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Beyoncé attended the world premiere of Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on December 9, 2024. The singer took to Instagram to congratulate Blue Ivy on her role:

"My gorgeous baby girl. This is your night. You worked hard and you did such a beautiful job as the voice of Kiara. Your family could not be prouder. Keep shining"

Get an inside look at Beyoncé and Blue Ivy on the set of the highly anticipated "Mufasa: The Lion King." Disney’s epic prequel roars into theaters nationwide on December 20th.

The MOBO Awards has unveiled nominees across 20 categories for their 2025 edition.

MOBO has celebrated established stars and rising talent for almost three decades.

For the first time, the ceremony will take place in Newcastle, at the Utilita Arena on Tuesday, February 18. Tickets are on sale now.

Beyoncé is up for one award:

Best International Act
Asake
Ayra Starr
Beyonce
Glorilla
Kendrick Lamar
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Tems
Tyla

She's the bar!

Beyoncé can now add another title to her list of accolades, as the megastar has just been named the greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard.

The magazine, which has been gradually unveiling its rankings over the last several months, announced Tuesday that Queen Bey secured the No. 1 spot on its list of 25 greatest pop stars.

"Since late August, we've been rolling out our picks for the artists who have most defined pop stardom for the last 25 years," Billboard said. While noting the leading pick, the music and entertainment magazine said, "The reasons why Beyoncé captured the top spot on our list were beyond numerous — ranging from her 25 years of timeless albums and singles, to her incalculable industry impact and influence on other artists, to her peerless raw talents as a singer and performer.

"But perhaps the most important of all was her singular ability to create moments: indelible pieces of pop culture history that she has generated over the course of her quarter century of superstardom, which are first and foremost all quintessentially Beyoncé."

She was previously named Billboard's greatest pop star of the year in 2003 and 2014.

Beyoncé beat out other major stars such as Taylor Swift, who was named second greatest, Rihanna (No. 3), Drake (No. 4), Lady Gaga (No. 5) and Britney Spears (No. 6). The superstar's husband Jay-Z was ranked No. 16 on the list.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda, who has written the soundtrack for "Mufasa: The Lion King", revealed that Beyonce did not record any music for the film. Australian Associated Press wrote:

"Miranda didn't get to fulfil his "dream" of writing a song for Beyonce, who voices Nala, Simba's wife, as she only has a speaking role in the prequel, but there were other cast members he was excited to write for."

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Representatives for Beyoncé have shut down rumours that the singer is planning on announcing a 2025 tour.

Speculation around a potential tour comes after it was recently revealed that Bey will be bringing ‘Cowboy Carter’ to the NFL Christmas-day Halftime Show next month.

Announced by Netflix, the singer will perform at this year’s Halftime Show, which takes place midway through the showdown between Houston Texas and the Baltimore Ravens. The event will be live-streamed on Netflix on Christmas Day (December 25).

Following the confirmation, fans began speculating that Bey may have had bigger plans in mind, and suggested that the NFL gig was somewhat of a ‘warm-up’ for a soon-to-be-announced tour.

Now, Beyoncé’s longtime representative Yvette Noel-Schure has spoken out about the rumours and said that there is no truth to them – much to fans’ dismay.

“Untrue. Nothing to report here,” the publicist posted on Twitter/X. She also added that: “Whenever there is any news, you will hear it directly from the source first.”

Mathew Knowles comes from a long line of Black entrepreneurs. He used his business acumen to invest in his daughters’ music careers.

Before his eldest daughter, Beyoncé, succeeded with Destiny’s Child, Knowles spent two decades working in sales. When he entered the music industry, he used his own financial resources to fund the group’s albums and music videos. This approach allowed him to ensure that Destiny’s Child and his younger daughter, Solange, could “control the narrative” of their brands without being bound by the constraints of their record label.

“I can’t remember the last time I’ve asked someone for money,” Knowles told AfroTech at the Building Wealth Today for Tomorrow Financial Empowerment Summit in Chicago on Oct. 12.

“We prefer to do it ourselves. So, we control the narrative. Even making Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child, Solange’s albums, although we had a budget, the record label gives you a budget to make the album.”

Knowles continued. “But we would spend our own money for the album. We would spend our own money on the video because we wanted to control the narrative. And once I’m using somebody else’s money, now I have to listen to their concerns. When I’m using my own money, I don’t care what your concerns are because I’m using my own money. We will do it our way, and it worked for us. I’m not saying it works for everyone, but it worked for us.”

Beyoncé may have been snubbed at the Country Music Association Awards, but her album "Cowboy Carter" is still being recognized as a force in the country music world as it just earned her more nominations in the genre at this year's Billboard Music Awards.

The "Ya Ya" singer is nominated for top country female artist, top dance/electronic artist and top country album at the Billboard Music Awards, which will air Dec. 12. This year is the the first time Beyoncé is up for awards in country categories. She has a total of 16 career wins at the award show.

Michelle Williams received support from her Destiny’s Child sisters Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland at the opening of her new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her.

The trio posed together backstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in photos shared in a reel posted by Beyoncé, 43, on Instagram Saturday, November 23. The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer and Rowland, 43, attended the premiere on Thursday, November 21, alongside Bey’s mom, Tina Knowles — who also smiled in snaps shared by her daughter.

Although the post wasn’t captioned, Beyoncé set the video to her duet with Miley Cyrus, “II Most Wanted,” which includes the lyrics: “I’ll be your shotgun rider till the day I die.”

“I try not to cry too early in the day BUT……. My sisters 4ever! 🤍💫,” Williams, 45, commented on Beyoncé’s post.

