Trivia

1991: Her entire band died in a plane crash.

Attended and graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University (1976).

Majored in Elementary Education and minored in Music.

Has won three 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 2001 Drama Desk Award for her Broadway debut in "Annie Get Your Gun".

Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in March 2011.

Was a bridesmaid in her Reba (2001) co-star, JoAnna Garcia Swisher's wedding.

Was a serious basketball player as a young girl.

Her younger sister, Susie Luchsinger, (Susie McEntire) is a Christian music star.

She was initially cast as Molly Brown in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), but turn down the role because her touring schedule overlapped the filming date. The role eventually went to Kathy Bates.

Her father, Clark McEntire (1927-2014), was world steer roping champion for the years 1957-1958 and 1961. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) (1988).

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 18, 1998.

2000: Named the #1 Best-selling Female Country Singer of All Time.

Met Loretta Lynn, when the future artist recalled asking Lynn for an autograph after meeting her at an Ada, Oklahoma rodeo, where Lynn was performing, in 1966.

Good friends with her Reba (2001) co-stars, Melissa Peterman and JoAnna Garcia Swisher.

(December 15, 2012) Her stepson, Brandon Blackstock, is engaged to her good friend, Kelly Clarkson.

She was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on November 5, 2006.

2000: Named the #2 Best-selling Female Artist (of all genres) of All Time, following Barbra Streisand.

1996 tour statistics: 16 trucks, 7 buses, 1 jet, 100 dates (12,500 per date) concerts, 200-foot expandable stages, 3 separate performance areas, 10 dancers, 5 video cameras, 6 video screens, 96-person crew, 40 tons of equipment.

Her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (1897-1976), was world steer roping champion for 1934 and was also a calf roper. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1984.

1993: Had a patch of skin cancer on her forehead removed.

Gave birth to her first child at age 34, a son named Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock (aka Shelby Blackstock) on February 23, 1990. Child's father is her now ex-second husband, Narvel Blackstock.

Did her own rendition on the 1973 Billboard hit song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" that was sung by comedienne/singer Vicki Lawrence, in the early 1990s, the two ladies sang a duet of that song.

Her first public performance was "Away In a Manger" for a first-grade Christmas production.

1995: Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Daughter of Jacqueline (11/6/1926 - 3/14/2020) and Clark McEntire (11/30/1927 - 10/23/2014).

At one time, she was classmates with Garth Brooks in Oklahoma.

Sister of Alice Foran (born December 3, 1951), Pake McEntire (born June 23, 1953) and Susie Luchsinger (born November 8, 1957) (Susie McEntire).

Recipient of the inaugural (2018) Career Maker Award from the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame for her "significant influence on the songwriting careers of Hall of Fame members".

Stepmother of Brandon Blackstock and aunt of Garett Beck.

Ryan Mouritsen worked with Reba (2001) (TV Series). He was: (assistant to executive producer and writer - season 6) / (production assistant - seasons 4-5). His death 27 February 2009 (due to an ultralight plane crash on 26 February 2009), was just a few years after his involvement in the TV series ended, but he became one more production team member to die that had worked with Reba McEntire. Reba had lost her original band members 16 March 1991. She lost 8-band members (and their two pilots) in one crash.

She has the same first name as her character Reba Hart.