Beyoncé’s country does not convince such specialists

Last February with his album “Cowboy Carter” Beyoncé Ai Grammy had brought home the “gramophone” for the best album of the year.

A business card that was not enough for the Californian Academy of Country Music (ACM) to award your annual prize.

Also the Country Music Association (CMA of Nashville) excluded it from the nominations where it will instead be in the running for the album of the year Post Malone In turn, “electrocuted” by the country, a musical genre historically considered a monopoly of whites.

Founded in 1964 to promote country music of the West Coast, theAcademy of Country Music (ACM) today has a wider and more commercial vision: nevertheless he joined the verdict of last year of the Country Music Awards of Nashville (La Cma) who in September, excluding Beyonce ‘, had earned the accusation of having ignored the Houston singer as black and as a woman.

So Beyoncé’s father thought, Mathew Knowleswhile country artists had argued that, to get to the top of this musical genre, it is important to actively participate in its community. Certainly the Knowles was not part of the “community” before having recorded “Cowboy Carter”.

Which, however, could also be said for the Italian-American Post Malone, who instead obtained the nomination for his debut album in the genre, “F-1 Trillion”, Running against Megan Moroney With the album “Am I Okay? (I’m fine)”, Jelly Roll with his “Beautifully Broken”, Zach Top (“Cold Beer & Country Music”) e Lainey Wilson chosen for “Whirlwind”

The album in which Beyoncé leads the country to ancient Afro-American roots was one of the best-selling in 2024 and the Grammy in February was the first black singer who won a Grammy for a country album.

Various songs of “Cowboy Carter” had entered the final to the ACADEMY recording prizes including “Texas hold ‘EM“,”Levii’s Jeans“With Post Malone,”16 Carriages” And “II Most Wanted“With Miley Cyrus And which he won the Grammy for best country performance of a duet/group.

“We hoped that it was nominated? Of course. We are happy that Beyoncé is part of the country genre,” the CEO of the Academy of Country Music commented with Billboard Damon Whitesideadding that the pop star has “an invitation open to get on our stage every time she wants”.