Post Malone and Blake Shelton made the rounds at CMA Fest in Nashville last night to deliver not one, but two performances of their still-unreleased collaboration, tentatively titled “Pour Me a Drink.”
Post Malone first made a special surprise appearance at Nissan Stadium, where he delivered a solo rendition of his song with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help.” Per The Tennessean, Posty then spoke a bit about his forthcoming country album before welcoming Shelton to the stage.
The Nissan stadium performance found Malone and Shelton backed by a full band,...
Post Malone first made a special surprise appearance at Nissan Stadium, where he delivered a solo rendition of his song with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help.” Per The Tennessean, Posty then spoke a bit about his forthcoming country album before welcoming Shelton to the stage.
The Nissan stadium performance found Malone and Shelton backed by a full band,...
- 6/7/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Shaboozey stopped by The Tonight Show to showcase his country single, “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The track comes off the musician’s recent third album, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which dropped in May.
On the late-night show, Shaboozey brought along his live band to perform the number on a bar-themed set, complete with neon cowboy signs. He encourage the audience to sing along to the group vocals that comprise the hook-laden chorus.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was built around J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy” and...
On the late-night show, Shaboozey brought along his live band to perform the number on a bar-themed set, complete with neon cowboy signs. He encourage the audience to sing along to the group vocals that comprise the hook-laden chorus.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was built around J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy” and...
- 6/6/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Miley Cyrus apparently knows that beauty is pain — and no pain, no gain. In a recent interview with W Magazine, the pop star revealed that she, remarkably, works out in heels.
“My mantra is, like any athlete, ‘Practice how you perform.’ So that’s why I practice in my heels,” Cyrus said. “The gym looks really tough, but then I’ve got my ivory Gucci slingbacks because they remind me of Marilyn Monroe. I train in heels, mostly.”
Beyond practicing how she performs, the artist explained the decision to forgo traditional training shoes also has to do with bringing a sense of womanhood into the historically masculine setting. “I’m interested in feminizing the workout space, because so much of the workout equipment is ugly,” she told W.
Elsewhere in the interview, Cyrus detailed her personal relationships with Beyoncé and Dolly Parton, confirming the latter prefers fax as her primary mode of communication,...
“My mantra is, like any athlete, ‘Practice how you perform.’ So that’s why I practice in my heels,” Cyrus said. “The gym looks really tough, but then I’ve got my ivory Gucci slingbacks because they remind me of Marilyn Monroe. I train in heels, mostly.”
Beyond practicing how she performs, the artist explained the decision to forgo traditional training shoes also has to do with bringing a sense of womanhood into the historically masculine setting. “I’m interested in feminizing the workout space, because so much of the workout equipment is ugly,” she told W.
Elsewhere in the interview, Cyrus detailed her personal relationships with Beyoncé and Dolly Parton, confirming the latter prefers fax as her primary mode of communication,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé’s lyrics change to Dolly Parton’s classic song Jolene weren’t expected by the song’s composer, one Dolly Parton.
Parton revealed to E! News that she didn’t know Beyoncé was putting her own spin on the song.
“When they said she was gonna do Jolene, I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn’t. But I love what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them.”
“Well, I think it was very bold of her,” Parton said.
Parton provided an introduction for Beyoncé’s version of Jolene on the Cowboy Carter album. “Hey, miss Honey Bey. It’s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sang about? Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart.
Parton revealed to E! News that she didn’t know Beyoncé was putting her own spin on the song.
“When they said she was gonna do Jolene, I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn’t. But I love what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them.”
“Well, I think it was very bold of her,” Parton said.
Parton provided an introduction for Beyoncé’s version of Jolene on the Cowboy Carter album. “Hey, miss Honey Bey. It’s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sang about? Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart.
- 6/1/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Dolly Parton is giving her take on Beyoncé’s cover of her hit song “Jolene” on Beyoncé’s country album Cowboy Carter.
In an interview with E! News, Parton said she was surprised when she learned Beyoncé did not cover the original “Jolene” song on her Cowboy Carter album but rather offers her own rendition of it.
“I think it was very bold of her,” Parton told E! News of Beyoncé’s take. “When they said she was gonna do ‘Jolene,’ I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn’t. But I love what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them.
“She wasn’t gonna go beg some other woman like I did,” Parton quipped. “‘Don’t steal my man.’ [Instead, Beyoncé says] ‘Shit, get out here, bitch. You ain’t stealin’ mine.'...
In an interview with E! News, Parton said she was surprised when she learned Beyoncé did not cover the original “Jolene” song on her Cowboy Carter album but rather offers her own rendition of it.
“I think it was very bold of her,” Parton told E! News of Beyoncé’s take. “When they said she was gonna do ‘Jolene,’ I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn’t. But I love what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them.
“She wasn’t gonna go beg some other woman like I did,” Parton quipped. “‘Don’t steal my man.’ [Instead, Beyoncé says] ‘Shit, get out here, bitch. You ain’t stealin’ mine.'...
- 5/31/2024
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beyoncé‘s solo success was once difficult for her former Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland to watch. The singer felt she was in Beyoncé’s shadow, which took a toll on their friendship. But years later, Rowland gained enough clarity to share her feelings on the situation through a song.
Kelly Rowland played ‘Dirty Laundry’ for Beyoncé Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé, and Michelle Williams | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Rowland has been very open about her insecurities regarding Beyoncé’s post-Destiny’s Child success. Beyoncé thrived after breaking away from the group, having sold over 200 million records worldwide on her own. Even back in their Destiny’s Child days, Rowland felt she was playing second fiddle to the artist. That feeling only intensified after the group’s separation.
“Like, I can’t wear this dress because they’re going to say it’s like Bey. Or, I can’t have a song...
