Beyoncé continues to make history.
The Houston-born singer became the first Black woman to top the Billboard Country Albums chart after her latest album “Act II: Cowboy Carter” reached No. 1. It also topped the all-genre Billboard 200, marking his eighth No. 1 album.
The singer released the 27-track country album last month, and fans clearly can’t get enough of it.
Since its release, “Cowboy Carter” has been break streaming records. Spotify announced on social media last week that on the album’s release day – March 29 – it had become the platform’s most streamed album in a single day so far in 2024.
The album also took the title for most first-day streams of a country album by a female artist on Amazon Music.
Prior to the album’s release, Beyoncé released two singles on Super Bowl Sunday: “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages”. The old debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Charts, making Beyoncé the first black woman to top the chart.
According to Luminate, the industry data and analytics company, “Cowboy Carter” has totaled 407,000 equivalent album units, a combination of pure album sales and on-demand streams, earned in the United States during of his first week.
As a black woman reclaiming country music, Beyoncé pushes against the genre’s stereotypical associations with white artists. The conversation around Beyoncé’s country music explorations began when she arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in cowboy gear — making a statement without saying a word.
Beyoncé, who is executive producer of the album, said in a statement that it was “the best music I have ever made.”
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