The reason WHY Beyonce’s hit Cowboy Carter album wasn’t nominated at the 2024 ACM Awards
But the multi-Grammy Award-winner didn’t receive any love at Thursday’s ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas, and it’s not due to any kind of genre-bending biases.
It turns out Beyonce’s lack of nominations at the 2024 ceremony was solely due to the Academy of Country Music‘s eligibility period for nominees that runs from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
That means Beyoncé’s newest album missed the cut by about three months, considering Cowboy Carter was officially released on March 29.
While Cowboy Carter, the second of a planned trilogy of albums following Renaissance (2022) wasn’t recognized this year, it will be eligible to be considered for nominations for the 2025 CM Awards.
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Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, her first journey into country-Americana music, has been a bonafide hit since it dropped six weeks ago
The Crazy In Love star isn’t the only musical artist who will have to wait until 2025 to see whether they’ll take home trophies at the ceremony that’s known as Country Music’s Party of the Year.
Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well, Sheryl Crow’s Evolution and Yellowstone actor Luke Grimes’ self-titled album were all too late to be considered for awards in 2024, according to E! News, although Musgraves did score nominations for Female Artist Of The Year and Music Event Of The Year.
Initially, Beyoncé announced Cowboy Carter during the Super Bowl in February, and then dropped the album late the following month.
Soon after it earned the distinction of being her eighth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200, all while making her the first Black woman to top the Top Country Albums chart.
The success came on the heels of her first single, Texas Hold ‘Em hitting the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Country Songs chart.
Her second single, 16 Carriages, would end up debuting at number nine on the Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
She got two more top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with her third single, II Most Wanted featuring Miley Cyrus, as well as with her with cover of Dolly Parton’s classic song Jolene.
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But the multi-Grammy Award-winner didn’t receive any love at Thursday’s ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas , and it’s not due to any kind of genre-bending biases
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It turns out Beyonce’s lack of nominations at the 2024 ceremony was solely due to the Academy of Country Music ‘s eligibility period for nominees that runs from January 1 to December 31, 2023; seen in April
‘The joy of creating music is that there are no rules,’ the singer-songwriter said about exploring the country genre, as reported by People. ‘The more I see the world evolving the more I felt a deeper connection to purity.’
‘With artificial intelligence and digital filters and programming, I wanted to go back to real instruments, and I used very old ones,’ she added. ‘I didn’t want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs perfectly in tune. I kept some songs raw and leaned into folk.’
Having sold more than 200 million records worldwide Beyoncé is one of the best-selling music artists of all time
The 2024 ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, streamed live on May 16 starting at 8pm ET on Amazon Prime Video.
2024 ACM Awards: Full list of winners
Entertainer of the Year
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson – WINNER
Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley Mcbryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson – WINNER
Male Artist of the Year
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Morgan Wallen
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay – WINNER
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
Group of the Year
Flatland Cavalry
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion – WINNER
Zac Brown Band
New Female Artist of the Year
Kassi Ashton
Ashley Cooke
Hannah Ellis
Kylie Morgan
Megan Moroney – WINNER
New Male Artist of the Year
Ernest
Kameron Marlowe
Dylan Scott
Conner Smith
Nate Smith – WINNER
New Duo or Group of the Year
Neon Union
Restless Road
Tigirlily Gold – WINNER
Album of the Year
Gettin’ Old, Luke Combs
Higher, Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Leather, Cody Johnson
One Thing at A Time, Morgan Wallen
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good), Kelsea Ballerini
Single of the Year
Burn It Down, Parker McCollum
Fast Car, Luke Combs – WINNER
Last Night, Morgan Wallen
Need a Favor, Jelly Roll
Next Thing You Know, Jordan Davis
Song of the Year
Fast Car, Luke Combs
Heart Like a Truck, Lainey Wilson
Next Thing You Know, Jordan Davis – WINNER
The Painter, Cody Johnson
Tennessee Orange, Megan Moroney
Music Event of the Year
Can’t Break Up Now, Old Dominion, Megan Moroney
Different ‘Round Here, Riley Green (Ft. Luke Combs)
I Remember Everything, Zach Bryan (Feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Man Made a Bar, Morgan Wallen (Feat. Eric Church)
Save Me, Jelly Roll (With Lainey Wilson) – WINNER
Visual Media of the Year
Burn It Down, Parker McCollum – WINNER
Human, Cody Johnson
In Your Love, Tyler Childers
Next Thing You Know, Jordan Davis
Tennessee Orange, Megan Moroney
Songwriter of the Year
Jessie Jo Dillon – WINNER
Ashley Gorley
Hillary Lindsey
Chase Mcgill
Josh Thompson
Artist-Songwriter of the Year
Zach Bryan
Ernest
Hardy
Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Morgan Wallen
