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Remnants (2016)

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Remnants was the only album Rimes released under her RCA Records contract, which came after her Curb Records contract ended.

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Remnants: fifteenth studio album by American country and pop singer-songwriter LeAnn Rimes
Released in the United Kingdom and Europe on October 28, 2016
Released in the United States on February 3, 2017
Issued on CD and as a download, in both standard and deluxe versions
First and only album Rimes released under her contract with RCA Records, following the end of her contract with Curb Records

The first UK single was a cover of Brandi Carlile's "The Story", released on June 24, 2016
Rimes promoted the single across the UK, the first time she had promoted a single there since 2007
In 2016, Rimes performed at the televised UK concert Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park
Rimes performed "How to Kiss a Boy" on Strictly Come Dancing
To promote the album, Rimes embarked on a tour, the Remnants Tour, which began in February 2017 in the UK

Credits adapted from the liner notes list Rimes and Darrell Brown as producers on tracks 1–11 and 13
Mark Batson and Steve Jordan also appear as producers on specific tracks
Jon Hume is credited as producer, and as the performer of all instruments, on track 14
Niko Bolas is credited as associate producer and recorded tracks 1–8 and 10–13
Mixing was credited to Ruadhri Cushnan
Stuart Hawkes mastered track 1 at Metropolis Mastering in London, UK
Greg Calbi mastered tracks 2–14 at Sterling Sound in New York City

Born August 28, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi; raised in Garland, Texas.
Began in musical theatre and local talent shows; appeared on Star Search and Johnnie High's Country Music Revue.
Released independent albums Everybody's Sweetheart (1991) and All That (1994).

Signed with Curb Records in 1996; the single "Blue" reached the top 10 on Billboard Hot Country Songs.
Blue (1996) won Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, the youngest winner of both.
"How Do I Live" (1997) became one of the best-selling singles of the 1990s.
Has placed more than 40 singles on international charts and sold more than 48 million records worldwide.
Acted in films and television, and coached on The Voice Australia and The Voice UK in 2024.

Remnants debuted at number 88 on the Billboard 200 chart dated February 25, 2017, earning 7,000 album-equivalent units in its first week
Of those first-week units, 6,000 were pure album sales
The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart
It became her fourth top 20 album in the UK and her first since Whatever We Wanna in 2006

The source gives a comparison with her previous album, Spitfire, which peaked on the UK chart at number 142
Remnants is described as a significant improvement on Spitfire's UK result

US Billboard 200: debut at number 88, dated February 25, 2017
First-week sales: 7,000 album-equivalent units, of which 6,000 were pure album sales
UK Albums Chart: peak at number 15
Fourth UK top 20 album for Rimes
Previous album Spitfire peaked at number 142 on the UK chart

The Story was the first UK single from the album and Rimes promoted it across the UK, the first time she had promoted a single there since 2007.
Rimes performed "How to Kiss a Boy" on Strictly Come Dancing.
Long Live Love was released as the album's first US single on May 19, 2017.
The final single released from the album was "Love Line" on November 3, 2017.
The album was her first and only release under RCA Records, which followed the end of her Curb Records contract.