Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire in March 2017

Reba Nell McEntire (* 28. March 1955 in McAlester , Oklahoma ) is one of the most successful country - singers . She has been an artist since 1976, had 25 number 1 hits on the country charts , released 26 studio albums, some of which were featured in both country and pop charts , and has sold more than 80 million records . McEntire has received 74 awards, including for her acting. In 1987, 1994 and 2018 she was awarded a Grammy and in 2018 the Kennedy Prize .

Reba McEntire in April 2010

biography

Reba McEntire's father is rodeo rider Clark McEntire, she has two sisters and a brother, with whom she founded the "Kiowa High School Cowboy Band" in 1969. The group sold 1,000 records from their local hit The Ballad of John McEntire in 1971 .

McEntire graduated from high school in June 1973 and enrolled at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She had also followed in her father's footsteps and participated in rodeo competitions. On December 10, 1974, she sang the American national anthem during a cable television rodeo final in Oklahoma City . Red Steagall heard her, was impressed by her voice and invited her to Nashville to produce a demo tape. In late 1975 McEntire got a record deal with Mercury Records . Their first single, I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand , reached number 88 on the Billboard country charts in May 1976 .

In June of the same year she married Charles Battles, who also became her manager, and in December she graduated as a teacher. She released a few more unsuccessful singles, and in April 1977 her debut album, Reba, was released . In September, McEntire made his first appearance in the Grand Ole Opry . She had her first top ten hit in August 1980 with (You Lift Me) Up to Heaven and it wasn't until 1982 that she achieved her first number 1 hit with Can't Even Get the Blues . In the following years she played in the opening act for the Statler Brothers and worked with artists such as Conway Twitty , Ronnie Milsap and Mickey Gilley .

In October 1983, McEntire moved to MCA Records and became one of the most popular artists of the decade. Between 1985 and 1992, she had 24 singles in the top ten and 14 number 1 titles. Her marriage to Battles was divorced in 1987, and in 1989 she married her road manager and steel guitarist Narvel Blackstock, who brought three children into the marriage and with whom she has a son, Shelby Blackstock , born in 1990 .

In March 1991, eight of McEntire's band members died in a plane crash. Years later, the singer described the accident as the most difficult thing she had to endure in her life. Her album For My Broken Heart , released in the same year, reflected her state of mind and contained only melancholy songs. The album received very good reviews, some call it the best album of their career.

McEntire's success continued in the 1990s. In 2004 she had another number 1 hit with Somebody . In 2007 she was able to place herself at number 2 with a duet with Kelly Clarkson Because of You . For the first time in her career, the accompanying album Reba: Duets reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 in the two categories of pop and country album charts in the first week . The album Keep On Loving You from 2009 also reached first place in both charts.

Since 2015 McEntire has performed with the country duo Brooks & Dunn and the Show Together in Vegas at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. With Brooks & Dunn she had a number one hit ( If You See Him / If You See Her ) in the country charts in 1998 .

As of January 2018, McEntire was featured in several commercials for the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food chain as the first female Colonel Sanders . Her appearance as a drag king was criticized by some right-wing extremists. McEntire was honored for the third time in her career at the 2018 Grammy Awards . After receiving country awards in 1987 and 1994, this time she received an award in the “Roots Gospel” category for the album Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope .

actress

In 1989, McEntire made her film debut as an actress in Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms , to the soundtrack of which she featured Why Not Tonight? contributed. She then worked in the films Maverick - The Colt on the Belt, An Ace Up Your Sleeve , North , The Little Superstrols and One Night at McCool’s . In 2002 she won the People's Choice Award for her comedy series Reba , which was shown in Germany on RTL from October 2005 . The series was discontinued in Germany after the second season, in the USA it ran in six seasons until February 2007. Since October 2, 2009, the Reba series has been broadcast on Super-RTL again and continued from episode 9 of the second season.

McEntire was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Heather Gummer in Tremors . Nevertheless, she did not play in the sequel Tremors 2 - The Return of the Rocket Worms in 1996 , as she was on a world tour. She returned to television in 2012 with a lead role in the ABC series Malibu Country . The series was discontinued after 18 episodes.

