 In mid @-@ 2007 , McEntire announced the release of her twenty @-@ fifth studio album , Reba : Duets , on September 18 . McEntire stated that out of all the albums she had previously recorded , her newest release was particularly special : " This is an album that will go down in history as probably my favorite album to record because I got to work and sing and be with my friends . Out of everything in this whole career that I can say that I 'm the most proud of , are my friends . And here 's the proof . " In promotion for the album , McEntire made appearances at radio shows and on The Oprah Winfrey Show September 19 . The album 's lead single , " Because of You " — a duet with Kelly Clarkson , who originally recorded the song — became her fifty @-@ fifth Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart , tying her with Dolly Parton , who also had the same amount of Top 10 records . The album was given high critical praise from magazines such as PopMatters , which called McEntire 's vocals , " to sound sweet without being syrupy , while being extremely powerful . McEntire 's vocal strength yields a different kind of authority than the bluesy , drawling growl of Janis Joplin , the weathered rasp of Marianne Faithfull , or even the soul @-@ shrieking powerhouse of Tina Turner . Instead , Reba 's voice combines the aspects of all three singers but tempers it with a Southern sweetness and an unmistakable femininity . " The album contained ten tracks of duets with country and pop artists , including Kenny Chesney , LeAnn Rimes , Trisha Yearwood , Carole King , and Justin Timberlake . Reba : Duets peaked at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart , while also becoming her first album in her thirty @-@ year career to peak and debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , with 300 @,@ 536 copies ( according to Nielsen Soundscan ) sold within its first week of release . On January 17 , 2008 , McEntire embarked on the 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour with Clarkson , which began in Fairborn , Ohio and ended in November of the same year . A month after its release , the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 19 , 2007 . The album 's only other single was " Every Other Weekend " . Recorded on the album as a duet with Chesney , it was released to radio with its co @-@ writer , Skip Ewing , as a duet partner . 
