Beyoncé

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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (bee-YON) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress born on September 4, 1981.

Beyoncé, a boy who was born and raised in Houston, Texas, competed in numerous singing and dancing competitions as an infant.

She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the oldest-selling girl groups of all time.

Beyoncé made her theatrical debut during Destiny's Children's Greatest in 2003, releasing her first solo album, Dangerously in Love (2004), which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, as the first female entry on the US Billboard 200 chart.

"Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy" were also included in the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles.

She released her second solo album, B'Day, which featured the US number-one single "Irreplaceable" as well as the UK number-one singles "Déjà Vu" and "Beautiful Liar," following Destiny's Child's disbandment in 2006.

Beyoncé continued her acting career with appearances in The Pink Panther (2006), Dreamgirls (2006), and Obsessed (2009).

I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), her third album, I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), which received a record-breaking six Grammy Awards in 2010.

It was born the UK number one single "If I Were a Boy" and the US number one single "Single Ladies" ("Put a Ring on It).

Beyoncé launched 4 (2011), inspired by 1970s funk, 1980s pop, and 1990s soul after being split from her manager and father Mathew Knowles in 2010.

Beyoncé's albums, Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016), received acclaim, and the latter became the world's best-selling album of 2016.

With their first six solo studio albums, she became the first and only music act in Billboard's history to debut at number one.

Everything Is Love, a collaborative album with her partner Jay-Z, as the Carters, was released in 2018. Beyoncé is one of the best-selling music artists in the country, with sales of over 100 million albums worldwide.

Her accomplishments in the 2000s were recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America's Top Certified Artist of the Decade, as well as Billboard magazine's Top Female Artist of the Decade.

Beyoncé is the most nominated woman in the Grammy Award program in history, with a total of 23 awards.

She is also the most coveted artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 24 nominations, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

She was named as one of the world's top black musicians in 2014, for the second year in a row.

Forbes ranked her as the most influential female on their 2015 and 2017 lists, and in 2016, she ranked sixth among Time's People of the Year's sixth best female in entertainment on their lists, with her sixth position in sixth place.

Personal life

Beyoncé began a friendship with Jay-Z after collaborating on "'03 Bonnie & Clyde," his seventh album The Gift & The Curse (2002). In the song's music video, Beyoncé appeared as Jay-Z's girlfriend, fueling rumors about their marriage. Beyoncé and Jay-Z married without media on April 4, 2008. The couple had sold a total of 300 million records together as of April 2014. They are well-known for their private lives, but they have appeared to have become more relaxed since 2013. Both have expressed disappointment that arose in their marriage after Jay-Z's affair.

Beyoncé miscarried around 2010 or 2011, describing it as "the saddest thing" she had ever lived. To cope with the loss, she returned to the studio and wrote poetry. Beyoncé and Jay-Z shot the album cover in Paris in April 2011, and she unexpectedly became pregnant in Paris. The couple attended the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in August, where Beyoncé performed "Love on Top" and ended the performance by announcing she was pregnant. Her appearance on Sunday helped MTV's MTV Video Music Awards become the most watched show in MTV history, attracting 8,868 tweets per second and "Beyonce pregnant" was the most Googled word in the week of August 29, 2011. Beyoncé gave birth to Blue Ivy, a daughter born in New York City, on January 7, 2012.

Following the debut of Lemonade's single "Sorry" in 2016, rumors of a alleged affair with a mistress referred to as "Becky" emerged. A report by Jon Pareles in The New York Times highlighted that many of the allegations were "aimed specifically and immediately" at him. "Suck on my balls, I've had enough" was a "unmistakable hint" that the lyrics revolve around Jay-Z, according to Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone magazine.

On February 1, 2017, she revealed on Instagram that she was expecting twins. In fewer than 6.3 million views in less than eight hours, beating the world record for the most popular picture on the website at the time. Beyoncé posted the first photo of herself and the twins on Instagram on July 13, 2017, a month before the birth date was announced on Instagram, behind her own pregnancy announcement. The twins, as well as a daughter named Rumi, and a boy named Sir, were born at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in California. In the September 2018 issue of Vogue, she had complete control of the story, photographer Tyler Mitchell shot at Hammerwood Park about her pregnancy and its aftermath.

