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What If It's You is the twenty-second album by American country singer/actress Reba McEntire released on November 5, 1996 The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard country chart and #15 on the Billboard 200. It is certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. What If It's You was the first album she did not use studio musicians, relying instead on her touring band. The album produced four singles in "The Fear of Being Alone", "How Was I to Know", "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" and "What If It's You", which respectively reached #2, #1, #2, and #15 on the Billboard country charts.
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"Why Haven't I Heard from You" is a song written by Sandy Knox and T. W. Hale, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on March 21, 1994 as the first single from her album Read My Mind. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1994.
"Till You Love Me" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Gary Burr, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in October 1994 as the third single from her album Read My Mind. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1995, behind Pam Tillis' "Mi Vida Loca ". It was also McEntire's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #78.
"I'd Rather Ride Around with You" is a song written by Tim Nichols and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on March 4, 1997 as the third single from her album What If It's You. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1997, behind "Carrying Your Love with Me" by George Strait.
"Forever Love" is a song recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire from her studio album, If You See Him (1998). It was written by Liz Hengber, Deanna Bryant and Sunny Russ and released on July 15, 1998 as the album's second single. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1998.
"Wrong Night" is a song written by Josh Leo and Rick Bowles, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on October 23, 1998 as the third single from her album If You See Him. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1999.
"One Honest Heart" is a song written by David Malloy, Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on March 30 1999 as the fourth and final single from her album, If You See Him. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1999.
"What Do You Say" is a song written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on September 14, 1999 as the first single from her album So Good Together. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000 and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her first crossover hit and top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It is her highest peaking single on that chart.
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 227.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3366." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 27, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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