The Cowboy Carter songstress also shared a carousel of photos of Williams’ big night with the caption, “My Belle.” Williams plays Viola Van Horn in the musical, which costars Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber as Madeline Ashton, Helen Sharp and Ernest Menville, respectively.

In this exclusive, Sean “The Pen” Garrett talks about meeting Destiny’s Child for the first time, his songwriting chemistry with Beyoncé and more.

What were some other memorable sessions?

The first time meeting Destiny's Child was amazing. I went there to do one song and ended up doing about 11 songs on Destiny Fulfilled. The first record we did was “Is She The Reason.”

Speaking of Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé’s “Upgrade U” is a fan favorite. There’s footage of you and Beyoncé coming up with the lyrics. What was it like to create with her, from a songwriting perspective?

She and I have a really great chemistry with songwriting. I take it so personally when people don't really know what happened and they speak on it as if they know. Sometimes it just bothers me. Working with somebody like Beyoncé is totally different than working with other people. She's a great songwriter, so we collab and gel. I typically write all the songs by myself. But with Bey, sometimes she'll take what I gave her, and we'll collab. She'll have me change this or that depending on her brand. That's what's so really specifically special about her — she is very particular about her brand.

So, if it's something that's off-brand, she’ll be very sweet about saying it’s not for her. It's not like she was ever like, “Hell no.” She knows how to make you feel good and enjoy the process of working with her. She's the sweetest.

Shaboozey chats with ET's Rachel Smith at the 58th annual CMA Awards on Nov. 21. The singer shares whether he has a collaboration with Beyoncé in the works.

The CMA Awards are known for their creative, collaborative performances, and Robert Deaton — who has executive produced the show since 2007 — is responsible for a number of them.

He invited Ariana Grande to sing with Little Big Town, had Fall Out Boy rock out with Thomas Rhett and paired Beyoncé with The Chicks.

In an interview, he talks about why Beyoncé — who was heavily snubbed at the CMA Awards — is always welcomed to the show.

Beyoncé had one of the biggest country albums of the year with Cowboy Carter but was heavily snubbed. What are your thoughts on that?

I don’t ever comment on whether someone’s nominated or not, whether it’s Beyoncé or whether it’s Miranda Lambert, for example. Honestly, here’s the thing, I kind of look at myself as a football coach, it’s like, “What’s the team?” I’ve got to coach the team that I have. And now, is Beyoncé invited? Always, with open arms. Completely open arms. And by the way, I absolutely loved working with her. That was my idea seven years ago . I was in Los Angeles and I was prepping for the Billboard Music Awards and Beyoncé dropped that album (Lemonade). I didn’t know anybody in that camp. I got the publicist and the manager’s name and I sent an email, introduced myself, and I didn’t hear anything back until, I think, it was probably September. It was so funny because they answered the email like I had just sent the email the previous day. It was hilarious. And I’m like, “Oh my gosh, I had forgotten that I even sent the email.” And they were like, “Hey, we like this idea that you had. Let’s talk about it.”

Beyonce took to her website to pay tribute to the late Judith Jamison.

Your early Christmas wish has been granted as Beyoncé will perform during Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live on Netflix this December 25. The performance will take place during the second of Netflix’s two games, as the Houston Texans host the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium at 4:30 PM ET.

This performance in her hometown of Houston, Texas, produced by her company, Parkwood Entertainment and Jesse Collins Entertainment, will be the first live performance of songs from her genre-bending and record-breaking COWBOY CARTER, album. The 11-time Grammy-nominated, juggernaut recently became the most nominated album by a female artist.

Shaboozey talked to GQ about working on Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter":

GQ: You guys have also written for other artists. Obviously, Boozey had the great songs on Cowboy Carter. How different is the process of writing for other people?

Shaboozey: Technically, Beyoncé didn’t end up taking the ones I cut for her to sing, but they’re still some of my favorite songs ever. Being on the album was really cool. When I was listening to “Spaghettii,” I heard it and I was like, okay, Beyoncé is rapping. I’m not too sure what she wants me to do on this or where I’m going to fit in on this song. This isn’t really my style, my vibe. it’s Beyoncé. I can’t say no. And then the song switched up to this very dark outlaw , and I was like, I know exactly what to do. When I was done, me and the engineer looked at each other. We do this thing where we’re like, “Ooh,” this face when you’re like, “Yo, that was crazy sick.” And I was like, “Yeah, Beyoncé’s going to hear this and be like, This is fire.” And I saw her two days ago and she confirmed. She was like, “Wait, what you did on ‘Spaghettii’? Fire.”

For legendary producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Destiny’s Child’s Destiny Fulfilled album was “really important to me” due to its indelible impact on R&B music for the last two decades.

On Nov. 15, 2004, the R&B trio – Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams – released their final album via Sony Entertainment after a years-long hiatus to pursue individual projects. Darkchild remembers being tapped by the “Crazy In Love” singer, now 43, by chance in New York to see if he had any tracks that could make the cut.

“I was on 54th Street in Manhattan because there's two studios on the same street, Sony Studios, and the Hit Factory. I was going back and forth to each studio,” Darkchild, now 47, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview via Zoom.

“I'm getting out of my car to leave the studio. Beyoncé was walking into the studio and she's like, "Hey." I hadn't seen her since ‘Say My Name.’ She was like, ‘Hey, Rodney.’ I was like, ‘Hey, how's it?’ And she said, ‘We doing this Destiny's Child album, you got anything?’ "

Darkchild continues, “I literally had a CD on me, and on that CD had the track to ‘Cater 2 U’ on it. I gave her the CD, and then she went into the studio, and I went on my way. And then they called me later and said they wanted me to come back to the studio later on that night... They gave me another room downstairs at Sony, and that's when I worked on 'Lose My Breath.' All that was done in just on the spur of the moment type thing."