Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ Hits No. 1 On The Country Chart

<h4>Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;Texas Hold &&num;8216&semi;Em&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi;s country single&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Texas Hold &&num;8216&semi;Em&&num;8221&semi; has debuted at No&period; 1 on Billboard&&num;8217&semi;s Hot Country Songs chart&comma; the publication announced Tuesday&comma; after the song had sparked conversations about whether the genre would be accepting of her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beyoncé became the only other solo woman alongside Taylor Swift to achieve the feat with no accompanying artists&comma; Billboard said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Texas Hold &&num;8216&semi;Em&&num;8221&semi; was released Feb&period; 11 during the Super Bowl&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Between then and Feb&period; 15&comma; the song has garnered 19&period;2 million official streams&comma; 4&period;8 million radio plays and sold 39&comma;000 units&period; It additionally debuted at No&period; 2 on the Hot 100 chart&comma; Billboard said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some controversy flanked the song after an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;npr&period;org&sol;">Oklahoma<&sol;a> country station said they didn&&num;8217&semi;t play Beyoncé in response to a request&period; After backlash from fans and thousands more requests&comma; the station said they didn&&num;8217&semi;t know the song was out at the time and also didn&&num;8217&semi;t have access to it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They have since played it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Though&comma; the station&&num;8217&semi;s initial response generated longstanding conversations about how much the tastemakers in country music value diversity and inclusion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the other country single Beyoncé released&comma; &&num;8220&semi;16 Carriages&comma;&&num;8221&semi; debuted at No&period; 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No&period; 38 on the Hot 100 chart&period; It had 10&period;3 million streams&comma; 90&comma;000 radio plays and 14&comma;000 units sold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24062" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24062" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24062" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;02&sol;beyonce&period;getty-2998087c55c16c6997a6994b2ca487635ca68277-s800-c85-300x225&period;webp" alt&equals;"Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' Hits No&period; 1 on the country chart" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24062" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Beyoncé<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Credit&colon; NPR<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;