Blustering
American Idol
judge
Luke Bryan
shot down any chance of
Beyoncé
boosting the singing contest’s sagging ratings with a guest appearance by suggesting the “Texas Hold ‘Em” songbird isn’t truly part of the country music family – and now the
show’s bosses
are steamed, sources told
RadarOnline.com
.
The Nashville hitmaker, 48, appeared to defend the Country Music Association’s snub of the R&B beauty’s crossover album, “Cowboy Carter,” after the record got zero nominations.
Bryan, who is hosting the CMA Awards on November 20 with
Peyton Manning
and
Lainey Wilson
, blathered: “If you’re going to make country albums, come into our world and be country with us a little bit. I’m all for everybody coming in and making country albums. But a lot of things don’t get nominated.”
His remarks followed
Dolly Parton
‘s apparent dis, which
branded Bey’s effort
a “specialty album.”
Bryan also wondered aloud about “Cowboy Carter’s” sales figures – even though it’s poised to be the bestselling album of 2024 for any artist NOT named
Taylor Swift
!
Texas-born Bey’s
first country disc
galloped to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and sold more than 400,000 copies during its first week of release, more than double the initial sales of Bryan’s recent album “Born Here Live Here Die Here.”