CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports:

Pop and R&B/hip-hop superstar Beyoncé makes her debut on Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated Feb. 24) with her first two entries on the survey: “Texas Hold ‘Em” at No. 1 and “16 Carriages” at No. 9.

As previously reported, the songs start at Nos. 2 and 38, respectively, on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

Notably, the Hot Country Songs coronation of “Texas Hold ‘Em” grants Beyoncé No. 1s on seven of Billboard’s multimetric song charts as a solo artist: the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Gospel Songs, Hot Latin Songs, Hot R&B Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

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Oh they’re gonna be soooo mad 🤣….Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em’” debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, making her the first Black woman to ever earn a country No. 1 🔥 https://t.co/a2rq0YesXt pic.twitter.com/mcDEnZBbvP

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