celeb news Billboard: Beyoncé’s new era is giving other black women in country a big boost, too

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According to Luminate, Tanner Adell – who has scored a few minor hits such as “Buckle Bunny” and “Love You a Little Bit” — experienced a 188% increase in streaming activity from the period of Feb. 9-12 (230,000 official on-demand streams) to Feb. 16-19 (670,000 streams). On TikTok, Adell has seamlessly incorporated her love for Beyoncé and anticipation for her forthcoming LP into promotion of her own music. “If you’re waiting on Bey’s country album, you might like me,” she wrote in a Feb. 14 TikTok; the strategy has clearly paid off, as a Feb. 20 TikTok finds the young singer-songwriter celebrating “Buckle Bunny” (also released via Beyoncé’s home label Columbia) flying up the Shazam charts.

 

Reyna Roberts, perhaps best known for 2020’s “Stompin’ Grounds,” collected around 200,000 official on-demand streams during the period of Feb. 16-19, marking a whopping 250% increase from 57,000 streams during Feb. 9-12. There’s also Billboard chart-topping R&B artist K. Michelle, who is currently prepping a long-awaited debut country album. The Memphis-bred star has released some standalone country songs, including “Tennesse” from last year’s I’m the Problem. That track garnered around 32,000 official on-demand streams during the period of Feb. 9-15, a massive 185% increase from the week prior (11,000 streams, Feb. 2-8). 

 

Of course, any discussion about “Texas Hold ‘Em” is incomplete without mentioning Rhiannon Giddens, the Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist who plays banjo on the track. During the period of Feb. 16-19, Giddens’ catalog collected over 108,000 official on-demand streams, up nearly 50% from 73,000 streams during Feb. 9-12.

 Already impacting black women in country. We love to see it.

[Beyondslay]

Impact! 

[Jjang]

[Patient Zero]

[Princess Aurora]

As she should

[PrettyHurts]

 She really could make a great impact with this era 

[JoAddams]

Legacy 

[simon]

Wow I did not know about Linda Martell until this story. That was really touching! Beyonce is really changing the landscape of country in a way I have never seen before. 

[Bey'Knight]

Let love be the water 

I pour into you 

And you pour into me

There aint no drought here 

Bloom into our actual powers 

[IsidoraMarí]

 

 

Epic

[Bloo]

Now that's what we call impact!

[Rotunda]

I like that the message around this era and it’s importance (for Bey and Black Country artists broadly) seems super clear. Maybe the clearest of any Bey era so far? 
 

 

[99sandthe2000s]

I love to see the impact that THE has had on our fellow sistas in country Check out Mickey Guyton y'all!

I'm hoping she worked with Brittney Howard from Alabama Shakes for act iii. 

[Shelter]

[Pheromosa]

this won't stop the shade room or lipstickalley from bitching but we all know 

[Stepfon]

11 minutes ago, 99sandthe2000s said:

I love to see the impact that THE has had on our fellow sistas in country Check out Mickey Guyton y'all!

I'm hoping she worked with Brittney Howard from Alabama Shakes for act iii. 

MY GIRL:

 

[Katamari]

THE  tanner adell

Edited February 22 by Katamari

[Escape]

[RihannaRTT]

1 hour ago, 99sandthe2000s said:

I love to see the impact that THE has had on our fellow sistas in country Check out Mickey Guyton y'all!

I'm hoping she worked with Brittney Howard from Alabama Shakes for act iii. 

Queen. 

 

Another recommendation is Too Much of a Woman by Roberta Lea

 

[dawnettakins]

Well hello, let's celebrate that!

[rnb]

whew else? 

[OrgVisual]

This is REAL impact  

[blaggot]

buckle bunny is a ****ing BOP I probably never would’ve heard otherwise so yes  

[BrandNewBrandon]

The way the whole reason for her doing country is to remind people the black community is where the genre originated from and it having that direct effect in people DISCOVERING black artists doing country is just brilliant 

Edited February 23 by BrandNewBrandon

[QueenBeyoncé]

I love it