Kelly Rowland played ‘Dirty Laundry’ for Beyoncé Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé, and Michelle Williams | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Rowland has been very open about her insecurities regarding Beyoncé’s post-Destiny’s Child success. Beyoncé thrived after breaking away from the group, having sold over 200 million records worldwide on her own. Even back in their Destiny’s Child days, Rowland felt she was playing second fiddle to the artist. That feeling only intensified after the group’s separation.
“Like, I can’t wear this dress because they’re going to say it’s like Bey. Or, I can’t have a song...
- 5/30/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Saturday Night Live celebrated Mother’s Day by declaring what we already knew: Maya Rudolph is mother.
In her monologue to kick off this week’s SNL, the former cast member admitted that hosting the episode before Mother’s Day is a special honor because she has four kids of her own. Then Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman came out to tell her: “You’re not just a mom. You’re mother.” In fact, she has “achieved extraterrestrial mother status,” they raved, and Rudolph just laughed it off before getting deadly serious: “You’re right.” That kicked off a glamorous,...
In her monologue to kick off this week’s SNL, the former cast member admitted that hosting the episode before Mother’s Day is a special honor because she has four kids of her own. Then Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman came out to tell her: “You’re not just a mom. You’re mother.” In fact, she has “achieved extraterrestrial mother status,” they raved, and Rudolph just laughed it off before getting deadly serious: “You’re right.” That kicked off a glamorous,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
The second wave of 2024 GLAAD Media Award winners was unveiled on Saturday, with HBO’s The Last of Us and Netflix’s Heartstopper among the TV shows taking home trophies.
This weekend’s New York City-based ceremony was preceded by a Los Angeles-based ceremony on March 14, where additional winners included Paramount+ With Showtime’s Fellow Travelers and Yellowjackets.
More from TVLineTony Award Nominations 2024: The Complete ListBridgerton's Jonathan Bailey and Agent Carter's Hayley Atwell Among New Heartstopper Season 3 Cast Additions2024 CMT Music Awards: How to Watch the Kelsea Ballerini-Hosted Ceremony Online
The annual GLAAD Media Awards honor the fair,...
This weekend’s New York City-based ceremony was preceded by a Los Angeles-based ceremony on March 14, where additional winners included Paramount+ With Showtime’s Fellow Travelers and Yellowjackets.
More from TVLineTony Award Nominations 2024: The Complete ListBridgerton's Jonathan Bailey and Agent Carter's Hayley Atwell Among New Heartstopper Season 3 Cast Additions2024 CMT Music Awards: How to Watch the Kelsea Ballerini-Hosted Ceremony Online
The annual GLAAD Media Awards honor the fair,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich and Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Apple TV’s Constellation has been grounded after one season.
The psychological sci-fi thriller, which premiered on Feb. 21 and spanned eight episodes, has been cancelled, sources tell TVLine, and won’t see a Season 2.
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Deadline first reported on the series’ snuffing.
Created/written by Peter Harness (Wallander, The War of the Worlds), Constellation starred Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) as Jo Ericsson, an astronaut for the...
The psychological sci-fi thriller, which premiered on Feb. 21 and spanned eight episodes, has been cancelled, sources tell TVLine, and won’t see a Season 2.
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Deadline first reported on the series’ snuffing.
Created/written by Peter Harness (Wallander, The War of the Worlds), Constellation starred Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) as Jo Ericsson, an astronaut for the...
- 5/10/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Post Malone kickstarts his country era with new single “I Had Some Help.” He debuted the song, which features Morgan Wallen, live at Stagecoach last month.
Post Malone and Wallen’s inevitable summer hit is a big country-pop tune, in the vein of many of Wallen’s own singles. The song is about a relationship falling apart and knowing that it wasn’t just one person’s fault. “It ain’t like I can make this kinda mess all by myself,” they sing on the chorus. “Don’t act like...
Post Malone and Wallen’s inevitable summer hit is a big country-pop tune, in the vein of many of Wallen’s own singles. The song is about a relationship falling apart and knowing that it wasn’t just one person’s fault. “It ain’t like I can make this kinda mess all by myself,” they sing on the chorus. “Don’t act like...
- 5/10/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé‘s name has been in the news a lot these last few months. Her documentary “Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé” premiered in theaters, she launched her own hair care line, she had the industry buzzing about if she would attend the Met Gala, social media marked the 10th anniversary of her sister’s elevator fight with Jay-Z, and Bey dropped her eighth studio album titled Cowboy Carter.
Showbiz Cheat Sheet caught up with celebrity psychic Elizabeth April to get her predictions on what’s next for the star and whether she’ll move into other music genres.
Psychic predicts if Beyoncé will test other music genres Beyoncé leaves the Luar fashion show in Brooklyn during New York Fashion Week | James Devaney/Gc Images
Elizabeth April is a psychic and spiritual teacher. She uses her extrasensory gifts to predict the future, see energies, and read past lives. She has a popular YouTube channel,...
Showbiz Cheat Sheet caught up with celebrity psychic Elizabeth April to get her predictions on what’s next for the star and whether she’ll move into other music genres.
Psychic predicts if Beyoncé will test other music genres Beyoncé leaves the Luar fashion show in Brooklyn during New York Fashion Week | James Devaney/Gc Images
Elizabeth April is a psychic and spiritual teacher. She uses her extrasensory gifts to predict the future, see energies, and read past lives. She has a popular YouTube channel,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Michelle Kapusta
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Shaboozey is a newcomer who is acheiving major success on the country music charts with his new song “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
The 28-year-old singer just hit #1 on the Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart. He and Beyonce made history as the first two black artists to lead the chart with back-to-back #1 songs.
Shaboozey actually joined Beyonce on her Cowboy Carter tracks “Spaghetti” and “Sweet Honey Buckiin.”
In the chorus of his new song, Shaboozey sings, “Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey (A double shot of whiskey) / They know me and Jack Daniel’s got a history (We go way back) / There’s a party downtown, near 5th Street / Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy (Woo).”
