Reba knows no equal in country music (Created March 6, 2013)

Celebrating 35 years (and counting) in the music industry, Reba McEntire isn't just one of country music's top vocalists, she is an entity in and of herself. Singer, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist and one of the most beloved entertainers of all time, Reba has maintained her success despite never moving away from a more traditional country style.

A two-time Grammy Award winner, who has also won 12 Academy of Country Music Awards, 7 Country Music Association Awards, 14 American Music Awards and 10 People's Choice Awards, Reba knows no equal in country music. Away from the mic, she has experienced the success of a Broadway show, several movies and not one, but two, network television series; the sitcom "Reba" on the WB network would run for six seasons, and she currently stars in the ABC show "Malibu Country."

Raised in Chockie, Oklahoma, Reba was discovered when she performed the National Anthem at the National Rodeo in Oklahoma City in 1974. Two record labels and a full decade later, the singles "How Blue" and "Somebody Should Leave" both hit number one and Reba never looked back. She based her career on both a dedication and passion for the sounds of the fiddle and pedal steel guitar, and almost never wavered. Instead, she found a way to blend traditional and contemporary country in a way that few female artists ever mastered.

From "Whoever's in New England" to her latest number one single in the U.S. "Turn On the Radio," Reba's 26 studio albums hold a catalog of her greatest songs. From "Does He Love You," the oft-duplicated stunning duet with Linda Davis, to "You Lie," "Fancy," "For My Broken Heart," "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," and so many others, Reba has been looking down on Nashville from the top of the music scene for decades and will certainly stay around a while longer.

Reba is married to her manager and former steel guitar player, Narvel Blackstock. The pair run all aspects of her career behind the Starstruck Entertainment label. Narvel's son (and Reba's stepson) Brandon Blackstock is engaged to music superstar Kelly Clarkson.