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Luke Bryan breaks silence on Beyonce's country album and explains CMA Awards snub


The country singer-songwriter, 48, was asked why about superstar not receiving a single nomination from the Country Music Association Awards.

Luke Bryan has offered a measured take on why Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album hasn't resonated with country music critics in terms of award show honors. The Recording Academy utilizes the services of around '350 volunteer music industry experts' to lend their opinions on how content should be classified, THR reported, with complications coming at times when material is reflective of multiple genres. Beyoncé's history with the CMAs prior to the nominations being announced to controversy earlier this month included a 2016 collaboration with The Chicks of the track Daddy Lessons, which garnered a number of racist reactions online

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