Beyoncé lit a fire with Cowboy Carter, her latest studio album reimagining the boundaries of country music in her own vision. The record’s lead single “Texas Hold ‘Em” made her the first Black woman artist ever to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Now, one of her collaborators on the album, the Nigerian-American musician Shaboozey, has picked up the torch for another history-making feat.
Shaboozey’s single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” jumped from Number 6 on the chart to Number 1, knocking “Texas Hold ‘Em” from the position it had...
Shaboozey’s single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” jumped from Number 6 on the chart to Number 1, knocking “Texas Hold ‘Em” from the position it had...
- 4/30/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter helped shine a light on the ongoing conversation surrounding country music in relation to Black musicians. Now, a new CNN FlashDoc called Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance, out April 26 on Max, will dive even deeper into the issues and hurdles Black artists have long faced in the genre.
The Call Me Country trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, teases analysis and conversations surrounding Queen Bey’s history-making LP and how it ignited a conversation surrounding the treatment of Black artists in a white-dominated music genre and industry.
The Call Me Country trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, teases analysis and conversations surrounding Queen Bey’s history-making LP and how it ignited a conversation surrounding the treatment of Black artists in a white-dominated music genre and industry.
- 4/23/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Debuts At No. 1 & She Becomes First Black Woman To Top Country Albums List
Beyoncé is making history, landing at the top of the music charts after launching Cowboy Carter, her first country music album.
The singer achieved her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 407,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., according to Billboard).
Cowboy Carter also landed at the top of the Top Country Albums, making her the first Black woman to accomplish this since the chart’s debut in 1964. Beyoncé also claimed the top spots of the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
The country album is Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at the top of the list with 653,000 units on May 14, 2016.
Following Cowboy Carter’s debut on March 29, the album broke records on streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Spotify said the album had become the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” and said it was “also the...
The singer achieved her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 407,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., according to Billboard).
Cowboy Carter also landed at the top of the Top Country Albums, making her the first Black woman to accomplish this since the chart’s debut in 1964. Beyoncé also claimed the top spots of the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
The country album is Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at the top of the list with 653,000 units on May 14, 2016.
Following Cowboy Carter’s debut on March 29, the album broke records on streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Spotify said the album had become the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” and said it was “also the...
- 4/9/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Beyoncé has become the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with her new album, Cowboy Carter.
The album has also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the biggest week of 2024, marking her eighth entry atop the chart. In doing so, Beyoncé knocked Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time and Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You from their respective positions on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts.
Per Billboard, Cowboy Carter racked up 407,000 equivalent album units, the most since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) moved 1.653 million last fall. This included 300 million on-demand streams and 168,000 traditional album sales.
While Beyoncé is the first Black woman to reign over the Top Country Albums chart, other Black artists such as Charlie Pride, Darius Rucker, and Kane Brown previously went to No. 1 on the chart.
In February, Beyoncé made similar history...
The album has also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the biggest week of 2024, marking her eighth entry atop the chart. In doing so, Beyoncé knocked Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time and Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You from their respective positions on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts.
Per Billboard, Cowboy Carter racked up 407,000 equivalent album units, the most since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) moved 1.653 million last fall. This included 300 million on-demand streams and 168,000 traditional album sales.
While Beyoncé is the first Black woman to reign over the Top Country Albums chart, other Black artists such as Charlie Pride, Darius Rucker, and Kane Brown previously went to No. 1 on the chart.
In February, Beyoncé made similar history...
- 4/8/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé has landed another No. 1 album with Cowboy Carter.
Her country music album bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and Luminate. Cowboy Carter, which dropped March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.
This marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It also marks the biggest week for an album so far in 2024, and the biggest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which debuted with 1.653 million units in November.
It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units in May 2016.
In addition, the album debuted atop several other Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.
Beyoncé boasts another record, becoming the first Black woman ever to top the Top Country Albums list, which was created in 1964. Cowboy Carter also notched the biggest week...
Her country music album bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and Luminate. Cowboy Carter, which dropped March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.
This marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It also marks the biggest week for an album so far in 2024, and the biggest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which debuted with 1.653 million units in November.
It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units in May 2016.
In addition, the album debuted atop several other Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.
Beyoncé boasts another record, becoming the first Black woman ever to top the Top Country Albums list, which was created in 1964. Cowboy Carter also notched the biggest week...
- 4/7/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beyoncé has made history with Cowboy Carter as she’s become the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Cowboy Carter also debuted as the Number One album — her eighth to top the Billboard 200 — in the country overall, Billboard announced on Sunday.
Beyoncé dethroned Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At a Time for the Country crown, while beating out Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You on the Top Album list. With more than 407,000 units earned in the U.S., Cowboy Carter...
Beyoncé dethroned Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At a Time for the Country crown, while beating out Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You on the Top Album list. With more than 407,000 units earned in the U.S., Cowboy Carter...
- 4/7/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé mixes R&b, country, and some hard-hitting guitars, among many other elements, and as the artist herself is well aware, there used to be a name for that kind of American melange: rock & roll. She slyly acknowledges that fact with two Chuck Berry moments on the album, including a segment of “Maybellene,” his first hit, in which a Black genius helped invent rock & roll via revved-up country.
