CMA Award Nominations: Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Snubbed, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone Earn Multiple Noms | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

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The 2024 CMA Awards nominations are out, and Beyoncé was heavily snubbed. Queen Bey was completely shut out of this year's nominations despite having one of the year's biggest country albums.

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00:00The 2024 CMA Awards nominations are out and Beyoncé was heavily snubbed.

00:08Queen Bey was completely shut out of this year's nominations,

00:11despite having one of the year's biggest country albums.

00:14Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter made history this year when it spent four weeks on top of Billboard's

00:18Top Country Albums chart, making her the first Black woman to achieve the feat.

00:25She also became the first Black woman to hit the number one spot on Billboard's

00:29Hot Country Songs chart with Texas Hold'em, which held the top position for a whopping 10 weeks.

00:34The 27-track project featuring Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martel, Miley Cyrus and

00:40Post Malone drove cultural conversations about Black artists reclaiming the genres they started,

00:46including country music. Beyoncé qualified for CMA categories like Single of the Year,

00:51Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Music Event of the Year.

00:56The CMAs are voted on by members of the Country Music Association, which includes artists,

01:01executives, songwriters and other industry professionals.

01:04The CMA snub comes eight years after controversy ensued at the 2016 CMAs,

01:09when Beyoncé surprised the audience with a performance of her country song Daddy Lessons,

01:14alongside the Chicks, which received some backlash from country music.

01:18The singer seemed to reference the CMAs when she teased Cowboy Carter in March.

01:22This album has been over five years in the making. It was born out of an experience that

01:26I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed, and it was very clear that I wasn't. But because

01:32of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of country music and studied our

01:36rich musical archive." By contrast, another artist who released his first country album this year,

01:41Post Malone, was welcomed with the nominations, earning four nods for I Had Some Help,

01:46his hit number one featuring Morgan Wallen. Meanwhile, Wallen himself earned seven nods.

01:51For more on this year's nominations, head to THR.com.

01:55And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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