You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, or simply You Light Up My Life, is the second studio album by the American country singer LeAnn Rimes. Released in the United States by Curb Records on September 9, 1997, when Rimes was 15 years old, it followed her debut album Blue. The album was hugely successful but many critics thought that much of the material did not do Rimes' talent justice. The album has been certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA. When the album topped the Billboard 200, Rimes became the third artist under eighteen to have had two albums reach number one on the chart.

Singles
Two singles were released from the album. The first one, "You Light Up My Life", peaked at number 34 and was certified gold in the United States. The second and final single released from the album is "On the Side of Angels" which peaked at number 4 on the US Country Chart.

Track listing
All tracks produced by Wilbur C. Rimes, except where noted.

Personnel
Credits adapted from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs liner notes.


 * Musicians


 * LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals
 * Kelly Glenn – keyboards
 * Jimmy Kelly – keyboards
 * Steve Nathan – keyboards
 * Jerry Matheny – electric guitars
 * John Willis – electric guitars
 * Milo Deering – acoustic guitars, steel guitar, fiddle
 * Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar
 * Bob Gentry – bass
 * Curtis Randall – bass, backing vocals
 * Michael Rhodes – bass
 * Fred Gleber – drums
 * Greg Morrow – drums
 * Dan Wojciechowski — drums
 * Michael Black – backing vocals
 * Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals
 * Gary Leach – backing vocals
 * Pam Rose – backing vocals
 * Dennis Willson – backing vocals


 * Production


 * Wilbur C. Rimes – producer, management
 * Mike Curb – producer (1, 10)
 * Chuck Howard – producer (1, 10)
 * Greg Hunt – recording, mixing
 * Mike McClain – recording, mixing
 * Bob Campbell-Smith – additional recording, BGV recording, mixing (1, 10, 11)
 * Csaba Pectoz – overdub engineer
 * Mick Guzauski – mixing (10)
 * Scott Ahaus – additional recording, recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant (10)
 * David Boyer – additional recording, recording assistant
 * Daniel Kresco – additional recording, recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer
 * Gary Leach – recording assistant, mix assistant
 * Jim Rogers – additional recording, recording assistant
 * Jeff Watkins – additional recording, recording assistant, BGV recording assistant
 * David Hall – assistant overdub engineer
 * Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Lesley Albert – project coordinator
 * Sue Austin – album design coordinator
 * Frank Lucero – art direction, design
 * Neuman, Walker & Associates, Inc. – art direction, design
 * John Chiasson – photography
 * Lyle Walker – management

Charts and certifications
You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs debuted at number one on Billboard 200 with 186,000 copies sold in its first week, the album dropped to number two in its second week but with a 10% increase with sales of 204,500. It returned to number one in its sixth week with 131,500 copies sold. The album spent 13 weeks in the top 5, 17 weeks in the top 10 and a total of 55 weeks in Billboard 200. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs was certified 4× Platinum by RIAA, denoting shipments of over 4 million copies.