Nickname: The Queen of Country
Genre: Country
Most Memorable Recording: "Somebody Should Leave"
Followers: Linda Davis, Faith Hill, Kathie Baillie, Stephanie Bentley, Terri Clark, Lila McCann, Danni Leigh, Meredith Edwards, The Wreckers, Erika Jo, Danielle Peck, and many more.
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. While she continued to sell records in healthy numbers into the 21st century, she expanded her activities as an actress in film and on the legitimate stage, and particularly on television, where she starred in a long-running situation comedy. Such diversification made her the greatest crossover star to emerge from country music since Dolly Parton.
