--- description: Beyoncé performed "Daddy Lessons" at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night with the Dixie Chicks title: Beyoncé Performs at the CMA Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt591fe6e20574128e/6988acca428a9e37e8cd4de1/gettyimages-620680200.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyoncé Performs With the Dixie Chicks at the CMA Awards by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 3, 2016 2:53 AM CUT  Beyonce performs with the Dixie Chicks at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Nov. 2 2016. Beyonce performs with the Dixie Chicks at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Nov. 2 2016.Image Group LA/ABC/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 3, 2016 2:53 AM CUT Beyoncé surprised fans at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night, by performing “Daddy Lessons” alongside the Dixie Chicks. As the [_Lemonade_ creator](http://time.com/money/4361495/beyonce-lemonade-platinum-sales/ "undefined") is not usually associated with country music, rumors and questions swirled ahead of her performance with people debating what she would sing. Most [guessed](http://people.com/country/cmas-2016-beyonce-performing/ "undefined") she would go with “Daddy Lessons,” the country track off _Lemonade_, which the [Dixie Chicks covered live](http://time.com/4313859/dixie-chicks-cover-beyonce-daddy-lessons-concert/ "undefined") this year. Halfway through the song they mixed in several lines from the Dixie Chicks’ 2002 hit “Long Time Gone.” > [](https://twitter.com/H00PINATI/status/793999291970818048) Beyoncé is not the first performer to cross genres at the CMAs — Justin Timberlake [joined](http://time.com/4101020/justin-timberlake-chris-stapleton-cma/ "undefined") Chris Stapleton on stage last year for some duets. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4555797/beyonce-cma-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4555797/beyonce-cma-awards/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Performs With the Dixie Chicks at the CMA Awards","datePublished":"2016-11-03T02:53:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:35:15.109Z","description":"She performed \"Daddy Lessons\"","url":"https://time.com/4555797/beyonce-cma-awards/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt591fe6e20574128e/6988acca428a9e37e8cd4de1/gettyimages-620680200.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt591fe6e20574128e/6988acca428a9e37e8cd4de1/gettyimages-620680200.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EMILY ROBISON, BEYONCE, NATALIE MAINES","caption":"EMILY ROBISON, BEYONCE, NATALIE MAINES","creditText":"Image Group LA/ABC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4555797/beyonce-cma-awards/","name":"Beyoncé Performs With the Dixie Chicks at the CMA Awards"}}]}] ```