Luke Bryan Responds To Beyonce’s CMA Snub

In mid-September, Dolly Parton defended the CMA, saying that the organization “can’t really leave out” some of the artists who have devoted their life to the genre.

“But it was a wonderful album. She can be very, very proud of, and I think everybody in country music welcomed her and thought that, that was good. So I don’t think it was a matter of shutting out, like doing that on purpose. I think it was just more of what the country charts and the country artists were doing, that do that all the time, not just a specialty album.”

Luke Bryan, four-time host of the CMA Awards show, was recently asked to share his thoughts on Beyonce’s not earning any CMA nominations. Bryan told Andy Cohen that “it’s a tough thing to say.” He added that he is supportive of everyone making country music but that great music is always overlooked and sometimes you don’t get nominated.

“Everybody loved that Beyoncé made a country album. Nobody’s mad about it,” Bryan said. “But where things get a little tricky … you know, if you’re gonna make country albums, come into our world and be country with us a little bit.”

Bryan added that he’d like to see her “come to an awards show and high-five us and have fun and get in the family, too.”

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