So, there’s an argument that Cowboy Carter — which the artist has made clear is a “Beyoncé album” rather...
So, there’s an argument that Cowboy Carter — which the artist has made clear is a “Beyoncé album” rather...
- 4/7/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
In November 2016, at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards, Beyoncé performed “Daddy Lessons,” her first explicit foray into country music. On the emotionally intimate, vervy album Lemonade, the song felt inspired by the singer’s Southern origins. Onstage, accompanied by The Chicks and a band wielding the full power of acoustic guitars, horns and harmonicas, it became a full-throated declaration — an affirmation of all that came with Beyoncé’s roots in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.
The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist. In a recording of that moment, the camera quickly cuts away from parts of the audience largely unmoved by Beyoncé’s enthusiastic invitation to clap along. On social media, detractors expressed their anger at the musician’s inclusion. A month later, the Recording Academy rejected “Daddy Lessons” as a country entry for the Grammys, setting the stage for a contentious battle about who and...
The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist. In a recording of that moment, the camera quickly cuts away from parts of the audience largely unmoved by Beyoncé’s enthusiastic invitation to clap along. On social media, detractors expressed their anger at the musician’s inclusion. A month later, the Recording Academy rejected “Daddy Lessons” as a country entry for the Grammys, setting the stage for a contentious battle about who and...
- 4/3/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michelle Obama is part of the BeyHive, too.
On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.”
“With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!” Obama wrote. “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard,...
On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.”
“With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!” Obama wrote. “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
“Genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they?” says Linda Martell, a country music pioneer, in the intro to Beyoncé’s “Spaghettii.” “In theory, they have a simple definition that’s easy to understand, but in practice, well, some may feel confined.” Those two sentences perfectly sum up how Beyoncé has subverted expectations in recent years by spreading her wings beyond pop, hip-hop, and R&b to infuse rock, house, and now country music into her own unique style that ultimately really is just “Beyoncé.”
On her latest album,...
On her latest album,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
As Beyoncé continues to smash barriers and reinvent American music with Cowboy Carter, the singer thanked those who paved the way by defying “any label placed upon them.”
When accepting the the Innovator Award by Stevie Wonder at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night, Beyoncé addressed the crowd. “Tonight you called me an innovator, and for that I’m very grateful,” she said. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is seeing what everyone believes is impossible.
When accepting the the Innovator Award by Stevie Wonder at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night, Beyoncé addressed the crowd. “Tonight you called me an innovator, and for that I’m very grateful,” she said. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is seeing what everyone believes is impossible.
- 4/2/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé made an appearance at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards to accept the Innovator Award, which was presented to her by Stevie Wonder.
“I love you and I honor you. I want to thank you for making a way for all of us,” Beyoncé said as she accepted the trophy. “I’m honored to receive this recognition from you, Steve Wonder. Whenever anyone asks me if it’s anyone I can listen to for the rest of my life, it’s always you.”
Wonder also had some kind words for Beyoncé, saying, “I just want to thank you for motivating the world to become a better place.”
Beyoncé also showed her gratitude to the singer for playing the harmonica on her version of “Jolene,” which was released with her latest album Cowboy Carter.
The singer was grateful for being honored with the Innovator Award, noting, “Innovation starts with a dream. But...
“I love you and I honor you. I want to thank you for making a way for all of us,” Beyoncé said as she accepted the trophy. “I’m honored to receive this recognition from you, Steve Wonder. Whenever anyone asks me if it’s anyone I can listen to for the rest of my life, it’s always you.”
Wonder also had some kind words for Beyoncé, saying, “I just want to thank you for motivating the world to become a better place.”
Beyoncé also showed her gratitude to the singer for playing the harmonica on her version of “Jolene,” which was released with her latest album Cowboy Carter.
The singer was grateful for being honored with the Innovator Award, noting, “Innovation starts with a dream. But...
- 4/2/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is a landmark provocation that dares the country music establishment to look itself in the eye. Nashville has spent decades marginalizing Black women like Linda Martell and Rhiannon Giddens, and outright ignoring the likes of Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts. Beyoncé, inspired at least partially by the ugly fallout from her appearance alongside the Chicks at the CMAs in 2016, is now playing a game of chicken with Music Row. Are they really going to ignore one of the most prominent Black artists of the last 20 years when she comes to the gates of their white picket fences? And, if so, how are they going to reconcile that with their insistence that of course we aren’t racist with the fact that Beyoncé has proven that she knows exactly what she’s doing and why.
Every choice Beyoncé has made on Cowboy Carter betrays a...
Every choice Beyoncé has made on Cowboy Carter betrays a...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jonathan Keefe
- Slant Magazine
Beyoncé is a winner!
Following the release of her critically acclaimed new album Cowboy Carter, the 42-year-old entertainer was honored with the Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday (April 1) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Beyoncé
While being honored by the legendary Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé walked out on stage in a black leather jumpsuit paired with a black cowboy with gold detailing.
“Tonight, you called me an innovator and for that, I’m very grateful,” Beyoncé said in her acceptance speech. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream and that role can be very bumpy.”
“Being an innovator is saying what everyone believes is impossible,” she continued. “Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength. Being an innovator is leaning on faith, trusting that God will catch you and guide you.
