Remnants is the thirteenth studio album by American country and pop singer-songwriter LeAnn Rimes. It was released in the United Kingdom and Europe on October 28, 2016. The album was released in the United States on February 3, 2017.[2] It is the first album released by Rimes under her contract with RCA Records,[3] following the end of her contract with Curb Records.[4]
The first single to be released in the UK was a cover of Brandi Carlile's "The Story" on June 24, 2016. Rimes promoted the single across the UK, the first time she had promoted a single there since 2007. To promote the album, Rimes embarked on a tour, the Remnants Tour, which began in February 2017 in the UK.[5]
The album was launched in the United Kingdom and Europe on October 28, 2016. It was released on CD and as a download, in both standard and deluxe versions. It was released in the United States on February 3, 2017.
Promotion[]
In 2016, Rimes performed at the televised UK concert Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park and later embarked on a 2017 UK Tour.
To promote the album, Rimes released a cover of Brandi Carlile's The Story as the first single in the UK on June 24, 2016.[6] This was followed by "How to Kiss a Boy" on September 9, 2016.[7] "Long Live Love" was released as the album's first US single on December 2, 2016.[8] It was released to American hot adult contemporary radio on January 23, 2017.[9]
Commercial performance[]
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 which 6,000 were pure album sales.[10] On the Top Album Sales component chart, it bowed at number 28.[11] The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her fourth top 20 album in the country and her first since Whatever We Wanna in 2006. It is a significant improvement on her previous album, Spitfire, which peaked on the UK Chart at number 142.
