Take a look back at the singer’s incredible career (and truly spectacular outfits) as she turns 70 on March 28, 2025

Reba McEntire in September 2023. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Reba McEntire is marking her platinum jubilee.

The country queen turns 70 years old on March 28, 2025, and what a 70 years it’s been. Beginning her career in 1976, she has since released 32 studio albums, starred in a hit television series and won three Grammy Awards — all while looking fabulous and “Fancy.”

To celebrate Reba’s milestone birthday, we’re looking back at her best photos over the years, from her earliest performances to her Grammy wins and stint as a judge on The Voice.

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Reba McEntire’s Early Years

A young Reba McEntire. Mike Slaughter/Toronto Star via Getty

Reba Nell McEntire was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, on March 28, 1955, to Clark Vincent and Jacqueline Smith McEntire.

Reba’s mother, who once had dreams of becoming a country music singer, taught her four children how to sing and harmonize during family trips.

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Not Her First Rodeo

A young Reba McEntire. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

Before making it on the stage, Reba gained some fame for “running barrels” (a rodeo event). So it’s no surprise she also got her big break at the rodeo — she was discovered there by Red Steagall in 1974 when she sang the national anthem.

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Reba’s Reach

A young Reba McEntire. Ron Galella/WireImage

The country superstar has now sold more than 56 million albums worldwide and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Award Winner

A young Reba McEntire. The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty

She’s won every music award under the sun, including American Music Awards, ACM Awards, People’s Choice Awards, CMA Awards, Grammys and more.

She’s also received the National Artistic Achievement Award from Congress and starred in her own self-titled TV series about a hardworking single mom raising three kids alone after her husband leaves her for his dental hygienist.

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Reba Gets a Star on the Walk of Fame

Reba McEntire on the Walk of Fame. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Her name will forever be cemented in Hollywood after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.

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Reba McEntire’s Friendship with Kenny Rogers

Reba McEntire and Kenny Rogers. Ron Gallela/Getty

Throughout her illustrious career, Reba’s made some incredibly talented friends along the way.

Here she is posing with the late great Kenny Rogers, whom she first when they worked together on The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, back in 1991. The pair would remain close until he died in 2020.

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Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton

Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton.

The star got a visit from another country legend, Dolly Parton, after she performed on stage in the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun at the Marquis Theater in 2001.

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Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks

Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks. KMazur/WireImage

Reba joined good friend Garth Brooks backstage at the 29th Annual American Music Awards in 2001 at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A.

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Reba and Kelly

Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson. Ethan Miller/Getty

In case you didn’t know, Kelly Clarkson was married to Reba’s former stepson, Brandon Blackstock.

Clarkson and McEntire have performed together many times, including the 2007 duet version of Clarkson’s “Because of You.” A year later, the duo hit the road together for a 2008 tour.

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Reba at the ACM Awards

Reba McEntire at the ACMs. Rtgwinn/mediapunch/REX/Shutterstock; Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock

The star, who keeps her decades of incredible fashion housed in special archival storage, brought back her 1993 ACM Awards gown to wear again in 2018 — with minimal changes.

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Reba McEntire and Celine Dion

Reba McEntire and Celine Dion. The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty

Céline Dion and the star go way back and still have a mutual respect for each other.

In 2013 when a fan asked Reba what she thought about Dion, she responded, “Céline Dion is incredible! One of the best singers in the world!”

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Reba and Narvel

Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock in 1992.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Reba married her manager and former steel guitar player Narvel Blackstock in a 1989 ceremony at Lake Tahoe. Throughout their entire marriage, Blackstock accompanied Reba to special events, like the 1992 People’s Choice Awards above.

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Reba and Baby Shelby

Reba McEntire and son Shelby in 1996.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

In 1990, Reba gave birth to her first and only child, Shelby Blackstock. At 6 years old, he attended the Academy of Country Music Awards with his mom.

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Reba Makes Her Broadway Debut

Reba McEntire during ‘Annie Get Your Gun’.Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty

Reba’s got range! In 2001, she made her Broadway debut as outlaw Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

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Reba Splits from Narvel

Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock in April 2015.Larry Busacca/ACM2015/Getty

After 26 years of marriage, Reba and Narvel finalized their divorce on Oct. 28, 2015.

“Thanks for all of those sweet messages. Narvel and I are friends. We have always been,” the singer responded to fans’ support.

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Shelby All Grown Up!

Shelby Blackstock and Reba McEntire in November 2016.Michael Loccisano/Getty

Years later, Shelby is still his mom’s plus-one to events. The former NASCAR driver walked the red carpet with Reba at the 2016 Country Music Awards.

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Reba Wins Her 3rd Grammy

Reba McEntire in January 2018.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Twenty-four years since her last Grammy win, the country superstar brought home her third trophy in 2018 for best roots gospel album.

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Reba Receives Kennedy Center Honors

Top (L-R): Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire; bottom (L-R) Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire and Philip Glass.Michele Crowe/CBS via Getty

Reba was part of a star-studded class of Kennedy Center honorees in 2018 that included Cher, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more.

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Reba Wins ‘The Voice’ as a Coach

Reba McEntire and Asher HaVon on ‘The Voice’.Tyler Golden/NBC via Getty

For three seasons of The Voice, Reba served as one of the four celebrity coaches. In her second try, she brought soul singer Asher HaVon all the way to the end and triumphed over rival coaches Chance the Rapper, Dan + Shay and John Legend.

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Reba on ‘Happy’s Place’

Reba McEntire in ‘Happy’s Place’.Casey Durkin/NBC

Reba’s returned to TV with a new sitcom, starring in Happy’s Place as a woman who inherits a bar from her late father. She reunited with Reba costar Melissa Peterman in the show, which was renewed for a second season in February 2025.