Following the release of her critically acclaimed new album Cowboy Carter, the 42-year-old entertainer was honored with the Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday (April 1) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Beyoncé
While being honored by the legendary Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé walked out on stage in a black leather jumpsuit paired with a black cowboy with gold detailing.
“Tonight, you called me an innovator and for that, I’m very grateful,” Beyoncé said in her acceptance speech. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream and that role can be very bumpy.”
“Being an innovator is saying what everyone believes is impossible,” she continued. “Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength. Being an innovator is leaning on faith, trusting that God will catch you and guide you.
- 4/2/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Call it Queen Bey’s impact: Cowboy Carter saw Beyoncé dive deep into her country roots — and with the album, which Rolling Stone named an instant classic, she helped introduce thousands of fans to some of country music’s legends.
New data from Spotify provided to Rolling Stone on Monday reveals that music streams for artists Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, and Dolly Parton skyrocketed following Cowboy Carter‘s release — with some streaming numbers reaching jumps into the tens of thousands.
Linda Martell, whose 1970 LP, Color Me Country, was the first...
New data from Spotify provided to Rolling Stone on Monday reveals that music streams for artists Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, and Dolly Parton skyrocketed following Cowboy Carter‘s release — with some streaming numbers reaching jumps into the tens of thousands.
Linda Martell, whose 1970 LP, Color Me Country, was the first...
- 4/1/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is galloping on Spotify and bringing other Black country-based artists for the ride.
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
- 4/1/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After Beyoncé’s revelatory new album Cowboy Carter arrived everywhere on Friday, March 29th, some fans weren’t so happy with the products they purchased. Beyoncé’s physical releases of Cowboy Carter left out some key tracks: “YA YA,” “Spaghettii,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Oh Louisiana,” and “Flamenco” are all absent from the vinyls.
The CD version includes “Flamenco,” but per Rolling Stone, the limited edition CD was supposed to include an additional song — it turns out that “Flamenco” was that additional song all along, even though it appears on the digital release of Cowboy Carter. Vinyl purchasers, however, weren’t given “Flamenco” on their records, nor do the pair of Linda Martell-featuring tracks “Spaghettii” and “The Linda Martell Show” appear.
The BBC is positing that these songs were added to Cowboy Carter’s tracklist late, and thus could not be retrospectively added to the physical formats in time for the album’s release.
The CD version includes “Flamenco,” but per Rolling Stone, the limited edition CD was supposed to include an additional song — it turns out that “Flamenco” was that additional song all along, even though it appears on the digital release of Cowboy Carter. Vinyl purchasers, however, weren’t given “Flamenco” on their records, nor do the pair of Linda Martell-featuring tracks “Spaghettii” and “The Linda Martell Show” appear.
The BBC is positing that these songs were added to Cowboy Carter’s tracklist late, and thus could not be retrospectively added to the physical formats in time for the album’s release.
- 4/1/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé’s entry album into the country music genre, Cowboy Carter, was released on March 29, and it’s already shattering records on streaming platforms.
After the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer dropped her new album, Spotify said it became the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far.”
“This is also the first time a country album holds the title this year,” Spotify shared on Instagram.
Amazon Music also said in a statement posted on Instagram, “Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s biggest album debut” on the platform “with the most first-day global streams of all of her albums, and the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist.”
Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album. It features collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Raye, Ryan Beatty, and Jon Batiste. The album also pays homage to Dolly Parton with a cover of “Jolene,...
After the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer dropped her new album, Spotify said it became the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far.”
“This is also the first time a country album holds the title this year,” Spotify shared on Instagram.
Amazon Music also said in a statement posted on Instagram, “Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s biggest album debut” on the platform “with the most first-day global streams of all of her albums, and the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist.”
Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album. It features collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Raye, Ryan Beatty, and Jon Batiste. The album also pays homage to Dolly Parton with a cover of “Jolene,...
- 3/31/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Amid all the acclaim for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, there is a growing controversy among fans as the album is missing some key tracks in its compact disc and vinyl form.
Fans who preordered physical copies Cowboy Carter are turning to social media and message boards like Reddit to complain that their albums are missing five tracks that were on the digital version: The album standout “Ya Ya,” as well as “Spaghettii,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Oh Louisiana,” and “Flamenco” are all excised from the vinyl version.
The preordered CD...
Fans who preordered physical copies Cowboy Carter are turning to social media and message boards like Reddit to complain that their albums are missing five tracks that were on the digital version: The album standout “Ya Ya,” as well as “Spaghettii,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Oh Louisiana,” and “Flamenco” are all excised from the vinyl version.
The preordered CD...
- 3/31/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Jon Batiste is giving high praise to Beyoncé, with whom he collaborated on a new country music album, Cowboy Carter.
Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.
Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.
“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...
Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.
Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.
“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the start of Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé makes it clear this ain’t your typical country album. Opening epic “Ameriican Requiem” is part gospel, part-Queen, part-Buffalo Springfield as the artist lays out both her intentions and lineage. “Used to say I spoke ‘Too country’/And the rejection came, said I wasn’t ‘country ‘nough’/Said I wouldn’t saddle up/But if that ain’t country, tell me what is?” she sings from the gut, after listing off her bona fide country credentials.
Like everything Beyoncé has done, specifically in...
