00:00Beyoncé's new album, Cowboy Carter, has boosted streams for black country artists on Spotify.
00:06Since the project's release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts who appear on Cowboy Carter,
00:11like Britney Spencer and Raina Roberts, has increased.
00:15The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal that Spencer saw an uptick of 170% in first-time listeners,
00:21while Roberts saw an increase of 125%.
00:24Meanwhile, Tanner Adele's first-time listeners also went up 125%,
00:28while Tierra Kennedy's were increased by 110%.
00:31Beyoncé collaborated with those four artists on a cover of The Beatles' Blackbird,
00:35the second track on Cowboy Carter.
00:41Meanwhile, Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on Just For Fun,
00:45saw an uptick of 75% in first-time listeners,
00:48and Shibuzzi, who was featured on Spaghetti and Sweet Honey Buckin', went up 70%.
00:52And the Beyoncé effect wasn't just for first-time listeners.
00:59The budding acts also saw a major uptick in catalog listening on Spotify in the last week.
01:03When it came to catalog listening, Tierra Kennedy saw an increase of 40,000%,
01:08Britney Spencer, 37,220%,
01:11Raina Roberts, 16,000%,
01:13Willie Jones, 5,650%,
01:16Tanner Adele, 3,200%,
01:19and Shibuzzi, 1,350%.
01:22For much more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:25This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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