reba mcentire

Reba McEntire in 2008. Background information Birth name Reba Nell McEntire Born March 28, 1955 (1955-03-28) (age 54) Origin McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S. Genre(s) Country Occupation(s) Singer, Actress Instrument(s) Vocals Years active 1974 – present Label(s) Mercury

MCA Nashville

Valory Music Group Associated acts Brooks & Dunn

Kelly Clarkson

Linda Davis

Vince Gill

Pake McEntire Website Reba Official Site

Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country music singer, performer and actress.[1] Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country",[2][3] she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has issued 31 albums, with over 55 million records sold worldwide[4] in her 33-year career. She ranks as the #7 best-selling female artist in all genres, and is the second best selling female country artist of all time.[5]

McEntire is an enormously successful female recording artist in country music, scoring 22 Billboard #1 hits, during her three-decade career. McEntire recently became the female artist with the most top 10 hits when her collaboration with Brooks & Dunn on "Cowgirls Don't Cry" became her 57th top 10 hit.) and released five gold albums, six platinum albums, two double-platinum albums, four triple-platinum albums, a quadruple-platinum album, and a quintuple-platinum album, for certified album sales of 40.5 million over the 20-year period.

Though she previously appeared in several films - most notably 1989's cult-classic Tremors, in 2001, Reba expanded her activities as an actress in film, on stage (starring in a Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" to critical acclaim), and particularly on television, where she starred in a situation comedy, Reba, which lasted from 2001 to 2007.[6] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Music career 2.1 1974–1983: Mercury Records 2.2 1984–1990: Breakthrough 2.3 1991–1999: Reba in the 1990s 2.4 2000–present: Return to music 3 Acting career 3.1 Theatre 3.2 Reba 3.3 Other Television Appearances 4 Personal life 5 Awards 6 Discography 7 Filmography 8 Bibliography 9 Further reading 10 References 11 External links //

Early life

McEntire was born in Chockie, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jacqueline (née Smith), a teacher whose father was a sharecropper, and Clark Vincent McEntire, a rodeo performer and cattle rancher.[7] She grew up in Chockie, Oklahoma, learning to ride in rodeos, sing, and play music with Oklahoma native Cadillac Jack. McEntire was raised on the 7,000-acre family ranch, traveling with her parents and siblings to the rodeos at which her father competed. Clark McEntire was named World Champion Steer Roper three times, in 1957, 1958, and 1961. (McEntire's grandfather, John McEntire, had won the same title in 1934.) McEntire's mother had aspired to a career in music but never pursued it.[6]

She soon formed a singing group with her brother and sister, known as The Singing McEntires. Her sister, Susie Luchsinger, has a successful career