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Dolly Parton is addressing Beyoncé being entirely shut out of the 2024 CMA Awards nominations, after releasing her country-inspired album Cowboy Carter. The 78-year-old “Jolene” icon, whose hit song was covered by Beyoncé on the album, shared her thoughts about her not being nominated in an interview with Variety. “Well, you never know,” she began. “There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that.” Keep reading to find out more… She called Cowboy Carter a “wonderful album,” adding: “She can be very, very proud of, and I think everybody in country music welcomed her and thought that, that was good. So I don’t think it was a matter of shutting out, like doing that on purpose. I think it was just more of what the country charts and the country artists were doing, that do that all the time, not just a specialty album.” “She’s a country girl in Texas and Louisiana, so she grew up with that base,” Dolly said. “It wasn’t like she just appeared out of nowhere. Post Malone has loved country music his whole life, and then I got to do the duet with him on his album, and I think it’s a fantastic album. I thought both those albums were great.”
