Beyoncรฉ's performance with The Chicks at the 2016 CMA Awards reportedly delivered the show's highest-rated 15 minutes ever, but they still deleted the performance from their social media amid outcry from racist country music fans.
Then she turned that experience into a deeper foray into country music with #COWBOYCARTER โ the first taste of which, "Texas Hold 'Em," made her the first Black woman with a No. 1 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Talk about turning lemons into lemonade.