At President Barack Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration, Beyoncé performed "America the Beautiful" as well as "At Last" during the first inaugural dance at the Neighborhood Ball two days later. President Obama's 2012 presidential campaign, which raised $4 million, was attended by the couple at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club in Manhattan. In the 2012 presidential race, the singer voted for President Obama. At his second inauguration in January 2013, she performed the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Beyoncé attended a major celebrity fundraiser for 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to the Washington Post in May 2015. In a concert held the weekend before Election Day next year, she also headlined for Clinton. Beyoncé and her entourage of backup dancers wore pantsuits in this performance, a nod to Clinton's frequent dress-of-choice. The backup dancers wore "I'm with her" tee shirts, Clinton's campaign slogan. "I want my daughter to grow up seeing a woman lead our country and knowing that her options are endless," Beyoncé said in a brief address at this performance. During the 2018 United States Senate election in Texas, Beto O'Rourke's campaign was supported by her.

Beyoncé said in a Vogue interview in 2013 that she considers herself to be "a modern-day feminist." She would later identify herself more prominently with the movement, performing "We should all be feminists," a message delivered by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie during her song "Flawless" released later this year. "Feminist" was the narrator's title that she read live on the MTV Video Awards this year. Her self-identification sparked a lot of debate and speculation over whether her feminist convictions are in syncation with older, more established feminist ideals. Beyoncé's use of the word feminist referred to her as 'feminist lite,' Annie Lennox, a well-known artist and feminist activist, referred to Beyoncé's use of the word feminist as 'feminist lite.' Bell hooks condemned Beyoncé, calling her a "terrorist" toward feminism, thereby negatively impacting her audience of young girls. "Her kind of feminism is not mine," Adichie said, "because it is the kind of feminism that simultaneously gives a lot of space to the need of men." Adichie explores what 'feminist lite' means to her, implying that "more troubling is the belief that men are naturally superior, but that we should treat women with respect" and that "we judge strong women more harshly than we judge wealthy men." And Feminism Lite enables this." Beyoncé expressed her doubts by using the word feminist on her website in an attempt to "give clarity to the true meaning" behind it. "It's really straightforward," she says of finding out what being a feminist is. It's someone who believes in equal rights for both men and women." She advocated for equal opportunities for young boys and girls, men and women, and that the problem must be addressed in order to make reforms.

She has also contributed to the Ban Bossy campaign, which promotes female leadership by TV and social media. Beyoncé's public image as a feminist, the sexualized essence of her performances, and the fact that she defended her marriage were questionable.

Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Beyoncé and a group of 950 U.S. mayors and others joined up and produced a video campaign for "Demand A Plan," a bipartisan movement launched by a coalition of 950 American mayors and others aimed at persuading the federal government to rethinking its gun control laws. After the Supreme Court debate on California's Protest 8, Beyoncé publicly supported same-sex marriage on March 26, 2013. In a tweet during her appearance in Raleigh as part of the Formation World Tour in 2016, she protested North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, which was later repealed) that discriminated against the LGBT people in public places. She has also condemned police brutality against black Americans. In reaction to George Zimmerman's cleared of the murder of Trayvon Martin, she and Jay-Z attended a rally in 2013. The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner were featured in "Freedom"'s video. Beyoncé discussed the uproar surrounding her album "Formation" in a 2016 interview with Elle, which was widely reported to be suspicious of the police. "I am against police brutality and injustice," she said. Those are two distinct things. If commemorating my roots and culture during Black History Month was uncomfortable, those feelings were long before a video and long before mine."

Beyoncé's presidential administration issued a statement in February 2017 protesting the removal of guarantees for transgender students in public schools. Beyoncé expressed her support for transgender people on her Facebook page and joined a list of celebrities who have spoken out against Trump's nomination on his Facebook page.

Beyoncé awarded Colin Kaepernick with the 2017 Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, stating, "Thank you for your selfless spirit and sacrifice," and that "Colin took action with no fear of consequence." We're still waiting for the world to catch up." Muhammad Ali was severely criticized in his career for defying the status quo of US civil rights in the aftermath of the Vietnam War by refusing to serve in the military. Kaepernick had already lost one year of work as a result of his taking a more quieter and court stand "for those who are oppressed."

