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Beyoncé made history at the 2025 GRAMMY, by becoming the first Black woman in GRAMMYs history to take home the award for Best Country Album.
Accepting the award from Taylor Swift, Queen Bey appeared genuinely dumbfounded when her fellow superstar read out her name as the Category’s winner for her 2024 album, COWBOY CARTER.
"Wow, I really was not expecting this," the "TEXAS HOLD ‘EM" singer said in her acceptance speech, before going on to thank both God and the many country artists she collaborated with on the album.
"I think sometimes 'genre' is a code word to keep us in our place as artists," she continued. "And I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about, and to stay persistent."
Beyoncé slapped down the concept of genre as a musical limitation with help from pioneering country artist Linda Martell on COWBOY CARTER’s panoramic 27 tracks. "Genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they? Yes, they are," the trailblazing Martell, who was the first Black woman to ever play the Grand Ole Opry in 1969, said on the GRAMMY-nominated album cut "SPAGHETTII." "In theory, they have a simple definition that’s easy to understand/ But in practice, well, some may feel confined."
The five-time Album Of The Year nominee also took aim at doubters questioning whether she "belonged" in country music at all on the studio set’s powerful opening thesis "AMERIICAN REQUIEM."
"The grandbaby of a moonshine man/ Gadsden, Alabama/ Got folk down in Galveston, rooted in Louisiana/ Used to say I spoke ‘Too country’/ And the rejection came, said, ‘I wasn’t country ‘nough’/ Said I wouldn’t saddle up, but/ If that ain’t country, tell me what is?/ Plant my bare feet on solid ground for years/ They don’t, don’t know how hard I had to fight for this/ When I sang my song," she sang on the album opener.
When the 2025 GRAMMY nominations were announced in November 2024, Beyoncé officially became the most-nominated artist in history when COWBOY CARTER’s 11 nods brought her career total to an all-time record of 99 nominations. And ahead of the telecast, she also won her first GRAMMY in the Category for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for COWBOY CARTER fan-favorite cut "II MOST WANTED" featuring Miley Cyrus.
Just 24 hours ahead of the GRAMMYs, Beyoncé also sent the BeyHive into a frenzy by teasing her forthcoming COWBOY CARTER Tour 2025 on social media. Tour dates are expected to be announced soon.
