And now with Cowboy Carter named Album of the Year by the Recording Academy, Beyoncé has come full circle. After all, the country crossover album was created after she felt excluded from parts of the music community.
“It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t,” she wrote in a March 2024 Instagram post. “But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.”
For a guide to all of Beyoncé’s history-making moments at the Grammys, keep reading.
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