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Is this the 'Beyonce effect'? Star is credited for creating a more diverse line-up at the CMT Awards - despite her skipping the country ceremony
In Beyonce's absence, four of her collaborators - black singers Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts & Brittney Spencer - took to the stage at the Moody Center.
In her absence, four of her collaborators (L-R) Reyna Roberts, Brittney Spencer, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy took to the stage at the Moody Center in Austin to present at the ceremony Taking to X, formerly Twitter, during the ceremony, viewers tweeted about the increased diversity, after black artists Willie Jones, Amber Riley, Quia Thompson and GloRilla attended the CMTs for the first time. Marquia Thompson, working on a documentary about her grandmother, Bad Case of The Country Blues: The Linda Martell Story, made her first CMT Awards appearance
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