Grammys country music pick has folks losing their mind on social media. Here’s why – PennLive.com

Taylor Swift, left, presents the award for best country album to Beyonce for "COWBOY Carter" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” took home country music album of the year at the Grammys Sunday night, and that just didn’t set will with some folks.
It was a brilliant album for Beyonce, but that didn’t seem to matter.
“Beyonce wins the Grammy for the best country album of the year,” right-wing personality Clay Travis posted on X. “I’m a tone deaf music moron. (Except when it comes to playing the flute, at which I am the best in the world.) But this still seems crazy to me. Country music fans, your reactions?”
Beyonce beat out Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton and Post Malone for the honor. There were folks who loved to see her get the award, but there were a lot more who seemed to be on the same page as Travis.
“Country Music RIP,” one person wrote.
“Best Country Album goes to Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’” another wrote. “A total DISGRACE to Country Music. Yes she has country roots, but that album isn’t country. (Post Malone) actually made a real country album plus worthy albums from (Chris Stapleton) and (Lainey Wilson). SHAME ON THE ACADEMY!”
Others were celebrating the win.
Isaac Hayes III, the son of legendary signer Isaac Hayes, took some of the haters, including Elon Musk, to task.
“Elon and the Magats are so mad Beyonce won Best Country Album at the Grammys they’re banning her in Trending,” he wrote. “LOL.”
“Beyonce just made history as the first Black artist to win a Grammy for Country Album of the year – it only took country music a century to recognize what Black folks help build in the first place,” another wrote.
It was, again, a polarizing pick to say the least, but it was a historical moment for music, too.
Beyonce did seem to be surprised by her win, and her acceptance speech it at some of the social media hate she has been receiving in the aftermath.
“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists,” she said. “And I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about.”
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