Like everything Beyoncé has done, specifically in...
- 3/30/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
From country icons Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson to featured guests Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, every star who worked on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter shared their excitement for joining Queen Bey on her country album released Friday.
Rising stars such as Raye and Tiera Kennedy expressed their gratitude to Beyoncé, and even Nancy Sinatra, who was sampled on the project, said the usage of her iconic song “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” might “be the best sample” of the song.
Miley joins Queen Bey on “II Most Wanted,...
Rising stars such as Raye and Tiera Kennedy expressed their gratitude to Beyoncé, and even Nancy Sinatra, who was sampled on the project, said the usage of her iconic song “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” might “be the best sample” of the song.
Miley joins Queen Bey on “II Most Wanted,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
These boots were certainly made for walkin’!
On Friday evening, Nancy Sinatra celebrated Beyoncé sampling her iconic 1965 single “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” on the Cowboy Carter standout “Ya Ya.”
“To have a little piece of one of my records in a @Beyonce song is very meaningful to me because I love her,” Sinatra wrote on X. “She represents what is great about today’s music and I’m delighted to be a tiny part of it.”
“This may be the best sample of ‘Boots’ yet! And the beat goes on…...
On Friday evening, Nancy Sinatra celebrated Beyoncé sampling her iconic 1965 single “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” on the Cowboy Carter standout “Ya Ya.”
“To have a little piece of one of my records in a @Beyonce song is very meaningful to me because I love her,” Sinatra wrote on X. “She represents what is great about today’s music and I’m delighted to be a tiny part of it.”
“This may be the best sample of ‘Boots’ yet! And the beat goes on…...
- 3/29/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, is out in the wild. In a press release, Beyoncé provided extensive insight into the making of the album and its variety of influences. Plus, read our review the album here.
Each Song Was Inspired by a Western Film
Notably, each song is its own version of a reimagined Western film, including Michael Matthews’ Five Fingers For Marseilles; James Bridges’ Urban Cowboy; Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight; Clint Eastwood’s Space Cowboys; Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall; and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Often times, they films were playing on a screen during the recording process.
Additionally, some aspects of the album’s percussion were inspired by the Coen Brothers’ ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Beyoncé also found inspiration in traditional country, R&b, blues, zydeco, and Black folk music, as well as from her childhood trips to the Houston Rodeo.
Each Song Was Inspired by a Western Film
Notably, each song is its own version of a reimagined Western film, including Michael Matthews’ Five Fingers For Marseilles; James Bridges’ Urban Cowboy; Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight; Clint Eastwood’s Space Cowboys; Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall; and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Often times, they films were playing on a screen during the recording process.
Additionally, some aspects of the album’s percussion were inspired by the Coen Brothers’ ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Beyoncé also found inspiration in traditional country, R&b, blues, zydeco, and Black folk music, as well as from her childhood trips to the Houston Rodeo.
- 3/29/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé shines a spotlight on country pioneer Linda Martell, whose 1970 LP, Color Me Country, was the first major country album released by a Black woman. Martell speaks the intro to “Spaghettii,” talking about the confining nature of the word “genre,” and she gets her own track, “The Linda Martell Show,” a segue track introducing “Ya Ya” as a “tune [that] stretches across a range of genres, and that’s what makes it a unique listening experience.”
Martell, 82, released a statement on Instagram on Friday thanking Beyoncé for the recognition.
Martell, 82, released a statement on Instagram on Friday thanking Beyoncé for the recognition.
- 3/29/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The second track on Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé’s country album on the cover of which the singer wears red, white, and blue, and carries an American flag — is a take on a song by notoriously British band, The Beatles. At first glance, the cover of “Blackbird,” while beautiful, may seem like an outlier. Other artists featured on the album include country icons like Dolly Parton, Linda Martell, and Willie Nelson. The Beatles’ song makes more sense on the album than it may initially seem, though.
Beyoncé covers The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ on ‘Cowboy Carter’
Cowboy Carter features a luminous, true-to-the-original cover of “Blackbird.” Beyoncé sings the song, accompanied by the harmonies of Black country artists Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer, and Reyna Roberts. The folky, White Album classic is an unexpected addition to the country album. It’s also a crucial one.
Paul McCartney, who wrote the song in 1968, explained his inspiration for “Blackbird.
Beyoncé covers The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ on ‘Cowboy Carter’
Cowboy Carter features a luminous, true-to-the-original cover of “Blackbird.” Beyoncé sings the song, accompanied by the harmonies of Black country artists Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer, and Reyna Roberts. The folky, White Album classic is an unexpected addition to the country album. It’s also a crucial one.
Paul McCartney, who wrote the song in 1968, explained his inspiration for “Blackbird.
- 3/29/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Beyoncé unveiled a poster homage to country jamborees to announce the track list to Cowboy Carter, the project’s country tie-ins became even more clear. The artwork included references to Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton — and Linda Martell, a name that may have only resonated with country scholars.
Although she isn’t a star on the magnitude of the other names Beyoncé included, Martell, now 82, left a sizable mark on country music. Released in 1970, her sole album, Color Me Country, was the first major release by a Black female artist in country.
Although she isn’t a star on the magnitude of the other names Beyoncé included, Martell, now 82, left a sizable mark on country music. Released in 1970, her sole album, Color Me Country, was the first major release by a Black female artist in country.
