She declared, this "ain't a Country album" but "a 'Beyoncé' album" — positioning herself in opposition to the genre's rigid power structures. And yet, she made the year's best country (and then ...

When the 2025 Grammy Award nominations were announced, her genre-defying album “Cowboy Carter” led the nominations with 11. That brought Beyoncé’s career total nominations to a whopping 99 ...