Beyonce makes history as first black woman to top country chart… after a country music station REFUSED to play new track Texas Hold ‘Em

Beyoncé has made history again after becoming the first black woman to top the Hot Country Songs chart with her hit Texas Hold ‘Em.

Her achievement comes after she received praise for both of her new country songs from some of the genre’s top artists, including Maren Morris and Lainey Wilson, who warmly welcomed the 42-year-old superstar to the country music community this week.

Texas Hold ‘Em, which was released on February 11 and hit country radio just two days later, pushed Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgrave’s duet, I Remember Everything, back from the top spot, where it had held for 20 weeks.

The 32-time Grammy winner’s other country song, 16 Carriages, which was released on the same day as Texas Hold ‘Em, debuted at No. 9.

Her achievement comes after she received praise for both of her new country songs from some of the genre’s top artists, including Maren Morris and Lainey Wilson, who warmly welcomed the 42-year-old superstar to the country music community this week.

Both of the mother of three’s songs were announced in a Verizon commercial that aired during CBS’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII.

Rapper Jay-Z’s wife will release a full-length country album, titled Act II, on March 29, following up her 2022 Renaissance LP.

According to BillboardTexas Hold ‘Em received “19.2 million official streams and 4.8 million airplay audiences across all formats and sold 39,000 in the US through February 15.”

Meanwhile, the outlet added that 16 Carriages “attracted 10.3 million streams, 90,000 in radio reach and 14,000 in sales.”

She is currently the first and only woman to have appeared on both Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The artist’s latest feat comes after her fans forced a country music radio station to play Texas Hold ‘Em after initially refusing.

Last week, a Twitter user led by @jussatto said that Ada, Oklahoma-based country music station KYKC had denied their request to play her new single Texas Hold ‘Em.

“I applied for Texas Hold ‘Em at my local radio station (KYKC) and after applying, I received an email from the station stating, ‘We don’t play Beyoncé on KYKC because we are a country music station,’” the social media post said. the user said, along with a screenshot of the response they received from the radio station.

Texas Hold ‘Em, which was released on February 11 and hit country radio just two days later, pushed Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgrave’s duet, I Remember Everything, back from the top spot, where it had held for 20 weeks.

The 32-time Grammy winner’s other country song, 16 Carriages, which was released on the same day as Texas Hold ‘Em, debuted at No. 9

The user added, “This channel needs to be held accountable for their blatant racism and discrimination against Beyoncé.”

The posts drew multiple responses from Beyoncé fans angry about the alleged exclusion.

The Twitter user then shared it TMZ that their first request to the station was, “Please play the new song, Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyoncé,” adding that they felt the station should have been aware that Beyoncé was about to release new music in the country genre.

The artist’s latest feat comes after her fans forced a country music radio station to play Texas Hold ‘Em after initially refusing

A representative for the station told TMZ last Tuesday that the reason they didn’t play the songs – Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages – is because they weren’t provided with them. Another local station, KECO, confirmed to the station that no copies of the songs had been sent.

The station KYKC eventually received copies of the songs, it told TMZ, and began playing Texas Hold ‘Em on Tuesday.

At the time, it tweeted a screenshot of the playlist, acknowledging that the single was now in rotation: “A lot of calls are coming in for Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em.” It will be in a few minutes.”

Act II is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album.