{"id":10562,"date":"2024-03-31T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10562"},"modified":"2024-03-31T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T18:58:07","slug":"beyonces-new-album-hailed-by-fans-as-the-best-country-album-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10562","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s new album hailed by fans as \u2018the best country album ever\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vt.co\/entertainment\/beyonce-new-album-super-bowl-country\">Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s new album<\/a>\u00a0has gone down very well with fans, with some even calling it \u201cthe best country album ever\u201d \u2013 which is certainly a bold compliment!<\/p>\n<p>The country album, Cowboy Carter, serves as the second installment in a potential trilogy following 2022\u2019s Renaissance. The album boasts a whopping 27-song tracklist, featuring collaborations with iconic names such as Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Willie Nelson, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Just under 24 hours since its release,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify\/status\/1773858972078129458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify announced<\/a>\u00a0that the Grammy-winning artist\u2019s venture into country music has become its most-streamed album in a single day for 2024 thus far.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1263255543\" src=\"https:\/\/img.vt.co\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1986605970.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em class=\"caption\">Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s new album, Cowboy Carter, quickly rose to the number one spot on streaming platforms. Credit: Kevin Mazur\/Getty<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This remarkable feat also marks the first time a country album has claimed such a title this year.<\/p>\n<p>Before the full album release of Cowboy Carter on Friday, Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s single \u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em\u2019 soared to the top spot on the U.S. Top 50 chart, amassing over 200 million streams, per the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/beyonces-cowboy-carter-spotify-most-streamed-album-single-day-2024-1235863349\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And after the 42-year-old singer unveiled her new tracks \u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em\u2019 and \u201916 Carriages\u2019 during the Super Bowl, she became the<a href=\"https:\/\/vt.co\/entertainment\/beyonce-first-black-woman-top-billboard-hot-country-songs-chart\">\u00a0first Black woman to top Billboard\u2019s Hot Country chart.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since its drop, fans have flooded social media with their reactions to this highly-anticipated project, marking Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s debut studio album in the country genre.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1263255542\" src=\"https:\/\/img.vt.co\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1986617741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em class=\"caption\">This is Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s first venture into the world of country music. Credit: Kevin Mazur\/Getty<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One person\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashvvvvv\/status\/1773637679428632931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cIf Beyonc\u00e9 comes back to nashville can someone pls let me know because this is the best country album ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chr0matihoe\/status\/1774013502178652174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>: \u201cOnly Beyonce could make me like a country album like is there anything this woman can\u2019t do,\u201d while a third\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbr_OLU\/status\/1773918498428703161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cDoes anyone else feel like Beyonc\u00e9 personally delivered them an Easter Basket full of little eggs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis the best country album I\u2019ve ever heard #COWBOYCARTER,\u201d another X user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WishiSwift\/status\/1773320045650694641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This project holds personal significance for the singer, who has previously expressed feeling unwelcome in the country music scene during her earlier attempts.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1263255544\" src=\"https:\/\/img.vt.co\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2009208221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em class=\"caption\">The new album has gone down very well with fans. Credit: Michael Loccisano\/Getty<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 shared on Instagram earlier this month. \u201cAct II is a result of challenging myself and taking my time to bend and blend genres together to create this body of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album gained more first-day streams on Amazon Music globally than any of her previous releases, marking it as the country album with the most first-day streams by a female artist in Amazon Music\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just fans who have raved about the new release. Critics have also heavily praised Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s latest offering, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/music\/what-to-listen-to\/beyonc-cowboy-carter-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Neil McCormick calling it \u201ca masterpiece\u201d that has \u201creinvented Country music\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s new album\u00a0has gone down very well with fans, with some even calling it \u201cthe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":119,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}