If you didn’t know, Shaboozey‘s new single interpolates J-Kwon‘s hit song “Tipsy” and the rapper is sharing his thoughts on the song.
Keep reading to find out more…...
The 28-year-old singer just hit #1 on the Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart. He and Beyonce made history as the first two black artists to lead the chart with back-to-back #1 songs.
Shaboozey actually joined Beyonce on her Cowboy Carter tracks “Spaghetti” and “Sweet Honey Buckiin.”
In the chorus of his new song, Shaboozey sings, “Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey (A double shot of whiskey) / They know me and Jack Daniel’s got a history (We go way back) / There’s a party downtown, near 5th Street / Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy (Woo).”
If you didn’t know, Shaboozey‘s new single interpolates J-Kwon‘s hit song “Tipsy” and the rapper is sharing his thoughts on the song.
Keep reading to find out more…...
- 5/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Even before Beyoncé kicked off her solo career, it was clear that she was a legend-in-the-making. As the de facto leader of Destiny’s Child, she was a guiding light for the girl group and helped shepherd them to stardom in both the pop and R&b spaces. The group was at their height (and still very much together) as she launched her solo career, first with “Work It Out” for the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack and then with more gusto on 2003’s “Crazy in Love.”
“Crazy in Love...
“Crazy in Love...
- 5/1/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Coachella cleared out of Indio, California’s Empire Polo Fields, after two music-filled weekends so that the country festival Stagecoach could take over the grounds. The bill for this weekend’s event is stacked with generation-spanning performers, but two in particular seem to be cooking something up for the occasion. Just before opening night, Post Malone shared a snippet teaser of a potential collaboration with Morgan Wallen. Both artists are scheduled to appear at Stagecoach on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
“They say teamwork makes the dream work,” Malone wrote in...
“They say teamwork makes the dream work,” Malone wrote in...
- 4/26/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Following their success with the Quiet on the Set docuseries exploring Nickelodeon and the dark side of children’s TV, ID is now releasing a new docuseries called Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter.
Per ID:” At its core, Fallen Idols explores the accusations of sexual assault against Nick Carter by three women, while also diving into his brother, Aaron Carter’s, struggles with mental health and substance abuse – and the rift that occurred after Aaron decided to support his brother’s accusers.”
The four-part series premieres across two nights on Monday, May 27 and Tuesday, May 28 from 9-11 p.m. Et/Pt on ID and streaming on Max.
“Nick looks like a perfect pretty Ken doll. But I know how evil he can be,” Nick’s ex-girlfriend Kaya Jones says in the trailer.
See the biggest Quiet on the Set bombshells.
Watch the preview…...
Per ID:” At its core, Fallen Idols explores the accusations of sexual assault against Nick Carter by three women, while also diving into his brother, Aaron Carter’s, struggles with mental health and substance abuse – and the rift that occurred after Aaron decided to support his brother’s accusers.”
The four-part series premieres across two nights on Monday, May 27 and Tuesday, May 28 from 9-11 p.m. Et/Pt on ID and streaming on Max.
“Nick looks like a perfect pretty Ken doll. But I know how evil he can be,” Nick’s ex-girlfriend Kaya Jones says in the trailer.
See the biggest Quiet on the Set bombshells.
Watch the preview…...
- 4/25/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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Quick Answer: Stagecoach tickets have sold out, but fans can still find available passes on sites like StubHub and Vivid Seats.
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Country music fans, mark your calendars. Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, and Morgan Wallen are set to headline California’s Stagecoach country music festival this year, which returns to the Empire Polo Club at the end of April. Stagecoach tickets have officially been on sale for months,...
Quick Answer: Stagecoach tickets have sold out, but fans can still find available passes on sites like StubHub and Vivid Seats.
Buy on StubHub
Country music fans, mark your calendars. Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, and Morgan Wallen are set to headline California’s Stagecoach country music festival this year, which returns to the Empire Polo Club at the end of April. Stagecoach tickets have officially been on sale for months,...
- 4/20/2024
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
Kayla Nicole is speaking out in response to the “constant vitriol” that she receives on social media.
The 32-year-old model and internet personality, who previously dated football player Travis Kelce, slammed the hate in a new tweet on Thursday (April 18).
The comments came after Kayla tweeted about all of the new music being released these days.
“There’s just no way I can fully digest all these new albums. I’m still on Cowboy Carter,” she wrote, referencing Beyonce‘s new album.
Taylor Swift fans assumed that Kayla was making a dig at the artist as the tweet was posted just hours before the release of The Tortured Poets Department.
Keep reading to find out more…
Kayla later took to her account to respond to all the backlash.
“I’m unproblematic. Mind my business. Never respond to the constant vitriol. Solid as they come & don’t expect a pat on the back for it either.
The 32-year-old model and internet personality, who previously dated football player Travis Kelce, slammed the hate in a new tweet on Thursday (April 18).
The comments came after Kayla tweeted about all of the new music being released these days.
“There’s just no way I can fully digest all these new albums. I’m still on Cowboy Carter,” she wrote, referencing Beyonce‘s new album.
Taylor Swift fans assumed that Kayla was making a dig at the artist as the tweet was posted just hours before the release of The Tortured Poets Department.
Keep reading to find out more…
Kayla later took to her account to respond to all the backlash.
“I’m unproblematic. Mind my business. Never respond to the constant vitriol. Solid as they come & don’t expect a pat on the back for it either.
- 4/19/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Saturday Night Live veterans Molly Shannon and Steve Koren (Superstar, A Night at the Roxbury) are again joining forces for a new comedy currently in development at HBO, our sister site Deadline reports.
Koren will pen the project starring Shannon as a woman deeply addicted to celebrity news and gossip who finally agrees to get help after her friends and family stage an intervention. But she checks into a fancy celebrity rehab center in Malibu, which she treats more like a stay at the Four Seasons rather than a place to confront her demons.