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Country	CA
1977	Reba McEntire PolyGram / Mercury	-	-	-	First published: October 1977
1979	Out of a Dream PolyGram / Mercury	-	-	-	First published: August 1979
1980	Feel the Fire PolyGram / Mercury	-	-	-	First published: November 1980
1981	Heart to Heart PolyGram / Mercury	-	Country42 (24 weeks) Country	-	First published: September 1981
1982	Unlimited PolyGram / Mercury	-	Country22 (50 weeks) Country	-	First published: July 1982
1983	Behind the scene PolyGram / Mercury	-	Country36 (14 weeks) Country	-	First published: December 1983
1984	Just a Little Love MCA	-	Country23 (28 weeks) Country	-	First published: April 1984
	My Kind of Country MCA	US- gold US	Country13 (46 weeks) Country	-	First published: October 1984
1985	Have I Got a Deal for You MCA	US- gold US	Country27 (34 weeks) Country	-	First published: July 1985
1986	Whoever's in New England MCA	US- platinum US	Country1 (75 weeks) Country	-	First published: February 1986
	Reba Nell McEntire	-	Country40 (22 weeks) Country	-
	What Am I Gonna Do About You MCA	US- gold US	Country1 (53 weeks) Country	-	First published: October 1986
1987	The Last One to Know MCA	US102 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country3 (51 weeks) Country	-	First published: September 1987
	Merry Christmas To You	US- × 2 Double platinum US	Country72 (4 weeks) Country	-
1988	Reba MCA	US118 platinum (10 weeks)US	Country1 (74 weeks) Country	-	First published: April 1988
1989	Sweet Sixteen MCA	US78 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country1 (62 weeks) Country	-	First published: May 1989
1990	Rumor Has It MCA	US39 × 3 Triple platinum (89 weeks)US	Country2 (131 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	First published: September 1990
1991	For My Broken Heart MCA	US13 × 4 Quadruple platinum (80 weeks)US	Country3 (113 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	First published: October 1991
1992	It's your call MCA	US8th × 3 Triple platinum (56 weeks)US	Country1 (83 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	First published: December 1992
1994	Read My Mind MCA	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (83 weeks)US	Country2 (115 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	First published: April 1994
1995	Starting over MCA	US5 platinum (38 weeks)US	Country1 (54 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	First published: September 1995
1996	What If It's You MCA	US15th × 2 Double platinum (42 weeks)US	Country1 (79 weeks) Country	CA- gold CA	First published: November 1996
1998	If You See Him MCA Nashville	US8th platinum (30 weeks)US	Country2 (68 weeks) Country	CA- gold CA	First published: June 1998
1999	So Good Together MCA Nashville	US28 platinum (40 weeks)US	Country5 (90 weeks) Country	-	First published: November 1999
2003	Room to Breathe MCA Nashville	US25th platinum (34 weeks)US	Country4 (104 weeks) Country	-	First published: November 2003
2007	Reba: Duets MCA Nashville	US1 platinum (51 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country	CA4 (9 weeks) CA	First published: September 2007
2009	Keep On Loving You Starstruck / Valory	US1 gold (46 weeks)US	Country1 (71 weeks) Country	CA4 (2 weeks) CA	First published: August 2009
2010	All the Women I Am Starstruck / Valory	US7 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (63 weeks) Country	CA14 (1 week) CA	First published: November 9, 2010
2014	Icon: Reba McEntire	-	Country38 (4 weeks) Country	CA24 (2 weeks) CA
2015	Love Somebody Starstruck / Nash Icon	US3 (10 weeks) US	Country1 (36 weeks) Country	CA6 (2 weeks) CA	First published: April 2015
2016	My Kind of Christmas Cracker Barrel / Nash Icon / Starstruck	US39 (12 weeks) US	Country7 (23 weeks) Country	CA62 (4 weeks) CA	First published: September 6, 2016
2017	Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope Capitol Christian / Rockin 'R Records / Nash Icon	US4 (12 weeks) US	Country1 (15 weeks) Country	CA23 (2 weeks) CA	First published: February 3, 2017
2019	Stronger Than the Truth Big Machine	US22 (2 weeks) US	Country4 (3 weeks) Country	-	First published: April 5, 2019

More albums

• 2008: Love Revival (US:gold)

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Country	CA
1989	Reba Live	US124 platinum (8 weeks)US	Country2 (161 weeks) Country	-

