MIAMI.- Premiere Cowboy Carter of Beyonc was one of the most anticipated in the musical field of 2024. And in just 24 hours, the performer managed to add a new record to her list of triumphs: the album became the most reproduced in Spotify in a day and a year.
According to data from the music platform, Cowboy Carter It reached 76.13 million views last Friday, March 29, the date it was released. The figure positions the album as the biggest release so far this year in the music application.
In this way, Beyonc also surpassed itself, as it surpassed the views obtained in 2022 with the launch of Renaissance, which obtained 43 million streams.
Likewise, Spotify highlighted that it is the first time that an album of the genre country obtains this distinction.
And if that were not enough, Queen B managed to establish herself as the African-American artist with the biggest debut on the platform.
Beyonc’s success
On the night of Super Bowl LVIII, Beyonc gained attention after announcing, through a commercial for the telephone company Verizon (as part of the promotions of the sporting event), the launch of the Act II from your disk Renaissance.
Although at that time the award-winning artist did not give details such as its formal title, she did publish the singles Texas Hold ‘Em y 16 Carriages, Both surprised by showing that the recording project was exploring country and debuted successfully on the genre charts.
Texas Hold Em It ranked first on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart; while 16 Carriages It remained in the top ten, specifically in position nine.
Prior to its premiere, Beyonc revealed that the initiative to launch Cowboy Carter She arrived after she was rejected during a past experience linked to the country genre, so she was working on this project for five years until she could make it a reality.
Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Tanner Adell, Willie Jones, Raphael Saadiq, The-Dream, Shabooze, are some of the collaborations on the album. Additionally, fans have applauded Beyoncé’s cover of Parton’s hit. Jolene.
Critics have also celebrated the incursion of the woman most awarded by the Grammy, pointing out that Beyonc not only demonstrated that she is capable of singing in any facet, but that she also observed the genre in detail and gave it the evolutionary impact it needed.
“It’s almost as if Beyonc has been looking at some of the evolutionary leaps and setbacks the country has experienced as it redefines its boundaries – as music always has – and said, ‘Hold my Armand de Brignac. I can do it,'” wrote a Variety reviewer.
