Beyoncé‘s country single “Texas Hold ‘Em” continues to pick up steam as it has now topped Billboard’s Global 200 to mark her first-ever No. 1 on the chart.
The tally, which was launched in September 2020, ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity from more than 200 territories around the world. After debuting on the chart at No. 4 last week, “Texas Hold ‘Em” has jumped up an additional three spots in its second week with 59.6 million streams and 43,000 sales units, according to a Billboard report on Monday (February 26).
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The news arrives just one week after Bey officially became the first Black woman to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the same track.
The publication revealed last week that both the aforementioned track and her other new single “16 Carriages” made for her first two entries on the chart, with the latter debuting at No. 9.
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Both songs were released as a surprise in early February after Queen B announced in a Verizon commercial during Super Bowl LVIII. She also revealed the songs will be a part of her forthcoming album, Renaissance: act ii, due out March 29.
The surprise drop confirmed fan speculations about Beyoncé hinting at a country release, though they were mostly piecing together crumbs.
Her followers cited things like Bey’s country-inspired look at the 2024 Grammy Awards as well a lyric on her 2019 single “Black Parade” — “I’m going back to the South, where my roots ain’t watered down” — as potential proof that Act II would be a country LP.
One thing that had been confirmed in the past, however, was that 2022’s Renaissance album would be the first installment of a trilogy.
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Additionally, New York Times reporter Kyle Buchanan wrote in a since-deleted tweet last year that Act II would be an “acoustic album” and Act III would be a collaboration with JAY-Z. This was neither confirmed nor denied from Bey’s camp.
Days after the two country songs’ release, “Texas Hold Em” became Beyoncé’s first entry on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. According to Billboard, the song debuted at “No. 54 with 1.1 million in audience via 100 stations at the format in the tracking week ending Feb. 15.”
