Country music singer John Rich has criticized Beyoncé’s triumphs at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, after she clinched the Best Country Album trophy.

In footage that has gone viral on social media, Beyoncé briefly sat stunned at the on Sunday after announced that she had won the coveted prize for her album, —becoming the first Black woman to scoop the honor.

“Wow, I really was not expecting this,” Beyoncé said as she accepted the award onstage at downtown Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.

“I think sometimes ‘genre’ is a code word to keep us in place as artists,” the star went on, as she addressed the star-studded audience. “And I just want to encourage us to do what we’re passionate about, and to stay persistent.”

“I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album,” she added. “We worked so hard on it.”

While Beyoncé’s sizable fanbase continues to celebrate the momentous win, took to X, formerly , to voice his disapproval.

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“Beyoncé wins ‘Best Country Album’ at The Grammys,” the Big & Rich star in a post punctuated with rolling on the floor laughing emojis. “Way to go.”

Another X user responded by opining that “the Grammys had to push their agenda instead of actually honoring real country artists. Total joke!”

Using another emoji to express his thoughts, Rich the ceremony a “[clown] show.”

Popular conservative account Catturd described Beyoncé’s hit country album as “garbage,” prompting Rich to with another clown emoji.

In another post, Rich used the greater-than sign to that Lainey Wilson is a more worthy artist than Beyoncé. Wilson received a Best Country Album nod for Whirlwind. Post Malone, Kacey Musgraves and Chris Stapleton were also nominated.

Beyoncé was nominated for 11 Grammys this year and won three. She holds the record for most Grammy Awards with a haul of 35 wins, and for the most nominations at 99.

On Sunday, she won Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “II Most Wanted” with , as well as her first ever Album of the Year Grammy Award.

“I wanna dedicate this to Miss Martell, and I hope we just keep pushing forward, opening doors,” Beyoncé said in her acceptance speech for the latter, referring to Black country artist pioneer Linda Martell.

While Beyoncé became famous for her , she made waves when she crossed over into the country genre with Cowboy Carter.

soared to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its release last March, with its lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” dominating the Hot 100 chart. Beyoncé also made history as the first Black woman to reign over the Hot Country Songs chart.

The album this past September after it did not receive it single Country Music Association (CMA) Award nomination.

At the 2016 CMA Awards, Beyoncé performed her Lemonade track “Daddy Lessons” with The Chicks. The performance received much backlash from country music fans, and is said to have been the inspiration for Cowboy Carter.