Beyoncé is the first black woman to top the US country charts with "Texas Hold 'em" This is a milestone in the still segregated US radio landscape. The genres of hip-hop and R&B on the one hand and country music on the other still represent a separation based on what is referred to as race in the US discourse.

In 2019, Billboard magazine, which publishes the US charts, removed Lil Nas X's hit "Old Town Road" from the Hot Country charts, where it had been at number one.