The Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 58th Annual CMA Awards on Monday, with one artist leading the nominees and one notable absence.

Although many believe the CMA Awards did not do justice by Beyoncé, Dolly Parton has an interesting take on the situation.

The Nashville music institution can be insular and opaque, and Beyoncé has said that a lack of acceptance helped inspire ‘Cowboy Carter’ in the first place.

Dolly Parton shared her thoughts on Beyoncé's CMA Awards snub after the "Cowboy Carter" creator received zero nominations for the esteemed awards.

When the 2024 CMA Awards nominations were announced Monday, one artist who took over the country charts this year was notably missing: Beyoncé. Fans immediately noticed that Beyoncé, whose album "Cowboy Carter" won over fans and critics this year, was snubbed entirely from the list of nominations.

The pop megastar finally dropped her long-teased country project, Cowboy Carter, in late March, making it eligible for inclusion on the nominees list at the 2024 CMA Awards. But Beyoncé's name doesn't appear anywhere on the batch of nominated artists this year, either for the album as a whole or for an individual song.

Dolly Parton has entered the chat about Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” being shut out at the CMA Awards. Queen Bey’s country album, which features Parton herself as well as a cover of her hit “Jolene,” didn’t get any nominations for the upcoming 58th Annual CMA Awards.

Earlier this month, the nominees for the upcoming Country Music Association Awards were announced, and many people were surprised to learn that Beyoncé had been left out. The Single Ladies hitmaker released her first country album,