Forbes magazine began covering Beyoncé's earnings in 2008, estimating that the $80 million she earned between June 2007 and June 2008 was the world's highest-paid music celebrity at the time, above Madonna and Celine Dion. In 2009, it was fourth on the Celebrity 100 list and ninth on the "Most Powerful Women in the World" list, placing her fourth on the list and ninth on the "Most Influential Women in the World" list. Following her earnings of $35 million in the last year for her clothing collection and endorsement deals, the magazine placed her eighth on the "Best-Paid Celebrities Under 30" list for the seventh year. Beyoncé was ranked 16 on the Celebrity 100 list in 2012, despite receiving $40 million in the last year for her album 4, clothing line, and endorsement deals. Beyoncé and Jay-Z ranked first on the "World's Best Paid Celebrity Couples" list this year for collectively earning $78 million. The pair made it to Guinness World Records as the "most-earning power couple" for collectively earning $122 million in 2009. Beyoncé made an average of $70 million a year from 2009 to 2011, and 2012 took home $40 million. Beyoncé's endorsements of Pepsi and H&M made her and Jay-Z the first billion dollar couple in the music industry in 2013. Beyoncé was ranked as the fourth most influential celebrity in the Forbes list this year.

Beyoncé would become the highest-paid Black musician in history by the end of 2014, according to MTV; this was the case in April 2014. Beyoncé debuted on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in June 2014, earning $115 million from June 2013 to June 2014. This was the first time she had ranked on the Celebrity 100 list, as well as being her highest annual income to date. Beyoncé ranked 34 on the Celebrity 100 list in 2016, earning $54 million. With combined income of $107.5 million, she and Jay-Z ranked as the highest paid celebrity couple on record, with joint earnings of $107.5 million. Forbes estimated her net worth to be $355 million in 2018, and in June of the same year, Forbes named her as the 35th highest-earning celebrity with annual income of $60 million. Beyoncé and Madonna were the only female artists to make more than $100 million in a single year twice. Beyoncé and Jay-Z have a total net worth of $1.16 billion as a couple. Beyoncé was the highest paid musician of 2016, according to Billboard, with a total of $62.1 million.

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Life and career

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, on September 4, 1981, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles, a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager; Tina is a Creole; Mathew is African American. Solange Knowles, Beyoncé's younger sister, is also a performer and a former backup dancer for Destiny's Child. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both been on number one charts.

Beyoncé's maternal grandparents, Lumas Beyonce and Agnez Dereon (daughter of Odilia Broussard and Eugene DeRouen), were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles with roots in New Iberia. Beyoncé is a Creole and her grandparents passed her on to her. Beyoncé's mother, Beyoncé, is a descendant of many French aristocrats, including the Viscounts de Béarn in the 9th century and the Viscounts de Belzunce. She is also a descendant of Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, a French military officer who died in North America who became an Abenaki chief, and Acadian militia officer Joseph Broussard, who was exiled to French Louisiana following the Acadians' removal. Marie-Françoise Trahan, her fourth great-grandmother, was born in Bangor, France's Belle Île, in 1774. After the Acadian expulsion, Trahan was a daughter of Acadians who had fled to Belle Île. The Estates of Brittany had divided the lands of Belle Île to divide them among 78 other Acadian families and the newly settled residents. The Trahan family lived on Belle Île for more than ten years before immigrating to Louisiana, where she married a Broussard descendant. Beyoncé investigated her ancestry and discovered that she descended from a slave owner who sold his slave. Her mother is also of distant Jewish, Spanish, Chinese, and Indonesian ancestry.

Beyoncé was raised Catholic and attended St. Mary's Montessori School in Houston, where she took part in dance lessons. Darlette Johnson, a dance instructor, began humming a song and finished it, and she was able to reach the high notes. Beyoncé's interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show at the age of seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to beat 15/16-year-olds. Beyoncé was enrolled in Parker Elementary School, a music magnet school in Houston, where she would perform with the school's choir in the fall of 1990. She attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, as well as Alief Elsik High School. Beyoncé was also a member of the choir at St. John's United Methodist Church for two years as a soloist.

When Beyoncé was eight, she met LaTavia Roberson at an audition for an all-girl entertainment company. They were enrolled in a Girls Tyme group, three other girls, and rapped and danced on Houston's talent show circuit. After seeing the group, R&B producer Arne Frager took them to his Northern California studio and placed them in Star Search, the country's biggest talent competition at the time. Girl's Tyme failed to win, and Beyoncé later said the song was not good. Beyoncé's father resigned from his job to lead the company in 1995. Beyoncé's family's income was cut by half, and her parents were forced to sell their house and cars and move to separate apartments because of the relocation. Mathew reduced the original line-up to four, and the group continued to be seen as an opening act for other established R&B girl groups. The girls auditioned before record labels and were eventually signed to Elektra Records, then moved to Atlanta Records for a short time, but the firm was ultimately cut from the program. Beyoncé's parents separated, adding to the strain on the family. The Grass Roots Entertainment of Dwayne Wiggins Entertainment bought the company on October 5, 1995. The Knowles family reunited in 1996, and Columbia Records signed the girls' debut album under an agreement with Sony Music, and just after that, they signed a deal with Columbia Records.

