Cowboy Carter has bounced to the top of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart (no hands), making Beyoncé the first Black woman to pull off the feat. Lead single “Texas Hold ‘Em†made her the first Black woman to top the Hot Country Songs chart, and the second woman to debut at No. 1 (after Taylor Swift). The album also tops the Billboard 200, with 407,000 units sold/streamed. Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 album. And we still don’t know what it has done to the cowboy boot-selling chart yet. Is that a thing? It should be.
Once again, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are twinning the charts. Cowboy Carter is the biggest week for a country album since Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) in July 2023. Cowboy Carter has surpassed 1989 (Taylor’s Version) for the biggest debut of 2024 thus far. And all this without visuals!