Dolly Parton disagrees that Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter was snubbed by the CMAs 'on purpose'

Dolly Parton is offering her take on the CMA Awards, which stirred up the Beyhive by bestowing zero nominations upon Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter.

“Well, you never know,” the “9 to 5” singer said of awards, when asked by Variety to weigh in on what many fans are calling a “snub." Parton ultimately disagreed, explaining, “There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess the country music field, they probably thought, ‘Well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that.’”

The singer added that she didn’t even notice the controversial Cowboy Carter omission until someone else brought it to her attention.

“It was a wonderful album,” she continued. “She can be very, very proud of, and I think everybody in country music welcomed her and thought that was good. So I don’t think it was a matter of shutting out, like doing that on purpose.”

Parton then proposed that the nominations merely came down to "what the country charts and the country artists were doing,” particularly those that succeed on country charts “all the time.”

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While the CMAs won’t be acknowledging Cowboy Carter during the November ceremony, the album’s commercial popularity speaks volumes about its success. Lead single "Texas Hold 'Em" not only hit No. 1 on multiple Billboard charts — making Bey the first Black woman to have a No. 1 country song and reach the top spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart — it went on to break several streaming records.

Parton herself is featured on the album, introducing Beyoncé’s cover of her beloved tune, “Jolene.”

Defending Beyoncé’s ability to be a country artist in her own right, Parton praised the record again, adding, “I thought that was a great album. She’s a country girl in Texas and Louisiana, so she grew up with that base. It wasn’t like she just appeared out of nowhere.”

Parton hasn’t been the only artist to comment on the CMA nomination miss. Last week Kelly Clarkson said she was surprised but not too shocked that Cowboy Carter didn’t net a single nomination.

“I kind of find it fascinating, because I feel like those songs were everywhere," the singer and talk show host told NBC10 Boston. "At the end of the day, I mean, I've always kind of learned in this industry, it's not necessarily about the awards.”

She pointed out that, in her experience, crowds "like hearing the country stuff. They like hearing the pop. They like hearing all the different things. [I’m] sure they do with her as well. I think the real win there is that you don't even need the award."

Meanwhile, The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg sided with Parton, arguing that Beyoncé wasn’t “snubbed” and that when it comes ot the CMAs, the album “wasn't for them.”