Kelsea Ballerini Defends Beyoncé’s Nation Grammy Nominations

Kelsea Ballerini believes there’s room for everybody within the nation international.

Whilst visiting SiriusXM’s Fierce: Ladies in Tune, the “Peter Pan” famous person shared her reinforce for Beyoncé, who shifted into the rustic tune house together with her Billboard 200-topping album Cowboy Carter and confronted useless controversy for her determination to take action. The challenge is nominated for a couple of Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2), together with album of the yr, and Ballerini is in reinforce of it.

“That class, to me, represents what nation tune has been this yr, and that’s what the album of the yr class must constitute,” Ballerini shared. “What has took place in nation tune has been a hit and groundbreaking this yr. I don’t in point of fact perceive the opposite reviews rather than like, it’s wonderful to have massive, revered artists and different genres are available in and rejoice ours.”

She endured, “I don’t perceive why that may be anything else however nice. You don’t must be a rustic artist to make a rustic file. The ones don’t must exist in the similar aircraft.”

Bey is nominated for 11 awards at this yr’s Grammy rite, with Cowboy Carter up for album of the yr and best possible nation album. The challenge’s lead unmarried “Texas Dangle ‘Em” is nominated for tune of the yr, file of the yr and best possible nation tune. In the meantime, “Ya Ya” is up for best possible Americana efficiency, “16 Carriages” is nominated for best possible nation solo efficiency, “Levii’s Denims” with Put up Malone is up for best possible pop duo/team efficiency, “II Maximum Sought after” with Miley Cyrus is nominated for best possible nation duo/team efficiency, “Spaghettii” with Linda Martell and Shaboozey is up for best possible melodic rap efficiency and, finally, “Bodyguard” snagged a best possible pop solo efficiency.

The famous person used to be noticeably snubbed on the 2024 CMA Awards, receiving 0 nominations regardless of Cowboy Carter‘s crucial and industrial good fortune.