Beyoncé snubbed in 2024 CMAs nominations — despite topping country charts with ‘Cowboy Carter’
nypost.comBeyoncé was shut out of the nominations for the 2024 CMA Awards released Monday.In a snub, there were no nominations for “Cowboy Carter” or its hit single “Texas Hold ’Em,” which went No.
1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Hot Country Songs charts, respectively — making Bey the first black woman to accomplish those feats in the predominantly white genre.“Cowboy Carter” — which featured everyone from Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson to Miley Cyrus and Post Malone — spent four weeks at No.
1 on the Top Country Albums chart, while “Texas Hold ’Em” had a long-running reign atop Hot Country Songs for 10 weeks. Seven other “Cowboy Carter” tracks also hit the Top 10 of the Hot Country Songs chart.Both “Cowboy Carter” and “Texas Hold ’Em” also topped the overall Billboard 200 albums chart and Hot 100 singles tally, respectively.
But none of that was enough for Beyoncé to score CMA nominations for Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year or any of the other categories in which she was eligible.This shutout comes eight years after Beyoncé performed “Daddy Lessons” — her country-tinged tune from “Lemonade” — at the 2016 CMA Awards with the Chicks.
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