BeyoncĂ©’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ makes chart history in the UK
Written by b87fm on 04/05/2024
We’ll have to wait a couple days to see how she fares on the Billboard 200, but BeyoncĂ©‘s album Cowboy Carter has already topped the U.K. charts, breaking several records in the process.
Bey is now the first Black artist to top the U.K. charts with a country album and the first to simultaneously top the U.K. album and singles charts with a country album and a country single. “Texas Hold ‘Em” has now returned to the #1 spot on the latter for a fifth non-consecutive week.
This is the first time BeyoncĂ©Â has done this in more than 20 years: In 2003, she was #1 with both Dangerously In Love and its lead single, “Crazy In Love.”
Ironically, Dolly Parton, who’s featured on Cowboy Carter, has never had a #1 album in the U.K.
What’s more, three songs from Cowboy Carter are in the top 10 on the U.K.’s singles chart: Following “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Bey’s reworking of Dolly’s “Jolene” is #8, and the Miley Cyrus duet “II Most Wanted” is #9.
Cowboy Carter is also Bey’s first #1 on the U.K.’s country albums chart.
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