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Reba McEntire is a Actor and Executive Producer American born on 28 march 1955 at Oklahoma (USA)

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Birth name Reba Nell McEntire
Nationality USA
Birth 28 march 1955 (69 years) at Oklahoma (USA)

Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band, on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. While a sophomore in college, she performed the National Anthem at the National Rodeo in Oklahoma City and caught the attention of country artist Red Steagall who brought her to Nashville, Tennessee. She signed a contract with Mercury Records a year later in 1975. She released her first solo album in 1977 and released five additional studio albums under the label until 1983.

Signing with MCA Nashville Records, McEntire took creative control over her second MCA album, My Kind of Country (1984), which had a more traditional country sound and produced two number one singles: "How Blue" and "Somebody Should Leave". The album brought her breakthrough success, bringing her a series of successful albums and number one singles in the 1980s and 1990s. McEntire has since released 26 studio albums, acquired 40 number one singles, 14 number one albums, and 28 albums have been certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America. She has sometimes been referred to as "The Queen of Country". and she is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 85 million records worldwide.

In the early 1990s, McEntire branched into film starting with 1990's Tremors. She has since starred in the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun and in her television sitcom, Reba (2001–07) for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series–Musical or Comedy.

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Two of her siblings have also maintained careers in the music industry. Her brother, Pake McEntire, was a successful country artist in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her sister, Susie McEntire, (She went back to McEntire on May 19, 2008 after a difficult marriage) is a successful Christian music singer. She also has an older sister, Alice.

In 1976, McEntire married national steer wrestling champion and rancher Charlie Battles. Together, the couple owned a ranch in Oklahoma and managed her career. In 1987, McEntire divorced Battles and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. She later commented to Bob Allen of Country Music about their separation, saying, "I had to pack everything in one day and leave. I was totally starting over." McEntire later claimed that she wanted to focus more on her music career, while Battles insisted that she remain at home, helping to take care of the ranch. McEntire's career started to gain significant and sustained momentum with the release of her fifth album Unlimited in June 1983. The album produced three singles, "I'm Not That Lonely Yet", "Can't Even Get the Blues" and "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving", with the latter two becoming her first and second number-one singles on Billboard's country singles chart while the former peaked at No. 3. Her eighth album, "My Kind of Country" released in October 1984, cemented her status as the album was both a commercial and critical success, eventually being certified Gold by the RIAA with McEntire winning her first major industry awards for Female Vocalist of the Year and Top Female Vocalist from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music respectively. McEntire stated, "I wasn't the little girl anymore, taking orders, and doing what he said." Battles had a major stroke in 2006 and became totally disabled as a result. He died on April 21, 2013.

In 1989, McEntire married her manager and former steel guitar player, Narvel Blackstock. The couple wed in a private ceremony on a boat in Lake Tahoe. Together, the pair took over all aspects of McEntire's career, forming Starstruck Entertainment, which was originally designed to help manage her career. From her second marriage, McEntire inherited three stepchildren and gave birth to a son, Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock, in February 1990. On August 3, 2015, it was announced in a joint statement on McEntire's website that she and Blackstock have been separated for the past few months after twenty-six years of marriage. Even though they are ending their marriage they will continue to support and work with each other.

McEntire's stepson Brandon Blackstock is married to McEntire's friend and fellow singer Kelly Clarkson, who is also managed by McEntire's husband. Speaking about their impending marriage in 2013, McEntire stated that she was, "thrilled to death, thrilled to death. To have my buddy as my daughter-in-law, I mean, who could ask for more?"