LeAnn Rimes

A big theme in country music news today was ‘hair.’ LeAnn Rimes changed her hair color, and Taste of Country readers worked to decide which country male has the best hair in our daily readers poll. Find both of these stories, plus news on Alan Jackson‘s new album in the Daily Roundup.

LeAnn Rimes is sporting some fresh ink after a visit to the tattoo parlor over the weekend. Rimes had the words “the only one that matters” scrolled across the top of her right foot.

LeAnn Rimes is already five songs deep into her next album, and she hopes to have it wrapped and on the shelves by the summer of 2012. In a new interview with the Tennessean, the former child star spilled all of the details of how things are coming about with the project, which she says will be more of a traditional country release than her previous works.

By the time she was 14, LeAnn Rimes had already recorded four albums — and the fourth, 1996′s ‘Blue,’ sold more than six million copies in the United States alone. Rimes has come a long way since those early days — she’s now a 28-year-old married woman with 15 studio albums under her belt. And for her latest studio set, ‘Lady and Gentlemen,’ she took a brand new approach.

We may have had to wait until after Christmas to get the news, but that makes it no less sweet. I'll be sure to keep an eye on the mailbox - I'm sure my invitation is already in the mail Kudos to you, Eddie and LeAnn. Congratulations!