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The Shady Acres saloon is a hole-in-the-wall country dive bar about eight miles north-west of Beyoncé’s childhood home in Houston, Texas. On a Wednesday evening, a few pickup trucks are parked out front. Inside there is a wooden bar with dollar bills stapled to the ceiling. Texas beers such as Shiner Bock and Lone Star are on tap and a jukebox near the pool table plays Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Jeannie C Riley’s Harper Valley PTA. Beyoncé’s new song, the cheeky hoedown Texas Hold ’Em – which recently made her the…

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding is currently the talk of the town. The wedding celebrations will be held at the Reliance Greens Complex in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Festivities preceding the wedding will commence on March 1 and extend until March 3. Not only Bollywood celebs but international celebs like Rihanna, J. Brown, and others have also graced Ambani’s wedding. However, this is not the first time an international icon has graced the Ambani wedding. Previously many international celebs and…

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé became AMC’s jumpsuit-clad saviors last year, helping the international theater chain continue to recover from the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, driving “literally all” its quarterly revenue increase.While one crossed over from country music and the other is crossing over to country, the industry-disrupting superstars have dominated Hollywood by recently setting their business-savvy sights on the film industry.How so? Their concert films — “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and…

Reneé Rapp is running late. Blame it on Beyoncé. “I’ve had the greatest morning of my life. I’m gassed. Beyoncé sent me flowers today,” says Rapp, her mouth wide open, still in shock. The gift arrived at her hotel room in Amsterdam, the fourth stop of her first European tour, four days after the 24-year-old performer covered Queen Bey’s country-tinged “Daddy Lessons” at her Feb. 13 show in Paris, where Rapp also acknowledged that Black artists created country music. “I’ve never been speechless in my…

Beyoncé has become the first Black woman to reach the US No 1 spot with a country song with her new single Texas Hold ’Em, after debuting last week at No 2.The lighthearted country song is the musician’s ninth solo No 1 (after four as a member of Destiny’s Child), and the first of two tracks to be released from Act II, the second in a rumoured trilogy following the release of Renaissance: Act I in 2022.It’s the latest record-breaking accolade for the song: last week, Texas Hold ’Em made Beyoncé the first Black woman to…

The Hollywood couple kicked off the week by entertaining an audience of pigs and ponies Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick delivered another farm fresh special, this time with a sweet rendition of Beyoncé’s hit “Texas Hold ‘Em.” The couple shared a video on Instagram, alongside the caption: “Monday morning serenade. @beyonce #texasholdem.” Playing to an audience of farm friends, Bacon took care of the acoustics while Sedgwick provided back up vocals. “Texas Hold ‘Em” topped Billboard’s Hot…

Beyonce‘s “Texas Hold ‘Em” has topped Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, the publication announced on Monday, marking the singer’s ninth time atop the chart as a solo artist and the 13th in total when including her songs with Destiny’s Child. “Texas Hold ‘Em” dethroned Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me,” which had spent much of 2024 at Number One —  save for Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” at the start of the new year and for the debuts of Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss.” “Texas…

Dolly Parton has confirmed her Beyhive membership.The “Jolene” singer took to Instagram Thursday to congratulate Beyoncé on her country debut, which consisted of a surprise dual release announced during the 2024 Super Bowl. The livelier of the singles, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” made Beyoncé the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, while the softer ballad “16 Carriages” followed close behind at No. 9.“I’m a big fan of Beyoncé and very excited that she’s done a country album. So congratulations on your…

Beyoncé‘s history-making No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart was celebrated by a country icon: Dolly Parton.  After Beyoncé’s single “Texas Hold ‘Em” became a hit, turning the superstar into the first Black woman to have a chart-topping track on the Billboard Hot Country chart, Parton released a statement on social media, applauding the accomplishment.  She wrote, “I’m a big fan of Beyoncé and very excited that she’s done a country album. So congratulations on your Billboard Hot…

Beyoncé has scored her first UK No 1 in 14 years with her new country single, Texas Hold ’Em.The song, which features Beyoncé line dancing through life’s problems with a whiskey in hand, has jumped from No 9 in its second week of release, and is the first country song to reach UK No 1 since Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road in 2019. Beyoncé was last at No 1 in 2010 with her Lady Gaga duet Telephone, and her last solo No 1 was If I Were a Boy in 2008.While remaining an iconic and much-discussed figure in the intervening years, her…