“I really was not expecting this. Wow,” Beyoncé said while accepting Best Country Album. “I want to thank God that I’m still able to still do what I love after so many years. I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album, we worked so hard on it. I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about and to stay persistent. I’d like to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators, thank you.”
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Cowboy Carter‘s credits feature dozens of extremely talented collaborators, including The-Dream, Pharrell, NO I.D., Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Tedder, Ryan Beatty, Swizz Beatz, Khirye Tyler, Derek Dixie, Ink, Jay-Z, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Mylie Cyrus, Post Malone, Jon Batiste, Rhiannon Giddens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark, Jr., Willie Jones, Brittney Spencer, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, and Tiera Kennedy. Congratulations to all who contributed.
This article originally appeared on Teen Vogue.