- 3/29/2024
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Miley Cyrus wrote about her deepening “admiration” for Beyoncé after collaborating with her on the Cowboy Carter track “II Most Wanted.”
On social media, Cyrus raved about Bey and the duet, saying, “I’ve loved Beyoncé since long before I had the opportunity to meet & work with her. My admiration runs so much deeper now that I’ve created along side of her”
She went on to thank Beyoncé — “You’re my everything & more” — as well as “everyone who spent time making this song so special.”
II Most Wanted is...
On social media, Cyrus raved about Bey and the duet, saying, “I’ve loved Beyoncé since long before I had the opportunity to meet & work with her. My admiration runs so much deeper now that I’ve created along side of her”
She went on to thank Beyoncé — “You’re my everything & more” — as well as “everyone who spent time making this song so special.”
II Most Wanted is...
- 3/29/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter was created over the past five years. During that span of time, the world was upended by a global pandemic and social strife; Martin Scorsese grappled with the blood on the hands of American history with Killers of the Flower Moon; and Beyoncé brought diamonds and disco to the dance floor on Renaissance. All these vastly different occurrences are components that informed the creation, imagery, and release of Beyoncé’s first-ever country album.
“My process is that I typically have to experiment,” Beyoncé shared in a...
“My process is that I typically have to experiment,” Beyoncé shared in a...
- 3/29/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Shaboozey, the Nigerian-American musician with a couple prominent features on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, is embracing this big release date moment and announcing his own new album, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, out May 31.
The genre-bending rapper/singer/producer/filmmaker has been trickling out new music from the LP over the past few months, including “Annabelle,” “Let It Burn,” and “Vegas” (which was a Rolling Stone “Song You Need to Know” earlier this month). Where I’ve Been marks Shaboozey’s third LP, following 2022’s Cowboys Live Forever,...
The genre-bending rapper/singer/producer/filmmaker has been trickling out new music from the LP over the past few months, including “Annabelle,” “Let It Burn,” and “Vegas” (which was a Rolling Stone “Song You Need to Know” earlier this month). Where I’ve Been marks Shaboozey’s third LP, following 2022’s Cowboys Live Forever,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is finally here and fans of both country and pop are poring over the album. While the artist behind it made a point to say, “This ain’t a country album. This is a Beyoncé album,” the record has its share of country songs, sounds, and signifiers. But as with nearly everything she does, Beyoncé makes the genre her own — with captivating results.
There are cameos by country legends, features by genre-flouting pop stars, and introductions to hot new talent. But at the core, Beyoncé is...
There are cameos by country legends, features by genre-flouting pop stars, and introductions to hot new talent. But at the core, Beyoncé is...
- 3/29/2024
- by Mankaprr Conteh and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Beyonce‘s new country album Cowboy Carter has officially arrived and you can stream it in full right here!
The 42-year-old singer dropped her eighth studio album on Friday (March 29) and there are 27 tracks on the incredible new album, including some interludes.
The album features duets with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Willie Nelson, and more. Bey‘s six-year-old daughter Rumi Carter even has a feature on the song “Protector.”
Blue Ivy Carter is already a Grammy winner. Could her younger sister Rumi be the next winner in the family?!
Cowboy Carter is also known as Act II in Beyonce‘s trilogy project, which began with Renaissance. The country album has been in the works ever since the entertainer teamed up with The Chicks for a performance of “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 CMA Awards, a performance which received backlash from country music fans who didn’t want her to be in the genre.
The 42-year-old singer dropped her eighth studio album on Friday (March 29) and there are 27 tracks on the incredible new album, including some interludes.
The album features duets with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Willie Nelson, and more. Bey‘s six-year-old daughter Rumi Carter even has a feature on the song “Protector.”
Blue Ivy Carter is already a Grammy winner. Could her younger sister Rumi be the next winner in the family?!
Cowboy Carter is also known as Act II in Beyonce‘s trilogy project, which began with Renaissance. The country album has been in the works ever since the entertainer teamed up with The Chicks for a performance of “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 CMA Awards, a performance which received backlash from country music fans who didn’t want her to be in the genre.
- 3/29/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Grab your cowboy hat, because Act II: Cowboy Carter, the next installment of Beyoncé’s Renaissance project, has officially arrived. Stream it below.
The second act kicked off in February with the album announcement and dual drop of “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” which confirmed this project as country-inspired. Shortly after, Beyoncé revealed that this album was born of an experience where she didn’t feel welcomed, and the process of writing and recording Act II has encouraged her to take a deep dive into the rich history of Black artists in country music.
She’s enlisted a crew of serious heavy hitters to join her on the journey, including icons Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. Miley Cyrus and Post Malone also guest on Cowboy Carter. Linda Martell, the first Black woman to ever play the Grand Ole Opry, gets a moment to take center stage, too.
Update: Beyoncé has...
The second act kicked off in February with the album announcement and dual drop of “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” which confirmed this project as country-inspired. Shortly after, Beyoncé revealed that this album was born of an experience where she didn’t feel welcomed, and the process of writing and recording Act II has encouraged her to take a deep dive into the rich history of Black artists in country music.
