2000L Named the #1 Best-selling Female Country Singer of All Time.

Garett Beck is her niece.

At one time was a classmate of Garth Brooks, in Oklahoma.

Her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (1897-1976 ), was world steer roping champion for 1934 and was also a calf roper. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1984.

Her father, Clark McEntire (1927- ), was world steer roping champion for the years 1957-1958 & 1961. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1988.

Has won two Grammy awards, nine People`s Choice Awards (for singing *and* acting), seven CMA (Country Music Association) Awards (including an unprecedented Female Vocalist of the Year four years in a row), two Country Radio Awards, 11 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards (including an unprecedented Top Female Vocalist seven times), 14 American Music Awards (including an unprecedented Favorite Female Country Singer 10 times), five TNN/Music City News Awards, three International Awards and the 2001 Drama Desk Award for her Broadway debut in "Annie Get Your Gun."

Sister of Alice Foran (b. 3 December 1951), Pake McEntire (b. 23 June 1953), and Susie Luchsinger (b. 8 November 1957) (Susie McEntire).

Daughter of Jacqueline (11/6/1926) and Clark McEntire (11/30/1927).

Her first public performance was "Away In A Manger" for a first-grade Christmas production.

Attendend Kiowa High School and Southeastern State University.

2000 Named the #1 Best-selling Female Country Singer of All Time.

2000: Named the #2 Best-selling Female Artist (of all genres) of All Time, following Barbra Streisand.

1996 tour statistics: 16 trucks, 7 buses, 1 jet, 100 dates (12,500 per date) concerts, 200-foot expandable stages, 3 separate performance areas, 10 dancers, 5 video cameras, 6 video screens, 96-person crew, 40 tons of equipment.

1993: Had a patch of skin cancer on her forehead removed.

February 1990: Son Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock born.

1991: Her entire band died in a plane crash.

Was James Cameron`s first choice to play "the unsinkable" Molly Brown in Titanic (1997), but she had to decline because her touring schedule overlapped the filming date.

Her sister, Susie Luchsinger, (Susie McEntire) is a Christian music star.

Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA

Spouse: Narvel Blackstock (3 June 1989 - present) 1 child; Charlie Battles (21 June 1976 - 1987) (divorced)