Earlier this month, it was revealed that Beyoncé has received zero nominations at this year's Country Music Awards.For context, Beyoncé’s album Cowboy Carter — which was released in March 2024 after five years in the works — was inspired by her not feeling "welcomed" into the country music space.

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This fear has been put on full display, as the Country Music Award (CMA) nominations were announced on September 8, and Beyoncè did not receive a CMA nomination for Cowboy Carter. The message is clear: If country music is the music of America, then everyone who is not straight, male, and white isn’t legitimate.

With “Cowboy Carter,” Bey made history as the first Black woman to top the country music charts and have a number one song (“Texas Hold ‘Em”). The CMA has been accused of racism for decades — most recently when Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was shut out from the country charts for allegedly not having enough country elements back in 2019.

Beyoncé made a country album to showcase the unrecognized legacy of Black country. It did not receive a single CMA nomination.

Beyonce did not receive a Country Music Association awards nomination when the nods for the 58th edition were announced Monday, even though her "Cowboy Carter" album proved a cultural phenomenon upon release this year.

Dolly Parton has entered the chat about Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” being shut out at the CMA Awards. Queen Bey’s country album, which features Parton herself as well as a cover of her hit “Jolene,” didn’t get any nominations for the upcoming 58th Annual CMA Awards.

Parton, in an interview published by Variety, stated that she doesn’t think Beyoncé being shut out of the CMAs was an intentional snub. Rather, it was an effort to reward other