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Koren will pen the project starring Shannon as a woman deeply addicted to celebrity news and gossip who finally agrees to get help after her friends and family stage an intervention. But she checks into a fancy celebrity rehab center in Malibu, which she treats more like a stay at the Four Seasons rather than a place to confront her demons.
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- 4/19/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
With a new BBC radio series now launched, Courtney Love is once again proving the power of the adage “go large or go home.”
In a wide ranging interview with the UK’s Standard today, the former Hole front woman puts forth her take on some of the biggest names in the music industry. Let’s just say, Love bites in deep in the newspaper, to quote from her 1998 tune “Celebrity Skin,” to get her pound of flesh from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Madonna and recent Coachella headliner Lana Del Rey.
“Taylor is not important,” the People vs. Larry Flint star says of the superstar.
“She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist,” Love added.
The contrarian opinion on Swift is a big shift from where Love was on the Folklore singer just over two years ago.
In a wide ranging interview with the UK’s Standard today, the former Hole front woman puts forth her take on some of the biggest names in the music industry. Let’s just say, Love bites in deep in the newspaper, to quote from her 1998 tune “Celebrity Skin,” to get her pound of flesh from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Madonna and recent Coachella headliner Lana Del Rey.
“Taylor is not important,” the People vs. Larry Flint star says of the superstar.
“She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist,” Love added.
The contrarian opinion on Swift is a big shift from where Love was on the Folklore singer just over two years ago.
- 4/16/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Beyoncé recently turned a lot of heads by releasing Cowboy Carter, a tribute to cowboy culture. Before then, Madonna had a cowboy era of her own. Interestingly, both of these career evolutions have different meanings.
Madonna and Beyoncé are part of a tradition of pop stars going the cowboy route
Cowboy Carter is a tribute to Black cowboys and their sadly ignored role in the Old West and their presence in Western culture today. By releasing the album, Beyoncé is making a turn toward country music, as well as placing herself within a long tradition of pop artists who drew from Americana imagery. For example, before Cowboy Carter, Lil Nas X combined country and trap music with his cowboy-themed megahit “Old Town Road.” He later released a remix of the song featuring 1990s country star Billy Ray Cyrus.
In 2000, Madonna released her last big album: Music. The cover of the...
Madonna and Beyoncé are part of a tradition of pop stars going the cowboy route
Cowboy Carter is a tribute to Black cowboys and their sadly ignored role in the Old West and their presence in Western culture today. By releasing the album, Beyoncé is making a turn toward country music, as well as placing herself within a long tradition of pop artists who drew from Americana imagery. For example, before Cowboy Carter, Lil Nas X combined country and trap music with his cowboy-themed megahit “Old Town Road.” He later released a remix of the song featuring 1990s country star Billy Ray Cyrus.
In 2000, Madonna released her last big album: Music. The cover of the...
- 4/14/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Coachella 2024 kicked off Friday, and festival season is officially upon us once again.
With over 100,000 festival goers in the desert for this weekend’s debut, Day One was a stacked opening, with Lana Del Rey bringing out Billie Eilish for a duet, Shakira shocking the crowd and announcing a world tour during Bizarrap’s set, and Peso Pluma putting corridos on the world stage.
If Euphoria core influenced Coachella’s fashion in years past, 2024 has now gone cosmic cowboy as the silver boots and cowboy hats took over the festival grounds.
With over 100,000 festival goers in the desert for this weekend’s debut, Day One was a stacked opening, with Lana Del Rey bringing out Billie Eilish for a duet, Shakira shocking the crowd and announcing a world tour during Bizarrap’s set, and Peso Pluma putting corridos on the world stage.
If Euphoria core influenced Coachella’s fashion in years past, 2024 has now gone cosmic cowboy as the silver boots and cowboy hats took over the festival grounds.
- 4/13/2024
- by Tomás Mier and Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
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“This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” Queen Bey shared online before the release of her critically acclaimed Renaissance follow-up, Cowboy Carter. On the heels of topping Billboard’s country charts — and making history as the first Black woman to score a Number One country album — Beyoncé has finally dropped Cowboy Carter on vinyl, weeks after its release date.
Featuring singles like “Texas Hold...
“This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” Queen Bey shared online before the release of her critically acclaimed Renaissance follow-up, Cowboy Carter. On the heels of topping Billboard’s country charts — and making history as the first Black woman to score a Number One country album — Beyoncé has finally dropped Cowboy Carter on vinyl, weeks after its release date.
Featuring singles like “Texas Hold...
- 4/12/2024
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Debuts At No. 1 & She Becomes First Black Woman To Top Country Albums List
Beyoncé is making history, landing at the top of the music charts after launching Cowboy Carter, her first country music album.
The singer achieved her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 407,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., according to Billboard).
Cowboy Carter also landed at the top of the Top Country Albums, making her the first Black woman to accomplish this since the chart’s debut in 1964. Beyoncé also claimed the top spots of the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
The country album is Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at the top of the list with 653,000 units on May 14, 2016.
Following Cowboy Carter’s debut on March 29, the album broke records on streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Spotify said the album had become the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” and said it was “also the...
The singer achieved her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 407,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., according to Billboard).
Cowboy Carter also landed at the top of the Top Country Albums, making her the first Black woman to accomplish this since the chart’s debut in 1964. Beyoncé also claimed the top spots of the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
The country album is Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at the top of the list with 653,000 units on May 14, 2016.
Following Cowboy Carter’s debut on March 29, the album broke records on streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Spotify said the album had become the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” and said it was “also the...
- 4/9/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
This milestone is staying in the Carter family!
Rumi Carter officially became the youngest female artist to make it on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week thanks to her contribution to “Protector” on her mom Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.