She’s enlisted a crew of serious heavy hitters to join her on the journey, including icons Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. Miley Cyrus and Post Malone also guest on Cowboy Carter. Linda Martell, the first Black woman to ever play the Grand Ole Opry, gets a moment to take center stage, too.
Update: Beyoncé has...
- 3/29/2024
- by Mary Siroky
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncè tried to break the internet in her Super Bowl commercial and wound up breaking our brains with the announcement of her newest album Cowboy Carter, dropping tomorrow.
Confirmed songs for the highly anticipated release reveal collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Tanner Adell and more, according to Variety. Additionally, country legends Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell will all be featured in interludes on the album.
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Confirmed songs for the highly anticipated release reveal collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Tanner Adell and more, according to Variety. Additionally, country legends Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell will all be featured in interludes on the album.
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- 3/28/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Cowboy Carter has arrived in areas of the world where it’s already Friday — i.e., New Zealand and Australia — and more details about Beyoncé’s new album have emerged.
Yesterday’s reveal of the Cowboy Carter track list confirmed that the album featured her long-rumored cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” but the Australasian release also brings news that “Blackbiird” — stylized with double i’s on the track list — is actually a cover of the Beatles’ White Album classic “Blackbird,” a song that Paul McCartney penned in tribute to the Little Rock Nine.
Yesterday’s reveal of the Cowboy Carter track list confirmed that the album featured her long-rumored cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” but the Australasian release also brings news that “Blackbiird” — stylized with double i’s on the track list — is actually a cover of the Beatles’ White Album classic “Blackbird,” a song that Paul McCartney penned in tribute to the Little Rock Nine.
- 3/28/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter has officially been released in international markets, including New Zealand and Australia, revealing more details about the album and its special guests.
Cowboy Carter is presented in the style of a country radio program, with country music icons Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Linda Martell all taking turns as DJs.
The album includes a pair of covers: Parton’s “Jolene” and The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” It also includes collaborations with Miley Cyrus (“II Most Wanted”), Post Malone (“Levii’s Jeans”), and Shaboozey (“Spaghettii”).
All told, Cowboy Carter spans 27 tracks (including interstitials) with a runtime of one hour and 18 minutes.
Act II: Cowboy Carter is the next chapter of Beyoncé’s Renaissance trilogy, which kicked off in 2023 with her album of the same name.
Cowboy Carter Tracklist:
01. Ameriican Requiem
02. Blackbird (The Beatles Cover)
03. 16 Carriages
04. Protector
05. My Rose
06. Smoke Hour with Willie Nelson
07. Texas Hold ‘Em
08. Bodyguard
09. Dolly...
Cowboy Carter is presented in the style of a country radio program, with country music icons Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Linda Martell all taking turns as DJs.
The album includes a pair of covers: Parton’s “Jolene” and The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” It also includes collaborations with Miley Cyrus (“II Most Wanted”), Post Malone (“Levii’s Jeans”), and Shaboozey (“Spaghettii”).
All told, Cowboy Carter spans 27 tracks (including interstitials) with a runtime of one hour and 18 minutes.
Act II: Cowboy Carter is the next chapter of Beyoncé’s Renaissance trilogy, which kicked off in 2023 with her album of the same name.
Cowboy Carter Tracklist:
01. Ameriican Requiem
02. Blackbird (The Beatles Cover)
03. 16 Carriages
04. Protector
05. My Rose
06. Smoke Hour with Willie Nelson
07. Texas Hold ‘Em
08. Bodyguard
09. Dolly...
- 3/28/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé shared a new post on social media in which she seemingly dropped the track list of her new album, Cowboy Carter. The album includes collaborations with country music icons like Dolly Parton and Linda Martell.
The graphic, set to look like a rodeo poster, showcases that March 29 is when the album will be released. Previously released songs like “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” appear next to titles like, “Ameriican Requiem,” “Blackbiird,” “Protector,” “My Rose,” “Bodyguard,” “Daughter,” “Spaghettii,” “Alliigator Tears,” “Smoke Hour II,” “Just for Fun,” “II Most Wanted,” “Levii’s Jeans,” “Flamenco,” “Ya Ya,” “Oh Louisiana,” “Desert Eagle,” “Riiverdance,” “Tyrant,” “II Hands II Heaven,” “Sweet Honey Buckin'” and “Amen.”
“Dolly P” appears in the poster, which is a nod to Parton’s song “Jolene,” which is rumored to be one of the songs Beyoncé is set to cover.
A nod to Martell, a first Black country artist who was...
The graphic, set to look like a rodeo poster, showcases that March 29 is when the album will be released. Previously released songs like “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” appear next to titles like, “Ameriican Requiem,” “Blackbiird,” “Protector,” “My Rose,” “Bodyguard,” “Daughter,” “Spaghettii,” “Alliigator Tears,” “Smoke Hour II,” “Just for Fun,” “II Most Wanted,” “Levii’s Jeans,” “Flamenco,” “Ya Ya,” “Oh Louisiana,” “Desert Eagle,” “Riiverdance,” “Tyrant,” “II Hands II Heaven,” “Sweet Honey Buckin'” and “Amen.”
“Dolly P” appears in the poster, which is a nod to Parton’s song “Jolene,” which is rumored to be one of the songs Beyoncé is set to cover.
