Launched on March 29, 2024, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album has already damaged an enormous report on Spotify. The streaming service introduced that earlier than 24 hours have been over, it was formally the most-streamed album in a single day in 2024.
That is the primary time {that a} country-album has held the title this 12 months. Cowboy Carter additionally has the title for essentially the most first-day streams on Amazon Music globally than any of Beyoncé’s different albums and essentially the most first-day streams for a rustic album within the historical past of Amazon Music by a feminine artist. And the album’s first single, “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” was streamed over 200 million instances on Spotify earlier than the total report was launched.
Of the one’s success, Beyoncé wrote on Instagram, “I really feel honored to be the primary Black lady with the primary single on the Scorching Nation Songs chart. That might not have occurred with out the outpouring of help from every one in every of you. My hope is that years from now, the point out of an artist’s race, because it pertains to releasing genres of music, shall be irrelevant.”
She continued, “This album has been over 5 years within the making. It was born out of an expertise that I had years in the past the place I didn’t really feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. However, due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of Nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many individuals world wide, whereas additionally amplifying the voices of among the individuals who have devoted a lot of their lives educating on our musical historical past.”
The album has various collaborations and covers, and consists of vocals from Miley Cyrus, Publish Malone, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Tanner Adell, Willie Jones, Raphael Saadiq, The-Dream, and Shaboozey.
