Beyoncé has formally grow to be the primary Black girl to succeed in No. 1 on Billboard’s Scorching Nation Songs chart together with her new single, “Texas Maintain ’Em.”
Billboard revealed Tuesday (February 20), that each the aforementioned observe and Bey’s different new single “16 Carriages” made for her first two entries on the chart, with the latter debuting at No. 9.
Each songs have been launched in a shock drop on February 11 after she introduced them in a Verizon industrial throughout Tremendous Bowl LVIII. She additionally introduced the songs will reside on her forthcoming album Renaissance: act ii, due out March 29.
The shock drop confirmed what followers had been speculating that Beyoncé was hinting at a rustic launch, although they have been largely piecing collectively crumbs.
They cited issues like Bey’s country-inspired have a look at the 2024 Grammy Awards, as effectively a lyric on her 2019 single “Black Parade” the place she sings, “I’m going again to the South, the place my roots ain’t watered down” as potential proof that Act II can be a rustic LP.
One factor that had been confirmed prior to now, nonetheless, is the unique Renaissance album was meant to begin a trilogy. In November, New York Instances reporter Kyle Buchanan wrote in a since-deleted tweet that Act II can be an “acoustic album,” and that Act III can be a collaboration with JAY-Z. This was neither confirmed nor denied from Bey’s camp.
Days after the songs’ launch, “Texas Maintain Em” grew to become Beyoncé’s first entry on Billboard’s Nation Airplay chart.
In response to Billboard, the music debuted at “No. 54 with 1.1 million in viewers by way of 100 stations on the format within the monitoring week ending Feb. 15.”
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The above numbers are primarily based on a survey by Mediabase the takes into consideration round 150 nation music stations throughout the USA.
“We instantly added it [in] a sub-power rotation, which is the place we put top-trending new music,” KBAY San Jose program director Bo Matthews stated in regards to the hit. “I need folks to listen to it. One of many largest artists on the planet delivered an amazing nation file for us to have enjoyable with, and the music is actually good.
“We’re within the enterprise of making pleasure for our listeners and I’m embracing the second. Plus, there’s loads of room for nice artists, even from different genres. It’s a giant nation tent.”
