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Tanner Adell On Grammys Splitting Country Awards: 'I'm Really Glad'

"I don't think it takes an award to tell you how important you are."

Tate McRae Is Collaborating With Morgan Wallen and Her Fans Hate That, Actually

“I’m actually so disappointed in her rn.”

The Borders of Country Music Are Finally Crumbling

The intertwined stories of country music, Música Mexicana, and Black culture prove genre is about both history and evolution.

6 Rising Black Country Artists Honor Beyoncé in Apple Music Nashville Sessions

Celebrate Black Music Month with these covers of Bey's biggest hits.

You Couldn’t Box Tanner Adell in If You Tried

Adell sits down with Teen Vogue at Hangout to chat about her sophomore album and making country music all her own.

Beyoncé Calls Out Music Industry Racism in iHeartRadio Awards Speech

"To all the record labels, every radio station, every awards show..."

With ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Black Country Music Fans Are Front and Center, at Last

Beyoncé's album is the latest effort in a long fight to disrupt the erasure of history in the genre.

Cowboy Carter and the Black Roots of Country Music

Beyoncé is following in the footsteps of many Black musicians before her.

Beyoncé Says an 'Unwelcoming Experience' Inspired Cowboy Carter

"This ain’t a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album."

Kacey Musgraves Says a Label Exec Told Her Golden Hour Had No Hits

And more from the country singer's Deeper Well album listening event.

Oklahoma Country Radio Station Explains Why It Refused to Play Beyoncé

"We do not play Beyoncé as we are a country music station."

New Ads Are Meant to Target the Most Vaccine-Hesitant Group

They feature stars from The Deadliest Catch and country music singers.

Maren Morris Celebrated Black Women Country Artists in CMAs Speech

"It's Linda Martell, Yola, Mickey Guyton, Rissi Palmer, Brittney Spencer, Rhiannon Giddens..."

Lil Nas X's AMAs 2019 Win Got Emotional

The "Old Town Road" rapper humbly took home the award for rap song.

Lil Nas X Wasn't the First Gay Man to Win a CMA. Here's Why That Matters.

But his win is important — especially in the context of country music's continued progress in spite of country radio.

Lil Nas X Was Told He Wasn't Country Enough. Now He Has a CMA.

"Old Town Road (Remix)" makes history once again.

Lil Nas X Is Paving His Own Road

"A black guy who raps comes along and he's on top of the country chart, it's like, ‘What the f*ck?’"

A Black Teen Was Assaulted After Criticizing a Confederate Flag at a Country Music Festival

The incident took place just ahead of a Kid Rock performance.

Taylor Swift Just Proved She Still Can Do Country

She’s featured on Sugarland’s “Babe” which she originally wrote for her album Red.