A nod to Martell, a first Black country artist who was...
- 3/27/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Ahead of the release of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter in two days, the singer has finally shared the track list for her country-flavored follow-up to Renaissance.
In addition to the already-released singles “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” Cowboy Carter also has tracks name-checking country legends like Willie Nelson (“Smoke Break”), the pioneering Linda Martell (“The Linda Martell Show”) and Dolly Parton; the latter is represented with “Dolly P” and a cover of “Jolene” that Parton previously hinted at.
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In addition to the already-released singles “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” Cowboy Carter also has tracks name-checking country legends like Willie Nelson (“Smoke Break”), the pioneering Linda Martell (“The Linda Martell Show”) and Dolly Parton; the latter is represented with “Dolly P” and a cover of “Jolene” that Parton previously hinted at.
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- 3/27/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé has unveiled the tracklist for her upcoming album, Cowboy Carter, which is set for release this Friday, March 29th. Update: The album has been released internationally. Cowboy Carter includes tracks with Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, as well as covers of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Linda Martell act as radio DJs on the album.
Earlier this month, Dolly Parton let it slip that Beyoncé had recorded a cover of “Jolene.” “I think it’s probably gonna be on her country album, which I’m very excited about that,” Parton explained. “I love her! She’s a beautiful girl and a great singer.”
“Jolene” is in fact on Cowboy Carter, but that’s not all! Parton herself is apparently a featured guest on the album, as is fellow country music legend Willie Nelson.
Other song titles include “American Requiem,” “Black Bird,...
Earlier this month, Dolly Parton let it slip that Beyoncé had recorded a cover of “Jolene.” “I think it’s probably gonna be on her country album, which I’m very excited about that,” Parton explained. “I love her! She’s a beautiful girl and a great singer.”
“Jolene” is in fact on Cowboy Carter, but that’s not all! Parton herself is apparently a featured guest on the album, as is fellow country music legend Willie Nelson.
Other song titles include “American Requiem,” “Black Bird,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Dolly Parton congratulated fellow legend Beyoncé on topping Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with her new single “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
Taking to social media, Parton shared an image on Instagram Thursday night that read: “I’m a big fan of Beyoncé and very excited that she’s done a country album. So congratulations on your Billboard Hot Country number one single. Can’t wait to hear the full album!”
The Jolene singer recently traversed genres herself with her 49th album Rockstar, which was her first foray into rock & roll.
Taking to social media, Parton shared an image on Instagram Thursday night that read: “I’m a big fan of Beyoncé and very excited that she’s done a country album. So congratulations on your Billboard Hot Country number one single. Can’t wait to hear the full album!”
The Jolene singer recently traversed genres herself with her 49th album Rockstar, which was her first foray into rock & roll.
- 2/23/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé has become the first Black woman artist ever to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart in the modern history of country music, thanks to her country debut “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which also opened at Number Two on the Hot 100, the publication announced on Tuesday.
“Texas Hold ‘Em” dethroned Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ “I Remember Everything,” which has spent 20 weeks at Number One on the country chart and topped the Hot 100 last year. Beyoncé was buoyed mainly by strong streams and sales, with “Texas Hold ‘Em” getting 19.2 million...
“Texas Hold ‘Em” dethroned Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ “I Remember Everything,” which has spent 20 weeks at Number One on the country chart and topped the Hot 100 last year. Beyoncé was buoyed mainly by strong streams and sales, with “Texas Hold ‘Em” getting 19.2 million...
- 2/20/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
The CMT Music Awards telecast has added some star power to this coming Sunday’s CBS telecast, with a couple of pairings that match famous female pop stars with women artists in the country world, plus a diversity-celebrating “Equal Play” honor for crossover queen Shania Twain.
On the collaborative front, Gwen Stefani will join recent No. 1 country hitmaker Carly Pearce for a duet of a yet-unannounced song.
And Alanis Morissette will be joined on her original signature number, “You Oughta Know,” by four of country’s most compelling young artists — Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and chart-toppers Lainey Wilson and Ingrid Andress (plus guitarist Jackie Venson) — as part of a salute to the 10th anniversary of CMT’s Next Women of Country initiative. All four of Morissette’s singing counterparts on this collab came up being featured as part of the annual Next Women lineups.
Twain will be receiving CMT’s Equal Play Award,...
On the collaborative front, Gwen Stefani will join recent No. 1 country hitmaker Carly Pearce for a duet of a yet-unannounced song.
And Alanis Morissette will be joined on her original signature number, “You Oughta Know,” by four of country’s most compelling young artists — Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and chart-toppers Lainey Wilson and Ingrid Andress (plus guitarist Jackie Venson) — as part of a salute to the 10th anniversary of CMT’s Next Women of Country initiative. All four of Morissette’s singing counterparts on this collab came up being featured as part of the annual Next Women lineups.
Twain will be receiving CMT’s Equal Play Award,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Rissi Palmer had a brief brush with the country-music mainstream in 2007 when her song “Country Girl” made it onto Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Its success makes her one of only three Black women, alongside Linda Martell and Mickey Guyton, to have ever achieved the feat with a solo recording.
“If that doesn’t tell you everything that you need to know about the business, I don’t know what to say,” Palmer says in the opening moments of her new documentary Still Here, which begins airing March 24 at 9 p.