Destiny's Child was founded in 1996, based on a passage in the Book of Isaiah. Destiny's Child, a subsidiary of Destiny's Child, released "Killing Time" on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Men in Black. "No, No, No" became the group's debut single and first major hit in November. They released their self-titled debut album in February 1998, establishing the group as a viable act in the music market, with moderate sales and winning the group three Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year, Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist, and Best R&B/Soul Single for "No, No. No." On the Wall in 1999, the band released their Multi-Platinum second album The Writing's. The album features some of the company's most well-known songs, such as "Bills, Bills, and Bills," the group's first number-one single "Jumpin' Jumpin" and "Say My Name," which became the group's first number one hit and will continue to be one of their signature songs. At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, "Say My Name" received the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song. More than 8 million copies have been sold around the world. During this period, Beyoncé recorded a duet with Marc Nelson, an original member of Boyz II Men, on the album "After All Is Said and Done" for the soundtrack to the 1999 film "The Best Man."

LeToya Luckett and Roberson became dissatisfied with Mathew's leadership, and they were eventually replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams. Beyoncé suffered depression after being publicly criticized by the media, commentators, and blogs for its cause. At this point, her long-serving boyfriend left her at this point. The depression lasted for a few years, during which she would often lay herself in her bedroom for days and refused to eat anything. Beyoncé admitted that she had trouble revealing her depression because Destiny's Child had just won their first Grammy Award, and she feared no one would pay attention to her. Beyoncé would later discuss her mother as the person who aided her in battling it. Franklin was then dismissed, leaving Beyoncé, Rowland, and Williams alone.

"Independence Part I," the remaining band members recorded on the soundtrack to Charlie's Angels' 2000 film. It was their highest-charging single in North America, leading the US in the top charting single. The Billboard Hot 100 chart has been on display for ten weeks in a row. Beyoncé landed a major role in the MTV made-for-television film Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring American actor Mekhi Phifer, in early 2001, when Destiny's Child was recording their third album. The film, which is set in Philadelphia, is a modern interpretation of French composer Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera Carmen. Luckett and Roberson brought a lawsuit arguing that the songs were targeted at them when they were first released in May 2001. The album debuted at number one on the United States' charts, ranked first. Billboard 200, with first-week copies of 663,000 copies sold, was the first week. Other number-one hits, "Bootylicious" and "Survivor," were among the album's titles, one of which earned the company the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The group declared a break in October 2001 after releasing their holiday album 8 Days of Christmas, the group's decision has been to explore solo careers.

Beyoncé made her theatrical debut in July 2002, starring Foxxy Cleopatra and Mike Myers in the comedy film Austin Powers in Goldmember, which earned the first weekend atop the US box office and grossing $73 million. Beyoncé released "Work It Out" as the lead single from its soundtrack album, which debuted in the United Kingdom, Norway, and Belgium. Beyoncé starred opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the musical comedy The Fighting Temptations as Lilly, a single mother with whom Gooding's character falls in love in 2003. Critics gave the film mixed feedback, but Beyoncé released "Fighting Temptation" as the lead single from the film's soundtrack album, with Missy Elliott, MC Lyte, and Free, which was also used to advertise the film. "Summertime," Beyoncé's second installment of the soundtrack, did well on the US charts.

Beyoncé's debut solo album was a tribute to Jay-Z's "03 Bonnie & Clyde," which debuted in October 2002 and topped the US charts at number one. Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Ford Presents Beyoncé Knowles, Friends & Family, Live from Ford's 100th Anniversary Celebration in Dearborn, Michigan, June 14, 2003, Beyoncé premiered songs from her debut album Dangerously in Love during her first solo performance and the pay-per-view television special "Fort Beyoncé Knowles, Friends & Family." Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland's solo debuts on June 24, 2003. In its first week, the album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 and has since sold 11 million copies worldwide. Beyoncé's first number-one single as a solo artist in the United States, "Crazy in Love," the album's lead single, starring Jay-Z, became Beyoncé's first number-one single as a solo artist in the United States. The single "Baby Boy" rose to number one in the top-five, as well as singles "Me, Myself and I" and "Naughty Girl" also made it to the top-five. Beyoncé received a Grammy Award for his album "Dangerously in Love," Best R&B Album, Best R&B Vocal Collaboration for "Crazy in Love," Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Vocal Collaboration for "Crazy in Love," as well as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Luther Vandross' "The Closer I Get to You." She performed with Prince David at the wedding reception.

