The Country Music Awards (CMAs) nominations were announced on Monday and one superstar was noticeably absent from the list: Beyoncé. The singer released her first full-length country project "Cowboy Carter" in March.

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Beyoncé fans may have been disappointed that her crossover album “Cowboy Carter” was shut out of this year’s Country Music Association Awards nominations, but it may not have been a shock.

This fear has been put on full display, as the Country Music Award (CMA) nominations were announced on September 8, and Beyoncè did not receive a CMA nomination for Cowboy Carter. The message is clear: If country music is the music of America, then everyone who is not straight, male, and white isn’t legitimate.

With “Cowboy Carter,” Bey made history as the first Black woman to top the country music charts and have a number one song (“Texas Hold ‘Em”). The CMA has been accused of racism for decades — most recently when Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was shut out from the country charts for allegedly not having enough country elements back in 2019.

Beyoncé was snubbed by the Country Music Association when it announced the nominations for its awards show this year.