Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Album Locked Out Of Country Music Association Award Nominations

Beyoncé was excluded completely from the 2024 Country Music Association Awards nominations despite the success of her latest album COWBOY CARTER the CMA’s completely locked Queen Bey out of all categories including Entertainer of The Year and Album Of The Year. Both wins for the global icon and groundbreaking album would have made history. the album of the year award is “judged on all aspects including, but not limited to, artist’s performance, musical background, engineering, packaging, design, art, layout and liner notes. Released in March 2024, COWBOY CARTER earned the mother of three her eighth Billboard No. 1 album. The work also distinguished Beyoncé as the first Black woman in history to debut at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart since the chart launched in January 1964. Additional accolades made by the acclaimed album include debuting at No. 1 on the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts. The top nominee at the 2024 CMAs is Morgan Wallen with a total of seven. Shaboozey, the record-breaking country pop star featured on COWBOY CARTER also earned his first CMA nominations for single of the year for his chart-topping record “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” as well as New Artist Of The Year. While the 32-time Grammy winner has yet to make a public statement on the snub (and likely won’t), she did clarify her purpose in releasing the genre-blending work ahead of its release. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the supporters of TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and 16 CARRIAGES. I feel honored to be the first Black woman with the number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. That would not have happened without the outpouring of support from each and every one of you,” she explained. “My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.

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