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Country	CA
1985	The Best Of Reba McEntire	US- gold US	Country29 (35 weeks) Country	CA- gold CA
1987	Greatest hits	US139 × 3 Triple platinum (23 weeks)US	Country2 (130 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA
1993	Greatest Hits Volume Two	US5 × 5 Quintuple platinum (94 weeks)US	Country1 (170 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA
1999	Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection	US85 gold (9 weeks)US	Country10 (17 weeks) Country	-
2001	Greatest Hits Volume III - I'm A Survivor	US18th gold (15 weeks)US	Country1 (79 weeks) Country	-
2003	The Best Of Reba McEntire: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection	-	Country67 (4 weeks) Country	CA79 (4 weeks) CA
2005	Reba # 1's	US12 × 2 Double platinum (21 weeks)US	Country3 (102 weeks) Country	-
2007	The Best Of Reba McEntire: 20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection	-	Country45 (42 weeks) Country	-
2009	50 greatest hits	-	Country41 (35 weeks) Country	-

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	Country	CA
1976	I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand Reba McEntire	-	-	Country88 (5 weeks) Country	-
1977	(There's Nothing Like The Love) Between A Woman An Reba McEntire	-	-	Country86 (4 weeks) Country	-
	Glad I Waited Just For You Reba McEntire	-	-	Country88 (4 weeks) Country	-
1978	Three Sheets In The Wind / I'd Really Love To See You	-	-	Country20 (11 weeks) Country	-	with Jacky Ward
	Last Night, Ev'ry Night Out of a Dream	-	-	Country28 (12 weeks) Country	-
1979	Runaway Heart Out of a Dream	-	-	Country36 (10 weeks) Country	-
	That Makes Two Of Us Out of a Dream	-	-	Country26 (11 weeks) Country	-	with Jacky Ward
	Sweet Dreams Out of a Dream	-	-	Country19 (12 weeks) Country	-
	(I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then Out of a Dream	-	-	Country40 (8 weeks) Country	-
1980	You Lift Me Up To Heaven Feel the Fire	-	-	Country8 (15 weeks) Country	-
	I Can See Forever In Your Eyes Feel the Fire	-	-	Country18 (14 weeks) Country	-
1981	I Don't Think Love Ought To Be That Way Feel the Fire	-	-	Country13 (16 weeks) Country	-
	Today All Over Again Heart to Heart	-	-	Country5 (19 weeks) Country	-
	Only You (and You Alone) Heart to Heart	-	-	Country13 (18 weeks) Country	-
1982	I'm Not That Lonely Yet Unlimited	-	-	Country3 (19 weeks) Country	-
	Can't Even Get The Blues Unlimited	-	-	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	-
1983	You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving Unlimited	-	-	Country1 (21 weeks) Country	-
	Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have Behind the Scene	-	-	Country7 (18 weeks) Country	-
	There Ain't No Future In This Behind the Scene	-	-	Country12 (22 weeks) Country	-
1984	Just a Little Love Just a Little Love	-	-	Country5 (19 weeks) Country	-
	He Broke Your Memory Last Night Just a Little Love	-	-	Country15 (20 weeks) Country	-
	How Blue My Kind of Country	-	-	Country1 (23 weeks) Country	-
1985	Somebody Should Leave My Kind of Country	-	-	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	-
	Have I Got A Deal For You Have I Got a Deal for You	-	-	Country6 (19 weeks) Country	-
	Only In My Mind Have I Got a Deal for You	-	-	Country5 (24 weeks) Country	-
1986	Whoever's In New England Whoever's In New England	-	-	Country1 (23 weeks) Country	-
	Little Rock Whoever’s In New England	-	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country	-
	What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You	-	-	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	-
1987	Let The Music Lift You Up What Am I Gonna Do About You	-	-	Country4 (17 weeks) Country	-
	One Promise Too Late What Am I Gonna Do About You	-	-	Country1 (21 weeks) Country	-
	The Last One to Know The Last One to Know	-	-	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	-
	Love Will Find Its Way To You The Last One to Know	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-
1988	Sunday Kind Of Love Reba	-	-	Country5 (16 weeks) Country	-
	I Know How He Feels Reba	-	-	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	-
	New Fool At An Old Game Reba	-	-	Country1 (21 weeks) Country	-
1989	Cathy's clown Sweet Sixteen	-	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country	-
	Till Love Comes Again Sweet Sixteen	-	-	Country4 (26 weeks) Country	-
	Little Girl Sweet Sixteen	-	-	Country7 (26 weeks) Country	-
1990	Walk On Sweet Sixteen	-	-	Country2 (21 weeks) Country	-
	You Lie Rumor Has It	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-
	Rumor Has It Rumor Has It	-	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country	-
1991	Fancy Rumor Has It	-	US- platinum US	Country8 (20 weeks) Country	-
	Fallin 'Out Of Love Rumor Has It	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	-
	For My Broken Heart For My Broken Heart	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-
1992	Is There Life Out There For My Broken Heart	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-
