Singer Beyoncé topped the Hot Country Songs chart in the United States with her song
Texas Hold 'Em
, which has racked up more than 19 million streams since its release on February 11.
The artist thus becomes the first black woman to dominate the charts of this musical genre very often associated with white and conservative America.
Before her
,
Lil Nas
For a few weeks only.
The song was quickly reclassified by Billboard who judged that it did not contain enough “country sounds”.
According to
The
Guardian
, Beyoncé is also the second female artist in history to reach first place in this ranking after Taylor Swift and her titles
Love Story
and
All too Well
.
The 42-year-old American is thus the only woman to have, since the start of her career, respectively dominated the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts since their launches in 1958.
Beyoncé's other country song, titled
16 Carriages,
also won over the audience.
The latter, which has accumulated nearly 11 million plays on the
Spotify
platform , rose to ninth position on
Hot Country Songs
.
The two country songs
16 Carriages and Texas Hold 'Em
were unveiled by the superstar during the Super Bowl finale on February 11.
These songs were respectively ranked 2nd and 38th in the broader Billboard Hot 100 ranking. And if these pieces do not fit into the artist's initial musical genre, which is closer to pop, hip -hop and RnB, they are part of Act II of his three-part
Renaissance project.
The title of this new album, which suggests country sounds, still remains unknown.
It will hit stores on March 29.