Beyoncé won’t be adding any Country Music Association Awards to her collection this year.
The 2024 CMA Awards nominations were revealed on Monday, September 9, and the artist — who ventured into country music earlier this year — was notably left out of all the categories.
On the other hand, Morgan Wallen secured a strong presence, leading the list of nominees.
According to US Weekly Although Beyoncé, 43, has yet to comment on being overlooked by the CMA Awards, her devoted fanbase, the Beyhive, has been anything but quiet.
Many of her fans flocked to social media to express their frustration and disappointment over the snubs.
Beyonce should host a live show on all platforms at the exact same time as the CMAs. Or release the videos for the album the minute the CMAs begin,” one X user wrote. Another added, “Beyoncé didn’t receive a single nomination at the Country Music Awards (CMAs). It has started.”
A third social media user noted how the singer was
“still dominating the conversation” surrounding the awards show even though she didn’t receive any nominations.
Ahead of the Cowboy Carter album release in March, Beyoncé was vocal about her entrance into the country music scene.
“Today marks the 10-day countdown until the release of Act II. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the supporters of ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ‘16 Carriages,’” she wrote via Instagram on March 19, referring to the first two singles from Cowboy Carter. “I feel honored to be the first Black woman with the number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart.
She continued:
“That would not have happened without the outpouring of support from each and every one of you. My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.”
Beyoncé explained to fans that this album had been “over five years in the making” and referenced a past experience where she “did not feel welcomed” on the country music scene.
I was very clear that I wasn’t [welcome],” she wrote. “But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive.”
Fans have speculated that Beyoncé was referring to the 2016 CMAs where she sang her song “Daddy Lessons” alongside The Chicks.
Following her candid caption — and the release of Cowboy Carter — many country music stars have spoken out in her defense. Beyoncé has since become the first Black woman to ever reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
“The more people that are interested in country music, the better for all of us,” Miranda Lambert, for one, told Us Weekly exclusively in May. “We’ve always had a little bit of something for everyone, but it’s just kind of not been advertised that way. All these other kinds of artists are making country records [now], and if that brings more eyeballs to our little circle we have, I’m thankful. I think that we have to just be open.”
The CMA’s have once again deferred to those in the industry who prefer to deny Black artists the recognition they deserve, failing to nominate Beyoncé in a single category this year despite her record-breaking success with TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and #COWBOYCARTER.
The CC era received… pic.twitter.com/x0stYM1xAG
— BEYONCÉ LEGION ???? (@BeyLegion) September 9, 2024
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“Queen Bey was completely shut out despite having one of the year’s biggest country albums with 'Cowboy Carter' and the hit song “Texas Hold ‘Em.”@THR about #CMA’s nominations pic.twitter.com/DFFUsde0PQ
— Beyoncé Press. (@beyoncepress) September 9, 2024
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The people on the CMA nomination committee when it came to Beyoncé pic.twitter.com/m6v9UAB84A
— Prince Lamon (@RoyalPrince01) September 9, 2024
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Beyoncé not getting one single CMA nomination is a choice and they chose violence.
— Lacarta de Pointe du lac (@itsjustjarrod) September 9, 2024
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post malone got CMA nominations, but beyoncé didn’t even get ONE. pic.twitter.com/D1ay5Wk9WJ
— IT WILL BE THE SCARLET WITCH (@artsy_udorji) September 9, 2024
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I am disappointed, to say the least, that @Beyonce didn't receive a @CountryMusic CMA nomination. The album is one of the best of all genres this year and is a work on a level that few contemporary albums reach. This is Nashville's and country music's loss.
— Beverly Keel (@bevkeel) September 9, 2024
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“To me, such a blatant snub only tells me the CMA nomination committee members couldn’t bear the thought of a Black woman who doesn’t fit their idea of a country star sweeping the biggest categories of the night—so they opted not to recognize her at all.”@harpersbazaarus about… pic.twitter.com/DF4LX28LIg
— Beyoncé Press. (@beyoncepress) September 9, 2024
