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Dolly Parton Congratulates Beyoncé on Making Country Music History, Says She's a 'Big Fan'

The 'Texas Hold 'Em' singer is the first Black female artist to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Country music legend Dolly Parton offered her congratulations and well wishes to Beyoncé as the latter made history with her latest foray into the genre. James Devaney/GC ImagesThe Texas-born singer has been known to tap into her country roots on previously songs, most notably with Lemonade's " Daddy Lessons" in 2016. After their phone lines and social media channels were swarmed with irate members of the Bey Hive, Roger Harris, the general manager at South Central Oklahoma Radio Enterprises, told ET, "At the time that the original email came in requesting KYKC to play Beyoncé, we didn't play her on our country station because she wasn't a country artist and sent a generic reply.

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