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Beyoncé Wins Her First Country Grammy, Picking Up Best Country Duo/Group Performance With Miley Cyrus for ‘II Most Wanted’
Beyoncé is now the holder of a country Grammy, rewarding her move into the genre with a win for best country duo/group performance with Miley Cyrus.
The award was given out during the Grammys’ pre-telecast Premiere Ceremony, in which the vast majority of the night’s honors are handed out prior to the performance-heavy prime-time telecast. The only precedent came in 1974 when another artist coming into the genre from the outside, the Pointer Sisters, won best country performance by a duo or group for the song “Fairytale.” As the quote at the top of this article would indicate, Beyoncé does not consider “Cowboy Carter” to be just a country album, and she submitted material from it in several different genre categories.
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