Cowboy Carter

Cowboy Carter (also referred to as Act II: Cowboy Carter) is the eighth studio album by American singer Beyoncé, released on March 29, 2024, via Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. The album is the second part in a trilogy of albums, following Renaissance (2022).

Cowboy Carter
Studio album by Beyoncé
Released	March 29, 2024
Recorded	2019–2024[1][2]
Studio	Los Angeles (APG, Dezert Flower, Electric Feel, Kings Landing West, Parkwood West, Record Plant, The Sound Factory, The Village, Westlake) Nashville (The Cave, East Iris, The Library) East Hampton, New York (The Trailer) Dolly P's Studio
Genre	Country R&B Americana pop [3]
Length	78:21
Label	Parkwood Columbia
Producer	Beyoncé 070 Shake BAH Jon Batiste Cadenza Cam Miley Cyrus D.A. Got That Dope Derek Dixie Dixson Ian Fitchuk Harry Edwards Shawn Everett Nathan Ferraro Ink Tyler Johnson Paul McCartney No I.D. Nova Wav Dave Hamelin Killa B Nick Kobe Mamii Simon Mårtensson Pharrell Williams Jack Ro Raphael Saadiq Sean Solymar Sounwave Swizz Beatz The-Dream Khirye Tyler
Beyoncé chronology
Renaissance (2022) Cowboy Carter (2024)
Singles from Cowboy Carter
"Texas Hold 'Em" Released: February 11, 2024 "16 Carriages" Released: February 11, 2024 "II Most Wanted" Released: April 2, 2024

Track listing

Cowboy Carter track listing
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ameriican Requiem"	Beyoncé[c] No I.D. Batiste T. Johnson[a] Khirye Tyler[b] Dixie[b] Kuk Harrell[d]	5:25
2.	"Blackbiird" (with Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy)	Beyoncé[c] McCartney Tyler[b] Harrell[d]	2:11
3.	"16 Carriages"	Beyoncé[c] Hamelin Ink Saadiq[b] Stuart White[b]	3:47
4.	"Protector" (with Rumi Carter)	Beyoncé[c] Rochon	3:04
5.	"My Rose"	Beyoncé[c] Mamii	0:53
6.	"Smoke Hour / Willie Nelson" (with Willie Nelson)	Beyoncé	0:50
7.	"Texas Hold 'Em"	Beyoncé[c] Killah B Ferraro Saadiq[a] White[b] Hit-Boy[b] Mariel Gomerez[b]	3:53
8.	"Bodyguard"	Saadiq Beyoncé[d]	4:00
9.	"Dolly P" (with Dolly Parton)	Beyoncé Rochon Nova Wav[b]	0:22
10.	"Jolene"	Beyoncé[c] Rochon Tyler[b] Alex Vickery[d]	3:09
11.	"Daughter"	Beyoncé[c] Ochs Simon Mårtensson Dixie[a]	3:23
12.	"Spaghettii" (with Linda Martell and Shaboozey)	Beyoncé[c] Swizz Beatz Tyler[a]	2:38
13.	"Alliigator Tears"	Beyoncé[c] The-Dream Tyler[a]	2:59
14.	"Smoke Hour II" (with Willie Nelson)	Beyoncé Hamelin	0:29
15.	"Just for Fun" (with Willie Jones)	Beyoncé[c] Hamelin Vickery[d]	3:24
16.	"II Most Wanted" (with Miley Cyrus)	Beyoncé[c] Shawn Everett Pollack Cyrus Jonathan Rado[b]	3:28
17.	"Levii's Jeans" (with Post Malone)	Beyoncé The-Dream Louis Bell[d]	4:17
18.	"Flamenco"	Beyoncé[c] Mamii	1:40
19.	"The Linda Martell Show" (with Linda Martell)	Beyoncé	0:28
20.	"Ya Ya"	Beyoncé[c] The-Dream Cadenza[a] Edwards[a] Tyler[b]	4:34
21.	"Oh Louisiana"	Beyoncé The-Dream	0:52
22.	"Desert Eagle"	Beyoncé[c] Bah Christ Reddick	1:12
23.	"Riiverdance"	Beyoncé[c] The-Dream	4:11
24.	"II Hands II Heaven"	Beyoncé Hamelin Rochon[a]	5:41
25.	"Tyrant" (with Dolly Parton)	Hamelin D.A. Got That Dope Tyler[b] Beyoncé[d] Harrell[d]	4:10
26.	"Sweet / Honey / Buckiin' " (with Shaboozey)	Beyoncé[c] Pharrell	4:56
27.	"Amen"	Beyoncé[c] Hamelin T. Johnson[a] Dixie[b] Fitchuk[b] 070 Shake[b] Sean Solymar[b]	2:25
Total length:			78:21

