Reba McEntire climbs into the Top 10 on the country chart this week with her latest single, ‘Turn on the Radio.’ It’s the reigning Queen of Country’s 59th trip into the Top 10 since 1980, when she scored a No. 8 hit with ‘(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven.’

In 2009, when Reba joined Brooks & Dunn for ‘Cowgirls Don’t Cry,’ the redheaded entertainer scored her 56th Top 10 hit, putting her ahead of Dolly Parton, who remains the No. 2 female act in country music in terms of Top 10 hits, holding at 55. Currently trailing Reba and Dolly are Loretta Lynn (with 51 Top 10s), Tanya Tucker (40) and Tammy Wynette (39).

While Reba leads the way for the women, she’s got some catching up to do if she wants to reach her tour mate George Strait. King George (whom Reba passed at the No. 11 spot this week where he has ‘The Breath You Take’) has amassed 82 Top 10 hits throughout his career. The all-time champ, Eddy Arnold scored 92 Top 10 hits during his illustrious career.

‘Turn on the Radio’ is the lead-off single from Reba’s ‘All the Women I Am,’ which will be released November 9. A deluxe version of the album will include her AOL Sessions performance, an ‘Unplugged’ performance of Beyonce’s ‘If I Were a Boy’ and behind-the-scenes footage of the ‘Turn on the Radio’ music video as well as the video itself in its entirety.

COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR REBA REUNITES WITH HER “REBA” TV DAUGHTER, JOANNA GARCIA, WHEN REBA GUEST STARS AS A HIGH-END WEDDING PLANNER TRYING TO UPSTAGE MIA AND CASEY’S UPCOMING NUPTIALS, ON ABC’S “BETTER WITH YOU”

“Better with Flirting” – Mia and Casey are excited when Maddie gets them a meeting with one of the top wedding planners in the city — the charming but very expensive Lorraine Ashley (Reba). But the too-good-to-be-true arrangement turns awkward when it looks like Lorraine is trying to upstage the couple’s pending nuptials. Meanwhile, Ben realizes that he has been with Maddie for so long that his “flirting muscle” has gone soft, on “Better with You,” WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Better with You” stars JoAnna Garcia as Mia, Jennifer Finnigan as Maddie, Josh Cooke as Ben, Jake Lacy as Casey, with Kurt Fuller as Joel and Debra Jo Rupp as Vicky.

Guest starring is Reba as Lorraine Ashley. Additional guest cast TBD.

Fox announced this week the nominees for the inaugural American Country Awards, a new awards show honoring country music talents that will air in December, and several country music stars with Oklahoma ties are on the list.

Reba McEntire, who hails from Chockie, snared four nominations, including female artist and touring artist of the year for her superstar tour with George Strait. Her hit “Consider Me Gone” is nominated for top single and music video by a female artist.

Billed as the first and only country music awards show in which fans vote for the winners in both music and video categories, the first American Country Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 on Fox. Fans can vote once each day for their favorite nominees at www.theacas.com.

American Country Awards voting is open until Nov. 8 for all categories, except for artist of the year, for which voting closes Dec. 4. The nominees for each award category have been determined by media measurement companies Big Champagne, Great American Country, Mediabase and Pollstar, according to the ACA website.

Reba McEntire has donated $60,000 to a school in rural Spavinaw, Okla., that faced a severe budget gap. The school educates 130 students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and had faced a 22 percent budget cut from the previous year. School board president Guy Alloway told the Tulsa World newspaper, “We were $60,000 in the hole.” Alloway said he tried to contact the offices of several celebrities to solicit donations and called a phone number listed on McEntire’s website. After several calls to confirm the dire situation, Alloway said a $60,000 check, as well as a $1,000 anonymous donation, arrived on Oct. 13. McEntire is an Oklahoma native.

Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn is in stores November 9th and celebrates Loretta Lynn’s 50 years in the music business. The album features stars hand-picked by Loretta to re-record some of her biggest hits, including Faith Hill, Kid Rock, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and more!

