Beyoncé locked out of Country Music Awards

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Getty Images Beyoncé performs connected her Renaissance World Tour

Beyoncé has been snubbed by the Country Music Awards, contempt having 1 of the biggest state hits of the twelvemonth with Texas Hold 'Em.

When the nominees for the ceremonial were announced connected Monday morning, the prima was notably absent - with not a azygous nomination.

Beyoncé had wide been expected to summation designation astatine the awards, with fans speculating she could go the archetypal achromatic pistillate to beryllium shortlisted for medium of the year, for Cowboy Carter.

Instead, Morgan Wallen walked distant with the astir nominations, 3 years aft being suspended by his grounds statement for utilizing a radical slur.

The prima aboriginal apologised and reunited with his grounds label.

Last year, his treble medium One Thing At A Time topped the US charts for 16 weeks and was nominated for medium of the twelvemonth astatine the Country Music Awards (CMAs).

This year, helium picks up 4 nominations arsenic a featured creator connected the deed opus I Had Some Help by Post Malone - a popular creator who, similar Beyoncé, has not traditionally been portion of the state establishment.

Shaboozey, who is featured connected Cowboy Carter, besides picks up 2 nominations - champion caller creator and azygous of the year, for A Bar Song (Tipsy).

That opus replaced Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Em astatine the apical of the US state charts successful April, making Shaboozey the archetypal achromatic antheral creator to apical the state illustration and the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.

It besides marked the archetypal time that 2 achromatic artists had claimed the fig 1 spot consecutively.

The Beyoncé backlash that inspired Cowboy Carter

Earlier this year, Beyoncé hinted that her attraction astatine a erstwhile CMA ceremonial prompted her determination to marque a state album.

In 2016, the prima attended the CMAs to execute her opus Daddy Lessons with The Chicks (then known arsenic the Dixie Chicks). Their show faced a barrage of disapproval - and racism - online.

Natalie Maines, pb vocalist of The Chicks, aboriginal told the New York Times that the mode Beyoncé was treated aft the amusement was "disgusting."

In her Instagram post, Beyoncé said Cowboy Carter was "born retired of an acquisition that I had years agone wherever I did not consciousness welcome" that prompted her to instrumentality "a deeper dive into the past of country".

Her medium is the 2nd portion of a trilogy that interrogates the roots of American philharmonic traditions and uncovers the often unheralded contributions made by achromatic artists.

Getty Images Post Malone (left) and Morgan Wallen (right)

Billboard classified Cowboy Carter arsenic a state medium for illustration purposes, and the azygous Texas Hold 'Em spent 10 weeks astatine the apical of the state euphony chart.

Beyoncé besides received 12 nominations for the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards - much than immoderate different artist.

The CMA has not commented connected their reasons for overlooking her album, but according to their judging criteria, the medium of the twelvemonth prize is "judged connected each aspects including, but not constricted to, artist’s performance, philharmonic background, engineering, packaging, design, art, layout and liner notes".

The awards are "determined by eligible voting CMA members comprised of professionals wrong the state euphony industry," according to a property release.

The artists who did marque the people for the medium of the twelvemonth shortlist were Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well, Luke Combs’ Fathers & Sons, Chris Stapleton’s Higher, Cody Johnson’s Leather and Jelly Roll’s Whitsitt Chapel.

The winners volition beryllium revealed astatine a ceremonial astatine Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena connected Wednesday, 20 November.

The main nominees include:

Entertainer of the year