The controversy that followed their collab on “Daddy Lessons” in Nashville was an experience that deeply impacted the Cowboy Carter singer

A decade ago this month, the 50th CMA Awards booked one of the most talked-about, and arguably one of the most powerful, performances in the history of the broadcast . Alongside a New Orleans second-line-style band, Beyoncé joined the Chicks for a rendition of her track “Daddy Lessons” — which featured an interpolation of the country trio’s “Long Time Gone” — off her masterpiece Lemonade .

Ten years later, the performance’s impact still reverberates, and so does the impression that the country-music industry left on Beyoncé, the most awarded musician in Grammy history.

It was an electric performance for many overt reasons, but especially for two stories happening behind the scenes: “Daddy Lessons” was about to be deemed ineligible for contention in the country categories at the Grammy Awards by the Recording Academy; and the Chicks hadn’t appeared on the CMA broadcast…