Beyoncé Shut Out of ACM Nominations Despite Cowboy Carter’s Chart-Topping Success

Less than a year after Beyoncé was shut out of the Country Music Association Awards, the Academy of Country Music has ignored the R&B singer and her chart-topping country album Cowboy Carter without a single nomination for the hit record.

The Texas Hold ’Em singer’s debut country album hit No. 1 on the charts but drew ire from music conservatives who branded her an interloper on their Nashville scene.

“Industry professionals still aren’t buying Beyoncé as a country artist — they see the record as a cash grab,” says one insider.

November’s CMA Awards had nothing for Cowboy Carter, so when the same record won both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at February’s Grammy Awards, suspicions snowballed that someone had used undue influence to ensure she received her just rewards.

“With her Grammy Awards, everyone heard the talk about Jay-Z using his powerful position in music to ramrod his wife through in scoring her trophies — so that held no sway,” says the insider.

ACM voters have nominated Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Zach Top, Post Malone and Lainey Wilson for top album, leaving Bey once again on the outside looking in. The awards will be handed out May 8.

“This latest snub really hit Beyoncé’s heart,” says a source. “She loves country music and fans went crazy over Cowboy Carter, but she’s not feeling the love from other country artists and industry bigwigs, even though she brought so many of her fans into their world and only made country stronger.

“At this point, she says screw it, she’s got too much pride to try to kiss up to these folks when they clearly don’t want her around.”