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Beyonce Shades Madonna in Record Stores Photo Shoot, Sticks Her “Cowboy Carter” On Top of Legend’s

By Roger Friedman

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Beyonce is playing with fire.

In a new photo shoot on Instagram, the Queen Bee is seen in front of record store bins. She’s stuck her “Cowboy Carter” album in front of copies of a lot of other rock stars’ albums. Including Madonna!

This seems to be Beyonce doing a little Grammy Award campaigning. Her album, “Cowboy Carter,” has been overshadowed since its release last spring by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and others.

This might not be a good way to go. Sticking “Cowboy Carter” in front of the Madonna section of the record store seems a little provocative. Madonna fans may not be so thrilled.

Beyonce has an uphill battle getting to Album of the Year at next winter’s Grammys. She didn’t tour or do interviews to support the album when it was released. She didn’t sing a single note on a TV show.

In the end “Cowboy Carter” sold just 284,000 CDs, LPs, and downloads. Streaming bulked it up to 1.1 million.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
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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