It looks like Beyonce is crazy in love ... with country music. The diva recently performed a country version of 'Irreplaceable' with Sugarland, and has been so inspired by the genre that she enlisted the help of singer-songwriter Amanda Ghost to work on her next album."Beyonce wants to try something completely different," a source tells British newspaper The Sun. "She's a fan of country music and thought that would be an interesting and exciting way to go. She contacted Amanda early this week and she is going over to work with her on it".
Ghost has writing credits on James Blunt's hit 'You're Beautiful,' Beyonce and Shakira's 'Beautiful Liar,' and Jordin Sparks' 'Tattoo.'
Reader Comments(1 of 2)
gingerat 12-31-2007
i think its kinda cool
Jakeat 11-29-2007
Hmmm, she's making a dance album AND now country, that girl sure wants to be heard. Good for her for branching out though, there is nothing wrong with experimentation. :)
Now where are all the racist comments?! Generally they are up first thing....!
barbat 11-29-2007
ell that curley headed "ho ho" beyonce to stay away from country music those people have ruined music anyway with their *&%$
concernedat 11-30-2007
barb-ie, your comments show your IQ level and lack of knowledge about music in general
AJ Starat 11-29-2007
Props to Jake for calling out the racist comments thing. As long as Jennifer Nettles has nothing to do with this record and also NEVER sings the bridge and chorus to "Irreplaceable" again, this project might be a success.
Jakeat 11-29-2007
"ell that curley headed "ho ho" beyonce to stay away from country music those people have ruined music anyway with their *&%$"
Try punctuation, it helps greatly....Go get a dictionary, I'll wait. :)
Okay, finished?
Good!
Now go take a long walk off of a short peir....
MiMiat 11-29-2007
oh GOD, please let this not be true!! Most of the songs(spanish version) on her album wasnt even her voice! So now i guess she is going to get Reba to fill it in for her!? =(
nunyaat 11-29-2007
I mean, she can do whatever she wants to do...I just want to know when the music industry became more about what artists want to do than what works. There are many black country artists, but none of them have really "made" it because that industry is more racist against blacks than R&B and rap are against whites and Asians. Beyonce being Beyonce will get her the attention, but, unless she comes out with a Nelly/Tim McGraw-like mix (uh, I guess her singing, Jay-Z rapping), I don't know who will support/like a country CD from Beyonce...certainly not the rednecks in country regardless of what she does, but maybe Carlton Banks-like blacks will be okay with it. It's a cool idea in theory, but I'd just as soon prefer a pop/rock CD from her...it's a little less gimmicky and could actually result in HITS.
rccwms13at 11-29-2007
All of you country bumpkins stop hating; beyonce will take home all of the CWA awards!! We gonna take CM to another level...Hee HAW!!
mindiat 11-29-2007
this is not even worth commenting on so why am I here?? Oh well Buh bye
mindiat 11-29-2007
What is the CWA?? You mean CMA?? DUH
Jakeat 11-30-2007
Well isn't little Miss Mindi just a ray of sunshine today?
P.S. you said: "this is not even worth commenting on so why am I here?? Oh well Buh bye" -Mindi
But you said to rccwms13: "What is the CWA?? You mean CMA?? DUH" -Mindi
Which is (believe it or not) A COMMENT! C-O-M-M-E-N-T (sorry I had to spell it out for people like barb.)
;)
Jakeat 11-30-2007
"11. barb-ie, your comments show your IQ level and lack of knowledge about music in general"
Don't tell her that! Her/his brain can only process -one word at a time-!
Brad Parksat 11-30-2007
Jake,
On that dictionary thing, uh it's pier not peir! ! !
Open mouth insert.........well U get the point.
Kell Bellat 12-01-2007
If you ask me, Beyonce can sing the phone book and make it sound great. Whatever she does, I'll be sure to go out and get it, but all fans aren't as dedicated, and I'm no so sure country fans will be so welcoming. It's time for her to do something different and off the wall though. I personally loved her singing in Spanish (It was her voice, by the way; I've heard her sing live in Spanish, and just like nearly all of her live performances, she's sounds just like the cd, and most of the time, even better), hell it got her nominated for a Latin Grammy (How you doin?). In order for her to stay around like the legends in music, she gonna have to reinvent herself. I'll support. All hail the Queen B.