Beyoncé has made history, once again, after becoming the first black woman to top the Hot Country Songs chart with her hit song Texas Hold ‘Em.
His feat comes after receiving praise for his two new country songs from some of the genre’s top artists, including Maren Morris and Lainey Wilson, who warmly welcomed the 42-year-old superstar into the country music community. this week.
Texas Hold ‘Em, which was released on February 11 and hit country radio just two days later, knocked Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ duo I Remember Everything off the top spot, where it has remained for 20 weeks.
The 32-time Grammy winner’s other country song, 16 Carriages, which came out the same day as Texas Hold ‘Em, debuted at No. 9.
Beyoncé has made history again by becoming the first black woman to top the Hot Country Songs chart with her hit song Texas Hold ‘Em.
His feat comes after receiving praise for his two new country songs from some of the genre’s top artists, including Maren Morris and Lainey Wilson, who warmly welcomed the 42-year-old superstar into the country music community. this week.
Both songs by the mother of three were advertised in a Verizon commercial that aired during CBS’ broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII.
The wife of rapper Jay-Z will release a full-length country album, titled Act II, on March 29 as a follow-up to her 2022 LP Renaissance.
According BillboardTexas Hold ‘Em received “19.2 million official streams and 4.8 million viewership across all formats and sold 39,000 in the US as of February 15.”
Meanwhile, the outlet added that 16 Carriages attracted “10.3 million plays, 90,000 in radio reach and 14,000 sold.”
She is currently the first and only woman to have topped both Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
The artist’s latest achievement comes after her fans forced a country music radio station to play Texas Hold ‘Em after they initially refused.
Last week, a Twitter user under the name @jussatto said that Ada, Oklahoma-based country music station KYKC had rejected his request to play his new single Texas Hold ‘Em.
“I requested Texas Hold ‘Em on my local country radio station (KYKC) and after requesting it, I received an email from the radio station saying, ‘We don’t play Beyoncé on KYKC because we are a country music station,'” he said. the social network said the user, along with a screenshot of the response he received from the radio station.
Texas Hold ‘Em, which premiered on February 11 and hit country radio just two days later, knocked Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgrave’s duo I Remember Everything off the top spot, where it has remained for 20 weeks.
The 32-time Grammy winner’s other country song, 16 Carriages, which came out the same day as Texas Hold ‘Em, debuted at No. 9.
The user added: “This station must be held accountable for their blatant racism and discrimination against Beyoncé.”
The posts garnered multiple responses from Beyoncé fans upset with the alleged exclusion.
The Twitter user later said TMZ that their initial request to the station read, ‘Please play the new song, Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyoncé,’ and added that they believed the station should have known that Beyoncé was ready to release new music in the country genre.
The artist’s latest achievement comes after her fans forced a country music radio station to play Texas Hold ‘Em after they initially refused.
A rep for the station told TMZ last Tuesday that the reason they haven’t played the songs (Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages) is because they haven’t been provided to them. Another local station, KECO, confirmed to the outlet that it had not been sent copies of the songs.
Station KYKC eventually received copies of the tracks, as it told TMZ, and began playing Texas Hold ‘Em on Tuesday.
At the time, he tweeted a screenshot of his playlist, acknowledging that the single was now in his rotation: “We’re getting a lot of calls for Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyoncé.” It will arrive in a few minutes.
Act II is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album.