Kelly Clarkson stuns with cover of Reba McEntire's 'Fancy' at Kennedy Center Honors
Other artists honoured this year included Cher, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and pianist Philip Glass
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Your support makes all the difference.Kelly Clarkson wowed attendees at the 41st annual Kennedy Center Honours with a rendition of Reba McEntire's hit "Fancy".
McEntire, known as "The Queen of Country", was among the honorees at the ceremony, and was in the audience clapping and cheering as Clarkson performed. A clip was posted by the Kennedy Center to its Twitter account, while the full proceedings were broadcast on CBS in the US.
This year's Kennedy Center Honors national celebration of the arts took place on 2 December was hosted by 2017 honoree Gloria Estefan.
Other artists honoured this year included Cher, Lin-Manuel Miranda, pianist Philip Glass, jazz saxophonist Wayner Shorter, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and music director Alex Lacamoire.
McEntire first signed a contract with Mercury Records in 1975, after being spotted performing the National Anthem at the National Rodeo in Oklahoma City.
She found breakthrough success in 1984 with My Kind of Country, which produced two number one singles: "How Blue" and "Somebody Should Leave", and has since become one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 95m records worldwide.
McEntire also starred in the 1999 film Tremors, alongside Kevin Bacon, and had her own television sitcom, Reba, which ran from 2001 to 2007.
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