{"id":46343,"date":"2024-02-21T17:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1996350"},"modified":"2024-02-21T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:33:13","slug":"beyonce-makes-us-chart-history-with-hit-song-texas-hold-em","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/beyonce-makes-us-chart-history-with-hit-song-texas-hold-em\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 makes US chart history with hit song Texas Hold \u2018Em"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Hold \u2018Em was unveiled as a surprise during the Super Bowl earlier this month. <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 21 February 2024 at 16:45 PM<\/p>

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Beyonc\u00e9<\/span> has made Billboard Country Charts history by becoming the first Black woman to land a number one single on the country music section.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 42-year-old singer\u2019s new song, Texas Hold \u2018Em, which was unveiled as a surprise during the Super Bowl earlier this month alongside another single 16 Carriages, topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Tuesday (20th February).<\/span><\/p>\n

Released on Sunday 11th February, the track achieved the number-one position after just four days of tracking.<\/span><\/p>\n

In that time it was streamed 19.2 million times in the US and downloaded 32,000 times, <\/span>according to entertainment data company Luminate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Hold \u2018Em gives fans <\/span>a first glimpse at the star\u2019s forthcoming studio album <\/span>Renaissance Act II<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> which is set for release on Friday 29th March.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beyonce at the 2024 Grammys. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The album is a follow-up to her ballroom and club-influenced 2022 album <\/span>Renaissance, which won won Best Dance\/Electronic Album at the 2023 Grammys.<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s record-breaking feat comes after a row erupted last week over the song\u2019s categorisation as a country track.<\/span><\/p>\n

A country radio station in Oklahoma initially declined to play a request for <\/span>Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s new single, responding to a fan that <\/span>\u201cwe do not play <\/span>Beyonce<\/span> on KYKC as we are a country music station\u201d.<\/span><\/p>

But after a campaign on Twitter, which was recently rebranded as X, KYKC quickly backtracked, claiming it was not aware that <\/span>Beyonc\u00e9 had crossed over into the country genre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its Facebook account said the station \u201cdidn\u2019t physically have it [the songs]. Now we do. Love it\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe initially refused to play it in the same manner if someone requested us to play The Rolling Stones on our country station,\u201d KYKC\u2019s general manager Roger Harris said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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