She began to travel on the Dangerously in Love Tour in Europe in November 2003 and then toured with Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys for the Verizon Ladies First Tour in North America. Beyoncé performed the American national anthem at Super Bowl XXVIIII on February 1, 2004, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Beyoncé wanted to release a sequel to Dangerously in Love following the success of his previous album, including several of the left-over tracks. This was put on hold to allow Destiny Fulfilled, Destiny's Child's last studio album, to be released. Destiny Fulfilled's singles "Lose My Breath" and "Soldier," which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, were released on November 15, 2004, in the United States and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200. Destiny's Child embarked on a world concert tour, Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It was sponsored by McDonald's Corporation and performed hits such as "No, No, No," "Independence," "Say My Name," "Independent Women," and "Lose My Breath" that were sponsored by McDonald's Corporation. In addition to live recordings of the group's recorded performances, they also performed songs from each singer's solo careers, most notable numbers from Dangerously in Love. Rowland's Child would disband following the North American leg of the tour, at the last stop of their European tour in Barcelona on June 11, 2005. In the United States, the group unveiled their first compilation album Number 1's on October 25, 2005, and in the United States, they were recognized as a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2006. The corporation has sold 60 million copies around the world.

Beyoncé's second solo album B'Day was released in the United States on September 4, 2006, to coincide with her twentieth birthday. It sold 51,000 copies in its first week and debuted on the Billboard 200 for Beyoncé's second straight number-one album in the United States, making it Beyoncé's second consecutive number-one album in the United States. The album's lead single, "Déjà Vu," starring Jay-Z, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number five. The second international single "Irreplaceable" was a commercial hit worldwide, debuting at number one in Australia, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States. "Ring the Alarm," "Get Me Bodied," and "Green Light" were also released in the United Kingdom (exclusively in the United Kingdom).

B'Day was nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Ring the Alarm," and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration; the Freemasons club mix of "Déjà Vu" without the rap was nominated in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007, including Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Best Contemporary R&B Album Award goes to B'Day for his work. B'Day received two awards for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television, or Other Visual Media for her appearance on Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (2006).

Her first acting role of 2006 was in the comedy film The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin, grossing $158.8 million at the box office worldwide. Critics applauded her second film Dreamgirls, the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical loosely based on The Supremes, which grossed $154 million globally. She appeared opposite Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy, a pop singer based on Diana Ross in it. Beyoncé released "Listen" as the lead single from the soundtrack album to promote the film. Beyoncé embarked on The Beyoncé Experience, her first world concert tour, in April 2007, visiting 97 venues and grossing over $24 million. During six major stops in coordination with her pastor at St. John's and America's Second Harvest, Beyoncé conducted pre-concert food donation drives. B'Day was re-released with five new songs, including her duet with Shakira "Beautiful Liar" at the same time.

I Am... Sasha Fierce was born in the United States on November 18, 2008. Beyoncé's alter ego Sasha Fierce was conceived during the creation of her 2003 album "Crazy in Love" in a formality. It was received with generally poor reviews from reviewers, but it sold 482,000 copies in its first week, debuting at top of the Billboard 200 and giving Beyoncé her third consecutive number one album in the United States. The album included the number one song "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" as well as the top-five songs "If I Were a Boy" and "Halo." "Halo"'s success in the United States helped Beyoncé achieve more top-ten singles on the list than any other woman on the list in the 2000s. It also included the hit "Sweet Dreams" and singles "Diva," "Broken-Hearted Girl" and "Video Phone." According to the Toronto Star, the music video for "Single Ladies" has been parodied and imitated around the world, sparking the "first big dance craze" of the Internet age. The video has received numerous accolades, including Best Video at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards, the 2009 Scottish MOBO Awards, and the 2009 BET Awards. The video was nominated for nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, winning three, including Video of the Year. Kanye West interrupted the ceremony and Beyoncé improvising a re-presentation of Swift's award during her own acceptance address, despite her failure to win the Best Female Video category, which went to American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me." Beyoncé's second headlining worldwide concert tour, with 108 shows, earned $119.5 million in March 2009.