With the distinction, she surpasses the record held by her older sister Blue Ivy, who earned the honor after joining Beyoncé on The Lion King: The Gift standout “Brown Skin Girl.” Blue Ivy was 7 years old at the time, while Rumi made the Hot 100 chart at 6 years and 9 months old.
Rumi...
Rumi Carter officially became the youngest female artist to make it on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week thanks to her contribution to “Protector” on her mom Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.
With the distinction, she surpasses the record held by her older sister Blue Ivy, who earned the honor after joining Beyoncé on The Lion King: The Gift standout “Brown Skin Girl.” Blue Ivy was 7 years old at the time, while Rumi made the Hot 100 chart at 6 years and 9 months old.
Rumi...
- 4/9/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Luke Combs leads the field with eight nominations for the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were revealed this morning. Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney are next with six apiece, followed by Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson with five each. See the full list below.
Combs, Johnson, Stapleton, Wallen and Wilson will vie for the marquee Entertainer of the Year prize along with Kane Brown and Jelly Roll. The winners will be celebrated during the May 16 ceremony, which Prime Video will stream live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
The ACMs presents separate awards for Female and Male Artist of the Year, Duo and Group, Female and Male New Artist and New Duo or Group of the year.
Among the highlights are Tracy Chapman’s first ACM nom for writing, as her 1988 hit “Fast Car” was remade by Combs and became a crossover...
Combs, Johnson, Stapleton, Wallen and Wilson will vie for the marquee Entertainer of the Year prize along with Kane Brown and Jelly Roll. The winners will be celebrated during the May 16 ceremony, which Prime Video will stream live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
The ACMs presents separate awards for Female and Male Artist of the Year, Duo and Group, Female and Male New Artist and New Duo or Group of the year.
Among the highlights are Tracy Chapman’s first ACM nom for writing, as her 1988 hit “Fast Car” was remade by Combs and became a crossover...
- 4/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Beyoncé has become the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with her new album, Cowboy Carter.
The album has also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the biggest week of 2024, marking her eighth entry atop the chart. In doing so, Beyoncé knocked Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time and Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You from their respective positions on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts.
Per Billboard, Cowboy Carter racked up 407,000 equivalent album units, the most since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) moved 1.653 million last fall. This included 300 million on-demand streams and 168,000 traditional album sales.
While Beyoncé is the first Black woman to reign over the Top Country Albums chart, other Black artists such as Charlie Pride, Darius Rucker, and Kane Brown previously went to No. 1 on the chart.
In February, Beyoncé made similar history...
The album has also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the biggest week of 2024, marking her eighth entry atop the chart. In doing so, Beyoncé knocked Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time and Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You from their respective positions on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts.
Per Billboard, Cowboy Carter racked up 407,000 equivalent album units, the most since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) moved 1.653 million last fall. This included 300 million on-demand streams and 168,000 traditional album sales.
While Beyoncé is the first Black woman to reign over the Top Country Albums chart, other Black artists such as Charlie Pride, Darius Rucker, and Kane Brown previously went to No. 1 on the chart.
In February, Beyoncé made similar history...
- 4/8/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé has landed another No. 1 album with Cowboy Carter.
Her country music album bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and Luminate. Cowboy Carter, which dropped March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.
This marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It also marks the biggest week for an album so far in 2024, and the biggest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which debuted with 1.653 million units in November.
It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units in May 2016.
In addition, the album debuted atop several other Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.
Beyoncé boasts another record, becoming the first Black woman ever to top the Top Country Albums list, which was created in 1964. Cowboy Carter also notched the biggest week...
Her country music album bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and Luminate. Cowboy Carter, which dropped March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.
This marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It also marks the biggest week for an album so far in 2024, and the biggest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which debuted with 1.653 million units in November.
It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units in May 2016.
In addition, the album debuted atop several other Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.
Beyoncé boasts another record, becoming the first Black woman ever to top the Top Country Albums list, which was created in 1964. Cowboy Carter also notched the biggest week...
- 4/7/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beyoncé has made history with Cowboy Carter as she’s become the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Cowboy Carter also debuted as the Number One album — her eighth to top the Billboard 200 — in the country overall, Billboard announced on Sunday.
Beyoncé dethroned Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At a Time for the Country crown, while beating out Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You on the Top Album list. With more than 407,000 units earned in the U.S., Cowboy Carter...
Beyoncé dethroned Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At a Time for the Country crown, while beating out Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You on the Top Album list. With more than 407,000 units earned in the U.S., Cowboy Carter...
- 4/7/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé mixes R&b, country, and some hard-hitting guitars, among many other elements, and as the artist herself is well aware, there used to be a name for that kind of American melange: rock & roll. She slyly acknowledges that fact with two Chuck Berry moments on the album, including a segment of “Maybellene,” his first hit, in which a Black genius helped invent rock & roll via revved-up country.
So, there’s an argument that Cowboy Carter — which the artist has made clear is a “Beyoncé album” rather...
So, there’s an argument that Cowboy Carter — which the artist has made clear is a “Beyoncé album” rather...
- 4/7/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Giddy up for Sunday’s 2024 CMT Music Awards. Here’s everything you need to know for streaming the star-studded event online, plus the full list of confirmed performances and nominees.
The ceremony, hosted by singer Kelsea Ballerini, kicks off at 8 pm Et on Sunday, April 7 and will be televised on CBS. If you’re a cord-cutting country fan vet, or a newbie just here thanks to Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter, the CMT Music Awards can be livestreamed with the Paramount Plus With Showtime plan. But there are lots of ways to access CBS online. Below, we’re rounding up all...
The ceremony, hosted by singer Kelsea Ballerini, kicks off at 8 pm Et on Sunday, April 7 and will be televised on CBS. If you’re a cord-cutting country fan vet, or a newbie just here thanks to Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter, the CMT Music Awards can be livestreamed with the Paramount Plus With Showtime plan. But there are lots of ways to access CBS online. Below, we’re rounding up all...
