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Reba McEntire Channels Beyonce in CMA Performance

Reba McEntire performs "If I Were a Boy" at the 44th Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 10, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Rick Diamond/Getty Images

NEW YORK (CBS) Reba McEntire didn't choose from the country catalogue for her performance at the CMA Awards on Wednesday night.

Instead, she borrowed a song from Beyonce, singing the R&B diva's ballad "If I Were a Boy" at the annual awards show.

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McEntire was one of many performances during Wednesday night's show. Some of the others included Miranda Lambert (who celebrated her birthday by winning three awards), Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who joined Vince Gill to perform the song "Country Strong" from an upcoming movie.

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