00:00The 2024 CMA Awards nominations are out and Beyoncé was heavily snubbed.
00:07Queen B was completely shut out of this year's nominations, despite having one of the year's biggest country albums.
00:14Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter made history this year when it spent four weeks on top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart,
00:20making her the first black woman to achieve the feat.
00:23She also became the first black woman to hit the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart with Texas Hold'em,
00:31which held the top position for a whopping 10 weeks.
00:35The 27-track project featuring Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Miley Cyrus, and Post Malone
00:41drove cultural conversations about black artists reclaiming the genres they started, including country music.
00:47Beyoncé 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.
00:56The CMAs are voted on by members of the Country Music Association, which includes artists, executives, songwriters, and other industry professionals.
01:04The CMA snub comes eight years after controversy ensued at the 2016 CMAs,
01:09when Beyoncé surprised the audience with a performance of her country song, Daddy Lessons, alongside the Chicks,
01:15which received some backlash from country music.
01:18The singer seemed to reference the CMAs when she teased Cowboy Carter in March.
01:22This album has been over five years in the making.
01:25It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed, and it was very clear that I wasn't.
01:31But because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of country music and studied our rich musical archive.
01:37By contrast, another artist who released his first country album this year, Post Malone, was welcomed with the nominations,
01:44earning four nods for I Had Some Help, his hit number one featuring Morgan Wallen.
01:48Meanwhile, Wallen himself earned seven nods.
01:51For more on this year's nominations, head to THR.com.
01:55And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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