Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Album receives zero nominations for the Country Music Awards...
The 2024 CMA Awards have showered Morgan Wallen and Post Malone with multiple nominations but heavily snubbed Beyoncé, though she had one of the year’s biggest country albums with Cowboy Carter and biggest country songs with “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter made history this year when it spent four weeks on top of Billboard’s Top country albums chart — making her the first Black woman to achieve the feat. She also became the first Black woman to hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot country songs chart with “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which held the top position for a whopping 10 weeks. Both her single and album also led Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 and 200 albums charts, while seven other Cowboy Carter tracks hit the Top 10 of the Billboard country chart. The 27-track project, featuring Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Miley Cyrus and Malone, drove cultural conversations about Black artists reclaiming the genres they started, including country music.
Despite being completely shut out, Beyoncé qualified for CMA categories like single of the year, song of the year, album of the year, female vocalist of the year and music event of the year. She even qualified for entertainer of the year, though that award is typically reserved for country acts who have built a strong presence in the genre for years.
The CMAs are voted on by members of the Country Music Association, which includes artists, executives, songwriters, musicians, publicists, touring personnel and other industry professionals. Qualified singles and albums must have been first released or reached peak national prominence during the eligibility period, which was July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 for this year’s show. Final round voting takes place Oct. 1 through Oct. 29.
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