Los Angeles, United States, Apr 8 (EFE).- American artist Beyonce achieved new success in her career by placing her latest album “Cowboy Carter” at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 sales list, becoming the first African-American woman to lead this list in country music.
According to Billboard magazine, the singer has also achieved her eighth number one on the sales charts this week with this album that was released on Mar. 29 under the generic title of “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” as a continuation of the previous one titled “Renaissance.”
The album debuted, according to the specialized magazine, at No. 1 after achieving the sale of 407,000 album units in the United States in the week ending April 4.
This is the artist’s eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and has also set a sales record so far this year, only surpassed in November 1989 when Taylor Swift managed to enter directly at the top of the list after selling 1.6 million units.
According to the specialized magazine, the singer also has another record in the world of music, becoming the first African-American woman to top the best country albums list, created in 1964.
It has had the biggest week for a country music album by units sold since July, when Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” (Taylor’s Version) opened at No. 1 on the Jul. 22, 2023, chart with 716,000 units.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US based on consumption measured in equivalent album units and compiled by the company Luminate.
On her Instagram account, Beyonce said after the release of the new work that she had been preparing this album for more than five years, that it was born from an experience in which she did not feel “welcome” but that caused her to get deeper into the history of country music.
The 42-year-old singer from Texas said the criticism she received pushed her to overcome those limitations, adding that the album is the result of a challenge to herself. EFE
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