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MCA To Release Unprecedented Reba McEntire Duets Album September 18
July 11, 2007 - 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.
Reba Sings Kelly Clarkson's Praises
July 19, 2007 - Reba McEntire met with the Nashville Press on Tuesday in advance of the release of her upcoming duets album, featuring 11 songs with some of the greatest music stars of two centuries. Reba was happy to talk to us about the debut single, "Because of You," with Kelly Clarkson, a person she says reminded her a lot of herself.
"I first met her on the final show of American Idol and the first time I met her we were doing rehearsals for that TV show. And I thought here's this spunky little person from Texas, who made it big and wins "American Idol," and she's still very down-home normal, it hadn't gotten to her head yet, I'll give her a little time. Fast forward I meet her again (appearing on "Reba"), and she's still this bubbly, funny, down-to-earth great person that I met earlier. And I thought, 'Wow, hasn't effected her.' We began hanging
out together and she's cute and funny and entertains the hound out of me...and she's very opinionated, she does stand up for what she believes and reminds me a lot of myself and I just fell in love with her."
Reba's Duets album hits stores September 18th.
You can catch them both performing on "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" - a two-hour network primetime special airing Monday, July 23 (9:00-11:00 PM/ET), on the ABC Television Network.
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