According to the outlet, Beyoncé’s new song “Texas Hold ‘Em” made its debut on Tuesday at the top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
“16 Carriages,” Beyoncé’s other recent country single, is at ninth on the chart. Beyoncé’s song “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” and “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” scored No. 1 in 2021, making it the only other solo woman to accomplish the feat alongside Taylor Swift. This is Beyoncé’s first-ever No. 1 single on the country charts, according to Billboard.
Act II is Beyoncé’s next big move, following the Renaissance, which took the globe by storm. The Grammy winner’s latest song, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs list, according to a Billboard report published on Tuesday. According to Rolling Stone, she is the first Black woman to have topped that chart since it was initially created in 1958. In the Hot 100, the song is at No. 2, just behind Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me.”
On February 11, Beyoncé revealed the details of her upcoming album, following a preview of new tracks in a Verizon Super Bowl commercial. “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” quickly became popular on streaming sites following the debut of the advertisement. The later song peaked at No. 9 on the country chart with 10.3 million streams, compared to 19.2 million official streams for the former song.
Columbia Nashville to Promote “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Columbia Nashville declared that it would formally promote “Texas Hold ‘Em” to country radio stations on February 14 in response to fan criticism. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the formal success of either song, station management informed EW that they were playing “Texas Hold ‘Em” despite the enormously enthusiastic reception they had received.
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Travis Moon of 93Q Country told EW, “I added the song because it’s a great song, and I’m excited because it just sounds so freaking good on the radio.” Additionally, it’s beneficial for my radio station if some of her fans who enjoy other music also listen to the song.
Fans think that Act II will be Beyoncé’s first full-length country album because of the instrumentation of her new singles and her recent adoption of cowboy visual aesthetics. Beyoncé had previously included country elements in the song “Daddy Lessons” from 2016’s Lemonade.
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The genre’s origins are partially owed to African music, according to former American Idol mentor Bobby Bones, who has observed that numerous Black women have made ripples in country music for decades. “Country music originated as a result of the African music that was transported by slave ships.” As well as European. “In conjunction with the fiddle and banjo,” Bones tweeted previously. “All of these individuals shouting ‘That ain’t country,’… “If you are not African or European, you are not truly ‘country.'”
The significance of Beyoncé’s song Triumph is heightened in light of the country music industry’s persistent critique regarding the treatment of African American artists. Billboard delisted “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X from the Hot Country Charts in 2019, because the composition lacked sufficient country elements to warrant its inclusion on the charts. Before that, Beyoncé’s performance of “Daddy Lessons” at the 50th Country Music Awards sparked controversy, with some attendees objecting to the inclusion of a non-country artist and others labeling such views bigoted.