celeb news Country radio station refuses to play Beyoncé

[Michael196]

One of the biggest artists in the US right now is a white country male singer, who released a song that hasn't left the top 10 of the hot100 in the past 6 months (except for a couple of weeks during Christmas) singlehandedly carried by streaming and held back from spending many weeks at #1, because he's blacklisted by his format.

Let alone, a singular woman has managed to hit #1 on the country airplay chart in the past two years, and anyone really expects them to play a black woman?

[modeblock]

1 minute ago, Michael196 said:

One of the biggest artists in the US right now is a white country male singer, who released a song that hasn't left the top 10 of the hot100 in the past 6 months (except for a couple of weeks during Christmas) singlehandedly carried by streaming and held back from spending many weeks at #1, because he's blacklisted by his format.

Let alone, a singular woman has managed to hit #1 on the country airplay chart in the past two years, and anyone really expects them to play a black woman?

Beyoncé is not a racist hag that was exposed publicly. The comparison doesn't make sense because they're not playing either of them, but for completely different reasons. 

[Nickimeetsatrl]

2 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

One of the biggest artists in the US right now is a white country male singer, who released a song that hasn't left the top 10 of the hot100 in the past 6 months (except for a couple of weeks during Christmas) singlehandedly carried by streaming and held back from spending many weeks at #1, because he's blacklisted by his format.

Let alone, a singular woman has managed to hit #1 on the country airplay chart in the past two years, and anyone really expects them to play a black woman?

You realize our argument is that they won’t play a black woman right? Like that’s the problem 🤭

[liquiddiamonds]

Just now, modeblock said:

Beyoncé is not a racist hag that was exposed publicly. The comparison doesn't make sense because they're not playing either of them, but for completely different reasons. 

i think this is about zack and not morgan. morgan has support. #1 in the airplay format

[shark_heather]

Then why she bothers to release country music if country stations dont play her 🤔 

[Moloko Plus]

9 minutes ago, Shelter said:

Was Daddy Lessons a parody too when the country awards audience were fuming? Let’s just be honest for once. 

Was there a huge amount of people actually fuming over her appearance though? Or was it a small minority of voices and the media amplified it to be a bigger story than what it was? I mean, yeah I’m sure there’s a portion of country fans that are racist. But I don’t think that has anything to do with a station not wanting to play Beyoncé’s parody level song, especially when the same exact station plays black country artists with a solid footing in the genre.

 

I think serious country fans see stuff like this and think it’s a mockery of the genre.

Edited February 13 by Moloko Plus

[Lovett]

4 minutes ago, Moloko Plus said:

Was there a huge amount of people actually fuming over her appearance though? Or was it a small minority of voices and the media amplified it to be a bigger story than what it was? I mean, yeah I’m sure there’s a portion of country fans that are racist. But I don’t think that has anything to do with a station not wanting to play Beyoncé’s parody level song, especially when the same exact station plays black country artists with a solid footing in the genre.

 

I think serious country fans see stuff like this and think it’s a mockery of the genre.

The CMAs literally had to take down the video of her performance because there were tonnes of comments calling for her to be lynched in the comments. Yes, there were tonnes of racist people fuming over her appearance there.

 

This song isn't even remotely close to being a parody song, no matter how many times you type that out. It's embarrassing that you're even trying to push that narrative. If you don't like it, that's fine. But calling it a parody song is straight-up false.

[Jon Snow]

15 minutes ago, shark_heather said:

Then why she bothers to release country music if country stations dont play her 🤔 

because she is a huge artist that will cause conversation around it, which would expose them as racist, then people would criticize them, and they'll have to make space for african-american musicians 

 

and more african-american musicians would be encouraged to do country music. if beyonce can, they can do it too

Edited February 13 by Jon Snow

[Pud]

I think the person working at the radio station just wasn’t aware Beyonce had released a country song…

[Michael196]

12 minutes ago, modeblock said:

Beyoncé is not a racist hag that was exposed publicly. The comparison doesn't make sense because they're not playing either of them, but for completely different reasons. 

