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Release Date
29 March 2024
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Length
27 tracks
COWBOY CARTER is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé, released on March 29, 2024, via Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records.
The album was announced on February 11, 2024, in which was teased through a Verizon commercial aired during the Super Bowl LVIII. It was preceded by two singles that same night, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" which hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100, and “16 CARRIAGES".
It serves as the second instalment of Beyoncé's three-act project recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, following Grammy nominated-awarded Act I: RENAISSANCE. Along with it being a country album, “COWBOY CARTER” incorporates aspects of blues, soul, rock, R&B, and folk.
Upon release, COWBOY CARTER was praised by critics for Beyoncé’s embrace of country music in context of celebrating the genre's Black roots; the vocal performance and songwriting were also complimented in the reviews. Publications reported that COWBOY CARTER ignited a cultural discourse on Black musicians' place within country music.
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