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Beyoncé leads the nominations with 11 categories

Beyoncé will compete with fellow American megastar Taylor Swift, notably in the best album category, as well as new pop stars Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter. She received nominations in the category of best album of the year, and notably, in that of best country album, while her album, which draws heavily on this genre, was recently shunned from nominations at the Country Music Awards.

With the single “Texas Hold ‘Em”, punctuated by the sound of the banjo, and “Cowboy Carter”, “Queen B” had nevertheless become the first black artist to rise to the top of the Billboard reference rankings for country.

In front of Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift

In addition to being a phenomenal success, “Cowboy Carter”, which also includes the classic “Jolene” by absolute country star Dolly Parton, has reignited debates on the place of African-Americans in the history of country music. , from which they were largely ousted, the genre being rather associated with white and conservative musicians.

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