Beyoncé will attend the 2025 Grammy Awards in the country category

After years of being overlooked of the category, Beyoncé can finally earn her first national nomination. According to sources on Hollywood reporterBeyoncé’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter,” will be up for best country album.

Last week, the Recording Academy reportedly began the first step in the Grammy nominations process with its annual screening meetings, where members check whether entries are eligible and divide them into categories.

This 12 months, members of The Recording Academy accepted Beyoncé’s entry in the country category for the first time. In 2016, the star entered the category with the country-inspired song “Daddy Lessons” from the album “Lemonade.” Despite the star performing the song at the fiftieth Country Music Awards later that 12 months, the country Grammy committee rejected the entry. Ironically, this 12 months the Country Music Association rejected “Cowboy Carter” since it received zero nominations.

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Beyoncé’s presence in the country genre has repeatedly sparked controversy. As previously reported by theGrio, the star’s 2016 CMA performance outraged country fans a lot that some later accused the Country Music Association of limiting promotion of her scheduled performance with the Dixie Chicks. While the industry may proceed to query Queen Bey’s legitimacy in the genre, the impact of “Cowboy Carter” speaks for itself. This 12 months, Beyoncé made history as the first Black woman to not only top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, but in addition top the Top Country Albums chart.

“The album took over five years to create. It was born out of an experience I had many years ago where I didn’t feel welcome… and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But through this experience, I delved deeper into the history of country music and studied our rich music archive.” – Beyoncé he said ahead of the album’s release, seemingly referencing her reception at the 2016 CMAs. “The criticism I faced when I first encountered this genre forced me to overcome the limitations that were placed on me. (Cowboy Carter) is the result of challenging myself and taking the time to bend and blend genres to create this work.”

If “Cowboy Carter” earns a nomination in the country category, the star who already holds the title of the most decorated artist in Grammy history could reach one other milestone by becoming one among the few artists to receive nominations in multiple genres at the Grammy Awards.

Winning 32 Grammy Awards and 88 nominations, Beyoncé continually broke records at the Record Academy, becoming the first artist to receive nominations in the rock, rap, R&B and pop categories in the same 12 months. While it has won quite a few awards in various categories, it has never won the “Album of the Year” title, which “Cowboy Carter” can be reportedly in the running for.

The 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony will happen on February 2.