Beyoncé
Online

A film based on Beyonce‘s smash hit Renaissance World Tour is in advanced talks to distribute directly to AMC Theatres, sources with knowledge of the project told Variety.

Mega-agency CAA held preliminary talks with major studios and streamers two weeks ago, another source added, urging the players to be ready to bid on a project the icon has been developing for years — one that would include elements of her top-grossing 2023 live shows, parts of the long-gestating visual album “Renaissance” and a documentary-style account of making the record and building out the tour (Blue Ivy Carter cameos surely to come).

The project is eyeing a Dec. 1 wide release, added insiders. By its end, the Renaissance World Tour is expected to gross close to $560 million in ticket sales, reports said.

A spokesperson for AMC Theatres did not respond to multiple requests for comment. CAA had no comment on the matter. A spokesperson for Beyonce could not be reached for comment.

The Beyonce deal follows on the heels of one Taylor Swift brokered for: a straightforward concert film based on her widely-attended Eras Tour. The terms are incredibly favorable for Swift, reports have said, who self-financed the project and will take more than half of box receipts. Beyonce will receive the same arrangement, and stands to pocket more than 50% of the worldwide grosses, an insider added. The industry is tracking Swift’s AMC experiment to open north of $100 million in October.

Harris County is showing their appreciation for Beyoncé in a major way!

This weekend, there is a lot of excitement as Beyoncé fans flock to Houston for two consecutive nights of concerts. Local officials are actively responding to express their gratitude for the significant economic upturn anticipated as a result of the singer’s return to her hometown.

Harris County commissioners granted approval for a resolution to symbolically rebrand the region as “Bey County” during the two days, coinciding with the Renaissance World Tour performances. The resolution highlights this gesture as a tribute to Beyoncé and her tour for several reasons: acknowledging the significant positive influence it exerts on the local economy, her steadfast dedication and service to the community, and commemorating her numerous achievements as an artist.

The nominations for the 2023 ARIA Awards include some of the biggest names in the music industry. Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Nicki Minaj are all up for the 'Most Popular International Artist' award at the ARIA Awards 2023.

The category is accessible for public voting. Voting is open via aria.com.au/vote. On November 15, The Hordern Pavilion in Sydney will host the 37th annual ARIA Awards event.

Here are the nominations for Most Popular International Artist:

Beyonce – Renaissance
Drake and 21 Savage – Her Loss
Ed Sheeran – (Atlantic UK/Warner Music Australia)
Luke Combs – Gettin’ Old
Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
Morgan Wallen for “One Thing At A Time”
Nicki Minaj – Queens Radio
P!NK – Trustfall
SZA – SOS
Taylor Swift – Midnights

Beyonce herself is adding a very special item to an already impressive lineup of items set to be auctioned later this year to benefit Make-A-Wish as part of Disney Create 100 – the catsuit that she wore in Black is King.

To mark its 100th anniversary, Disney invited world-renowned creative visionaries across fashion, film, music and art, to make special contributions inspired by their personal connection to Disney's stories and characters. Raising awareness and providing funds for Make-A-Wish, this initiative supports the charity’s ongoing efforts to grant life-changing wishes for children living with critical illnesses around the world, delivering joy when it’s needed most.

Fans around the globe will have the chance to bid on unique items and experiences inspired by each creator’s personal connection to Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and 20th Century Studios’ stories and characters.

Global superstar Beyoncé joins the epic line up of creative visionaries supporting Disney’s Create 100, a global celebration of creativity marking 100 years of Disney storytelling. Renowned creators, brands and next generation talent from 18 countries are taking part, including: adidas, Christian Louboutin, Maison Valentino, NIGO, Pandora, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Tommy Hilfiger, Vik Muniz and Virgil Abloh Securities/ALASKA ALASKA.

Before entertaining her hometown with a pair of concerts scheduled for this weekend, one of the world's biggest pop superstars took part in an event that illustrates her love for Houston and support for its most underprivileged residents.

