<h4>Beyoncé&#8217;s &#8216;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8217;</h4>
<p><strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a></strong> has reliably gathered that Beyoncé&#8217;s country single, &#8220;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8221; has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Hot Country Songs chart, the publication announced Tuesday, after the song had sparked conversations about whether the genre would be accepting of her.</p>
<p>Beyoncé became the only other solo woman alongside Taylor Swift to achieve the feat with no accompanying artists, Billboard said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8221; was released Feb. 11 during the Super Bowl.</p>
<p>Between then and Feb. 15, the song has garnered 19.2 million official streams, 4.8 million radio plays and sold 39,000 units. It additionally debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart, Billboard said.</p>
<p>Some controversy flanked the song after an <a href="https://www.npr.org/">Oklahoma</a> country station said they didn&#8217;t play Beyoncé in response to a request. After backlash from fans and thousands more requests, the station said they didn&#8217;t know the song was out at the time and also didn&#8217;t have access to it.</p>
<p>They have since played it.<br />
Though, the station&#8217;s initial response generated longstanding conversations about how much the tastemakers in country music value diversity and inclusion.</p>
<p>Additionally, the other country single Beyoncé released, &#8220;16 Carriages,&#8221; debuted at No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No. 38 on the Hot 100 chart. It had 10.3 million streams, 90,000 radio plays and 14,000 units sold.</p>
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<p><em>Credit: NPR</em></p>
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