Sunday, May 31, 2026

ABC Disney Has Giant Problem as Racist Country Music Awards Ignore Beyonce’s Breakout Album

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ABC and Disney have a gigantic problem.

The Country Music Awards announced their nominees this morning and not among them is Beyonce who had one of the biggest hits in country music this year.

Let’s call it: this is pure racism.

Even worse is the CMA embracing Morgan Wallen, who was accused of racism when he was caught on tape for using the N word.

This is the height of temerity for the CMAs and the worst look possible for ABC and Disney.

Beyonce’s breakthrough bestselling album “Cowboy Carter” has sold a stunning 1.2 million copies. The single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” sold 2.5 million copies. The whole project was lavished with praise by critics. “Texas Hold ‘Em” is one of the best singles of the year in country, pop, or R&B.

CMA nominees should protest the awards given what’s happened. ABC should demand changes immediately. Beyonce wouldn’t show up now, but the look of this is disgraceful.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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