Beyoncé became the most-nominated artist in Grammy history with 11 nods for her country album “Cowboy Carter.”
The Wall Street Journal reports the pop star now has 99 career nominations and 32 wins. After the nominations were announced on Friday, she is in the running for album of the year—an award she has never won—record of the year and song of the year (for “Texas Hold ’Em”). For the first time, she is also up for country honors with five nominations in the genre, including best country album and best country solo performance (for “16 Carriages”).
This year’s TikTok ear-worms also dominated the nominees. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Charli xcx’s “360” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” are all up for awards at next year’s ceremony, which is expected to take place Feb. 2 in Los Angeles.
Breakout star Chappell Roan earned six nominations, including for best new artist. Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images
Beyoncé’s Grammy nominations in the country genre come after “Cowboy Carter” received zero nods from the Country Music Awards, a decision critics deemed a snub. The album reopened heated debate over the pop star’s complicated relationship with the country music industry. In 2016, her performance of her song “Daddy Lessons” with the Chicks at the CMAs drew intense backlash from country fans who said the pop star should not have been present, and in an Instagram post announcing “Cowboy Carter,” the singer rebuked the industry’s frosty reception after she “first entered the genre.”
“It means a whole heck of a lot,” Mason Jr. said of Beyoncé’s first-time country nominations, noting that songs from the album were also nominated in other genres like pop and rap. “Crossing lines, blurring genres and being recognized by those voting members. To me, that’s exciting.”
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