Beyoncé, whose Renaissance World Tour will make stops Saturday and Sunday at NRG Stadium, was in Midtown on Friday morning to celebrate a forthcoming housing development for the homeless that will bear her name and that of a former bandmate. The Knowles-Rowland House will provide permanent supportive housing to 31 people in a three-story, 21,000-square foot facility to be built on the campus of St. John's Downtown Church – where the families of Beyoncé and fellow Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland have long been congregants.

Beyoncé is still in the middle of her hugely successful "Renaissance" tour, but that didn't stop her from taking a little break to get some serious privacy to celebrate her birthday.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the singer rented out a spot called Mermaid Bay -- a string of 11 villas located within The Brando, a private island resort for the ultra-rich in French Polynesia.

Our sources say Beyoncé and crew arrived at the property September 5, and stayed at least through Friday the 8th ... with adults and kids all in tow.

As for her accommodations, we're told Beyoncé and Jay-Z stayed in the Bay's main residence -- a 4-bedroom villa that goes for around $20K per night -- and the rest of their group stayed among the 10 other villas ... which have 1, 2 and 3 bedroom options.

Of course, Beyoncé's actual birthday was September 4, and she celebrated it with Diana Ross and about 70,000 fans -- so the private island retreat looks like the perfect destination to unwind before taking on her 42nd year.

Beyoncé was back on tour in Vancouver Monday night ... so it's back on the grind after some serious rest and relaxation.

Amazon Music has shared Drop 4.0 of Beyoncé‘s RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR merch.

The fourth and final installment of the exclusive online collection features a total of five new items with a black, white and pink color motif. There’s a bright pink RENAISSANCE T-shirt that features a black and white Beyoncé graphic on the front and each city of the tour printed on the back, a black crop top with the “CU*TY” chest decal and a tour graphic on the back, a white ribbed tank top fronted by a rhinestone-encrusted “COZY” text on the front and the digitally printed “act i RENAISSANCE” on the back and a pink crewneck sweatshirt with the “COZY” graphic across the front and the cities of the tour behind. Rounding out the drop is a pink and white plush mat that spell out the word “COZY.”

Check out the collection below. The Amazon Music RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR Drop 4.0 merch is available now via Amazon.

An entire galaxy of stars was in attendance at the Monday (Sept. 4) Renaissance World Tour show in Los Angeles to help Beyoncé celebrate her 42nd birthday — including none other than Diana Ross, who led the crowd in a dazzling performance of “Happy Birthday.”

The 79-year-old legend first appeared onstage in front of 60,000 screaming fans during one of the Renaissance World Tour’s regularly scheduled intermissions, which features Ross’ 1976 smash “Love Hangover” as an interlude between songs. Usually, it’s Bey’s backup singers who perform the transition — but this time, Ross herself was on hand to do the honors.

Afterward, Bey ran onstage to give the “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” vocalist a tearful hug. Then, encouraging fans to hold up their phone flashlights, Ross led the crowd at SoFi Stadium in singing “Happy Birthday” to the pop star.

Today Beyoncé celebrates her 42nd birthday. Happy birthday Queen!

The "Break My Soul" singer just broke some records. Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance World Tour' has become the highest-grossing tour by a woman artist in history-- at more than $461 million, according to reports.

Chart Data said the last titleholder was Madonna for her "Sticky & Sweet Tour," back in 2008-09.

She performed to a sold-out crowd at Levi's Stadium Wednesday night and her show went past an 11 p.m. curfew that had been extended treating her fans to a memorable show that lasted nearly three hours.

When the nominations for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Aug. 8, Beyoncé had just a single nomination (albeit a big one) – artist of the year. Queen Bey did better in the nominations in four socially voted categories, which were announced on Friday (Sept. 1). She received three nods in the social categories, which put her in a tie with Taylor Swift for the most in these four categories.