- 4/7/2024
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Fresh off her co-write on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Arlo Parks appeared on Friday’s Tonight Show to perform her own “Devotion.”
The Nineties rock-inspired track features on Parks’ most recent LP My Soft Machine, one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2023.
“‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s an intensity, a wildness and a tenderness,” the British singer previously said of the track in a statement. “This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made,...
The Nineties rock-inspired track features on Parks’ most recent LP My Soft Machine, one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2023.
“‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s an intensity, a wildness and a tenderness,” the British singer previously said of the track in a statement. “This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made,...
- 4/6/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Reba McEntire jumped to good friend Dolly Parton’s defense after The View co-host Joy Behar insulted the country music icon. Why would the journalist have anything negative to say about the “9 to 5” singer? Keep reading for all the details on the feud.
The View Co-Host Shades Dolly Parton
Pop singer Beyoncé released her first country album last month to mixed reviews. One of the tracks on the Cowboy Carter is a cover of Dolly Parton’s major hit “Jolene.” Beyoncé didn’t stay with the original lyrics, however. Dolly’s version begs Jolene not to take her man. Beyoncé’s version takes a more aggressive approach, practically daring Jolene to even try.
Beyoncé’s version opens with the verse, “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/I’m warning you, don’t come for my man.”
Some diehard Dolly Parton fans were offended that the R&b singer changed the lyrics. However,...
The View Co-Host Shades Dolly Parton
Pop singer Beyoncé released her first country album last month to mixed reviews. One of the tracks on the Cowboy Carter is a cover of Dolly Parton’s major hit “Jolene.” Beyoncé didn’t stay with the original lyrics, however. Dolly’s version begs Jolene not to take her man. Beyoncé’s version takes a more aggressive approach, practically daring Jolene to even try.
Beyoncé’s version opens with the verse, “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/I’m warning you, don’t come for my man.”
Some diehard Dolly Parton fans were offended that the R&b singer changed the lyrics. However,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- TV Shows Ace
Paul McCartney has praised Beyoncé for her interpretation of “Blackbird,” calling it “a magnificent version” that “reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place.”
“I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!” McCartney wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it. I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now.
“I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!” McCartney wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it. I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now.
- 4/4/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé has new music out!
Nearly a week after release of her new album Cowboy Carter, the 42-year-old entertainer dropped her new “Texas Hold ‘Em” (Pony Up) Remix at midnight on Thursday (April 4).
In the new verse of the remix, Beyoncé sings, “Woke up this mornin’, my heart keeps racin’ / Straight to the bottom, we all need salvation / Need you to in this drought, take me downtown / Gon leave the truck, whiskey, baby Let’s get weekend wasted / Might as well just throw it all (Woo-woo)”
Keep reading to find out more…Cowboy Carter is also known as Act II in Beyoncé‘s trilogy project, which began with Renaissance in 2022. The country album has been in the works ever since the entertainer teamed up with The Chicks for a performance of “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 CMA Awards, a performance which received backlash from country music fans who didn’t want...
Nearly a week after release of her new album Cowboy Carter, the 42-year-old entertainer dropped her new “Texas Hold ‘Em” (Pony Up) Remix at midnight on Thursday (April 4).
In the new verse of the remix, Beyoncé sings, “Woke up this mornin’, my heart keeps racin’ / Straight to the bottom, we all need salvation / Need you to in this drought, take me downtown / Gon leave the truck, whiskey, baby Let’s get weekend wasted / Might as well just throw it all (Woo-woo)”
Keep reading to find out more…Cowboy Carter is also known as Act II in Beyoncé‘s trilogy project, which began with Renaissance in 2022. The country album has been in the works ever since the entertainer teamed up with The Chicks for a performance of “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 CMA Awards, a performance which received backlash from country music fans who didn’t want...
- 4/4/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Singer-songwriter Beyonce has shared that she was inspired by Grammy-winning artiste Jack White for her country album, ‘Cowboy Carter’. The album marks her foray into the country music genre.
Queen Bey sent Jack some flowers to let him know about his influence on the album, and expressed her gratitude to the musician for serving as an inspiration, reports ‘Female First UK’.
However, the two didn’t work together on the collection but the former White Stripes star influenced the ‘Single Ladies’ hitmaker.
She wrote on the note, “Jack, I hope you are well. I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record. Sending you my love, Beyonce.”
As per ‘Female First UK’, the 48-year-old musician gushed over the “gracious” ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ hitmaker and hailed her music “beautiful and powerful”.
He shared on Instagram alongside the floral gift and note: “What a sweet gesture to...
Queen Bey sent Jack some flowers to let him know about his influence on the album, and expressed her gratitude to the musician for serving as an inspiration, reports ‘Female First UK’.
However, the two didn’t work together on the collection but the former White Stripes star influenced the ‘Single Ladies’ hitmaker.
She wrote on the note, “Jack, I hope you are well. I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record. Sending you my love, Beyonce.”
As per ‘Female First UK’, the 48-year-old musician gushed over the “gracious” ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ hitmaker and hailed her music “beautiful and powerful”.
He shared on Instagram alongside the floral gift and note: “What a sweet gesture to...
- 4/3/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Michelle Obama is singing her praises for Beyoncé!
On Tuesday (April 2), the 60-year-old former First Lady took to Instagram to sing her praises for the 42-year-old entertainer following the release of her new album, Cowboy Carter.
Keep reading to find out more…“@Beyonce, you are a record-breaker and history-maker,” Michelle wrote. “With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!”
“Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard, seen, and recognized, we can still dance, sing, and be who we are unapologetically,” Michelle continued. “This album reminds us that we All have power. There’s power in our history, in our joy, and in our votes — and we can each use our own gifts and talents to make our voices heard on the issues that matter most to us.
On Tuesday (April 2), the 60-year-old former First Lady took to Instagram to sing her praises for the 42-year-old entertainer following the release of her new album, Cowboy Carter.
