 In 2009, you became the first African-American artist to win Best New Artist at the Country Music Association Awards, even though you'd been in the industry for a long time. That happened seven years before Beyonce's appearance on stage at the same event, Attracted Backlash. Then this year, as we know, Beyonce released the album Cowboy Carter, and she says the album was born after an experience where she didn't feel welcome in the genre at all.