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Beyoncé at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City^ New York; May 04^ 2015

Beyoncé becomes 1st black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Billboard revealed that Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ has reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, making her the first-ever Black female artist to achieve the feat since the chart’s launch in January 1964. In February, Beyoncé became the first-ever Black female artist to top the Hot Country Songs chart with the album’s lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.”