Beyoncé‘s entry album into the nation music style, Cowboy Carter, was launched on March 29, and it’s already shattering information on streaming platforms.
After the “Texas Maintain ‘Em” singer dropped her new album, Spotify mentioned it grew to become the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 to this point.”
“That is additionally the primary time a rustic album holds the title this 12 months,” Spotify shared on Instagram.
Amazon Music additionally mentioned in an announcement posted on Instagram, “Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s greatest album debut” on the platform “with probably the most first-day world streams of all of her albums, and probably the most first-day streams for a rustic album by a feminine artist.”
Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album. It options collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Publish Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Marvel, Nile Rodgers, Raye, Ryan Beatty, and Jon Batiste. The album additionally pays homage to Dolly Parton with a canopy of “Jolene,” Linda Martell, and Willie Nelson.
Beyoncé beforehand opened up in regards to the inspiration for making this album, a manufacturing she mentioned was years within the making.
“It was born out of an expertise that I had years in the past the place I didn’t really feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t,” she shared in an Instagram put up lately. “Due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive.”
She continued, “It feels good to see how music can unite so many individuals around the globe, whereas additionally amplifying the voices of a number of the individuals who have devoted a lot of their lives educating on our musical historical past.”