The 2024 CMA Awards nominations are out, and Beyoncé was heavily snubbed. Queen Bey was completely shut out of this year's nominations despite having one of the year's biggest country albums.
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.
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