	The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia For My Broken Heart	-	US- gold US	Country12 (20 weeks) Country	-
	The Greatest Man I Never Knew For My Broken Heart	-	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country	-
	Take It Back It's Your Call	-	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country	-
1993	The Heart Won't Lie It's Your Call	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-	with Vince Gill
	It's your call, it's your call	-	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country	-
	Does He Love You Greatest Hits Volume Two	UK62 (1 week) UK	US- gold US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-	with Linda Davis
	They Asked About You Greatest Hits Volume Two	-	-	Country7 (20 weeks) Country	-
1994	Why Haven't I Heard From You Read My Mind	-	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country	-
	She Thinks His Name Was John Read My Mind	-	-	Country15 (20 weeks) Country	-
	Till You Love Me Read My Mind	-	US78 (10 weeks) US	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	-
1995	The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Read My Mind	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-
	And Still Read My Mind	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	-
	On My Own Starting Over	-	-	Country20 (21 weeks) Country	-
	Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands Starting Over	-	-	Country9 (20 weeks) Country	-
1996	Starting Over Again Starting Over	-	-	Country19 (20 weeks) Country	-
	The Fear Of Being Alone What If It's You	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	-
	How Was I To Know What If It's You	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-
1997	I'd Rather Ride Around With You What If It's You	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	-
	What If It's You What If It's You	-	-	Country15 (20 weeks) Country	-
1998	If You See Him / If You See Her If You See Him	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	-	with Brooks & Dunn
	Forever Love If You See Him	-	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country	-
	Wrong Night If You See Him	-	US52 (13 weeks) US	Country6 (20 weeks) Country	-
1999	One Honest Heart If You See Him	-	US54 (10 weeks) US	Country7 (20 weeks) Country	-
	What Do You Say So Good Together	-	US31 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country	-
2000	I'll be so good together	-	US51 (20 weeks) US	Country4 (24 weeks) Country	-
	We're So Good Together So Good Together	-	-	Country20 (21 weeks) Country	-
2001	I'm A Survivor Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor	-	US49 (19 weeks) US	Country3 (21 weeks) Country	-
2002	Sweet Music Man Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor	-	-	Country36 (11 weeks) Country	-
2003	I'm Gonna Take That Mountain Room to Breathe	-	-	Country14 (21 weeks) Country	-
2004	Somebody Room to Breathe	-	US35 (17 weeks) US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country	-
	He Gets That From Me Room to Breathe	-	US59 (12 weeks) US	Country7 (27 weeks) Country	-
2005	My Sister Room to Breathe	-	US93 (4 weeks) US	Country16 (20 weeks) Country	-
	You're Gonna Be (Always Loved By Me) Reba # 1’s	-	-	Country33 (14 weeks) Country	-
2006	Love Needs A Holiday Reba # 1’s	-	-	Country60 (1 week) Country	-
2007	Because Of You Reba: Duets	-	US50 gold (15 weeks)US	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	CA36 (16 weeks) CA	with Kelly Clarkson
2008	Every Other Weekend Reba: Duets	-	-	Country15 (24 weeks) Country	-	with Kenny Chesney
2009	Strange Keep On Loving You	-	US76 (9 weeks) US	Country11 (18 weeks) Country	CA92 (5 weeks) CA
	Consider Me Gone Keep On Loving You	-	US38 gold (19 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country	CA52 (15 weeks) CA
2010	Keep On Loving You Keep On Loving You	-	US78 (10 weeks) US	Country7 (23 weeks) Country	CA97 (3 weeks) CA
	Turn On The Radio All the Women I Am	-	US53 gold (18 weeks)US	Country1 (27 weeks) Country	CA67 (17 weeks) CA
2011	If I Were A Boy All the Women I Am	-	-	Country22 (12 weeks) Country	-
	When Love Gets A Hold Of You All the Women I Am	-	-	Country40 (11 weeks) Country	-
	Somebody's Chelsea All the Women I Am	-	-	Country44 (14 weeks) Country	-
2015	Going Out Like That Love Somebody	-	-	Country23 (24 weeks) Country	CA85 (1 week) CA
2016	Just Like Them Horses Love Somebody	-	-	Country37 (1 week) Country	-
2017	Back To God Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope	-	-	Country25 (7 weeks) Country	-	with Laura Daigle
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
1994	If I Had Only Known 8 Seconds	-	-	Country72 (6 weeks) Country	-
1999	Away In A Manger Merry Christmas to You	-	-	Country73 (1 week) Country	-
	I'm Not Your Girl So Good Together	-	-	Country75 (1 week) Country	-
	'Til I Said It To You So Good Together	-	-	Country70 (1 week) Country	-
	Secret of Giving The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection	-	-	Country58 (5 weeks) Country	-
	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection	-	-	Country50 (3 weeks) Country	-

