Beyoncé has become the first Black woman artist ever to top the Hot Country Songs Chart for her country chart debut 'Texas Hold 'Em.'
Songs chart in the modern history of country music, thanks to her country debut “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which also opened at Number Two on the Hot 100, the publication
“16 Carriages,” Beyoncé’s other country song, hit Number Nine on Hot Country Songs. It has 10.3 million streams, 14,000 sales and 90,000 radio impressions. Beyoncé isn’t the first woman of color in country music, as other artists like Mickey Guyton and Brittney Spencer have found success in recent years, whileas the first Black female solo artist to find success in the genre 50 years ago. But as chart history shows, country remains overwhelmingly white and prominently male.
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