Beyoncé shut out of Country Music Award nominations

By Daysia Tolentino, NBC

The Country Music Awards nominations were announced Monday, and one superstar was noticeably absent from the list: Beyoncé.

The singer released her first full-length country project “Cowboy Carter” in March.

Fans were disappointed by Monday’s snub and criticized the CMAs for excluding Beyoncé, who had said that she felt unwelcome in the country genre.

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Beyoncé shared on Instagram earlier this year that the album was “born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed.” Beyoncé said her experience motivated her to do a “deeper dive” into country music.

“The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me,” she wrote in her Instagram post.

Many fans speculated that she was referring to the backlash she received after performing her song “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 CMAs with the country group The Chicks.

Some fans were surprised that “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the lead single off of “Cowboy Carter,” was not given a nod. The song became the first by a Black female artist to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart after it was released in February.

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