been like the boy who cried wolf (hard to believe she really had a deal after all the hints that led to nothing).

      It’s hard to believe she got a deal with any reputable label, unless very specific expectations were spelled out. Not just the popularity issue, but I’d be concerned about suing/publicly dissing her past label.

      • jenn12 says:

        Just weird because everything she’s done has failed. Music, reality show, EVERYTHING. Why would a label suddenly decide to pick her up? Particularly after what she did with her previous label. Still, she can’t play mommy anymore- she wants babies and little kids, and the boys are way past that. Eddie isn’t that hot young dad who actually worked anymore- he’s a mid forties luggage handler with dimples, who now has a tween and a teen and no income. She’s nearly 34; basically middle aged and unable to pull the cute young singer routine. At this point, what else is there for them?

      • starfish says:

        I wonder how much money SHE put up? All her other deals have all fallen through.

      • Christin says:

        I would love to see the contract related to this deal, and whether she did have to underwrite some of the expenses.

  17. LeAnn Stinks says:

    Wow, she really looks like a Sleestak in that top picture. I wish she and her yodeling career would disappear into the “Land of the Lost.”

  18. Aerohead21 says:

    It kills me to hear that she’s going to redo Brandi Carlile’s “The Story”. Ugh. Just no words…

    • Jane says:

      What is worse is she’s claiming it to be “her” song. Her friend and producer Darrell had to do damage control on Twitter for her because people called her put on it.

  19. Tyson says:

    Holy shit! She didn’t say the word bonus!

  20. Deanne says:

    Regardless of this new contract, LeAnn is still LeAnn. She’s been tweeting and talking about her new single, as if SHE wrote it and has never corrected fans who think it’s her original work. That’s really low class. The original version by Brandi Carlisle is fantastic and Sara Ramirez also does a great version of the song. LeAnn sings it in a way that is completely unintelligible. I don’t care how supposedly great her voice is, part of being a good singer is the ability to annunciate and she just can’t do it anymore. Bragging about “creating” and then putting out a cover song as your comeback effort, is pretty pathetic. What’s next? A dance mix version of Blue? I think that she needs to ditch Darrell if she’s ever going to have a chance of career resurgence.

    • Jane says:

      You are exactly right. Furthermore, the UK is going to realize that she doesn’t want to work hard for them and in the end screw up everything signed to do.

      The last time she did a “tour” in the UK was specifically in Ireland. She got wasted the night before a concert and cancelled claiming to be ill. There were pictures of her at a bar looking very crazed. At the same rate she “injured her hand using weights according to her”, showed black and blue fingers and lost her wedding ring. Many claimed that Eddie flew back to LA leaving her behind. She was inconsolable and apparently broke her hand punching a wall. (Allegedly). Good voice or not, the UK might not want to embrace her antics at this time, nor will they want to listen to her unintelligible caterwauling.

      • Deanne says:

        That drinking all night and then calling in sick was shameful. That “tour” had venues selling tickets for the equivalent of 8$ U.S. Not exactly a hot commodity. The U.K. market is tiny compared the the North American one as well. Unless there is a huge shift in the cosmos, this is just going to be another fail for her. She’ll never leave Eddie alone and in order to sell her album she has to go on a real tour and play sets that last longer than an hour. She’s incapable of doing what’s necessary.

      • Jane says:

        @Deanne You are totally spot on.

        She has already started her shenanigans as she went to the UK to launch the song (or whatever she did) and what does she do? She heads back to the US to head to Montana for a tiny vacation with her #hubbylove instead of hitting the pavement selling the CD and her music.

        I bet a month’s salary (which is not saying much) that she felt she over-exerted herself actually “working” in the UK to push her signing to RCA that she had to go to Montana to recuperate. It could also be running away from any backlash she created going in the first place and tweeting maniacally about her blooming “story” that had to be told.

        People seriously caught on to her BS, she got slammed on a small part of Twitter, her song writing partner stayed behind to clean up her tiny mess while she is talking about her utterly spiritual retreat. She’s rambling about the Summer Solstice.