Beyoncé continued her acting career by appearing as blues singer Etta James in the 2008 musical biopic Cadillac Records. Critics lauded her role in the film, and she received several awards for her portrayal of James, including a Satellite Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress and a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress. Beyoncé donated her entire salary from the film to the Phoenix House, an organization of heroin rehabilitation centers around the country. Beyoncé performed James' "At Last" at First Couple Barack and Michelle Obama's first inaugural ball on January 20, 2009. In the thriller, Obsessed, Beyoncé appeared opposite Ali Larter and Idris Elba. Sharon Charles, a mother and widow whose family is threatened by her husband's stalker, was portrayed. Despite poor reviews from critics, the film did well at the US box office, grossing $68 million – $60 million more than Cadillac Records – on a budget of $20 million. Sharon and the character played by Ali Larter also received the 2010 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight.

Beyoncé received ten awards, including Album of the Year for "I Am... Sasha Fierce," and Year of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) among other categories at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, among other categories. She tied for the most Grammy nominations in a single year by a female artist in Lauryn Hill. Beyoncé went on to win six of those awards in a single night by a female artist with six nominations, breaking a record set in 2004 for the most Grammy awards won in a single night by a female artist with six nominations. Beyoncé was featured on Lady Gaga's single "Telephone" in 2010 and appeared in the company's music video. The song dominated the United States. Both Beyoncé and Gaga appear as the sixth most popular charts since the Nielsen Top 40 airplay chart was introduced in 1992. "Telephone" received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Beyoncé announced a hiatus from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice to "live life and be inspired by things" again. As a result of the break, she and her father parted ways as business associates. Beyoncé's musical tour spanned nine months, including visits to several European cities, the Great Wall of China, the Egyptian pyramids, Australia, English music festivals, and several ballet performances.

She became the first solo female artist to headline the main Pyramid stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival in over 20 years on June 26, 2011. In the United States, her fourth studio album 4 was released two days later. Beyoncé's fourth consecutive number-one album in the United States sold 310,000 copies in its first week and debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for the fourth week in a row. Two of its singles, "Run the World (Girls), and "Best Thing I Never Had," were preceded on the album. The fourth single "Love on Top" spent seven weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip Songs chart, with the album's highest peak. "Party," "Countdown," "I Care," "I Want" and "End of Time" are among the four other singles; "Party," "Countdown," "I Care" and "End of Time" were among their four others. "Eat, Play, Love," a Beyoncé's cover story on Essence that delved into her 2010 work break, has been given a New York Association of Black Journalists honor. In late 2011, she appeared in public at Roseland Ballroom in New York for four nights as part of the 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé Festival: her 4 album was sold to a standing room only. The album was named platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on August 1, 2011, having sold 1 million copies to retail stores. It had achieved sales of 1.5 million copies in the United States by December 2015. On February 5, 2018, Beyoncé became the first female artist to have three of their albums reach one billion streams on Spotify.

She appeared at Ovation Hall in Revel Atlantic City in June 2012, her first appearances since giving birth to her first child.

Destiny's Child, a compilation album of the romance-themed songs from their previous albums, as well as "Nuclear," a newly recorded track. At President Obama's second inauguration in Washington, D.C., Beyoncé performed the American national anthem while on a pre-recorded track. Beyoncé appeared at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans the following month. With 268,000 tweets per minute, the event equals the second most tweeted about moment in history. Beyoncé received the Best Traditional R&B Achievement award for his album "Love on Top" at the 55th annual Grammy Awards. Life Is But a Dream, the author's longest documentary film, premiered on HBO on February 16, 2013. Beyoncé's co-directed the film.

On April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia, Beyoncé began the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, which included 132 dates from October to March 2014. It was the most profitable tour of her career and one of the most popular tours of all time. Beyoncé's cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" on André 3000's The Great Gatsby soundtrack was published in May. Beyoncé performed Queen Tara in Epic, a 3D CGI animated film that was released by 20th Century Fox on May 24, and she produced an original song for the film, "Really Up," co-written with Sia.