Notes

• "Smoke Hour / Willie Nelson" is stylized as "Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson".
• "Sweet / Honey / Buckiin' " is stylized as "Sweet ★ Honey ★ Buckiin' ".
• Initial vinyl pressings of the album do not include "Spaghettii", "Flamenco", "The Linda Martell Show", "Ya Ya" and "Oh Louisiana".^[4]
• Initial CD pressings of the album do not include "Spaghettii", "The Linda Martell Show", "Ya Ya" and "Oh Louisiana".^[5]
• "Riiverdance", "II Hands II Heaven" and "Tyrant" are longer on the CD edition than on the digital edition.
• "My Rose" is titled "Mr. Sir" on the CD edition.
• ^{^[a]} indicates a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} indicates an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} indicates a primary and vocal producer
• ^{^[d]} indicates a vocal producer
• ^{^[e]} indicates an additional lyricist

Samples and interpolations

• "Ameriican Requiem"
  • contains excerpts from "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)", written by Shawn Carter, Michael Price, and Dan Walsh and performed by Jay-Z, as well as Jay-Z's performance of the song on MTV Unplugged.
  • contains an interpolation of "For What It's Worth", written by Stephen Stills and performed by Buffalo Springfield.
• "Blackbiird"
  • covers the 1968 Beatles song "Blackbird", and features a sample of the instrumental from the original 1968 master recording.^[6][7]
• "Smoke Hour / Willie Nelson"
  • contains excerpts from "Laughing Yodel", written and performed by Charles Anderson.
  • contains excerpts from "Grinnin' in Your Face", written and performed by Son House.
  • contains excerpts from "Down by the River Side", written and performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
  • contains excerpts from "Maybellene", written and performed by Chuck Berry.
  • contains excerpts from "Don't Let Go", written by Jesse Stone and performed by Roy Hamilton.
• "Jolene"
  • covers the 1973 Dolly Parton song of the same name,^[6] with new lyrics.^[8]
• "Daughter"
  • contains elements of Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. III No. 1: II. Adagio by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
  • contains an interpolation of the aria "Caro Mio Ben", written and composed by Tommaso Giordani.^[9][10]
• "Spaghettii"
  • features spoken word by Linda Martell.
  • contains a sample of "Aquecimento das Danadas", written and performed by O Mandrake.
• "II Most Wanted"
  • contains uncredited elements of "Landslide", written by Stevie Nicks and performed by Fleetwood Mac.^[8]
• "Ya Ya"
  • contains excerpts from "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", written by Lee Hazlewood and performed by Nancy Sinatra.
  • contains interpolation from "Good Vibrations", written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and performed by the Beach Boys.
• "Oh Louisiana"
  • contains excerpts from "Oh Louisiana", written and performed by Chuck Berry.
• "II Hands II Heaven"
  • contains an uncredited sample of the Underworld song "Born Slippy Nuxx", written by Rick Smith, Karl Hyde and Darren Emerson.^[11]
• "Sweet / Honey / Buckiin' "
  • contains interpolation from "I Fall to Pieces", written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard and performed by Patsy Cline.^[8]

