Billy Ray Cyrus Calls Out CMA Awards 2024 for Snubbing Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Album

Billy Ray Cyrus is upset Beyoncé didn’t land any nominations at the 2024 CMA Awards.

Earlier this year, 43-year-old “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer released her country-inspired album Cowboy Carter. Surprisingly, the album didn’t receive a single nomination at this year’s CMAs.

Hours before the 2024 CMA Awards kicked off on Wednesday (November 20), the 63-year-old “Achy Breaky Heart” country singer called out the organization for snubbing Beyoncé.

Keep reading to find out more…“Congratulations to ALL @cma nominees! I’m so happy and proud to see country music opening their doors and format to be inclusive to all people, all styles, Billy Ray wrote on Instagram. “@lilnasx and I won this award in 2019 for Event Of The Year… but you wouldn’t have seen it because they didn’t air it in the show.”

“I was surprised to see @beyonce wasn’t nominated??? Her album was brilliant… her single ruled. But she knows that,” Billy Ray continued. “She doesn’t need a trophy from the CMA… or permission …. or approval from any of their judges. ‘When ya knock em out…. Ya don’t need no judge’. – Muhammad Ali”

Billy Ray‘s daughter Miley Cyrus was featured on Cowboy Carter as she and Beyoncé collaborated on the song “II Most Wanted.”

See how Beyoncé‘s dad Matthew Knowles reacted to her CMAs snub.