Jul 20, 2007

SINGLE “BECAUSE OF YOU” WITH KELLY CLARKSON
 

NASHVILLE, TN – MCA Nashville will release an unprecedented project titled Reba Duets September 18.  For the first time ever, McEntire joins forces with some of the biggest and best names in music to round out an 11-track album, produced by Tony Brown and co-produced by McEntire. 

Guest appearances include performances by Kenny Chesney, Kelly Clarkson, Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks & Dunn), Vince Gill, Don Henley, Faith Hill, Carole King, Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Justin Timberlake and Trisha Yearwood.

“I’ve had a blast working on this album with some of my closest friends, who also happen to be some of the best singers in the world!,” said McEntire.   

The first single “Because Of You,” a duet with Kelly Clarkson, has already hit radio.   

McEntire has achieved 33 #1 hits, created 29 albums, won 15 American Music Awards, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards, 7 Country Music Association Awards and 2 Grammy’s.  As a critically-acclaimed actor, she has been awarded the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Awards for her work on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun and starred in the WB/CW’s top-rated sitcom Reba for 6 seasons, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination and a People’s Choice Award.  Her charity work stretches far and wide and includes Habitat For Humanity, First Book, the Reba Ranch House, the Reba McEntire Center for Rehabilitation and the Reba Mobile Mammography Unit.