Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Top Country Albums Chart
April 8, 2024
Beyoncé makes history as her new LP, Cowboy Carter, blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart dated April 13. The superstar becomes the first Black woman ever to have led the list, which began in January 1964.
Plus, as three songs from the set rank at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart, Beyoncé becomes the first woman to claim the survey’s top three spots simultaneously. Among all acts, Morgan Wallen achieved the feat four times in 2022-23, including the top nine the week that his album One Thing at a Time made its chart debut.
Released March 29, Cowboy Carter earned 407,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending April 4 the largest week of 2024. Cowboy Carter boasts a diverse lineup of billed guest artists, including Tanner Adell, Beyoncé’s daughter Rumi Carter, Miley Cyrus, Willie Jones, Tiera Kennedy, Linda Martell, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Post Malone, Reyna Roberts, Shaboozey and Brittney Spencer.
Among the many additional players on the album: 070 Shake, Jon Batiste, Ryan Beatty, Gary Clark Jr., The Dream, Rhiannon Giddens, Paul McCartney, Pharrell, Robert Randolph, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Sara Watkins and Stevie Wonder.
Anitta Announces Dates For 2024 Baile Funk Experience Tour
April 8, 2024
Brazilian superstar Anitta announced her Baile Funk Experience Tour on Monday morning (April 8), a global swing that includes her first-ever North American trek. The tour, which includes mostly theaters, will have Anitta will play over 20 dates in total, beginning on May 18 in Mexico and including stops in Los Angeles (Wiltern Theater), New York (Brooklyn Paramount) and Miami (The Fillmore), for a total of seven North American dates.
The tour, produced by Live Nation, will also include stops in South America and wrap up with a swing through Europe.
The fact that this will be Anitta’s first bona fide tour outside Brazil may surprise fans, as the singer seems to be everywhere all at once. In 2022, she became the first female Brazilian act to perform at Coachella, and at the end of 2023 she headlined TikTok’s in the Mix, playing for 17,000 fans at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ. She also closed out the year with her hit “Bellakeo” alongside Peso Pluma, which has spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 53.
The tour will follow the release of Anitta’s new album, Funk Generation, due out on April 26 via Republic Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment.
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