Beyoncé's eponymous fifth studio album was unveiled on the iTunes Store on December 13, 2013 without any prior announcement or promotion. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, bringing Beyoncé's fifth consecutive number-one album in the United States. This made her the first woman in the chart's history to debut her first five studio albums at number one on the charts. Beyoncé has received critical recognition and commercial success, selling one million digital copies in six days around the world; musically, an electro-R&B album, it explores darker topics that have not explored in her art, including "bulimia, postnatal depression [and] the worries and insecurities of marriage and motherhood." On the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the single "Drunk in Love," starring Jay-Z, debuted at number two.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z announced their On the Run Tour in April 2014. It was the couple's first co-headlining stadium tour together. At the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, she received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 24, 2014. Beyoncé also received three national awards, including Best Video with a Social Message and Best Cinematography for "Pretty Hurts," as well as the best collaboration for "Drunk in Love." Forbes announced Beyoncé as the top-earning woman in music for the second year in a row, earning $115 million in the year, more than double her income in 2013. Beyoncé was reissued with new content in three ways, including as an extended play, a box set, as well as a complete platinum version. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the album's 19 days in 2013 saw 2.3 million units around the world, becoming the tenth best-selling album of 2013. The album also became the country's twentieth best-selling album of 2014. Beyoncé has sold over 5 million copies around the world and has generated over 1 billion streams as of March 2015.

Beyoncé was nominated for six awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2015, winning three: "Drunk in Love" and Best Surround Sound Album for Beyoncé. She was nominated for Album of the Year, but Beck was given the award for his album Morning Phase.

Beyoncé unveiled "Formation" and its accompanying music video on February 6, 2016, and the song was released free on Tidal's music streaming website; it was not available to download for free. During the NFL Super Bowl 50 halftime show, she appeared on "Formation" for the first time. The appearance was deemed contested because it seemed to refer to the Black Panther Party's 50th anniversary, while the NFL forbids political expressions in its performances. Beyoncé announced The Formation World Tour shortly after the performance, which included stops in both North America and Europe. Beyoncé brought out her husband Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Serena Williams for the last show on October 7. At the 44th American Music Awards, the tour continued to win Tour of the Year.

Beyoncé unveiled a teaser clip from a project titled Lemonade on April 16, 2016. On the same day as a one-hour film that premiered on HBO on April 23, a related album with the same name was released exclusively on Tidal. Lemonade debuted at number one on the United States' charts. Beyoncé's debut on Billboard is the first act in Billboard history to debut their first six studio albums; she tied for the first time with DMX in 2013. Beyoncé became the first female act to chart 12 or more songs at the same time with all 12 tracks debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition, Lemonade was streamed 115 million times through Tidal, a record for the most downloaded album in a single week by a female artist in history. It was the country's third highest-selling album, with 1.554 million copies sold in that period, as well as the country's best-selling album with worldwide sales of 2.5 million throughout the year. Lemonade's status in June 2019 was upgraded to 3 million album-equivalent units in the United States alone, with the former being sold up to 3 million album-equivalent units in the United States alone.

Lemonade became her most critically acclaimed work to date, earning widespread acclaim, according to Metacritic, a website that gathers professional music critics' opinions. Several music publications ranked Lemonade as one of the best of 2016, including Rolling Stone, which listed Lemonade as one of the top hits of 2016. At the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, the album's graphics were nominated in 11 categories, the most Beyoncé's ever received in a single year, and went on to win 8 awards, including Video of the Year for "Formation." Beyoncé's eight awards made him the most awarded artist in the VMAs (24), defeating Madonna (20). Beyoncé took the sixth position for the 2016 Person of the Year award by Time magazine.

Beyoncé will headline the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in January 2017. This would make Beyoncé the second female headliner of the festival since 1999. Beyoncé would no longer be able to attend the festival due to the doctor's questions regarding her pregnancy, which was later revealed on February 23, 2017. She will instead headline the 2018 festival, not the festival's founders. Tickets dropped by 12% after Beyoncé's departure from the festival lineup. Lemonade and "Formation" respectively received nine awards at the 59th Grammy Awards in February 2017. For "Formation," they received two awards, Best Urban Contemporary Album for Lemonade and Best Music Video. Lemonade was both spectacular and deserving, Adele said after winning her Grammy for Album of the Year.

Beyoncé collaborated with J Balvin and Willy William in September 2017 to produce a version of "Mi Gente" by J Balvin and Willy William. All proceeds from the song were donated to hurricane charities for those people affected by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma in Texas, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean Islands, according to Beyoncé. Eminem's album Revival's Beyoncé appeared as the lead single on November 10. Beyoncé will appear on the remix of his song "Perfect" on November 30, Ed Sheeran revealed on November 30, 1998. On December 1, 2017, the film "Perfect Duet" was released. Beyoncé's sixth album of her solo career to do so reached number one in the United States, becoming Beyoncé's sixth song of her solo career.

