(FILES) Beyonce attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Beyonce has been a showbiz fixture for nearly three decades, but for all the caps she's worn, the Houston-bred megastar's cowboy hat has stayed within reach: Queen Bey has always been country. And now with "Cowboy Carter" the 42-year-old Houston native has created a full-throated ode to her southern roots, a 27-track blowout of an album flavored with strings, pedal steel guitar and twang. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)