Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Nab Number One Country Album With 'Cowboy Carter'
Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Nab Number One Country Album With 'Cowboy Carter'
Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' has become the first album from a Black woman to top the Country Albums chart; it also debuted at Number One on the Top 200.
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oh my god the rednecks are gonna fucking lose it this is delicious.
They already lost it before the album came out: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/02/14/beyoncs-new-songs-arent-getting-played-on-country-radio---despite-streaming-success/?sh=19f22d027a1f
No qualms with rich white Detroit Kid Rock doing country but can't have a black woman who grew up in Texas making country songs.
Look, if anything, Beyoncé being as wealthy as she is should make her more qualified for the genre lol
Almost like... radio stations are privately owned businesses that know it's not a good idea to piss of their (very few remaining) listeners? Who gives a fuck what country radio stations are doing lol
Radio stations are in a privileged position of control over the scarce piece of radio spectrum they use to broadcast, and deserve to be regulated in exchange for that privilege.
I'm not saying the FCC should force them to play Beyonce, but the "iTs a pRiVatE bUsINeSS" argument is 100% bullshit in this case.
...radio is regulated and the government can't nor should be allowed to force media to play certain musicians.
Let us be real, if a law like that is ever enacted, it won't be to force country music listeners to listen to black artists, it will be to force black listeners to listen to Perry Como.
Had idea all around.
Should radio stations be regulated? Yes (we both agree on this). Should those regulations include forcing them to play songs against their commercial interests? No (we also both agree on this).
I genuinely don't even understand what kind of argument you're trying to make here.
I genuinely don’t even understand what kind of argument you’re trying to make here.
I'm pointing out that the "it's a private business" argument doesn't apply. The radio station can choose not to play Beyonce because the FCC allows it to make that choice, not because it has some sort of inherent right to make that choice.
not because it has some sort of inherent right to make that choice
The US legal system works on "all powers not explicitly stated to belong to [governing body] are not granted" so, yes, the radio station does have an inherent right to make that choice. The FCC doesn't allow them that right. Rather, they don't forbid them from it, which is completely different.
No, that's not true. The FCC explicitly has the power (as delegated by Congress) to regulate interstate commerce, which includes radio spectrum since radio waves cross state lines.
Let it go grue, PP_BOY doesn't even like black folks, as evidenced by his history. Hell, his hatred for my people is probably part of the reason he commented in the first place.
Ignorant people are upvoting his lies, and that needs to be corrected.
Damned if I can argue with that statement. 💯
They are going to lose it even more when they watch the new Willie Nelson/Orville Peck video.
I like how you were able to find a redneck to respond. Nicely done!
Just wait for a white woman to cover it, they'll eat it up then.
We don't care. It wasn't that good of a song. If it wasn't for hype-fluff like this it would be forgotten already.
Album’s so bad it’s number one.