Country music
The War and Treaty on Seeing Cotton Plant in Their Music Festival Dressing Room: “It’s a Safety Issue Now”
Though Black artists have made major strides on the recent country music scene — with Beyoncé and Shaboozey launching No. 1 hits and acts like Brittney Spencer and Tanner Adell marking breakthroughs — racism in the genre still exists. For Americana-country husband-and-wife duo The War and Treaty, it came last week at the Coca-Cola Sips […]
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Country Music Lovers: Here’s How to Watch Tonight’s CMA Fest 2024 Online for Free
The Country Music Association's three-hour concert will be hosted by Jelly Roll and Ashley McBride, who are also performing.
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How ‘Cowboy Carter’ Changed My Life: Shaboozey, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy on Seminal Beyoncé Album
When Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” hit the top spot on Billboard’s Hot country songs chart, she became the first Black woman to achieve the feat in the chart’s 80-year history. The tune blending elements of country, Western music, pop and soul reigned supreme for 10 weeks as her Cowboy Carter album emerged as a cultural […]
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ACM Awards: Post Malone, Dua Lipa Share Stage With Country Artists as Lainey Wilson Wins Entertainer of the Year
The country music world shared the stage at the 2024 ACM Awards, where Post Malone performed songs from his upcoming country album, Dua Lipa joined Chris Stapleton for a duet, and Avril Lavigne and Noah Kahan partnered with country musicians onstage. It almost felt like Beyoncé — who recently made history on the country charts […]
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Boosts Streams for Black Country Acts on Spotify (Exclusive)
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 […]
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Beyoncé Sends Flowers to Black Female Artists in Country: “Thank You for Opening Doors for Me”
Beyoncé is making sure her fellow Black female artists in the country space are getting their flowers too. Amid the release of her highly-anticipated country album Cowboy Carter on Friday, the Grammy-winning singer sent flowers and cards with sweet messages to K. Michelle and Mickey Guyton to show her appreciation for what they have already […]
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Album in One Day in 2024
Beyoncé’s newest album Cowboy Carter is already setting records. Not even 24 hours after its release, Spotify revealed that the Grammy-winning artist’s country album became its most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far. The music giant also noted that it was the first time a country album had held that title this […]
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20 Singers Who Made the Move to Country Music
The arrival of Beyoncé’s Act II: Cowboy Carter on Friday marks the singer’s most formidable move to country music since the inception of her beloved career in the 1990s. Act II is a follow-up to Beyoncé’s Renaissance, released in 2022 to universal acclaim and later toured across the globe in summer 2023. Act II includes […]
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Beyoncé Releases ‘Cowboy Carter’ Album
Beyoncé has officially released Act II: Cowboy Carter, the follow-up to her Grammy-winning album Renaissance. Featuring a 27-song tracklist, this is not only Beyoncé’s first country album, but it’s also the second installment in a potential trilogy or series of albums beginning with Renaissance. Earlier this week, she released the complete tracklist on her Instagram, which includes a […]
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Beyoncé Reveals ‘Cowboy Carter’ Spawned From Her Not Feeling “Welcomed” in Country Music
Beyoncé is getting candid about what led to the creation of Act II: Cowboy Carter, which is a continuation of her record-breaking album Renaissance. The 2022 Grammy-winning album has long been rumored to be a part of a trilogy, with the upcoming album being the second installment. The artist announced Act II in a Super […]
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T-Pain on Ghostwriting Country Songs and Usher’s Auto-Tune Criticism: “We’ve Been Fine”
T-Pain says he plans to continue to write country music songs as a ghostwriter. The singer-songwriter-producer recently made headlines when he revealed that he stopped taking credit for the country songs he’s worked on because of the “racism” he dealt with in the genre. “I wrote a lot of country songs, and the country songs […]
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Matthew McConaughey Joins Zach Bryan for ‘Nine Ball’ Music Video
Country star Zach Bryan recruited Western film legend Matthew McConaughey for his “Nine Ball” music video, released on Monday. The video, directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen, tells the story of a boy whose father is a gambling addict. McConaughey plays a pool shark who brings his young son to the bar while he bets cash […]
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