Luke Bryan on Beyoncé’s CMA Awards Snub: “If You’re Gonna Make Country Albums, Come Into Our World”

Luke Bryan is weighing in on the discourse surrounding Beyoncé‘s lack of CMA Award nominations for her Cowboy Carter album.

The nation music star just lately chatted with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Dwell, the place the host requested him about his ideas on Beyoncé’s snub from the nominees record.

“It’s a tricky question because, obviously, Beyoncé made a country album and Beyoncé has a lot of fans out there that have her back. And if she doesn’t get something they want, man, they come at you, as fans should do,” Bryan stated, referencing Beyoncé’s loyal fanbase, known as the Beyhive.

Whereas the “Play It Again’ artist is “all for everybody coming in and making country albums and all that,” he stated that doesn’t essentially imply they’ll robotically get nominated for his or her work, as generally “a lot of great music is overlooked.”

“Just because she made one … just ’cause I make one, I don’t get any nominations,” he added.

As somebody who has received two CMA entertainer of the yr awards, along with a number of nominations, Bryan had a principle for why the Country Music Affiliation voting physique could have handed on the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer.

“Everybody loved that Beyoncé made a country album. Nobody’s mad about it,” Bryan defined. “But where things get a little tricky — if you’re gonna make country albums, come into our world and be country with us a little bit. Like Beyoncé can do exactly what she wants to. She’s probably the biggest star in music. But come to an award show and high-five us and have fun and get in the family too. And I’m not saying she didn’t do that… but country music is a lot about family.”

Forward of the discharge of Cowboy Carter in March, Beyoncé wrote on Instagram that the album was “born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed” within the nation music style, “and it was very clear that I wasn’t.”

In 2016, Beyoncé confronted backlash for her efficiency of her country-tinged tune “Daddy Lessons,” with The Chicks on the fiftieth annual CMA Awards. Whereas the singer obtained some applause, others within the nation music area criticized her, together with her efficiency even being scrubbed from the CMA web site.

She continued in her assertion in March, “But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.”

“The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me,” Beyoncé added. “act ii is a result of challenging myself, and taking my time to bend and blend genres together to create this body of work.”