  Reba Nell McEntire was born
March 28, 1955, in Oklahoma. Throughout the
80s and into the 90s, Reba became one of the
most successful country artists in history
with a string of multi-platinum LPs, #1
singles, and awards. Her talents have also
stretched onto television screens with a busy
acting career. While many of Reba's fellow
country artists strove for pop-crossover
success with a "lighter" country
sound, Reba has always stayed true to her
country roots. Reba's youth consisted of
being a rodeo rider and singing with her 2
sisters and 1 brother as the Singing
McEntires. Signs of success began early for
Reba when at the age of 17, she and her
siblings found some success with a single
dedicated to their grandfather, "The
Ballad of John McEntire."
The taste of solo success hit
Reba when she say the National Anthem at a
rodeo in Oklahoma. The performance lead to a
trip to Nashville and a record contract with
Mercury Records.
In the mid-70s, Reba also
married and finished getting a teaching
degree (with a minor in music).
 Reba released her debut LP, Reba
McEntire.
Reba had her first hit country
song with "Three Sheets In The
Wind."
 Reba released Out
Of A Dream.
Reba hit the country Top 10 for
the first time with "(You Lift Me) Up To
Heaven" from the LP, Feel
The Fire.
 Heart
To Heart was released.
Reba released Unlimited and ended the
year with her first #1 country single -
"Can't Even Get The Blues."
Reba released Behind
The Scene.
 Reba signed with MCA Records
Reba won a Country Music
Association Award for Female Vocalist of the
Year, and won an Academy of Country Music
award for Top Female Vocalist of the Year.
Reba released Just
A Little Love and in October, My
Kind Of Country.
Reba won her 2nd Country Music
Association Award for Female Vocalist of the
Year and won an Academy of Country Music
award for Top Female Vocalist of the Year.
 Have
I Got A Deal For You, was released.
Whoever's
In New England was released and became her
first platinum LP.
Reba won her 3rd consecutive
Country Music Association Award for Female
Vocalist of the Year and the coveted award
for Entertainer of the Year and won an
Academy of Country Music award for Top Female
Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year
("Whoever's In New England").
 Reba released What
Am I Gonna Do About You.
Reba won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Country Female Video Artist, and was
nominated for Favorite Country Female
Artist,
Favorite Country Album (Whoever's
In New England), and Favorite Country Video
("Whoever's In New England").
Reba won a Grammy
Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Whoever's In New
England").
 Reba
McEntire's Greatest Hits was released.
Reba divorced her husband, won
her 4th Country Music Association Award for
Female Vocalist of the Year, won an Academy
of Country Music award for Top Female
Vocalist, and won an American Music Award for
Favorite Country Female Video Artist.
 Reba released The
Last One To Know.
Reba won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female Artist and was nominated for
Favorite Country Video ("What Am I Going
To Do About You?").
Reba was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Love Me Like You Used
To").
Reba was released.
 Reba released the holiday LP, Merry
Christmas To You, and sold over 2
million copies in the U.S.
Reba won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female Artist.
Reba was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female (Reba).
 Sweet
Sixteen was released.
Reba also married her road
manager.
Reba released her first live LP,
Reba
Live - a collection of songs
recorded in California in April.
Reba won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female Artist.
 Rumor
Has It was released.
Reba could be
seen in the film Tremors.
Reba won an Academy of Country
Music award for Top Female Vocalist.
Reba won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Female Artist and Favorite Country Album (Reba
Live).
Reba was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("You Lie").
Reba won an Academy of Country
Music award for Top Female Vocalist and Video
of the Year (for "Is There Life Out
There").
 Reba released For
My Broken Heart.
Reba could be
seen in the TV movie The Gambler Returns:
The Luck Of The Draw.
Reba was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Album (Rumor
Has It).
Reba was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female (For
My Broken Heart).
Reba topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for 2 weeks with
"Is There Life Out There."
Reba won 2 People Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performance and
Favorite Female Country Performer.
 It's
Your Call was released.
Reba won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Female Artist and Favorite Country Album (For
My Broken Heart).
Reba was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("The Greatest Man I Never
Knew").
Reba topped the Billboard Top
Country Singles chart for 2 weeks along with Vince
Gill on "The Heart Won't
Lie."
It's
Your Call topped the Billboard Top
Country Albums chart for a week.
 Reba released her second hits
compilation, Greatest
Hits, Vol. 2.
Reba topped the Billboard Top
Country Singles chart for a week along with Linda
Davis on "Does He Love
You."
Reba topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Artist - Female (singles & albums) and
the Top Country Album Artist - Female.
Reba could be
seen in the TV movie The Man From Left
Field.
Greatest
Hits, Vol. 2 topped the Billboard Country
Albums chart for a week.
