"Cowboy Carter" — Beyonce's first country album — has arrived
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter's has officially gone country with the release Friday of her new album, "Cowboy Carter."
The Houston native's eighth album features 27 song tracks and guest appearances from some of country music's biggest stars including Willie Nelson, Mylie Cyrus and Dolly Parton, whose 1973 hit "Jolene" is one of two covers featured.
"I think people are going to be surprised because I don't think this music is what everyone expects," Beyoncé said in a statement Friday. "But it's the best music I've ever made," said the 42-year-old, considered the one of the top-grossing music artists of all time.
Dee Warner disappeared on a Sunday morning in the spring, just as the first crops were being planted in the farmland of Lenawee County, Michigan. Warner, 52, was living on a farm with her second husband, Dale Warner, and their one child together, then 9. The Warners ran three main businesses from their farm, and Dee Warner had four adult children from her first marriage — all living on their own.