Country singer John Rich calls Beyoncé’s Best Country Album win at the Grammys a ‘total joke,’ asserting the win should have gone to Lainey Wilson. John Rich of country duo Big & Rich is adding fuel to the backlash over Beyoncé’s win for Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammys.

Beyoncé has finally won Album of the Year. The win comes more than two decades into her career for Cowboy Carter, her history-making eighth studio album created in response to her experience being rejected from the country genre as a Black woman from the South.

Beyoncé promptly announced her 22-show Cowboy Carter tour Monday fresh off her Grammy Award wins. The 22-show tour launches at SoFi Stadium on April 28.