Black country singers: “We are tolerated, not celebrated”
Black country singers: “We are tolerated, not celebrated”
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Iqra FarooqBBC World Service
Last week, Beyoncé entered the US chart history - becoming the first black woman to land a number one single, with her latest single Texas Hold 'Em.
This release is the first before - taste of an entire country album - a follow-up to the house music-focused Renaissance - that Beyoncé called Act II.
But even if she leads the way in a genre where black artists have traditionally struggled to be recognized, there are a handful of black women who have taken this path before her.
Rissi Palmer, 42, of Missouri, is one of them. She broke a 20-year wait for a black woman to appear on the country charts with her 2007 single Country Girl. Before her, it was Dona Mason in 1987.
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Iqra FarooqBBC World Service
Last week, Beyoncé entered the US chart history - becoming the first black woman to land a number one single, with her latest single Texas Hold 'Em.
This release is the first before - taste of an entire country album - a follow-up to the house music-focused Renaissance - that Beyoncé called Act II.
But even if she leads the way in a genre where black artists have traditionally struggled to be recognized, there are a handful of black women who have taken this path before her.
Rissi Palmer, 42, of Missouri, is one of them. She broke a 20-year wait for a black woman to appear on the country charts with her 2007 single Country Girl. Before her, it was Dona Mason in 1987.
Image source, Getty Images