The two megastars are going head-to-head for show of the summer, song of summer and album of the year (in addition to the previously announced artist of the year).

Show of the summer
(Launching Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story – one round, tap to vote; closes Sept. 4 @ 11 a.m. ET.)
Beyoncé
BLACKPINK
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Karol G
Taylor Swift

Beyoncé is coming to Los Angeles this weekend to play three sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium as part of her Renaissance World Tour, and there will surely be plenty of Hollywood executives in the crowd — including some lucky executives who have already seen a piece of Beyoncé-produced media that the general public does not yet know exists.

To that end, Above the Line has exclusively learned that Queen Bey and her Parkwood Entertainment banner are shopping a new Renaissance visual album to studios and streamers, though there haven’t been any takers just yet.

The film was directed by Nadia Lee Cohen, a British artist, photographer, and rising filmmaker who has shot numerous magazine covers and music videos, having worked with artists such as Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Katy Perry, and Kali Uchis, and brands including Adidas, Balenciaga, Gucci, and Valentino.

Sources say that Renaissance is “artsy” and in line with Beyoncé’s other visual albums Lemonade and Black Is King, but also “weirder,” saying it hasn’t been Disney-fied like the latter film, which won an Emmy for its striking costumes.

It's official: Beyoncé can add another title to her already lengthy resume — mayor.

On Wednesday, the "Break My Soul" musician was named honorary mayor of Santa Clara, California and given a key to the city when she brought her Renaissance Tour to the city’s Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday.

During her concert, Beyoncé, 41, paused to express her appreciation for the honor.

"I'm so excited. I'm so happy to be on stage. Y'alls faces are so beautiful. You know today's special because today...I am the mayor," she told the crowd in a fan-captured TikTok video.

She added, "This is my gratitude tour. I don't take any of this for granted. I know after 25 years I'm still able to do what I love, and it's because of your loyalty and because of your prayers. I'm so grateful for y'all."

To commemorate the evening, Beyoncé also shared a carousel of images on Instagram from the concert, which featured the singer in a sequin red headscarf, a strapless black mini dress with a sweetheart neckline and sparkly black platform boots.

Attention, BeyHive! Beyoncé and Amazon Music just dropped a third round of exclusive Renaissance World Tour merch collection.

The new drop is available on Amazon and features a fresh T-shirt, two hoodies, a dad hat and a tote bag. Whether you have seen her, plan to or weren’t able to snag Renaissance tour tickets this time around, this collection is for you!

The first round of the exclusive online collection broke the Amazon Music record for first-day merch sales from an artist collaboration, Billboard has learned.

On Wednesday (Aug. 16), Amazon Music tweeted to officially announce the collaboration and teased what merchandise fans can snag. And yes, you can pair it with your disco cowboy hats.

For the first time in MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) history, only female artists have been nominated for Artist of the Year.

Artist of the Year has been an annual award since 2017 when the VMAs combined their gendered categories.

This year's Artist of the Year nominees are:

Beyonce
Doja Cat
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
Taylor Swift

Beyonce was only eligible for one category, Artist of the Year, because she didn't release any music videos for her 2022 album Renaissance. Vote here!

The first month of Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour situated her atop Billboard’s Top Tours chart in May. With reports for June, the entire European leg of the tour blew past the $150 million mark, making it the biggest non-U.S. leg of any Beyoncé tour. Now, with data for the trek’s first batch of North American shows, the bigger picture is coming more clearly into focus.

According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, Beyoncé earned $141.4 million on the first 12 Renaissance shows in U.S. and Canada, selling 553,000 tickets. That puts the tour’s overall figures at $295.8 million and 1.6 million tickets, current through her Aug. 1 concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Approaching the $300 million mark, the Renaissance World Tour is now Beyoncé’s highest grossing tour yet, passing 2016’s The Formation World Tour ($256.1 million) and 2018’s On the Run II Tour alongside Jay-Z ($253.5 million).

