Whoopi Goldberg defends Beyonce against conservatives criticizing her Best Country Album Grammy win

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Whoopi Goldberg defended Beyonce winning the Best Country Album award at the 2025 Grammys after the singer faced backlash from conservatives, on the Tuesday, February 4 episode of 'The View.'

Queen Bee has won the most number of Grammys over the years and reached a milestone on February 2 when she won her first Album of the Year, along with Country Album for 'Cowboy Carter,' and Country Duo/Group Performance for 'Il Most Wanted' with Miley Cyrus.

Conservatives lash out at Beyonce for winning Best Country Album at 2025 Grammys

Following Beyonce's big night, conservative author Raymond Arroyo appeared on Fox News' 'The Ingraham Angle' on Monday, February 3, where he called out Grammy organizers, the Recording Academy of the United States, for the singer's dominance in the country genre, reported Billboard.

“The country artists are not really happy about this,” stated Arroyo.

He told host Laura Ingraham, “I’m gonna put this in some context Laura: Dolly Parton has 10 Grammys. Frank Sinatra had 11 Grammys. Beyonce has 35. How is that possibly commensurate with that talent? I mean come on.”

“What people don’t know about the Grammys is everybody votes in every genre. You can vote in up to 20 genres. So basically Lady Gaga’s cat sitter votes for, you know, best reggae and best country album," he argued.

"So that’s why you get this ridiculous outcome that has nothing to do with the country audience or the country musicians," Arroyo fumed.

Whoopi Goldberg shuts down conservative critic slamming Beyonce's Grammy win

Whoopi Goldberg made it a point to call out Raymond Arroyo while hosting the ABC talk show the following morning.

“Sir, are you aware that you have to be in the music industry to be a Grammy voter? So, the cat sitter can’t just vote,” she hit back. “Are you aware that when the Grammys began in 1959, there were only 28 categories — now there are 94?”

“The year that Frank Sinatra got six nominations despite having two No 1 albums, he only won one Grammy that night for his album cover — not even for his singing, for the album cover. Listen, man. You can’t do that. She earned it," Goldberg continued.

"You want to hold on to country music like White people didn’t also buy her country album. Come on, man! People voted for it. Sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t. Same with the Oscars. Sit down! … Music does not have the issues you have. Music is about the people," concluded Goldberg.

Billboard further corrected Arroyo, sharing that Sinatra won 9 competitive Grammys instead of 11. In addition to the six General Field categories, voters can vote in a maximum of 10 categories across three fields.

Conservatives on social media refuse to accept Beyonce's Best Country Album win

Conservative netizens reacting to Whoopi Goldberg's arguments defending Beyonce's Best Country Album win at the 2025 Grammys for 'Cowboy Carter' refuse to be swayed from their opinion. The following tweets demonstrate their takes.

"Her album is nowhere near being country. Her face when the winner was announced said it all. Even she was caught off guard," wrote a user.

"Beyonce didn't earn it. We know how it works. Did cash pass hands?" asked another.

"That album was complete trash nothing about it is country," claimed a third.

"She paid to win," alleged one user.

"Beyoncé is the most overrated performer of all time. Her country album was horrible," slammed a user.

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