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Singer Beyoncé has achieved a major milestone after breaking Billboard Country Chart Records.
Billboard confirmed pop icon made history as she is the first-ever Black female artist to top the Country Albums chart with Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé’s eighth album reportedly reached the top slot on the Billboard 200, Americana/Folk Albums, and Top Album Sales charts.
A press release was issued shortly after, revealing the names of “vocalists, musicians, and orators” on the album, after the release of Beyoncé’s new album
They included Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Jon Batiste, Rhiannon Giddens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark, Jr., Willie Jones, Brittney Spencer, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy.
‘Cowboy Carter,’ which dropped on March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending April 4, according to Billboard and music industry data provider Luminate. It is the best debut of 2024 so far and also the biggest since Taylor Swift dropped ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ in November 2023, Billboard said.
Beyonce previously topped the Billboard charts with ‘Dangerously in Love’ (2003), ‘B’Day’ (2006), ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’ (2008), “4” (2011), ‘Beyonce’ (2013), ’Lemonade (2016) and ‘Renaissance’ (2022). The only women with more number ones are Swift, Barbra Streisand, and Madonna, according to Billboard.
