Reba Nell McEntire (born
March 28,
1955) is a
Grammy award winning
American country music singer and performer, and actress
Sometimes referred to as
The Queen of Country Music,she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has
issued 31 albums, with over 50 million records sold worldwide.
Reba McEntire was the most successful female recording artist in
country music in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she scored 22
number one hits 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 33.5 million over the 20-year period.
She expanded her activities as an actress in film and on the legitimate
stage, and particularly on television, where she starred in a
long-running situation comedy, which lasted from 2001 to 2007