“If that doesn’t tell you everything that you need to know about the business, I don’t know what to say,” Palmer says in the opening moments of her new documentary Still Here, which begins airing March 24 at 9 p.
- 3/24/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
It may seem counterintuitive that June’s annual CMT Music Awards would not premiere on CMT each year, but the formerly cable-only only show is moving up in the world, as it’ll move to the CBS prime-time schedule beginning in 2022.
It probably isn’t coincidental that CBS and the Academy of Country Music Awards have recently gone through a fairly public breakup, creating the opportunity for the network to look no further than within its own ViacomCBS house for a rebound romance. Moving the CMTs to ViacomCBS’ namesake network allows CBS to put all those resources into an in-house franchise and not pay the mammoth licensing fee that was a sticking point in ACM re-up negotiations.
If the usual June date for the CMTs were to hold, it would not be that far off from the April date that used to be set in stone for the ACMs on CBS every year.
It probably isn’t coincidental that CBS and the Academy of Country Music Awards have recently gone through a fairly public breakup, creating the opportunity for the network to look no further than within its own ViacomCBS house for a rebound romance. Moving the CMTs to ViacomCBS’ namesake network allows CBS to put all those resources into an in-house franchise and not pay the mammoth licensing fee that was a sticking point in ACM re-up negotiations.
If the usual June date for the CMTs were to hold, it would not be that far off from the April date that used to be set in stone for the ACMs on CBS every year.
- 6/28/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here.
Rissi Palmer, a keen student of history, had long noticed problems with the way people talked about race in country music. Discussions often centered on the same small group of artists but never thoroughly investigated the past beyond Charley Pride — and she knew there was a rich history of artistic contributions out there. She felt compelled to set the record straight.
Rissi Palmer, a keen student of history, had long noticed problems with the way people talked about race in country music. Discussions often centered on the same small group of artists but never thoroughly investigated the past beyond Charley Pride — and she knew there was a rich history of artistic contributions out there. She felt compelled to set the record straight.
- 6/15/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The producers of the 2021 CMT Music Awards were clearly paying attention. After a year-plus national conversation about equity, diversity, and, yes, racism, Wednesday night’s CMT Awards made a clear attempt to be inclusive, devoting airtime to artists and personalities of color.
Instead of putting all of their effort into one token set piece or presentation, the show highlighted a diverse group of black voices throughout the broadcast. There was the superb black vocal group the Shindellas opening the awards with Lady A. There was Blanco Brown playing the spoons into a commercial break.
Instead of putting all of their effort into one token set piece or presentation, the show highlighted a diverse group of black voices throughout the broadcast. There was the superb black vocal group the Shindellas opening the awards with Lady A. There was Blanco Brown playing the spoons into a commercial break.
- 6/10/2021
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
After last year’s show was delayed from its usual June date to October because of the pandemic, the 2021 CMT Music Awards get back in their Nashville groove. From the hosts and the nominees to the presenters and performers, here’s all you need to know to watch CMT’s annual celebration of country music videos.
When Are the CMT Music Awards?
The 2021 CMT Music Awards are Wednesday, June 9th. The show is broadcast with live and taped segments from Nashville.
How Can I Watch the CMT Music Awards?
The...
When Are the CMT Music Awards?
The 2021 CMT Music Awards are Wednesday, June 9th. The show is broadcast with live and taped segments from Nashville.
How Can I Watch the CMT Music Awards?
The...
- 6/8/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
In the mid-2000s, Miko Marks was trying to make a serious run at mainstream country stardom. She put out a pair of albums, 2005’s Freeway Bound and 2007’s It Feels Good, posing in a cowboy hat for both cover images, and showed herself to be a skillful singer who was cutting the kind of palatable country-pop that worked at country radio.
In hindsight, she realizes she was naïve about how Music Row might receive a black woman singing country music.
“I was young and I was bright-eyed and I was thinking,...
In hindsight, she realizes she was naïve about how Music Row might receive a black woman singing country music.
“I was young and I was bright-eyed and I was thinking,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Long after the music faded out, she can still hear the hateful words. The year was 1969, and Linda Martell hoped to become one of country music’s breakthrough acts. She had a single on the charts, an album on the way, and the backing of a Nashville industry player. The next step was to play live, and her newly hired booking agent secured a gig in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to work out her stage show.
Martell had a warm smile, a stylish beehive, and a way with country phrasing, as heard on that hit single,...
Martell had a warm smile, a stylish beehive, and a way with country phrasing, as heard on that hit single,...
- 9/2/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Soul legend Al Green has announced a short tour that marks his first run of shows in seven years.
The five-date tour kicks off April 4th at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas. Green will then perform in Irving, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana – where he’ll take the stage at the annual Jazz and Heritage Festival – and Houston, Texas, before wrapping May 3rd at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Green will receive support from Tank and the Bangas and the War and Treaty on select dates.
Tickets for...
The five-date tour kicks off April 4th at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas. Green will then perform in Irving, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana – where he’ll take the stage at the annual Jazz and Heritage Festival – and Houston, Texas, before wrapping May 3rd at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Green will receive support from Tank and the Bangas and the War and Treaty on select dates.
Tickets for...
- 2/6/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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