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Shaboozey thanks Beyoncé after she became the first Black winner of the People's Choice Country Awards

Shaboozey was named New Artist of the Year 2024 at the People's Choice Country Awards on Thursday and used his acceptance speech as an opportunity to thank Beyoncé, among others. He concluded his speech by saying, “Thank you Empire for being the best independent label partner an artist could ask for and thank you Beyoncé, you are amazing.”

The singer told the audience that he had to read a prepared speech and began by thanking “People's Choice, the fans and listeners for this award.” He continued: “I am extremely honored and extremely humbled. I never in a million years thought I would accept something like that up here at the Grand Ole Opry. It’s a dream come true.”

“Thank you to all the programmers at Country Radio who supported my management, believed in me and put in the time, hard work and dedication. And thank you to all my friends and family in Nashville who kept showing up for me,” he added.

Shaboozey is featured on two of Beyoncé's songs from her latest album, Cowboy Carter – “Spaghetti” and “Sweet Honey Buckiin'.”

Beyoncé was nominated for eight awards at the show. Her nominations include Song of the Year, Album 2024, Crossover Song 2024, Cover Song 2024, Women's Song 2024, Social Country Star 2024, Female Artist 2024 and Folk Artist 2024.

“Cowboy Carter” was completely excluded from the Country Music Awards when nominations were announced on September 18th. Instead, Morgan Wallen is the most nominated artist of the 2024 CMA Awards, nominated for major awards such as Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year and Song of the Year.

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