Reba won an American Music Award
for Favorite Country Female
Artist
and Favorite Country Album (It's
Your Call).
Reba won a Grammy
Award for Best
Country Vocal Collaboration ("Does He
Love" with Linda Davis)
and was nominated in the same category for
"The Heart Won't Lie" with Vince
Gill.
 Read
My Mind was released.
Reba topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Artist - Female (singles & albums) and
the Top Country Album Artist - Female.
Reba could be
seen in the films North and The
Little Rascals.
Reba won a People Choice Award:
Favorite Female Country Performer, a Country
Music Association award for Vocal Event (for
the same duet), and won an Academy of Country
Music award for Entertainer of the Year and
Top Female Vocalist.
Reba won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Female Artist and Favorite Country Album (Read
My Mind), and a People Choice Award for
Favorite Female Country Performer.
Reba was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("She Thinks His Name Was
John") and Best Country Album (Read
My Mind).
Reba topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for a week with
"The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter."
 Reba released Starting
Over. The Journal of Country
Music said of Reba: "...she started
out 2 decades ago a honky-tonk inspired farm
girl and has ended up a polished, urbane,
pop-country proponent..."
Starting
Over topped the Billboard
Country Albums chart for 2 weeks.
Reba topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Country
Artist - Female (singles & albums) and
Top Hot Country Singles & Tracks Artist -
Female.
Reba could be
seen in the TV movie Buffalo Girls.
Reba was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Female Country
Artist.
Reba was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals ("On My
Own" with Trisha Yearwood).
 Reba released What
If It's You and showed off her sensitive
side. Entertainment Weekly said of
the LP: "...instead of the hotel-lounge
of McEntire's recent efforts, these songs are
propelled by ringing rock guitars and harder
beats..."
What
If It's You topped the Billboard Top
Country Albums chart for a week.
Reba won a People Choice Award:
Favorite Female Musical Performer and an
American Music Award for Favorite Female
Country Artist.
Reba won a People Choice Award:
Favorite Female Musical Performer.
Reba topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart with "How Was I To
Know."
It was announced by BMS News,
Reba McEntire would release a new song with
profits going to charity. The song "What
If?" was written by Diane Warren, and
profits will be donated to the Salvation
Army. The song made its debut on Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC).
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Singles Artist of the Year
Reba nabbed the
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female
Musical Performer (a tie with Whitney
Houston) and an American Music
Award for Favorite Favorite Female
Country Artist.
 Reba released If
You See Him with the track "If You See
Him, If You See Her" (a collaboration
with Brooks & Dunn).
Reba talked
with The Boston Globe about the
changing faces of country music: "It's
very competitive and there are so many new
people in here these day that I don't know
have of them. I have to go to the awards
shows and watch the (Country Music
Television) videos to catch up and keep
familiar with everyone. It is scary."
Reba topped the
Billboard Country Singles chart with Brooks
& Dunn with "If You See Him
/ If You See Her" for 2 weeks.
Reba got her
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Reba could be
seen in the CBS TV movie, Forever Love.
Reba could be
found one of the soundtracks for The
Prince Of Egypt (Nashville) with
"Please Be The One."
Reba could be
seen in the TV movie Forever Love.
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Singles Artist of the Year
Reba was
nominated a Grammy Award for
Best Country Collaboration ("If You See
Him/If You See Her") (with Brooks
& Dunn).
 Reba released a
holiday LP - Secret
Of Giving.
Reba also
started "The Singer's Diary" tour
which involved a play about Reba's life
followed by a concert.
Reba released
So
Good Together.
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Singles Artist of the Year
Reba hit the
Top 10 on the Country charts with "I'll
Be."
Reba canceled a
benefit concert in Kansas, the 'Wild Wild
West' show, planned to aid farm children due
to poor ticket sales.
So
Good Together was certified platinum.
Reba was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female Artist.
Reba premiered on Broadway in
the revival music Annie Get Your Gun
(after Bernadette Peters and
Cheryl Ladd played the role in this
production) - "It's not going to be
work, but I'm not going to tell anybody
that." Reba also signed a deal to star
in a comedy television show for the WB
network.
Reba was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short
Form
("What Do You Say").
Reba's new TV show Reba
premiered on WB and good ratings helped it be
picked up for the entire season.
 Reba released Greatest
Hits 3: I'm A Survivor.
Greatest
Hits 3: I'm A Survivor topped the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart for a week.
Greatest
Hits 3: I'm A Survivor was certfied gold.
Reba won a
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female
Performer in a New Television Series.
Reba had a hit
on the country charts with "Sweet Music
Man."
Reba hosted the
37th Annual Academy of Country Music
Awards.
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