Personnel

Musicians

• Beyoncé – lead vocals (all tracks), clapping (track 10), percussion (23)
• Khirye Tyler – bass (tracks 1, 2, 7, 20), percussion (1, 20–23), drums (1, 15, 20), synthesizer (1), strings (2, 18), violin (2), piano (7), guitar (15), horns (20), programming (26)
• Ink – vocals (track 1), guitar (2)
• Tanner Adell – vocals (tracks 1, 2)
• Raphael Saadiq – drums (tracks 1, 7); bass, piano (7, 8); organ (7), guitar (8, 20), keyboards (8)
• LaMarcus Eldridge – choir (tracks 1, 10, 11, 15, 27)
• Steve Epting – choir (tracks 1, 10, 11, 15, 27)
• Brooke Brewer – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Camille Grigsby – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Cedrit Leonard – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Chelsea Miller – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Donald Paige – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Dwanna Orange – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• George Young – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Jason Morales – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Jenelle Dunkley – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Jerome Wayne – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Kiandra Richardson – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Lakeisha Lewis – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Mabvuto Carpenter – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Naarai Jacobs – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Nava Morris – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Phylicia Hill – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Princess Fortier – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• Storm Chapman – choir (tracks 1, 11, 15, 27)
• No I.D. – guitar, keyboards, sitar (track 1); drums (15)
• Dixson – drums, vocals (track 1)
• Jon Batiste – guitar, keyboards, sitar (track 1)
• Camaron Ochs – vocals (track 1)
• Lemar Carter – drums (tracks 2, 7, 8, 20)
• Brittney Spencer – vocals (track 2), background vocals (25)
• Reyna Roberts – vocals (track 2), background vocals (25)
• Tiera Kennedy – vocals (track 2), background vocals (25)
• Dave Hamelin – organ, synthesizer (tracks 2, 27); drums, guitar, piano (2); bass (15)
• Paul McCartney – guitar (track 2)
• Robert Randolph – steel guitar (track 3), pedal steel guitar (20)
• Justus West – guitar (track 3)
• Gavin Williams – organ (track 3)
• Justin Schipper – steel guitar (track 3)
• Ryan Svendsen – trumpet (track 3)
• Ryan Beatty – background vocals (tracks 4, 8, 15)
• Jack Rochon – guitar (tracks 4, 9, 10), bass (24)
• Gary Clark Jr. – guitar (tracks 4, 11, 22, 24)
• Rumi Carter – vocals (track 4)
• Willie Nelson – vocals (track 6)
• Rhiannon Giddens – banjo, viola (track 7)
• Killah B – drums (track 7)
• Elizabeth Lowell Boland – piano (track 7), background vocals (8)
• Nate Ferraro – guitar (tracks 7, 11), piano (7)
• Hit-Boy – synthesizer (track 7)
• The-Dream – drums (track 8), clapping (10), background vocals (20, 24, 25); bass, guitar, vocals (23); drum machine, percussion (24)
• Ross Garren – harmonica (tracks 8, 14, 15)
• Dolly Parton – spoken word (track 9), vocals (25)
• Denisia Andrews – vocals (track 9)
• Jack Siegal – guitar (tracks 10, 12–14)
• Caleb Curry – choir (track 10)
• Jaden Gray – choir (track 10)
• Jamal Moore – choir (track 10)
• Jerel Duren – choir (track 10)
• Kadeem Nichols – choir (track 10)
• Michael Shorts – choir (track 10)
• Dora Melissa Vargas – clapping (track 10)
• Jay-Z – clapping (track 10)
• Stevie Wonder – harmonica (track 10)
• Willie Jones – vocals (track 10)
• Simon Mårtensson – bass, drums, guitar (track 11)
• Rod Castro – guitar (track 11)
• Jeff Gitelman – harmonica (tracks 14, 15)
• Harv – drums (track 15)
• Derek Dixie – conductor (track 15), synthesizer (27)
• Adrienne Woods – strings (track 15)
• Bianca McClure – strings (track 15)
• Chelsea Gwizdala – strings (track 15)
• Crystal Alforque – strings (track 15)
• Marta Honer – strings (track 15)
• Rhea Hosanny – strings (track 15)
• Stephanie Matthews – strings (track 15)
• Stephanie Yu – strings (track 15)
• Adam Granduciel – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (track 16)
• Justin Brown – acoustic guitar, drums (track 16)
• Sean Watkins – acoustic guitar (track 16)
• Pino Palladino – bass (track 16)
• Sara Watkins – fiddle (track 16)
• Jonathan Rado – organ, piano, synthesizer (track 16)
• Michael Pollack – organ (track 16)
• Matt Pynn – pedal steel guitar (track 16)
• Miley Cyrus – vocals (track 16)
• Post Malone – vocals (track 17)
• Nile Rodgers – guitar (track 17)
• Mamii – guitar (track 18)
• Johnny May – violin (track 18)
• Harry Edwards – guitar (track 20)
• Marcus Reddick – bass (track 22)
• Bah Christ – guitar (track 22)
• Péter Kovács – violin (track 25)
• Pharrell – vocals (track 26)
• Arnetta Johnson – brass (track 27)
• Christopher Gray – brass (track 27)
• Christopher Johnson – brass (track 27)
• Crystal Torres – brass (track 27)
• Gabrielle Garo – brass (track 27)
• Jesse McGinty – brass (track 27)
• Lemar Guillary – brass (track 27)
• Omar Edwards – organ (track 27)
• Tyler Johnson – organ (track 27)
• Ian Fitchuk – piano (track 27)

