celeb news Country radio station refuses to play Beyoncé

[paulie]

 

Thoughts?

 

[Shinning]

The racism ch

I bet they play Taylor Swift's pop songs though

[Achilles.]

Country radio wouldn’t play the song even if Carrie Underwood recorded it I fear. It wouldn’t fit very well on country radio sonically no matter who sang it; the song may be “country” but isn’t “country radio country” (and yes, there is a difference).

Edited February 13 by Achilles.

[Sergi91]

It’s giving me flashbacks from the start of Old Time Road’s reign 

[wildsidenormani]

Texas Hold 'Em needs to smash on streaming so these incestuous hillbillies have no choice but to play it. I want them to seethe 

[Sheep]

inb4 the thread floods with swifties and monsters cosigning the racism of this decision

[M.R.]

I doubt any female singer gets played on country radio.

[FolkLover1989]

3 minutes ago, Shinning said:

The racism ch

I bet they play Taylor Swift's pop songs though

???

Yes racism is factor here

 

But they don't even play Taylor Swift anymore

 

Why are you all so hell bent on Taylor?? Did she hurt something?

[ImpressMeMuch]

 

[Fastlane]

But they have played "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "Shake It Off". What a hypocrisy. 

 

Even "The Climb" by Miley was #25 on Country Airplay.

 

JAY Z should win "Global Impact" award at CMAs and curse them from the stage

Edited February 13 by Fastlane

[Cheers]

I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they didn’t even listen to the song so they don’t know it’s Country.

 

But knowing how racist country fans/music industry is…  

[Marla Singer]

She doesn't need them. What kind of radio station misspells their own name?

[Kimbra]

7 minutes ago, Shinning said:

The racism ch

I bet they play Taylor Swift's pop songs though

Nah country music radio is NOTORIOUSLY misogynistic. If they won't play white women I doubt Beyoncé is getting in.

[Cameltoe Chariot]

3 minutes ago, Sheep said:

inb4 the thread floods with swifties and monsters cosigning the racism of this decision

Not the monster sneak sis

 

 

There are racist trolls everywhere but Gaga is hardly a beacon of white supremacy

[Jotham]

Of course it's in Oklahoma

[dawnettakins]

I mean anyone with a brain would not be surprised by this. Beyoncé is not a country artist and nobody thinks of Beyonce as a country artist.

 

They are not going to magically start playing her because she suddenly drops material that has a country sound and aesthetic.

 

Racism could certainly play a part as well, but not all of it. Country music fans don't like Beyoncé and Beyoncé fans don't like country. Why all the sudden would these two worlds mesh when neither are about the other?

 

Make it make cents luv!

Edited February 13 by dawnettakins

[Sheep]

3 minutes ago, Cameltoe Chariot said:

Not the monster sneak

 

Don't drag Gaga or her fanbase into this, there are racist trolls everywhere but Gaga is hardly a beacon of white supremacy

I'm a ride or die day 1 monster, there is definitely an issue with parts of our base and that's all im going to say further on this topic. 

Edited February 13 by Sheep

[ugo]

8 minutes ago, Shinning said:

The racism ch

I bet they play Taylor Swift's pop songs though

not really after she went more pop country they played her less and even had trouble getting cma recognitions

[Brikenbur]

The easy PROMO this will give “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM”

 

WIN WIN! 

Edited February 13 by Brikenbur

[Gladiator]

10 minutes ago, Shinning said:

The racism ch

I bet they play Taylor Swift's pop songs though

I don't listen to radio a lot, but when I do it is country stations and I have never heard a pop song Taylor has done ever play on a country radio station.

[swissman]

3 minutes ago, dawnettakins said:

I mean anyone with a brain would not be surprised by this. Beyoncé is not a country artist and nobody thinks of Beyonce as a country artist.

 

They are not going to magically start playing her because she suddenly drops material that has a country sound and aesthetic.

They don't need to magically start playing her because she has a country song, but if someone requests to hear it and ... radios are supposed to listen to their requests (it's essentially why the presence of radio in charts has any validity whatsoever), to then say point blank they don't play Beyoncé because they only play country music whilst the person requested a Beyoncé country song, well...that is weird. It may not be surprising but it surely is loud and clear that they won't play her music...not that they won't play non-country music.

 

 

Edited February 13 by swissman

[ugo]

why she needs country anyway that audience won't even buy her music 

[Fastlane]

Just now, swissman said:

They don't need to magically start playing her because she has a country song, but if someone requests to hear it and ... radios are supposed to listen to their requests (it's essentially why the presence of radio in charts has any validity whatsoever), to then say point blank they don't play Beyoncé because they only play country music whilst the person requested a Beyoncé country song, well...that is weird. It may not be surprising but it surely is loud and clear what they mean.

Well, I guess, her label should release her new single for Country format.   

[IsidoraMarí]

I just don't understand why Beyonce objectively makes the same songs she always makes but calls them another genre because the beat is different. It's still pop. It's like calling Four Five Seconds or California King Bed country songs, it's pop but if those stations feel the vibe they'll play it.

[Machete]

Racism is a factor but it’s not the main one. Country Radio is extremely industry politics based and shady. I Remember Everything is a f*cking Hot 100 #1 smasha and yet is bombing over there. Kacey Musgraves can’t get a hit for her life over there despite making commercial country music that is also mass acclaimed. Multiple country musicians have complained about this for years.