FILE - Beyoncé performs at the Wolstein Center, Nov. 4, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
FILE - Reyna Roberts arrives at the CMT Music Awards, April 11, 2022, at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
FILE - Rissi Palmer arrives at the CMT Music Awards, April 11, 2022, at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
FILE - Lainey Wilson poses in the press room with the award for best country album for "Bell Bottom Country" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
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FILE - Wynonna Judd performs at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky., Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
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FILE - Beyoncé performs at the Wolstein Center, Nov. 4, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
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FILE - Reyna Roberts arrives at the CMT Music Awards, April 11, 2022, at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
John Amis - freelancer, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - Rissi Palmer arrives at the CMT Music Awards, April 11, 2022, at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
John Amis - freelancer, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - Lainey Wilson poses in the press room with the award for best country album for "Bell Bottom Country" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
Richard Shotwell - invision linkable, Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
FILE - Wynonna Judd performs at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky., Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. With the release of "Act II: Cowboy Carter,'' Beyoncé has reignited discussions about the genre’s origins and its diversity.
Kevin Goldy - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Dusty, worn boots. Horses lapping up water. Sweat dripping from the foreheads of every shade of Black skin as country classics blare through giant speakers. These moments are frequently recreated during Tayhlor Coleman’s family gatherings at their central Texas ranch. For her, Beyoncé's country album, “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” was the granting of an unlikely wish.
“There is something to be said about the biggest artist in the world coming home to the genre that... we all kind of love but never really felt welcome into — it’s really hard to put that to words,” said the 35-year-old native of Houston’s Third Ward, the same area Beyoncé lived in as a child. Loving artists like Miranda Lambert and Shania Twain, Coleman hoped this moment would come. “I was praying then that one day she would make a country album…Beyoncé is more country than a lot of people making country music today.”
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