Link to previews: Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn

The Recording Academy — dispenser of the Grammy awards — honored Loretta Lynn with an affectionate but astonishingly brief musical tribute Tuesday night (Oct. 12) at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

Hosted by Reba McEntire and featuring performances by Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Kid Rock, Gretchen Wilson, Lee Ann Womack and Lynn herself, the show ran for only 45 minutes.

The tribute was the second in the Academy’s Salute to Country Music series. Last year’s honoree was Vince Gill, who, unable to attend, greeted Lynn via video. “I don’t know of anybody who’s more important in the history of this music or the history of this town than you,” he said.

McEntire sashayed onto the stage in a black cocktail dress and got the show rolling with a rousing rendition of Lynn’s cheeky 1967 hit, “If You’re Not Gone Too Long.”

“The whole world knows and loves the coal miner’s daughter from Butcher Holler, Ky.,” McEntire asserted as she moved into her hosting role. “I’ve loved her since the first time I heard her on the radio.”

McEntire praised Lynn for being a groundbreaking feminist.

“Loretta Lynn took on the controversial subjects in country music no one else would touch,” she proclaimed. “For Loretta, no subject was off limits.”

As an example of that daring attitude, McEntire cited Lynn’s 1975 recording of “The Pill,” a paean to the liberating aspects of birth control. Although some radio programmers resisted playing the song, it nonetheless went Top 5.

Gallery Links:
• The Recording Academy Hosts GRAMMY Salute to Country Music Honoring Loretta Lynn

Reba McEntire has revealed the track listing for her upcoming album, ‘All the Women I Am,’ due in stores November 9. The legendary performer’s 34th career studio album will include her lead-off single, ‘Turn On the Radio,’ which is currently sitting in the Top 15 on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart. Over the past week or so, Reba has been giving her fans a first-look at the tracks appearing on the record via her Twitter page.

The collection will also feature her cover of Beyonce’s hit, ‘If I Were a Boy,’ which Reba first performed on CMT’s ‘Unplugged’ a few months ago, as well as ‘Somebody’s Chelsea,’ which she co-wrote with Liz Henberger and Will Robinson.

In choosing the songs for ‘All the Women I Am,’ as well as all of her previous albums, Reba relied mainly on one thing: pick great songs. “That’s the key,” she explains. “No matter how great you can sing or how many people can work the song for you, you’ve got to have that great song. I mean, it’s got to be honest and true and just a great song.”

A deluxe version of the collection, which includes her AOL Sessions performance, the ‘Unplugged’ performance of ‘If I Were a Boy’ and behind-the-scenes footage of the video for ‘Turn on the Radio,’ as well as the video itself in its entirety.

Reba is currently on the road with George Strait and Lee Ann Womack. Their next scheduled tour date is in Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, October 14. Check out her full tour schedule here.

‘All the Women I Am’ Track List

1. ‘Turn On The Radio’
2. ‘If I Were A Boy’
3. ‘The Bridge You Burn’
4. ‘Cry’
5. ‘When Love Gets a Hold of You’
6. ‘Somebody’s Chelsea’
7. ‘All the Women I Am’
8. ‘The Day She Got Divorced’
9. ‘A Little Want To’
10. ‘When You Have a Child’

Reba McEntire has a new CD called All The Women I Am, in stores November 9. She’s also coming to the GAC studio very soon! We need your help interviewing her, so please send us your questions for Reba. What to ask? Be creative with your questions! Don’t ask when she’s coming to your city because those questions won’t be chosen (you can check her official website for that info).

We’ll take the most unique questions to Reba and then feature her answers on GACTV.com very soon in our Fan Q&A section. Hurry, our deadline for Reba McEntire questions is Sunday, October 3 at 12 noon Central – so click HERE to send us your question for Reba!

Source: GACtv.com