She said … "There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that."
Dolly defends "Cowboy Carter" as a "wonderful album" Beyoncé should be proud of … but she's unconvinced Bey was shut out "on purpose." Remember, Beyoncé got Dolly's blessing to rework her country hit "Jolene" for the new album.
As Dolly sees it … many in the country scene welcomed Beyoncé and her passion project with open arms. However, Dolly felt the voters who nominated this year's group of artists likely wanted to reward regular fixtures in the genre … not just a "specialty album."
Dolly may have failed to take into account the complicated history Bey has with the CMAs.
Beyoncé was infamously booed during her 2016 appearance at the awards show, where she took the stage with The Chicks to sing her song, "Daddy Lessons."
After dropping "Cowboy Carter," Bey hinted this unpleasant experience inspired her to make a full country album … going on to break several records on the country charts.
So, it's safe to say there's more beef between Beyoncé and the CMA Awards than there is in her home state of Texas!!
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Dolly, I love you, but this ain’t it. *Post Malone* got four nominations. Why is his “specialty album” legitimate and Beyonce’s isn’t?
But this guy is a fixture?
It feels like Dolly always plays the middle. Pick a damn side in something
That is bs and everyone knows it. My country station didn’t play a single song from the album EXCEPT the AI version of Hank Williams singing Texas Hold ‘Em. They played a white person version of her song above her song! Some nights Texas HE was even on the Top Five requested songs and they still didn’t play it a single time!!
Preposterous that it is anything other than misogynoir and racism.
I am completely unsurprised by her having this wrong opinion.
Trying to play it both ways unfortunately. She’s known for being very candid so it’s very noticeable when she’s not🙇♀️
No dolly honey they’ve always had an issue with Beyoncé
It’s a passive kind of racism right here. Dolly herself probably doesn’t have issues with black people but she refuses to believe a very white institution she respects and loves has problems with black people…which ultimately only helps to uplift and perpetuate that institution’s racism.
This kind of racism is not less bad btw. The existence of this racism helps the more virulent kinds of racism continue.
The kid rock fan says this? I’m shocked
this article sums up most of my problems with white women