Keep reading to find out more…“@Beyonce, you are a record-breaker and history-maker,” Michelle wrote. “With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!”
“Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard, seen, and recognized, we can still dance, sing, and be who we are unapologetically,” Michelle continued. “This album reminds us that we All have power. There’s power in our history, in our joy, and in our votes — and we can each use our own gifts and talents to make our voices heard on the issues that matter most to us.
- 4/3/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Michelle Obama is part of the BeyHive, too.
On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.”
“With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!” Obama wrote. “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard,...
On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.”
“With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture. I am so proud of you!” Obama wrote. “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we’ve been through to be heard,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
April 2024 is poised to be a big month in music history. Beyond Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, ushering in the month and Taylor Swift’s new LP, The Tortured Poets Department, arriving on April 19th, a number of exciting tour are set to kick off, including jaunts by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, a reunited Heart, a reunited Black Crowes, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, and many more.
There will also be a number of joint tours kicking off in April. The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie are teaming up for an outing, as are Bad Religion and Social Distortion. A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus will even team up for a three-act tour.
See what other acts are heading out on the road and learn how to get last-minute tickets…
A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus
Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday is on April 17th this year,...
There will also be a number of joint tours kicking off in April. The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie are teaming up for an outing, as are Bad Religion and Social Distortion. A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus will even team up for a three-act tour.
See what other acts are heading out on the road and learn how to get last-minute tickets…
A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus
Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday is on April 17th this year,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
When Beyoncé unveiled the American flag-bearing cover of her latest album, Act ii: Cowboy Carter, some heralded the imagery as a “reclamation” of the flag’s symbolism, while others pointed to its connection to Texas’ Black Cowboys and Rodeo culture. Others, however, saw the flag as a symbol of America’s history of racism and imperialism, particularly fraught with the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The sentiment trails the outrage stoked by her silence on “Break My Soul” being adopted as a war cry by pro-Idf Israelis in December.
- 4/2/2024
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
“Genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they?” says Linda Martell, a country music pioneer, in the intro to Beyoncé’s “Spaghettii.” “In theory, they have a simple definition that’s easy to understand, but in practice, well, some may feel confined.” Those two sentences perfectly sum up how Beyoncé has subverted expectations in recent years by spreading her wings beyond pop, hip-hop, and R&b to infuse rock, house, and now country music into her own unique style that ultimately really is just “Beyoncé.”
On her latest album,...
On her latest album,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
As Beyoncé continues to smash barriers and reinvent American music with Cowboy Carter, the singer thanked those who paved the way by defying “any label placed upon them.”
When accepting the the Innovator Award by Stevie Wonder at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night, Beyoncé addressed the crowd. “Tonight you called me an innovator, and for that I’m very grateful,” she said. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is seeing what everyone believes is impossible.
When accepting the the Innovator Award by Stevie Wonder at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night, Beyoncé addressed the crowd. “Tonight you called me an innovator, and for that I’m very grateful,” she said. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is seeing what everyone believes is impossible.
- 4/2/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is a landmark provocation that dares the country music establishment to look itself in the eye. Nashville has spent decades marginalizing Black women like Linda Martell and Rhiannon Giddens, and outright ignoring the likes of Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts. Beyoncé, inspired at least partially by the ugly fallout from her appearance alongside the Chicks at the CMAs in 2016, is now playing a game of chicken with Music Row. Are they really going to ignore one of the most prominent Black artists of the last 20 years when she comes to the gates of their white picket fences? And, if so, how are they going to reconcile that with their insistence that of course we aren’t racist with the fact that Beyoncé has proven that she knows exactly what she’s doing and why.
Every choice Beyoncé has made on Cowboy Carter betrays a...
Every choice Beyoncé has made on Cowboy Carter betrays a...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jonathan Keefe
- Slant Magazine
Kendrick Lamar’s scorching diss aimed at J. Cole and Drake has pushed “Like That,” the single from Metro Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You, atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, the publication announced on Monday.
We Don’t Trust You takes four of the Top 10 for its opening week, with “Type Shit” featuring Playboi Carti and Travis Scott taking second, “Cinderella” also featuring Travis Scott coming in at Number Six, “We Don’t Trust You” taking eighth and “Young Metro” with The Weeknd taking ninth.
“Like That” opened with 59.6 million streams,...
We Don’t Trust You takes four of the Top 10 for its opening week, with “Type Shit” featuring Playboi Carti and Travis Scott taking second, “Cinderella” also featuring Travis Scott coming in at Number Six, “We Don’t Trust You” taking eighth and “Young Metro” with The Weeknd taking ninth.
“Like That” opened with 59.6 million streams,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is galloping on Spotify and bringing other Black country-based artists for the ride.
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
- 4/1/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After Beyoncé’s revelatory new album Cowboy Carter arrived everywhere on Friday, March 29th, some fans weren’t so happy with the products they purchased. Beyoncé’s physical releases of Cowboy Carter left out some key tracks: “YA YA,” “Spaghettii,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Oh Louisiana,” and “Flamenco” are all absent from the vinyls.
The CD version includes “Flamenco,” but per Rolling Stone, the limited edition CD was supposed to include an additional song — it turns out that “Flamenco” was that additional song all along, even though it appears on the digital release of Cowboy Carter. Vinyl purchasers, however, weren’t given “Flamenco” on their records, nor do the pair of Linda Martell-featuring tracks “Spaghettii” and “The Linda Martell Show” appear.
The BBC is positing that these songs were added to Cowboy Carter’s tracklist late, and thus could not be retrospectively added to the physical formats in time for the album’s release.
The CD version includes “Flamenco,” but per Rolling Stone, the limited edition CD was supposed to include an additional song — it turns out that “Flamenco” was that additional song all along, even though it appears on the digital release of Cowboy Carter. Vinyl purchasers, however, weren’t given “Flamenco” on their records, nor do the pair of Linda Martell-featuring tracks “Spaghettii” and “The Linda Martell Show” appear.
