Dolly Parton doesn’t think Beyoncé’s snub at the CMAs was done “on purpose”
nme.comDolly Parton has shared her thoughts on Beyoncé‘s country album ‘Cowboy Carter’ being snubbed at the Country Music Awards (CMAs) – see what the country icon had to say below.Earlier this month, the nominees for the 2024 Country Music Awards were revealed and shocked fans by not putting Beyoncé up for any awards.In a new chat with Variety, Parton spoke of ‘Cowboy Carter’ not scoring any nominations at the CMAs: “Well, you never know.
There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that.
But I didn’t even realize that until somebody asked me that question.”Parton continued: “But it was a wonderful album. She can be very, very proud of, and I think everybody in country music welcomed her and thought that, that was good.
So I don’t think it was a matter of shutting out, like doing that on purpose. I think it was just more of what the country charts and the country artists were doing, that do that all the time, not just a specialty album.”After the CMA nominations were revealed, several musicians came forth to voice their support of Beyoncé – Shaboozey worked on ‘Spaghetti’ from ‘Cowboy Carter’ said: “That goes without saying.
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