Thirty years after Reba McEntire released her award-winning album “Starting Over,” she surprised her fans with a special anniversary gift on October 3, 2025. The country music queen and coach on “The Voice” announced via social media that she’ll release an “an exclusive 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl on January 23, 2026.”
“Hard to believe ‘Starting Over’ was released 30 years ago today,” she wrote of her 19th album, which was released to commemorate McEntire’s 20 years in the music business. That means the “Trailblazer” songstress is now marking an incredible 50 years in the biz, and fans can’t wait to celebrate with her.
‘Starting Over’ Debuted at the Top of the Country Charts in 1995
“Starting Over” featured covers of McEntire’s favorite songs and musical influence. The track list included a cover of a cover of Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald‘s “On My Own,” which McEntire performed with Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, and Linda Davis.
To mark the original release ofthe album and McEntire’s 20th year in the music business, she starred in a 1995 CBS concert special, according to her web site. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number five on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
Fans Are Pumped to Pre-Order Reba McEntire’s ‘Starting Over’
The anniversary edition that’s released in January will include three bonus tracks including McEntire’s cover of “Heat Wave.” The vinyl can be pre-ordered here, but her team has already released “Heat Wave” for fans to stream right away.
They’ve also added a bunch of “Starting Over” merchandise to her online shop, from retro t-shirts and an anniversary poster.
Fans were thrilled to hear about the re-release, flooding McEntire’s comment section, including one who wrote, “🤯 I can’t believe I woke up to this surprise today. I felt like I was dreaming. I’m so thrilled!!!!”
Another fan exclaimed, “OH MY GOD! THANK YOU I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH!!! 🤎🧡”
Someone else shared, “I ordered that vinyl so fast! This album came out when I was 15 and obsessed with everything Reba!”
Fans Can Watch Reba McEntire on ‘The Voice’ & ‘Happy’s Place’ This Fall
Art Streiber/NBCIn May, McEntire said on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” that in addition to her music career, she’s always loved live TV and starring in comedies, including her first sitcom, “Reba.”
“I think I’m funny,” McEntire laughed. “I think I’m hysterical sometimes!”
But when she was first asked to be a coach on “The Voice,” she admitted, “I was really dreading it at first because I don’t want to tell anybody they suck. I passed on it years ago when it first came over from Holland … But the way we did it the first time I was on ‘The Voice,’ it was more helpful and encouraging.”
While fans wait for the vinyl release to drop in January, they can get their fill of McEntire on “The Voice,” with new Blind Audition episode premiering on October 6 and 7 on NBC. And if that’s not enough, season two of her hit NBC sitcom “Happy’s Place” will premiere on November 7.
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