Beyonce saddles to the top of the Billboard charts with her latest album, Cowboy Carter, her eighth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 charts.
Act II: Cowboy Carter, which is the follow-up to Act 1: Renaissance, is now has largest debut of 2024, reports Billboard. The Country genre-inspired album also debuts on the top of the Country charts making Beyonce the first Black woman ever top the list.
In its first week, Cowboy Carter moved 407,000 equivalent album units with 168,000 of the sum in traditional album sales. 232,000 of its SEA units equated to 300.41 million on-demand streams of its 27 tracks. The album also lands Beyonce her biggest streaming week ever and the fourth-largest for a country album.
Beyonce’s eighth No. 1 album now breaks out of a tie with Janet Jackson for the fourth-most No. 1s among women. Taylor leads the list with 13, followed by Barbra Streisand (11), Madonna (9), and Jackson (7). Bey’s previous chart-topping albums include Renaissance (2002), Lemonade (2016), Beyonce (2013), 4 (2011), I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008), B-Day (2006), and her debut, Dangerously In Love (2003).
Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter was released at 27 tracks featuring the double-release “16 Carriages” and the hit “Texas Hold ‘Em”. The album also includes collaborations from Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, Willie Nelson, Willie Jones, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Linda Martell, Shaboozey, Tiera Kennedy, and her youngest daughter, Rumi Carter.
Most recently, Beyonce was honored The Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeart Radio Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 1. She was presented the award by Stevie Wonder.
“Innovation starts with a dream, but then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy,” she said during her speech.
She continued, “Being an innovator is seeing what everyone believes is impossible. Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength. So, to all the record labels, every radio station, every awards show, my hope is that we’re more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying art with no preconceived notions.
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