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com Published: 03:05, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 03:24, 18 September 2024 e-mail View comments Dolly Parton has come to the defense of the Country Music Association after it received flak for omitting Beyoncé from nominations for any honors this year for her country album Cowboy Carter . The 78-year-old music legend spoke with Variety in an interview published Tuesday, in which she was asked about the surprising development involving the superstar artist. 'Well, you never know,' the Pittman Center, Tennessee-born icon told the outlet.
'There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that.' The Jolene artist continued, 'But I didn’t even realize that until somebody asked me that question.' Parton said she thought that Cowboy Carter 'was a wonderful album' that Beyoncé, 43, 'can be very, very proud of.
' Dolly Parton, 78, has come to the defense of the Country Music Association after it received flak for omitting Beyoncé after she was not nominated for any honors this year for her country album Cowboy Carter. Pictured in England in 2014 Beyoncé, 43,.