Beyoncé just ventured into the country music scene with her Cowboy Carter album, and now a few up-and-coming Black performers in the genre are giving some of her classic pop and R&B songs the country treatment as well.

Brittney Spencer, Tanner Adell, Joy Oladokun, BRELAND, and other artists perform singles by Beyoncé, including “1+1,” “Drunk in Love,” “Irreplaceable,” “Sandcastles,” “II Most Wanted,” and “Halo,” as part of Apple Music’s “Nashville Sessions” series.

Tiera Kennedy, who appears on the six-song playlist, told Apple Music, “Beyoncé has opened a door that’s going to be really hard to close.

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Since its premiere in March, Cowboy Carter has enjoyed significant popularity. With 407,000 equivalent album units in its first week, the album topped the Billboard 200 chart, marking the largest sales week of 2024 at the time. However, Taylor Swift’s most recent release has since surpassed it in sales.

The Houston native’s career total of Billboard Hot 100 songs is at 106, with twenty-three of the album’s 27 tracks reaching the chart. Since the Hot 100 was first introduced in 1958, she is currently just the 17th artist and the third woman to receive over 100 entries.

Beyoncé discussed the success of the project and its significance to her in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. The project was very different from anything she had done in the past.

“Not everyone is ready and open for a shift when you are breaking down barriers,” the speaker stated. However, what really inspires me is witnessing Shaboozey dominate the charts and all the stunning female country singers soar to unprecedented heights and inspire the world.

“There was a period in my life when I was motivated and excited by charts and sales. It’s impossible to go backward once you’ve pushed yourself and poured all of your life—pain, growth, and dreams—into your art, the speaker said.

“I’m extremely appreciative and humbled by the new album’s phenomenal success.”

“I’m honored to introduce so many people to the roots of so many genres,” Bey said in closing. I’m overjoyed that my supporters had faith in me. The idea of bending genres is not well received by the gatekeepers of the music industry, particularly since it comes from a Black performer who is most clearly not a lady.