        On a side note, her song-writing partner posted a GIF of the President applauding and claiming it is for her RCA project/CD etc. Jesus…take the wheel.

      • starfish says:

        I don’t think the UK knew of her past, they found out quickly after they signed her. In her radio interviews all she talked about was her affair, the boys and her poor childhood again. The record broke on that crap long ago.

  21. JenniferJustice says:

    Her debut singing Blue sort of pigeon-holed her as a Patsy Cline type singer, but that music isn’t popular, doesn’t appeal to youth – it’s a very dated “style.” She would do well to stop yodeling and warbling, but she won’t because that’s her style.

    I didn’t like it when Mariah stopped the ballads and ventured into hip hop, but I understand why she did it. It was time for a change, to branch out and broaden the scope. LeAnne needs to do the same and put a more contemporary spin on her voice, style, music, etc. but alas, she doesn’t listen to people.

    And yes, she was a spoiled acting entitled brat before Eddie came along. Her success at such a young age went to her head and she thought she was all-powerful, and worse, made her so unlikeable and caustic. Eddie is a symptom of that, not the cause of it.

    • Christin says:

      When she did her first crossover attempt (in 2000?), I remember people actually talking about it. I think she could have had a decent crossover following had her behavior around that time not turned people away. Competing with Trisha, lawsuit allegations, etc., made any momentum quickly fizzle.

      Originality is apparently not her strong suit. All the boasting about creating with others, and the big reveal turns out to be a cover song? I just don’t know where she goes from here. People in country music who have thrown her a bone the past few years never repeat the favor, so I assume she has few bridges intact enough to cross.

      • starfish says:

        Nashville would be toxic to followers if they signed with this chick ever again. She has put down many artists over the years for not paying their dues. WTF, she didn’t pay hers. Two songs are not dues Lele.

      • Christin says:

        One of my “oh really?” moments was when she jumped into the Faith/Carrie thing and talked about not paying dues, being on talent shows, etc., when SHE as a child was on the original TV talent show, Star Search! She must think people have very short memories. It’s amazing.

      • Jane says:

        @Christin. What I think is hysterical is how famous and successful Carrie is right now, filling stadiums (and not casino lounges). On top of that she seems to be a very nice person and doesn’t throw people under the bus, nor does she burn bridges.

        Yes, you are totally right about Leann thinkin people have short term memories.

      • Christin says:

        @Jane – Carrie just keeps going, and my guess is both Faith and LeAnn are a bit green with envy.

        On a side note, I remember L’s Star Search appearance. I thought the little boy she competed against (Levi) was a better singer. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago.

  22. Deanne says:

    The IG of LeAnn singing her borrowed song ” The Story” is truly attrocious. She sounds so garbled and she jerks herself around so oddly while she’s singing. It’s like she has a wad of gum, or marbles in her mouth. You can’t understand a word. In high school, we had a battle of the bands contest, where the lead singer of one of the groups had an anxiety attack and couldn’t perform. They got another person to sing, but they didn’t know all the words and just sort of mumbled them. That’s what LeAnn’s version reminds me of. She really needs a vocal coach in the worst way. With all the covers she does and her horroble annunciation, she’s basically a karaoke artist with a recording contract.

    • Jane says:

      In all honesty it has to be the large amounts of dental work she’s had that is a partial if not entire cause of it. Her caps (or whatever) are entirely too large for her mouth, thus making it difficult to form the words. Leann never went to any coach to learn how to adapt to her dental work.

      When I wore Invisilyn braces for 9 months, it was a bear trying to enunciate; especially every time I had to break in a new set. Being a teacher, I had to very carefully enunciate my words so my students could understand me. This was especially true during spelling tests. It took some work to work around those things, and a talk with the speech therapist at school- which helped quite a bit.

      My point is, Leann probably is too lazy to enunciate her words, she doesn’t seem to think she has a problem, is a narcissistic diva who can do no wrong, and expects her fans to just deal.

      Then there is the foolish issue…I believe she has been intoxicated on stage. Let’s not forget her cringe-worthy X-Factor performance from a few years back. She could very well be intoxicated during future performances.