Beyoncé’s 2024 genre-bending Cowboy Carter was nominated in the AOTY category alongside André 3000’s New Blue Sun, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short ’n Sweet, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, Charli XCX’s BRAT, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department.
As for the other Best Country Album nominees, Beyoncé beat out the likes of Post Malone, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson.