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]
