Luke Bryan Shares Pointed Suggestion For Beyonc After CMAs Snub

Luke Bryan thinks theres one way Beyonc could have helped herself nab a nomination for the Country Music Association Awards.

On SiriusXMs Andy Cohen Live this week, the One Margarita singer shared his theory as to why Queen Bey was snubbed by the country world.

While Beyoncs album Cowboy Carter made history on Billboards country charts , it didnt get major airplay on country radio or earn a single nomination for Novembers CMA Awards.

Calling the CMAs controversy a tough topic to tackle, Bryan began by telling Cohen that no one should feel entitled to an honor, no matter how major a star.

Just cause I make one [album], I dont get any nominations, said Bryan. A lot of great music is overlooked.

Everybody loved that Beyonc made a country album, the Play It Again singer told Cohen. Nobodys mad about it.

But as Bryan went on, he suggested that the Texas Hold Em superstar could have made more of an effort to connect with the Nashville music scene.

But where things get a little tricky if youre gonna make country albums, come into our world and be country with us a little bit, the American Idol judge said.

Beyonc can do exactly what she wants to. Shes probably the biggest star in music, he continued. But come to an award show and high-five us. And have fun and get in the family, too.

Bryan said he wasnt making any accusations, just offering his perspective as a veteran of the industry.

Im not saying she didnt do that, he told Cohen. But country musics a lot about family. We get pissed at each other, too.

Beyonc has been more than frank about how shes felt excluded by Nashville in the past.

Before releasing Cowboy Carter this March, she told fans how the album was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed and it was very clear that I wasnt.

The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me, she wrote on Instagram .