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>Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country
musicmusic
industry singing with her
siblings on local radio shows and rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited
to
perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma City,
which caught the attention of
country artist Red
Steagall. He brought her to Nashville,
Tennessee, where she eventually
signed a contract with Mercury Records in 1975. She released her first
solo album in 1977 and released five additional studio albums under the
label
until 1983. artist. She
began her career in the
Signing with MCA Nashville
Records, McEntire took
creative control over her second MCA album, My
Kind of Country (1984), which had a more traditional country sound and produced two
number one
singles: "How Blue" and "Somebody
Should
Leave". The album brought her breakthrough success, bringing her a
series of
successful albums and number one singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
McEntire has
since released 25 studio albums, acquired 24 #1 singles, and 28 albums
have been
certified Gold, Platinum or Multi-Platinum in sales by the Recording
Industry
Association of America. Her album For My Broken Heart broke
ground
for female artists in country music, as it was the first album recorded
by a
female in country music to be certified double-platinum (selling two
million
copies) by the RIAA.
In the early 1990s, McEntire branched into film starting with 1990's Tremors. She has
since starred in the Broadway revival of Annie
Get Your Gun and starred
in her television sitcom, Reba (2001–2007) for which she was
nominated for the Golden Globe
Award for Best Performance by
an Actress in a Television Series–Musical or Comedy.[1] She has
sometimes been referred to as "The
Queen of Country",[2][3] having sold 41 million records in the United States and more than 56
million
worldwide.[4] In the United
States, she ranks as the seventh best-selling female artist in all
genres and is
the second best-selling female country artist of all time.[5]
