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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.

Beyonce performed at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on August 27.

Beyonce performed at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on August 26.

Beyonce performed at the State Farm Stadium in Phoenix on August 24.

Beyoncé is celebrating her birthday month — and “Virgo season” — in style.

On Tuesday, the Grammy-winner — who turns 42 on Sept. 4 — gave fans attending upcoming dates on her Renaissance World Tour some very specific sartorial direction in a fun Instagram Story.

“Virgo season is upon us,” her post began. “This tour has been such a joy and as we approach the last month, my birthday wish is to celebrate with you wearing your most fabulous silver fashions to the shows 8.23 - 9.22!”

During the dates Beyoncé listed — which correspond to the singer's zodiac sign, Virgo — her tour will visit Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Inglewood, Vancouver, Seattle and Dallas, giving fans in the U.S. and Canada a chance to put together some sparkling attire.

The singer also included an image of a sparkling silver cowboy hat she wears on the tour above her message, which shared her joyful vision for the atmosphere the silver-adorned crowd would create.

"We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night. Everybody mirroring each other’s joy. Virgo season together in a house of chrome. See you there!” Beyoncé continued.

“Your B at RWT” she concluded her message.

Beyonce performed at the The Dome at America's Center stadium in St. Louis on August 21.

Beyonce performed at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on August 18.

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.

Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted arriving into Miami with their family on Tuesday. The stars and their three children were seen stepping off a luxury private jet.

Beyonce, who is currently on her Renaissance World Tour, kept it lowkey and causal in a black zip-up jumper. Her full black outfit allowed her to keep a low profile as she stepped off the luxury vessel. She wore her long, blonde hair down and used the guard rail to guide her down the plane's steps.

Beyonce performed at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on August 16.

Beyonce performed at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on August 14.

Beyonce performed at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on August 12.

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).

Beyonce performed at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on August 11.

Beyonce performed at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on August 9.

Beyonce performed at the FedExField stadium in Washington, D.C. on August 6.

Beyonce performed at the FedExField stadium in Washington, D.C. on August 5.

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 paid tribute to O’Shea Sibley on Tuesday on her website. Sibley was stabbed to death at a gas station near Coney Island over the weekend.

Sibley, a 28-year-old gay man who was a professional dancer, and some friends were reportedly dancing and voguing to Beyoncé’s music when a group of men approached them. The group of men allegedly called Sibley and his friends antigay slurs.

After a scuffle, one of the men from the other group stabbed Sibley. He died after being taken to a local hospital.

The suspect, who police say is 17 years old, ran from the scene. The entire incident was captured on the gas station’s surveillance camera. The case is being investigated as a potential hate crime by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force.

On Tuesday, the Grammy-winning icon’s website read “Rest in Power O’Shea Sibley.”