With ‘Texas Hold ‘Em,’ Beyonce jumps to her first UK no. 1 in 14 years
Texas Hold ‘Em, Beyonce’s latest country song, shot to the top of the British charts on Friday, giving the American music icon her first no. 1 record in the UK in 14 years.
After making an unexpected appearance in a Super Bowl commercial earlier this month, where the 32-time Grammy Award winner joked about “breaking the internet” just minutes before revealing a new album, Beyonce has released two songs.
According to the Official Charts Company, Beyonce’s Texas Hold ‘Em is her first No. 1 song in the United Kingdom in 14 years and her sixth No. 1 single overall. Her previous British chart topper was Lady Gaga’s Telephone in 2010. If I Were A Boy, her 2008 solo UK No. 1 single, was her last one.
Her achievement on the UK charts follows earlier this week when Beyonce, 42, made history by becoming the first Black woman to reach the top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs charts in the US with her song Texas Hold ‘Em. 16 Carriages, her other new single, peaked at number nine on that list.
Texas Hold ‘Em made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which lists the top songs of all time, at number two. Act II, Beyonce’s next album, is scheduled for release on March 29. It is the second installment in a three-record project that started with the critically acclaimed Renaissance album in 2022.
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