The BBC is positing that these songs were added to Cowboy Carter’s tracklist late, and thus could not be retrospectively added to the physical formats in time for the album’s release.
- 4/1/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
For Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé released her own interpretation of Dolly Parton’s classic song “Jolene.” Despite significantly reworking the song’s lyrics, Beyoncé nonetheless gave Parton full songwriting credit.
Parton is credited as the sole songwriter of “Jolene” on Cowboy Carter, while Beyoncé is listed as the performer and co-producer, according to credits released on Spotify and other DSPs. This suggests that any and all songwriting royalties from the song will go to Parton, and not Beyoncé.
The news isn’t exactly surprising. Parton has long been protective of her music, even going as far to deny Elvis Presley’s request to cover “I Will Always Love You” in 1974 after Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, demanded that they share royalties.
Upon the release of Cowboy Carter, Parton lauded Beyoncé’s reinterpretation of “Jolene,” writing on Instagram: “Wow, I just heard ‘Jolene.’ Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!
Parton is credited as the sole songwriter of “Jolene” on Cowboy Carter, while Beyoncé is listed as the performer and co-producer, according to credits released on Spotify and other DSPs. This suggests that any and all songwriting royalties from the song will go to Parton, and not Beyoncé.
The news isn’t exactly surprising. Parton has long been protective of her music, even going as far to deny Elvis Presley’s request to cover “I Will Always Love You” in 1974 after Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, demanded that they share royalties.
Upon the release of Cowboy Carter, Parton lauded Beyoncé’s reinterpretation of “Jolene,” writing on Instagram: “Wow, I just heard ‘Jolene.’ Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!
- 4/1/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Beyoncé’s entry album into the country music genre, Cowboy Carter, was released on March 29, and it’s already shattering records on streaming platforms.
After the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer dropped her new album, Spotify said it became the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far.”
“This is also the first time a country album holds the title this year,” Spotify shared on Instagram.
Amazon Music also said in a statement posted on Instagram, “Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s biggest album debut” on the platform “with the most first-day global streams of all of her albums, and the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist.”
Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album. It features collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Raye, Ryan Beatty, and Jon Batiste. The album also pays homage to Dolly Parton with a cover of “Jolene,...
After the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer dropped her new album, Spotify said it became the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far.”
“This is also the first time a country album holds the title this year,” Spotify shared on Instagram.
Amazon Music also said in a statement posted on Instagram, “Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s biggest album debut” on the platform “with the most first-day global streams of all of her albums, and the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist.”
Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album. It features collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Raye, Ryan Beatty, and Jon Batiste. The album also pays homage to Dolly Parton with a cover of “Jolene,...
- 3/31/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Jon Batiste is giving high praise to Beyoncé, with whom he collaborated on a new country music album, Cowboy Carter.
Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.
Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.
“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...
Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.
Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.
“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beyoncé just dropped her highly anticipated country album, but Dolly Parton fans are not happy with her “Jolene” cover. Keep reading to find out what country music fans are saying.
Dolly Parton Fans Not Happy With Beyoncé “Jolene” Cover
Beyoncé announced in February that her next album would be a country one. Many country music fans were skeptical of the genre jump. Cowboy Carter came out earlier this week to much fanfare.
As expected, she covered Dolly Parton’s 1973 hit song “Jolene.” But Beyoncé didn’t stay true to the original. She reimagined it with new lyrics.
Dolly’s version begins with the pleading lyrics, “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/I’m begging of you please don’t take my man/Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/Please don’t take him just because you can.”
However, the opening of Beyoncé’s version sets the warning tone for the rest of the song: “Jolene,...
Dolly Parton Fans Not Happy With Beyoncé “Jolene” Cover
Beyoncé announced in February that her next album would be a country one. Many country music fans were skeptical of the genre jump. Cowboy Carter came out earlier this week to much fanfare.
As expected, she covered Dolly Parton’s 1973 hit song “Jolene.” But Beyoncé didn’t stay true to the original. She reimagined it with new lyrics.
Dolly’s version begins with the pleading lyrics, “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/I’m begging of you please don’t take my man/Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/Please don’t take him just because you can.”
However, the opening of Beyoncé’s version sets the warning tone for the rest of the song: “Jolene,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- Country Music Alley
Beyoncé’s surprise album drop, Cowboy Carter, has sent shockwaves through the music industry. Although labeled as a country album, Cowboy Carter defies genre boundaries and not just sticking to one type of music. It mixes in bits of gospel, blues, funk, and rock, showing off Beyoncé’s amazing singing skills.
Beyoncé in a still from Renaissance
Plus, what’s another layer of interest to the album? It’s the song Jolene, which is a reimagined cover of Dolly Parton’s classic song of the the same name. Not only is it a genre-bending foray into country music, but its lyrics seem to be about Jay-Z’s past cheating.
Beyoncé’s Reimagined Jolene Addresses Past Infidelity
In her recently released album, fans have discovered that Beyoncé has rewritten the song Jolene and changed its lyrics to talk about Jay-Z‘s cheating.
Beyoncé in a still from Jolene
In Beyoncé’s version of Jolene,...
Beyoncé in a still from Renaissance
Plus, what’s another layer of interest to the album? It’s the song Jolene, which is a reimagined cover of Dolly Parton’s classic song of the the same name. Not only is it a genre-bending foray into country music, but its lyrics seem to be about Jay-Z’s past cheating.
Beyoncé’s Reimagined Jolene Addresses Past Infidelity
In her recently released album, fans have discovered that Beyoncé has rewritten the song Jolene and changed its lyrics to talk about Jay-Z‘s cheating.
Beyoncé in a still from Jolene
In Beyoncé’s version of Jolene,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Shreya Jha
- FandomWire
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