Beyonce has become the first black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’.
The track, a tribute to her roots, soared to number one after she released it simultaneously with the single, ‘16 Carriages,’ in a surprise album announcement during the Super Bowl.
Texas Hold ‘Em achieved this feat by dethroning Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ “I Remember Everything” on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. “I Remember Everything” had sat at No. 1 for 20 weeks.
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The feat also made her the second solo female artist to have a song go straight in at number one on the country chart – the first being Taylor Swift in 2021 with her re-recording of Love Story and All Too Well.
It also makes Beyonce the first woman to reach number one on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since the lists began in 1958. Ray Charles, Billy Ray Cyrus, Justin Bieber and Morgan Wallen are the only other artists to have achieved this feat.
Both Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages will feature on Beyonce’s ninth studio album Renaissance Act II, which will be released on 29 March.
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