Beyoncé Becomes the First Black Woman to Ever Reach No. 1 on the Country Chart with 'Texas Hold 'Em'

Mar. 15, 2025

Beyoncé performs onstage during the ‘Renaissance World Tour’ in Warsaw in June 2023.Photo:Kevin Mazur/WireImage

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Beyoncéjust made history once again.

On Tuesday,Billboardrevealed that the “Alien Superstar” musician, 42, became the first-ever Black female artist to top the Hot Country Songs chart thanks to her single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which also debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart.

“Texas Hold ‘Em,“which was officially serviced to country radioon Feb. 13, took the top spot fromZach BryanandKacey Musgraveswhose duet “I Remember Everything” has sat at No. 1 for 20 weeks.

The track amassed 19.2 million official streams and 4.8 million in all-format airplay audience, with 39,000 sales in the U.S. through Feb. 15, per Luminate.

Beyoncé in Los Angeles in March 2021.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Beyoncé andTaylor Swiftare the only solo female artists who have debuted at No. 1 on the chart, with the latter claiming the top spot with “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” and “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” in 2021.

The 32-time Grammy winner also made history as the first female artist to claim the top spot on Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since October 1958 when the lists became “all-encompassing genre song charts,” perBillboard.

The only other artists to have led these charts areMorgan Wallen,Justin Bieber,Billy Ray CyrusandRay Charles.

“16 Carriages,”which was released alongside “Texas Hold ‘Em"on Feb. 11, debuted at No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart and began at No. 38 on the Hot 100 chart.

It has garnered 10.3 million streams, 90,000 in radio and 14,000 in sales.

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Beyoncé at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

The full project, which is currently untitled but being referred to asact iiofRenaissance, is set for release March 29. It comes a little over a year and a half after the release of the music icon’s house-inspired record dropped in summer 2022.

source: people.com