Beyoncé’s "Cowboy Carter" album may not have wrangled much award season glory yet, but she could be gearing up for a Grammy showdown -- rumor has it the album's been submitted for a major category at next year’s ceremony.
via: Daily Mail
The Texas Hold 'Em singer, 43, submit her album in the genre following the release of her country album earlier this year, sources told The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday.
Beyoncé had previously submit her 2016 track Daddy Lessons from her hit album Lemonade for contention in country categories, but it was not nominated.
The submission comes after the superstar musical artist did not receive any nominations from the CMA Awards; and also went winless amid 12 nominations at the People's Choice Country Awards last week.
Beyoncé, who has won 32 Grammy Awards over 88 career nominations, has never received a country nomination. She showed her crossover appeal in 2017, when Lemonade was nominated for honors in four genres - rock, rap, R&B and pop.
The Recording Academy utilizes the services of around '350 volunteer music industry experts' to lend their opinions on how content should be classified, THR reported, with complications coming at times when material is reflective of multiple genres.
Last year, industry experts were divided on how her album Renaissance would be classified, ultimately putting it in the dance category, where it emerged victorious.
Reactions to the forthcoming awards season submission from Beyoncé were divided from fans, as some thought the singer had made the year's best country album, and some didn't.
A user declared, 'Queen Bey takes Nashville! Beyoncé for the country win!' while another predicted, 'Beyonce will be the winner mark my words.'
One user said, 'Kinda need her to win this one off principle. Genre is about bending. Yes, it’s country… but it’s also a testament to the long line of inspiration that country has enveloped. It’s not about Beyoncé, it’s about rewarding artistry without boundary.'
Another said, 'Great News! I’m so happy for her! Hope she brings home the win for this amazing album!'
One user predicted, 'They’re going to snub her 100% this will be Beyoncé’s least Grammy award winning project if it wins any at all.'
People who didn't feel the album belonged the honors included one person who said Cowboy Carter was 'not a country album - it's just cosplaying as one.'
Another said 'Jay-Z buying them awards as usual,' adding, 'We all know he can't buy the REAL CMA.'
Beyoncé's father Mathew Knowles told TMZ on September 9 that the CMAs snubbing of his daughter's record, released March 29, 'speaks for itself.'
He added: 'There’s more white people in America and unfortunately they don’t vote based on ability and achievements; it’s still sometimes a white and Black thing.'
Knowles noted that amid the 'current state of American culture ... there’s no accountability for people not being accepting of other cultures.'
Dolly Parton last month came to the defense of the Country Music Association after it received flak for omitting Beyoncé as a nominee.
The 78-year-old music legend spoke with Variety in a September 17 interview published in which she was asked about the surprising development involving the superstar artist.
'Well, you never know,' the Pittman Center, Tennessee-born icon told the outlet. 'There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that.'
The Jolene artist continued, 'But I didn’t even realize that until somebody asked me that question.'
Parton said she thought that Cowboy Carter 'was a wonderful album' that Beyoncé 'can be very, very proud of.'
The 9 to 5 singer added that she thinks 'everybody in country music welcomed her and thought that, that was good;' and that she didn't feel Beyoncé was intentionally snubbed for her foray into the country genre.
'I don’t think it was a matter of shutting out, like doing that on purpose,' Parton said. 'I think it was just more of what the country charts and the country artists were doing, that do that all the time, not just a specialty album.'
Parton continued, 'I’ve been fortunate enough to be on both those albums. Well, Jolene was in Beyoncé’s, and I thought that was a great album.'
The Islands in the Stream artist cited Beyoncé's background, saying, 'She’s a country girl in Texas and Louisiana, so she grew up with that base. It wasn’t like she just appeared out of nowhere.'
Parton said she was 'open to anything' in terms of a potential collaboration with Beyoncé.
Beyoncé's history with the CMAs prior to the nominations being announced to controversy earlier this month included a 2016 collaboration with The Chicks of the track Daddy Lessons, which garnered a number of racist reactions online.
The CMAs air on November 20, 2024 at 8/7c.
The Grammy Awards are set to be held Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles at Crypto.com Arena and broadcast on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+. Nominations are slated to be announced November 8, 2024.
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