In 2016, Beyoncé faced backlash for her performance of her country-tinged song “Daddy Lessons,” with The Chicks at the 50th annual CMA Awards. While the singer received some applause, others in the country music space criticized her, with her performance even being scrubbed from the CMA website.

Now CMA Awards host Luke Bryan has weighed in on CC's lack of nominations, and he thinks that Bey oughta just "come to an award show and high-five us" to show she's part of the country family. Related: Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to top Billboard's Country Albums chart with Cowboy Carter Bryan chatted with Andy Cohen on his Sirius XM show Andy Cohen Live,

Luke Bryan is venturing a guess at why Beyoncé's “Cowboy Carter” was snubbed by the Country Music Assn. Awards. Despite the album debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart — making Beyoncé the first Black woman ever to top the chart — it was shut out of the 2024 CMA Awards nominations,