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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Music SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Music|Beyoncé’s C.M.A. Awards Performance Becomes the Target of Backlash https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/arts/music/beyonce-cma-awards-backlash.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT BEYONCÉ’S C.M.A. AWARDS PERFORMANCE BECOMES THE TARGET OF BACKLASH * Share full article * * * Read in app Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks at the C.M.A. Awards. Not all of the show’s viewers embraced the performance.Credit...Image Group LA/ABC, via Getty Images By Joe Coscarelli * Nov. 3, 2016 On live television, Beyoncé’s improbable performance with the Dixie Chicks at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards couldn’t have gone more smoothly. With a giant band and brass section, the pop star blew through an extra twangy version of “Daddy Lessons,” the southern-fried track from her latest album, “Lemonade,” even working in a section of the Dixie Chicks’ own “Long Time Gone” in the middle. The Nashville crowd was on its feet. But online, the reception was decidedly more mixed, with some country fans arguing that Beyoncé, who has recently leaned harder into activism around police reform and the Black Lives Matter movement, had no place at the ceremony. “Why are you showing Beyoncé & Dixie Chicks? One doesn’t believe in America & our police force while the other didn’t support our President & veterans during war,” one commenter wrote on Facebook, alluding to each act’s past political moments. Another added: “Neither are country, and Beyoncé could not be bothered to put some clothes on for the occasion.” Beyoncé, according to one common sentiment, “isn’t even what country represents.” Others were plainly racist. (Last year’s pop-crossover at the C.M.A.s, with Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton, was far less polarizing.) Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Beyoncé’s exceedingly loyal fans, widely known as the Beyhive, did not take kindly to the disrespect. After some Beyoncé supporters noticed that a promotional post from Wednesday announcing the singer’s surprise performance had been deleted from the official C.M.A. Twitter and Facebook accounts, fans and gossip sites speculated that the awards show was scrubbing its Beyoncé coverage to minimize the backlash. For revenge, the Beyhive began flooding the C.M.A. Instagram with its weaponized emojis of choice: lemons and bees. In an interview, Sarah Trahern, the chief executive of the Country Music Association, acknowledged the strong reactions on both sides but denied that any nefarious deleting had taken place. The initial promotional clip teasing Beyoncé’s performance was removed on Wednesday, before the performance, at the request of the singer, she said. (Representatives for Beyoncé did not immediately respond to a request for comment.) Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options