More singles

• 1977: One to One
• 1996: You Keep Me Hangin 'On
• 2007: The Only Promise That Remains (with Justin Timberlake )
• 2015: Until They Don't Love You
• 2016: Softly and Tenderly
• 2017: God and My Girlfriends
• 2019: Freedom

Promosingles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	Country	CA
1987	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On A Open Fire) Merry Christmas to You	-	-	Country63 (2 weeks) Country	-	Chart entry only in 1996
1988	I'll Be Home For Christmas Merry Christmas to You	-	-	Country68 (2 weeks) Country	-	Chart entry only in 1998
1997	What if	-	US50 (15 weeks) US	Country23 (15 weeks) Country	-

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	Country	CA
1986	Mind Your Own Business Montana Cafe	-	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country	-	Hank Williams, Jr. , Reverend Ike, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson & Tom Petty
1990	Oklahoma Swing When I Call Your Name	-	-	Country13 (26 weeks) Country	-	with Vince Gill
2008	Cowgirls Don't Cry # 1's ... and Then Some	-	US44 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (24 weeks) Country	CA49 (18 weeks) CA	Brooks & Dunn feat. Reba McEntire
2020	Be A Light	-	US57 (... weeks) US	Country11 (... weeks) Country	-	Thomas Rhett feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott , Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2013	Silent Night Wrapped in Red	-	-	Country39 (4 weeks) Country	-	Kelly Clarkson feat. Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood

Awards for music sales

Golden record  United States 1990: for the video album Reba 1997: for the video album Reba Live Platinum record  United States 1992: for the video album For My Broken Heart 1993: for the video album Reba in Concert 1995: for the video album Greatest Hits

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	850,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	15 × gold15th	41 × platinum41	44,900,000	riaa.com
All in all	18 × gold18th	48 × platinum48

Filmography (selection)

• 1990: Tremors - In the land of rocket worms (Tremors)
• 1993: Our coach is the best (TV)
• 1994: Maverick
• 1994: North (film)
• 1994: The little super stolks
• 1995: Buffalo Girls
• 2001: One Night at McCool's (One Night at McCool's)
• 2001-2007: Reba
• 2012–2013: Malibu Country

swell

1. ↑ m.pressofatlanticcity.com
2. ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reba-mcentire-long-career-and-kennedy-center-honor/
3. ↑ https://www.caesars.com/caesars-palace/shows/reba-brooks-dunn-las-vegas#.WngolK7iaUk
4. ↑ https://www.countrymusicnews.de/aktuelle-nachrichten/9339-reba-mcentire-wirbt-fuer-kfc
5. ↑ http://www.queer.de/bild-des-tages.php?einzel=2153
6. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/reba-mcentire-grammy-awards-speech/
7. ↑ tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: UK US / CA

Web links

Commons : Reba McEntire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• McEntire's website
• Biography on Billboard ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Reba McEntire at Music-City
• Reba McIntire in the Internet Movie Database (English)