'Cowboy Carter' pays homage to Beyoncé's southern heritage and features Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Miley Cyrus and Post Malone.
Beyoncé speaks onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 01, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Amy Sussman/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Amy Sussman / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP, the blockbuster country album of Beyoncé, has debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart — the eighth No 1 album of her storied career.
She also became the first black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with the 27-track second act in her, which dropped on 29 March, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending 4 April, according to Billboard and music industry data provider Luminate.
The album, which has been lauded by critics, was already the “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” on Spotify.Nashville’s gatekeepers have long tried to promote a rigid view of country music that is overwhelmingly white and male. But Beyoncé shatters that notion, taking listeners through country’s evolution from African American spirituals and fiddle tunes.WATCH: ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ music video“I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,” McCartney said in a statement when the album debuted.
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