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">she is the queen of country music. she has more gold records than
anyone, and
she is the most sucsessful in the entertainment industry, she has been
on
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Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country
music artist. She began her career in the
music
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.
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]
| a McEntire | |
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 Reba McEntire in concert (2008). | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Reba Nell McEntire |
| Also known as | Reba |
| Born | March 28, 1955 near Kiowa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Origin | McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, Country Pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1975 – present |
| Labels | Mercury, MCA Nashville, Starstruck/Valory |
| Associated acts | Red Steagall, Jacky Ward, Pake McEntire, Susie Luchsinger, Vince Gill, Linda Davis, Brooks & Dunn, Kelly Clarkson |
| Website | Reba's Official Site |