Dolly Parton has entered the chat about Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” is shut out at the CMA Awards.
Queen Bey’s country album, which features Parton herself and a cover of her hit “Jolene,” received no nominations for the upcoming 58th annual CMA Awards. The Country Music Awards show faced some backlash from many who called the lack of recognition a distraction. But Parton doesn’t seem to agree.
“Well, you never know,” said the 78-year-old musician. “There are so many wonderful country artists that, I guess they probably in the country music field thought, well, we really can’t leave out some of the people who spend their whole lives doing it,” Parton explained.
“But I didn’t even realize that until someone asked me that question. But it was a wonderful album.”
She added that Beyoncé should be “very, very proud of the album, and I think everybody in country music welcomed her and thought it was good.”
The singer-songwriter doesn’t believe “Cowboy Carter” was intentionally left out “on purpose.”
She continued, “I think it was just more of what the country charts and the country artists were doing, who are doing it all the time, not just a special album.”
“Cowboy Carter” reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, and its debut single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” soared to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100. The album also had several top 10 hits including “II Most Wanted” and “Jolene.”
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