Christina Aguilera, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, among them -- but Rimes actually emerged first, and did so, freakishly enough, by touching the country audience, which has historically aligned itself more with adult performers. At the start of her career, Rimes was rather stage-shy, moving little and barely talking to the crowd in concert. Opening act Phil Vassar is a performer who desires to work the stage with abandon but is limited by the bulk of his material.

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