In exceeding the gross of her own two previous tours, the Renaissance World Tour resets the record for the highest grossing tour by an R&B artist, or any Black artist in Boxscore history. Beyoncé previously held the title with the Formation World Tour and before that, with The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in 2013-14 ($211.9 million).

Following more than a week in hospital care for blood clots, Tori Kelly has returned home to her dogs — and a gift from Beyoncé.

On Tuesday, the Grammy winner shared a series of videos and photos to Instagram of herself relaxing at home with her pups, Frodo and Dobby, as well as an array of gifted flower arrangements.

"home sweet home," Kelly, 30, captioned the Instagram post, which opens with a video of her embracing Frodo while Dobby — both toy poodles — runs around in excitement.

The post's second slide is a photo of a card from her dogs (who likely received help writing from Kelly's husband, André Murillo) that reads, "Love you mom!!! Get better soon. Love, Frodo and Dobby."

Kelly also shared a photo of several flower bouquets on her kitchen counter, a box of donuts and images of herself chilling out as she plays a Nintendo Switch and watches Friends on television.

Beyoncé ensured her fans were able to get home safe after attendees of her Aug. 6 show in Washington, D.C.’s FedEx Field were forced to shelter in place due to heavy rain and lightning. The Grammy award-winning singer, who has been on tour since May in support of her “Renaissance” album, paid $100,000 to keep train stations running for an extra hour after her show got a late start as a result of the stormy weather.

“Due to inclement weather that may delay the start of tonight’s Renaissance World Tour at FedExField, Metro will extend the last train by an extra hour beyond the extended closing previously announced,” the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said in a press release. “The additional hour will be funded by the Tour to cover the $100,000 cost to run more trains, keep all 98 stations open for customers to exit, and other operational expenses.”

After the rain started pouring (and just an hour or so before the show was set to begin) fans were advised by the Twitter account for FedEx Field to shelter in place for their safety: “Due to lightning in the area, we are currently under a shelter in place order,” they wrote. “Fans outside of gates and in the parking lots are asked to return to their cars. All fans inside of the stadium are asked to shelter in place under covered concourse areas and ramps until further notice.”

Fan-captured videos of the chaotic scene circulated online and showed fans standing in hallways and ramps inside the stadium. Beyoncé was eventually able to hit the stage later that night and performed the second of two concerts at FedEx Field. The tour will make its final stop on Sept. 27 at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome.

The Beyhive is getting previews of Beyoncé’s latest fragrance during her global “Renaissance” tour. In photos and videos posted to Twitter, fans are sharing snaps of the singer’s perfume samples, which are being handed out in front of various venues.

“They’re giving samples of new perfume and it smells amazing! I need to order mine,” wrote one user.

Beyoncé officially revealed her new eau de parfum late last month with a short teaser on social media.

Available exclusively on Beyoncé’s website, the scent retails for $160 and can be preordered now. Orders will begin shipping in November, but only to the U.S. and Canada. Those who purchase the fragrance will also get “a special gift,” though only while supplies last.

Please do not be alarmed! No, that’s not actually Beyoncé reigning 1,100 feet above New York City, but it is the latest wax figure created in her image from Madame Tussauds! On Thursday (July 27), the new Beychella-inspired Beyoncé wax figure made its debut atop The Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere.

The new likeness features a stunning recreation of Beyoncé’s Nefertiti-evoking ensemble from her historic 2018 Coachella performance, where she became the first Black woman to headline the music and arts festival. The figure wears a replica of Queen Bey’s iconic Balmain bodysuit and cape, along with a cane, a gaudy headpiece, a pair of diamante earrings and an eye-popping statement necklace. Beyoncé’s latest wax figure is the progeny of a team of 20 Madame Tussauds studio artists, sculptors and designers, and the project took six months to complete. Fans will be able to visit the new wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York starting July 27.