Technical

• Colin Leonard – mastering
• Stuart White – mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–16, 18–22, 27), recording (1–18, 20, 22, 24, 25)
• Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 4, 18)
• Shawn Everett – mixing, recording (track 16)
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 17, 23)
• Mike Seaberg – mixing (tracks 17, 23)
• Chris Godbey – mixing (track 25)
• Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (track 26)
• Andrea Roberts – engineering (all tracks), recording (1, 4)
• John Cranfield – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–17, 19–27), recording (26, 27)
• Henrique Andrade – engineering (track 2), recording (1, 8, 12, 26
• Kuk Harrell – engineering (track 25)
• Angelica "Jeli" Dorman – engineering (track 25), recording (1, 2)
• Dani Pampuri – recording (tracks 1, 4, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 27), engineering assistance (17)
• Lester Mendoza – recording (tracks 1, 15, 27)
• Hotae Alexander Jang – recording (tracks 3, 7, 8, 13, 15, 20)
• Dave Hamelin – recording (tracks 3, 14, 15, 24, 27)
• Jack Rochon – recording (track 4)
• Mamii – recording (tracks 5, 18)
• Alex Nibley – recording (track 7)
• Brandon Harding – recording (tracks 10, 17, 20–22, 25)
• Camaron Ochs – recording (track 11)
• Kyle Huffman – recording (tracks 11, 15, 27)
• Matheus Braz – recording (tracks 11, 12, 20, 24), editing (19), engineering assistance (all tracks)
• Nick Lobel – recording (tracks 11, 25)
• Steve Chadie – recording (track 14)
• Ian Gold – recording (track 16)
• Ivan Wayman – recording (track 16)
• Piéce Eatah – recording (track 16)
• Willie Linton – recording (track 17)
• Kristen Hilkert – recording (track 25)
• Mike Larson – recording (track 26)
• Konrad Snyder – recording (track 27)
• Tyler Johnson – recording (track 27)
• Khirye Tyler – editing (tracks 4, 11)
• Patrick Gardner – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8–27)
• Conner McFarland – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–27)
• Danforth Webster – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–27)
• Garrett Duncan – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–27)
• Jonathan Lopez Garcia – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–27)
• Nick Sutton – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–27)
• Terena Dawn – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–27)
• Gabriella Wayne – engineering assistance (track 4)
• Julia Norelli – engineering assistance (track 4)
• Najeeb Jones – engineering assistance (track 4)
• Cameron Hogan – engineering assistance (track 11)
• Chris Bhikoo – engineering assistance (tracks 17, 23)
• Jacob Richards – engineering assistance (tracks 17, 23)

Charts

Chart performance for Cowboy Carter

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	1
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[13]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17]	1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18]	5
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20]	1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21]	11
French Albums (SNEP)[22]	1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23]	1
Irish Albums (OCC)[24]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[25]	6
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[26]	15
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[27]	59
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[28]	4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31]	1
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)[32]	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33]	1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[36]	1
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[37]	1
UK Country Albums (OCC)[38]	1
US Billboard 200[39]	1
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[40]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[41]	1

Release history

Release history for Cowboy Carter

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Various	March 29, 2024	CD digital download streaming vinyl	Parkwood Columbia	[42][43][44]