Reba McEntire Reaches A New Career Peak With Her Superstar Collaboration
In addition to hosting the 2025 American Country Music Awards, Reba McEntire also took to the main stage to perform. She joined fellow genre favorites Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson for a brand new collaboration, "Trailblazer."
Released just hours before their joint performance on the program, "Trailblazer" debuts as a bestselling title and hits the Billboard charts this week. The success brings all three women back ot several tallies, and it pushes the most iconic member of the trio to a never-before-seen high point.
"Trailblazer" reaches a trio of Billboard rankings this frame thanks largely to an impressive opening sales count. Luminate reports the collaboration sold just under 3,200 copies in its first, shortened tracking period. That frame didn't quite run a full seven days, as the track dropped on Sunday just before the awards — rather than on Friday, as is usually the case.
Despite that disadvantage, the tune still manages to enter the top 10 on a pair of purchase-only rankings.
"Trailblazer" kicks off its time at No. 4 on the Digital Song Sales chart. It now stands as the highest-rising hit for both McEntire and Wilson on Billboard's ranking of the bestselling tracks on platforms like iTunes and Amazon throughout the U.S.
Before this week, McEntire had previously climbed as high as No. 5 when she joined Thomas Rhett, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, and Keith Urban on the inspirational "Be a Light," which reached that position in April 2020.
Wilson, meanwhile, has reached No. 4 in the past — multiple times, in fact — but never climbed higher, as "Trailblazer" matches her all-time best showing. She sent both "Wait in the Truck" with Hardy and "Heart Like a Truck" to fourth place on the Digital Song Sales chart, with the tracks debuting just weeks apart in 2022.
Lambert, however, has soared higher with only one track. "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" with Elle King missed out on becoming a No. 1 by just one space in 2021.
Both Lambert and Wilson collect their fifth top 10s on the Digital Song Sales chart this week. McEntire, despite her lengthy and storied career, has now sent only a trio of tunes into the loftiest space on this list.
"Trailblazer" almost becomes a No. 1 on the Country Digital Song Sales chart, but misses the summit by just a single space. Instead, it launches at No. 2 behind "Superman" by Morgan Wallen, which starts in first place. The same cut also reaches No. 44 on the Hot Country Songs tally, and could rise in the coming weeks.
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