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  • Jan 27, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes wins her first major trophy, for Favorite New Country Artist, at the American Music Awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Other country winners: Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn and George Strait
    Feb 6, 1997
    A story in USA Today reveals a feud between the American Music Awards and the Grammys. LeAnn Rimes, Brooks & Dunn and Alan Jackson are prevented from performing on the Grammys, because they sang on the AMAs the previous month
    Feb 11, 1997
    Curb releases LeAnn Rimes' album "Unchained Melody/The Early Years"
    Feb 11, 1997
    Chronicles releases "1997 Grammy Nominees." The album features LeAnn Rimes, Eric Clapton, Jewel, Celine Dion and Shawn Colvin, among others, plus The Tony Rich Project's original version of "Nobody Knows"
    Feb 26, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes wins two trophies--Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for "Blue"--during the 39th annual Grammy Awards at New York's Madison Square Garden
    Mar 1, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes' "Unchained Melody: The Early Years" begins a 10-week ride at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    Mar 3, 1997
    Brooks & Dunn secure six nominations from the Academy of Country Music for its annual awards. George Strait and LeAnn Rimes are each mentioned five times, while Deana Carter, Alan Jackson and Tracy Lawrence are triple nominees
    Apr 23, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes wins three times at the 32nd annual Academy of Country Music awards, aired by NBC from the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. She's named Top New Female Vocalist, while "Blue" takes Song and Single Record of the Year
    May 19, 1997
    Curb releases LeAnn Rimes' rendition of "How Do I Live"
    May 28, 1997
    CMT premieres the videos to both the Trisha Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes versions of "How Do I Live" on "CMT Delivery Room"

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