Reba McEntire

Trivia

• Has won two Grammy awards, nine People's Choice Awards (for singing *and* acting), seven CMA (Country Music Association) Awards (including an unprecedented Female Vocalist of the Year four years in a row), two Country Radio Awards, 11 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards (including an unprecedented Top Female Vocalist seven times), 14 American Music Awards (including an unprecedented Favorite Female Country Singer 10 times), five TNN/Music City News Awards, three International Awards and the 20
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• The reigning queen of country music has pursued a musical career since the age of 5.
• In junior high, she performed with her siblings as the Singing McEntires.
• A fine athlete, McEntire followed in the footsteps of her rodeo champion father in competitive barrel racing. Her performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City caught the attention of songwriter, Red Steagall who suggested she consider a career in country music.
• She has since earned 7 gold and 5 platinum albums and 2 Grammy Awards.
• She has also explored other avenues of entertainment, serving as a guest host on "Good Morning, America" and earning generally favorable reviews for her acting in the movie Tremors (1990) and the miniseries Buffalo Girls (1995) (TV).
• In 1988, she formed Starstruck Entertainment to oversee the various aspects of her career.

Quotes

• "Be different, stand out, and work your butt off."
• "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone."
• "I'm more of the down-home -- I guess, you know, the good-old girl. Being sexy is kind of funny to me. You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so. Just what you see is what you get on me. And it's never been anything of a sexual nature."
• "Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance."
• "Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not."
• "You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust."