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Reba Nell McEntire, born March 28, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma, 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 situation comedy, Reba, which lasted from 2001 to 2007. (Read more...)