Beyonce’s country music spurs Western style takeover: ‘We’re in our country era’

Beyoncé is a little too young to have watched the “Carter Country” sitcom that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1979 — when Richard Paul’s Mayor Teddy Burnside character would dismissively tell his subordinates to “Handle it, handle it.” Well, five decades later, the new boss of “Carter Country” is none other than Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.On Tuesday, the hottest new cowgirl in the game announced that “Carter Country” would be the title of the country-themed “Act II” of her “Renaissance” trilogy — in a nod to her married name as the wife of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.Anticipation has been building to Country Bey’s album-length arrival after she dropped the twangy twosome of “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages” on Super Bowl night Feb. 11.

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Taylor Swift doesn’t perform anywhere else in Southeast Asia as part of her current ‘Eras Tour’ is “not unfriendly”, according to the city-state’s prime minister.The ‘Midnights’ pop star has already played three of her six sold-out concerts at the 55,000-capacity National Stadium, with the remaining trio of dates scheduled for this week (March 7, 8, 9).It was reported last month that Singapore had struck a deal to prevent Swift from bringing her show to any other location within the Association Of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which comprises 10 countries.Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin claimed he was told that the Singapore government had offered $2million to $3million (£1.6million to £2.4million) per gig in exchange for exclusivity. However, the exact figure has not been disclosed.“The Singapore government is astute,” Srettha said.

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NewsNation that the “Heated” singer “really loves fashion and wants to get back into it ,but needs the right partner” after her partnership with Adidas for her line Ivy Park ended last year.Beyonce has an undeniable mega influence on fashion — the release of her latest country singles, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” have spurred a resurgence in western style, and her appearance in Luar’s front row at New York Fashion Week was all the buzz.But Beyonce has yet to drop a clothing collection since her final collaboration with Adidas, Ivy Park Noir, in October 2023, although she just launched her haircare line, Cécred.An anonymous insider claimed to NewsNation her deal with Adidas was allegedly worth $100 million — the sportswear brand supposedly doled out $20 million per year for Beyonce’s brand Ivy Park — but the athleisure line reportedly “never made any money.” When Adidas allegedly offered her $7 million a year, the insider claimed “she turned them down.” In February 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that sales of Ivy Park had plummeted, dropping by over 50% in 2022. According to the report, about half of the product in multiple collections had gone unsold, and only brought in $40 million in 2022 — a stark contrast from the $93 million the year before.The Journal said the line was “losing money for Adidas.”In March 2023, just a month later, the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the sportswear giant and Beyonce had mutually decided to part ways.

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Dolly Parton, 78, wrote on Instagram last week. “So congratulations on your Billboard Hot Country number one single.

Dolly Parton is celebrating Beyoncé‘s latest accomplishment!

the first black woman to go No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs with her bluessgrassy bop “Texas Hold ’Em.”But, in the last week of Black History Month, we gotta give props to another African-American diva who broke down genre barriers on the country charts long before Bey made her two-step statement.That would be Donna Summer, who, when she was the Queen of Disco, made her own history as the first African-American woman to co-write a No.

The debate over whether Beyoncé’s new song, Texas Hold ‘Em, is a country song is officially over. Dolly has spoken.

Renaissance. A Western-inspired Louis Vuitton . Even before Beyoncé surprise-, Act II, during the Super Bowl, there were whispers among the Beyhive that the record would have a country slant.

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Beyoncé continues to break barriers.

flawlessness, but even the herself has struggled with her fair share of less-than-perfect skin and hair days.More specifically, Beyoncé opened up in a new about growing up in her mother 's hair salon, and her “deeply personal" hair care journey—a large part of which has been impacted by the fact that she lives with the skin condition psoriasis.“I have many beautiful memories attached to my hair,” Beyoncé told Essence. “The relationship we have with our hair is such a deeply personal journey.

forever and always.Taylor Swift thanked her record number of fans in Australia on Sunday after she played three “Eras” Tour shows to a whopping 288,000 people. “96,000 people the first night, 96,000 people the second night, 96,000 people tonight. All of that, those are all the biggest shows I’ve ever played on a tour and you did it three times,” Swift, 34, told the screaming crowd at Melbourne Cricket Ground in a clip posted to X (formerly Twitter).