Beyoncé fans may have been frustrated by the superstar’s lack of nominations for Cowboy Carter at the 2024 CMA Awards, but Whoopi Goldberg thinks she doesn’t get the issue.
“Many folks are surprised—I’m not sure why—that it did not garner a single CMA Award nomination. So, this is the question: Are you surprised?” Goldberg, 68, mentioned this on the September 10 broadcast of The View. “I don’t think she was snubbed; I think they just didn’t. It wasn’t for them.”
Beyoncé’s debut country album included one of the year’s most successful hits, “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Cowboy Carter also collaborated with modern country musicians such as Malone and Shaboozey, as well as the genre’s pioneer, Linda Martell.
Cowboy Carter, published on March 29, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making Beyoncé the first Black woman to top the Hot Country Albums list. The singer also had top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 with a version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and “II Most Wanted,” which featured Miley Cyrus.
Sunny Hostin, a fellow panelist on View, expressed disappointment over Beyoncé’s exclusion from the CMA Awards nominees list, particularly after Parton’s appearance on Cowboy Carter to promote “Jolene.”
“I happen to love Dolly Parton, so I felt that when the Queen of Country sort of passed the baton a little bit for ‘Jolene,’ which was an incredible song on her album, and ‘Texas Hold ‘Em,’ two incredible country songs, I thought she would at least get nominated for those two,” Hostin, who is 55, explained. “But my mother always said, ‘Find the audience that’s looking for you.'” “This audience does not want her.”
However, Goldberg has constantly criticized the concept of “snubs” in entertainment awards. In January, she expressed her opinion after Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were rejected for the Oscar nominations for Barbie.
There are no snubbers. That is what you must bear in mind: not everyone receives a prize, and the decision is subjective. “Movies are subjective,” Goldberg explained on The View at the time. “The people who are voting may not love the movies you love.”
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/PT on ABC. Meanwhile, ABC will air the 58th Annual CMA Awards live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 20 from 8 to 11 p.m. ET. We have yet to reveal the hosting, artists, and presenters.