The trash blacklisting lasted a couple of weeks, since then he has gotten many #1s, including the two longest #1s in the chart's history

 

12 minutes ago, Nickimeetsatrl said:

You realize our argument is that they won’t play a black woman right? Like that’s the problem 🤭

and my point stands... if they pick and choose their own people, how do you expect them to widen their horizons?

 

Edited February 13 by Michael196

[Shelter]

7 minutes ago, Moloko Plus said:

Was there a huge amount of people actually fuming over her appearance though? Or was it a small minority of voices and the media amplified it to be a bigger story than what it was? I mean, yeah I’m sure there’s a portion of country fans that are racist. But I don’t think that has anything to do with a station not wanting to play Beyoncé’s parody level song, especially when the same exact station plays black country artists with a solid footing in the genre.

 

I think serious country fans see stuff like this and think it’s a mockery of the genre.

And yet pop fans don’t behave like that when a country artist crosses over to pop. They didn’t seem to have an issue when Katy or JT performed on the CMA’s either. 

[Jon Snow]

8 minutes ago, Moloko Plus said:

Was there a huge amount of people actually fuming over her appearance though? Or was it a small minority of voices and the media amplified it to be a bigger story than what it was? I mean, yeah I’m sure there’s a portion of country fans that are racist. But I don’t think that has anything to do with a station not wanting to play Beyoncé’s parody level song, especially when the same exact station plays black country artists with a solid footing in the genre.

 

I think serious country fans see stuff like this and think it’s a mockery of the genre.

your comment is even more offensive to beyonce and the whole african-american community when you realize that beyonce is taking country music to it's roots. if anything could be called a "mockery", then it's what white people did to originally african-american music (and i'm white). she's actually doing the real county music and not some pop-country sounds you can hear on their radios

[Jon Snow]

4 minutes ago, Pud said:

I think the person working at the radio station just wasn’t aware Beyonce had released a country song…

maybe the first time, but they continued to refuse to play it. i'm sure they could've searched to find what kind of a song it was

[Moloko Plus]

3 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

your comment is even more offensive to beyonce and the whole african-american community when you realize that beyonce is taking country music to it's roots. if anything could be called a "mockery", then it's what white people did to originally african-american music (and i'm white). she's actually doing the real county music and not some pop-country sounds you can hear on their radios

I don’t personally believe it’s a mockery, Beyoncé has done country music before and it’s been fantastic.

 

That doesn’t change the fact that this song is kind of polarizing and people online have already echoed sentiments of feeling as if it’s a mockery of the genre. That is why I assumed this particular station didn’t want to play the song.

[Bey'Knight]

Who knew atrl harboured so many country radio aficionados. Yall know just went to poke your neck out of the woodworks huh 

 

… Play her or not, they’re going to prove Beyonce’s point either way. Barely 2 days later and she’s already causing a ripple in their insular ecosystem. Who else mobilises a hive mob like Bey? We’re activated, guns cocked. 
 

This reminds me of a time when MTV was spewing BS featherweight excuses as to why they wouldn’t play MJ’s thriller video in the 80s. I know which side of history I’d rather be on 

[Jon Snow]

3 minutes ago, Moloko Plus said:

I don’t personally believe it’s a mockery, Beyoncé has done country music before and it’s been fantastic.

 

That doesn’t change the fact that this song is kind of polarizing and people online have already echoed sentiments of feeling as if it’s a mockery of the genre. That is why I assumed this particular station didn’t want to play the song.

i'm sorry for being a little heated, but you did call the song a "parody" 

 

you're right that they could see it that way, but it's because they're racist and ignorant, and beyonce wants to challenge that

[family.guy123]

11 minutes ago, Lovett said:

The CMAs literally had to take down the video of her performance because there were tonnes of comments calling for her to be lynched in the comments. Yes, there were tonnes of racist people fuming over her appearance there.

