As an artist who has the most Grammy wins of all time, Beyoncé just made history again by being the first Black woman to top a country music chart with her new single “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
The song’s release was first announced with her other country single “16 Carriages” in a Verizon commercial aired during Super Bowl LVIII. “Texas Hold Em” quickly grew in popularity by drawing in 19.2 official streams and 4.8 million in an all-format airplay audience through Feb. 15, according to Billboard.
The song is now No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, making Beyoncé the first Black woman with a single topping this chart.
The only other solo female artist to top Billboard’s country songs chart is Taylor Swift, through her hits like “You Belong With Me,” “Ours,” and others.
Beyoncé is also the only artist to have a combination of rankings with seven No. 1 singles on Billboard’s multimetric song charts as a solo artist, including Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Gospel Songs, and the Hot 100, among other charts. Justin Bieber currently is the only other artist to take the lead with eight hybrid song charts, according to Billboard.
The popularity of Beyoncé’s latest country singles comes ahead of the release of her new album, Act II of the Renaissance album, set to release March 29. This historic moment also comes just as she broke records with her “Renaissance World Tour,” which became the highest-grossing tour by a woman artist in history, pulling in $579 million.
Beyoncé also recently announced her new hair care line, Cécred, which launched on Feb. 20. The line features shampoo, conditioners, hair oils, treatment masks and other products that aren’t “put into the same box others have tried to put me in as a Black woman throughout my career,” the singer said on the Cécred website.
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