Beyonce steals the show at Country Music Awards with Dixie Chicks duet

The R&B superstar's appearance at the annual ceremony had been rumoured earlier in the day, but the 32-year-old stunned fans as she took to the stage alongside the country music trio, who have been performing the song as part of their DCX MMXVI tour in recent months.

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Goddamn, I love feminist women from Texas. Look at these legends. <3#Beyonce #CMAawards50 pic.twitter.com/f2Jv5CKrj7 — Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) November 3, 2016

Wearing a low-cut sparkling gold gown with puffy shoulders, Beyonce looked confident and poised as she belted out the track from her album Lemonade. Read more: ‘Ashes to ashes, dust to side chicks’: Beyoncé unearths her pain and vulnerability in her most revealing album to date The song hit headlines when Beyonce dropped Lemonade back in April, 2016 due to its country feel. Along with a horn intro, references to Texas, an acoustic guitar and hand claps setting out the rhythm and a story about the lessons she learned from her father and former manager Matthew Knowles, Daddy Lessons had all the markings of a country hit - a drastic departure from Beyonce's usual sound.

FULL PERFORMANCE HQ: Beyoncé & @dixiechicks performing "Daddy's Lessons" at the #CMAawards50 pic.twitter.com/bcWWrPCK5U — BeyoncéVirtuoso (@BeyonceVirtuoso) November 3, 2016

Country star Dierks Bentley said of the song after hearing Lemonade: "There is just something intangible about it that it feels like a country song. It's not just choruses that are catchy and verses that could be intermixed anywhere as some pop songs are. It's a real story that she tells about what's going on in her life growing up." Read more: Beyonce dominates MTV Video Music Awards Beyonce's performance alongside the Dixie Chicks on Wednesday night proved such a hit with fans and viewers that it topped the Billboard + Twitter Trending 140 chart - a chart which measures the real-time increase of discussions around artists and their music on Twitter. Shortly after the CMA performance, the Dixie Chicks - Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire - also took to Twitter to share a link to an official studio version of their duet with Beyonce on Daddy Lessons.

'Beyoncé feat. Dixie Chicks - Daddy Lessons' now available: https://t.co/ZkTPFadEQC pic.twitter.com/1xUqYE0EG9 — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) November 3, 2016

It marks a rare studio offering from the country trio, who haven't released a studio album since Taking the Long Way in 2006.

#KennyChesney when #Beyoncé and The Dixie Chicks were performing at the #CMAs pic.twitter.com/TuTPkEJt73 — Tha Celebritea News (@thacelebritea) November 3, 2016

While the majority of people enjoyed Beyonce's performance with the Dixie Chicks, a shot of Kenny Chesney looking less than impressed as he witnessed the rendition from the audience quickly went viral, with viewers commenting on his "sour" looking expression.

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