 

This song isn't even remotely close to being a parody song, no matter how many times you type that out. It's embarrassing that you're even trying to push that narrative. If you don't like it, that's fine. But calling it a parody song is straight-up false.

Is this what you’re talking about? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/arts/music/beyonce-cma-awards-backlash.html
 

or something else?

 

I remember it was first thought they took it down to appease racists, but then it came out a few days later that it was Beyoncé’s team who removed it. I had to delete a Facebook post about it at the time cause it made me look dumb. 

[Moloko Plus]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

i'm sorry for being a little heated, but you did call the song a "parody" 

 

you're right that they could see it that way, but it's because they're racist and ignorant, and beyonce wants to challenge that

Compared to 16 Carriages and Daddy Lessons I do find Texas Hold Em to sound less ‘authentic’

 

But I do understand what she’s trying to do with reclaiming the genre and I respect that. I just didn’t think it was fair to deem this radio station as racist from their initial response.

[Lovett]

I know full well that Morgan Wallen stan is not quoting me about the racist backlash and death threats Beyoncé received for her CMAs performance.

 

[family.guy123]

Hope everyone requesting is actually tuning in so that DJs are encouraged to continue playing it! 

[TheBlackBarbie]

2 hours ago, Achilles. said:

At least 5 out of 9 Grammy categories under the folk-americana-roots-blues umbrella had multiple black nominees this year, with black artists winning more than one of those categories. Several of those acts are regularly nominated with each release. I agree that there are overall many issues regarding race-based representation at the Grammys and in the industry overall, but black talent in the folk-Americana realm is being embraced and celebrated. 

I would say that's a step in the right direction but I wouldn't say that until more Black & POC artists get more wins o

in the General field categories.

 

Usher said on an interview for ET Tonight how he has 8 Grammys and not 1 were televised smh.

 

Imo if I had the power and or influence to do so. I would tell all Black & POC artists to stay home on Grammy night. I would stage a boycott of all Black & POC artists until they start giving us our just do and stop boxing us in the genre categories and put more Black & POC on the voting committee.

 

If you hit them in their pockets and have they're ratings really nose dive & sponsors start pulling out  .. I bet they'll start to get it right. Imo award shows are dying a slow death. Viewersship are down yearly and they don't hold the same prestige that they did once did 

 

70 yrs of The Grammys and only 9 AOTY winners?  Keep in mind Stevie Wonder won 3xx in the 70s so in reality, that number is even lower.

 

If you don't see that as alarming then YOU (not U Achilles LoL) are indeed part of the problem. 

 

Sorry for that tangent 😂 but as a Black man I feel very passionate about this.  We as Black and or POC have to combat racism EVERYDAY & if you're not 1 of us U wouldn't understand.

 

 

Edited February 13 by TheBlackBarbie

[modeblock]

20 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

The trash blacklisting lasted a couple of weeks, since then he has gotten many #1s, including the two longest #1s in the chart's history

 

and my point stands... if they pick and choose their own people, how do you expect them to widen their horizons?

 

What's your point, though? Let racists racist? We're just here calling a spade a spade. Whether they also arbitrarily blacklist white artists they don't like, is not relevant to how they are treating Beyoncé because they have different motives for doing so. 

[Romova99]

Does she need those random radio station plays? NO.

Does she need the support of country radio stations to sell her music? NO.

Has she benefited before from that kind of people in the past? NO.

Will we be buying Texas Hold 'Em? NO.

 

Let's not pretend their main target are those radio stations, Beyonce is beyond that kind of people, I bet she's going to go for her main audience with her main support which is pop and overall commercial radio stations and once she's in all those radio stations there will be no need for her to be played in random country radio stations (or even in the popular ones), let's be real, she doesn't care for them  and she doesn't need an audience that has never been here for her at all.

Edited February 13 by Romova99

[Shinning]

51 minutes ago, shark_heather said:

Then why she bothers to release country music if country stations dont play her 🤔 

Because, shocker! Some artists release music for artistic purposes instead of doing it for commercial success.

[Jay L]

now they’re excited about the song