Luke Bryan is extending Beyoncé an invitation to join the country music community. After the Cowboy Carter artist was snubbed for a nomination at the 2024 CMA Awards, which air live Nov.
20 8pm EST on ABC and next day on Hulu, the awards show co-host responded to the backlash around Bey’s country debut going unrecognized. “It’s a tricky question,” Bryan said on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy. “Obviously Beyoncé made a country album.
And Beyoncé has a lot of fans out there that have her back, and if she doesn’t get something they want, man, they come at you … as fans should do.” He continued, “I mean, listen, I’m all for everybody coming in and making country albums and all that.
But just by declaring that, just because she made one… A lot of great music’s overlooked. Sometimes you don’t get nominated.” Bryan said that Beyoncé should “come into our world and be country with us a little bit” if she wants to be recognized by the genre. “Beyoncé can do exactly what she wants to,” he said. “She’s probably the biggest star in music.
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