Beyonće - Cowboy Carter [Album 2] (CD)

"Cowboy Carter" is the new album by American singer-songwriter Beyonće this year. It is the second work in her trilogy created (during the epidemic) following her 2022 album "Renaissance".

"It's not just a country album, it's a completely Beyonće album."

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Faced with opposition from the country music community, Beyoncé, who was trying to develop country music for the first time, did not give up.

In addition to challenging himself, Beyonće also challenges the boundaries of genre music.

The creation of the new album is inspired by country music, adding rich and diverse elements including rhythmic R&B, pop, rap, classic rock, electronic dance music, soul music and folk music, etc., to create music that belongs to Beyoncé. Pay tribute to the past… Pay homage to the musical pioneers of country, rock, classical and opera.

Her partners this time are many, in addition to her daughter Rumi Carter, there are also heavyweights in the country music world Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, the first black country singer to make a name for herself Linda Martell, forgotten black country musicians including Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts and Willie Jones, as well as popular singers Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, and other on- and off-stage collaborators include Shaboozey, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers and Jon Batiste.

The double singles "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" were released in February this year.

All major media outlets gave it high praise, scoring it high overall and summarizing it as a superior work.

All Music - 80

The Guardian - 80

Metacritic - 90 (highest-rated album since 2024)

The Telegraph - 100

The Independent - 100

Rolling Stone - 100 (full score and praised as a classic)

With 87.1 million plays, this album has become the most played album on Spotify this year.

It is also the most-streamed album of her career, surpassing the record of 43.25 million set on the first day by her previous album "Renaissance".                                                                                      

DISC 1  

1. AMERIICAN REQUIEM
2. BLACKBIIRD
3. 16 CARRIAGES
4. PROTECTOR
5. MY ROSE
6. SMOKE HOUR ★ WILLIE NELSON
7. TEXAS HOLD 'EM
8. BODYGUARD
9. DOLLY P
10. JOLENE
11. DAUGHTER
12. ALLIIGATOR TEARS
13. SMOKE HOUR II
14. JUST FOR FUN
15. II MOST WANTED (Feat. Miley Cyrus)
16. LEVII'S JEANS (Feat. Post Malone)
17. FLAMENCO
18. DESERT EAGLE
19. RIIVERDANCE
20. II HANDS II HEAVEN
21. TYRANT
22. SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN'
23. AMEN