Blue is the debut major-label album and third studio album by American country music artist LeAnn Rimes, released on July 9, 1996 in the United States, shortly before the singer’s fourteenth birthday, by Curb Records. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200, and number one on the Top Country Albums chart.
The album includes the singles "Blue", "Hurt Me", "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", and "The Light in Your Eyes". Blue has been certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and is Rimes's best-selling album.
"Blue" was originally recorded by Bill Mack as a single released in 1958. "Hurt Me" and "My Baby" were originally recorded by the song's writer, Deborah Allen, on her 1994 album All That I Am. "Cattle Call," a duet with Eddy Arnold, was originally recorded by its writer, Tex Owens, as his 1934 single.
