Beyoncé’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” has rocked the music industry, launching at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with a record-breaking 407,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week of 2024. Even though “Cowboy Carter” is dominating and setting records, and Beyoncé has become the first Black woman to lead the Top Country Albums chart, she was left out of the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards nominations. This oversight brings up difficult questions about racism and the ongoing exclusion in country music—a genre deeply influenced by Black history.
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