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Reba McEntire's `Duets' debuts at No. 1
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Reba McEntire's "Reba Duets" has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's 200 Top Albums, her best first-week showing on the chart.

"I am beyond thrilled to have my biggest sales week ever with my 31st album," the 52-year-old country singer said in a statement Wednesday. "To get to share it with all my friends on this duets project is icing on the cake."

The album's guests include 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.

Released Sept. 18, "Reba Duets" sold more than 300,000 copies in the first week - more than double McEntire's previous first-week sales high of 124,000 with "It's Your Call" in 1992.

"When the consummate superstar gets her creative juices flowing, we all look like geniuses," Luke Lewis, chairman of the Universal Music Group Nashville, said in a statement.

Over her 30-year career, McEntire has had many No. 1 hits including "Little Rock," "New Fool at an Old Game" and "The Heart Won't Lie."


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Reba McEntire, left, and Kelly Clarkson perform "Because of You" during the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. McEntire said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007, that she was thrilled that her "Reba Duets" CD has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's 200 Top Albums. The album's guests include Clarkson, Kenny Chesney, Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks & Dunn), Vince Gill, Don Henley, Faith Hill, Carole King, Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Justin Timberlake and Trisha Yearwood. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Note: All views and opinions expressed in reader comments are solely those of the individual submitting the comment, and not those of the Pantagraph or its staff.

rabe wrote on Oct 31, 2007 9:33 AM:

" she is so cool "

fan? wrote on Oct 20, 2007 7:40 AM:

" Reba has some good songs and some bad ones. This CD, is a let down. It is not worth the money. "

to funny wrote on Sep 28, 2007 9:24 AM:

" I agree on all counts. Reba is the defining voice in country music today. Heck, any music. I just can't listen to her sing. I have the same problem with Blake Shelton. I'm a huge country music fan, but for some reason, their voices (to me) are like fingernails on a chalkboard. I have nothing but respect for both of them. Just don't wanna hear them sing. "

Funny, "Sorry" wrote on Sep 28, 2007 1:39 AM:

" I sorta see what you mean because her voice IS distinctive and does really celebrate the stereotypical twang, but even as someone who doesn't classify themselves as a fan of country music- I find her voice absolutely incredible. I agree w/ Dr. Maya Angelou- "Reba has a voice that at once haunts, exhilarates and provides definition of longing." Both Billboard and Rolling Stone magazines recently called Reba "the most powerful woman in music today". Other females who've garnered this title in the past 2 decades have been: Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Dolly Parton and Barbara Streisand. Go Reba! "

Sorry, wrote on Sep 27, 2007 8:27 PM:

" I'm sure Reba is a wonderful person, but man! her voice grates on my nerves. She comes on the radio in my car, the radio goes off. "

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