Pop and R&B superstar and Native Houstonian, has once again made music history. The top single GRAMMY winner of all-time recently released a pair of singles ahead of her coming album now titled, Act II. Her single, Texas Hold ‘Em debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, making her the first Black woman artist to ever do so.
Released last week during the Super Bowl, Texas Hold ‘Em has since netted almost 40 million streams (at the time of this article) on Spotify, 4.8 million radio impressions last week, as well as 39,000 in traditional sales.
In addition to the single topping Hot Country Songs, Texas Hold ‘Em also landed second on the Billboard Hot 100. With her song, Beyoncé also became the first woman to have landed number one on both Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since Billboard’s list became genre charts back in October 1958.
The song edged out former number one title-holders Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ track, I Remember Everything.
Knowles’ track 16 Carriages sits at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In further historical accomplishment, Beyoncé is the sole artist to land a number one on Billboard’s multimetric song charts: “the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Gospel Songs, Hot Latin Songs, Hot R&B Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.”
Beyoncé’s forthcoming album is presently titled Act II and is scheduled to be released on March 29. Act II is Knowles’ follow-up to her critically-acclaimed LP, Renaissance.
Texas Hold ‘Em was written by Beyoncé, Elizabeth Boland, Megan Bülow, and Raphael Saadiq, and produced by Knowles, Killah B, and Nathan Ferraro.