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To wrap up Black Music Month, we’re highlighting prominent black artists in Country that have made history and broken barriers. The artists include: Beyoncé, Shaboozey, The War and Treaty and more!

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00:00Country music continues to soar on the Billboard charts and to celebrate Black Music Month,

00:04Billboard is highlighting five Black country artists that broke barriers and made history.

00:12Shaboosie made history when he replaced Beyoncé atop the Billboard Hot Country

00:16Songs chart with his hit, A Bar Song, Tipsy.

00:19And helped him earn his third Hot 100 entry alongside his two collaborations,

00:30Spaghetti and Sweet Honey Buckin' from her album, Cowboy Carter.

00:34Shaboosie's star is rising fast. He released his third album, Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm

00:38Going, and Tipsy has been going strong on the Hot 100 for 10 weeks. We can't wait to hear more

00:44Shaboosie. The war and treaty have made a name for themselves in the country music world. They

00:48became the first Black duo to be nominated for the ACM Award for Duo of the Year last year.

01:01And were nominated as Best New Artist at this year's Grammys.

01:04Billboard honored them at this year's Country Power Players event as groundbreakers and

01:08the couple just released their latest single, Called You By Your Name, two weeks ago.

01:13Mickey Guyton became the first Black woman to be nominated for Best Country Solo Performance

01:17in 2020 at the Grammys for her song, Black Like Me. Guyton also became the first Black

01:28female artist to perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards and the first Black woman to co-host

01:33the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2021. She released her latest track, Make It Me,

01:38earlier this month. In 2021, Kane Brown became the first Black person to win Video of the Year

01:44at the ACM Awards with his music video for Worldwide Beautiful. The same year he became

01:54the first Black artist to be nominated for Album of the Year at the ACM Awards.

01:59The country star's latest song is another collaboration with DJ Marshmello.

02:03Beyonce not only highlighted up-and-coming Black country artist on Cowboy Carter,

02:14but she also paid homage to one of the first successful Black country artists, Linda Martel,

02:24who became the first Black female country artist to play the Grand Ole Opry.

02:28She was also recognized for being a groundbreaking Black country artist in 2021

02:33at the CMT Awards with the Equal Pay Award.

02:36If you want to learn more about Black country artists, head to Billboard.com.

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