Beyoncé is making history, landing at the top of the music charts after launching Cowboy Carter, her first country music album.
The singer achieved her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 407,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., according to Luminate (via Billboard).
Cowboy Carter also landed at the top of the Top Country Albums, making her the first Black woman to accomplish this since the chart’s debut in 1964. Beyoncé also claimed the top spots of the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
The country album is Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at the top of the list with 653,000 units on May 14, 2016.
Following Cowboy Carter’s debut on March 29, the album broke records on streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Spotify said the album had become the platform’s “most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” and said it was “also the first time a country album” held the title this year.
Amazon Music also said in a statement posted on Instagram, “Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s biggest album debut” on the platform “with the most first-day global streams of all of her albums, and the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist.”
Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s eighth studio album. It features collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Raye, Ryan Beatty, and Jon Batiste. The album also pays homage to Dolly Parton with a cover of “Jolene,” Linda Martell, and Willie Nelson.