"Family Feud" by Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 4:44 partnership was announced on January 4, 2018. Ava DuVernay produced it. DJ Khaled's first single from his forthcoming album Father of Asahd starring Beyoncé, husband Jay-Z, and Future was released on March 1, 2018. On March 5, 2018, a joint tour with Knowles' husband Jay-Z was leaked on Facebook. Later, details of the tour were no longer accessible. On the Run II Tour officially launched on March 12 and simultaneously posted a trailer for the tour on YouTube.

Beyoncé appeared on April 14, 2018, the first of two weekends as the headlining act of the Coachella Music Festival. Multiple media outlets immediately lauded her April 14 performance, which was attended by 125,000 festival fans, with multiple media outlets describing it as monumental. The performance surpassed the most tweeted-output of weekend one, as well as the most closely watched live Coachella show and the most watched live on YouTube of all time. The performance paid homage to black culture, particularly black colleges and universities, in addition to a live band featuring over 100 dancers. During the event, Destiny's Child was also reunited.

Beyoncé and his partner Jay-Z launched the On the Run II Tour in Cardiff, United Kingdom, on June 6, 2018. The pair unveiled Everything Is Love, their joint studio album credited under the name The Carters, ten days later, and it was available exclusively on Tidal. On Beyoncé's official YouTube channel, the pair also posted a video for the album's lead single, "Apeshit." Generally positive feedback, Everything Is Love received, and the US premiered at number two on the charts. Billboard 200, with 123,000 album-equivalent units, of which 70,000 were pure album units, was sold out of every other unit. Beyoncé and Jay-Z hosted Mandela 100, a free concert held at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 2, 2018. On the Run II Tour and Beyoncé were lauded for their outfits, which paid homage to Africa's diversity.

By Netflix on April 17, 2019, Beyoncé's historic 2018 Coachella performances were focusing on Beyoncé's legendary 2018 Coachella performances. The film was accompanied by the surprise live album Homecoming: The Live Album. Beyoncé and Netflix had agreed to a $60 million contract to produce three separate projects, one of which is Homecoming, which is the most notable. At the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Homecoming received six nominations.

Beyoncé appeared in the remake The Lion King, which was released on July 19, 2019. Beyoncé appears on the film's soundtrack, which includes a remix of the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" with Donald Glover, Billy Eichner, and Seth Rogen, which was first composed by Elton John. In addition, an original song from Beyoncé's "Spirit" was released as the lead single from both the soundtrack and The Lion King: The Gift, a companion album that was produced and curated by Beyoncé. Beyoncé's The Lion King is a "sonic cinema." R&B, pop, hip hop, and Afro Beat were also influenced by the album's influence, according to her. African artists also made the songs, which Beyoncé explained was because "authenticity and heart were important to [her]" since the film is set in Africa. "Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift," a documentary chronicling The Lion King's growth, production, and early music video filming, was broadcast on ABC in September.

Beyoncé appeared on the remix of Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage," marking her first piece of music for the year. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Beyoncé's eleventh album to do so across all acts. Beyoncé's nonprofit charity single "Black Parade" was unveiled on June 19, 2020. She followed up the introduction of its studio version with a cappella version that solely focused on Tidal on June 23. On July 31, 2020, Black Is King, a visual album based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift, premiered on Disney+ globally. The film was directed, produced, and executive produced by Disney and Parkwood Entertainment. Disney called the film "a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience." Beyoncé received the most nominations (9) at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards and the most coveted categories, including the coveted female artist, most awaited female artist, and second-most coveted artist in Grammy history, making her the most awarded singer, most-awarded female artist, and second-most coveted artist in Grammy history.

Beyoncé wrote and recorded a song titled "Be Alive" for King Richard's biographical drama film. During the 94th Academy Awards for Best Original Song, she received her first Academy Award nomination for the song, as well as co-writer DIXSON.

Beyoncé deleted her profile pictures on several social media pages on June 9, 2022, sparking rumors that she will be releasing new music. Beyoncé's nonprofit BeyGood's Twitter account teased at her forthcoming seventh studio album days later, sparking more rumors. Beyoncé's seventh studio album, Renaissance, was released on June 15, 2022. In 2022, the album was released on July 29, 2022. "Break My Soul," Renaissance's first single, was released on June 20, 2022. Beyoncé's 20th top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100, and in doing so, Beyoncé joined Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson as the only artists in Hot 100 history to reach at least 20 top tens as a solo artist and ten as a member of a group. Renaissance's reception came as a result of widespread acclaim from commentators at its unveiling. Renaissance debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and in doing so, Beyoncé became the first female artist to have her first seven studio albums debut at number one in the United States.

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