Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to top US Hot 100 with country song

Success follows controversy over one Oklahoma radio station refusing to play the song and some questioning her genuine connection to the genre

Beyoncé has become the first Black woman to reach the US No 1 spot with a country song with her new single Texas Hold ’Em, after debuting last week at No 2.

The lighthearted country song is the musician’s ninth solo No 1 (after four as a member of Destiny’s Child), and the first of two tracks to be released from Act II, the second in a rumoured trilogy following the release of Renaissance: Act I in 2022.