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Still, he read the screenplay with “extreme skepticism. I couldn’t imagine my aesthetic voice could be so applicable to this genre and tone and scale, even though I was a huge fan.”

The album, which includes duets with Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, leans into the country genre and is the second of a planned trilogy that started with Renaissance.

During her acceptance speech she hit out against the tendency of Western award bodies to group all African artists under the umbrella of "Afrobeats" - a genre of music more associated with Nigeria and West Africa.

It crossed languages, genres and generations, with commentary offered in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and German.

Beyoncé’s entry into the genre shined a light not only on her own relationship with country music, but also on the long journey of other Black country artists.