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The list of nominees for the 56th NAACP Image Awards, which will broadcast live Feb. 22 from Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, California, were revealed Tuesday.

Beyoncé garnered three nods for her eighth studio album, "Cowboy Carter." She is up for outstanding album, outstanding female artist and outstanding soul/R&B song for her single "16 Carriages."

The two-hour live broadcast of the NAACP Awards will air on BET and CBS.

Beyoncé now has more Recording Industry Association of America certified titles than any other female artist, the organization announced Tuesday (Dec. 17).

With the superstar earning dozens of new badges Tuesday — including a 2x-Platinum certification for Billboard Hot 100-topper “Texas Hold ‘Em” and Platinum honors for Billboard 200 No. 1 album Cowboy Carter — Bey now has a record total of 103 titles. Other new certifications include 2024’s “16 Carriages” going Gold, 2022’s Renaissance going 2x Platinum, and 2013’s Jay-Z duet “Drunk in Love” and 2003’s smash hit “Crazy in Love” both going 8x Platinum.

“We are so excited to recognize the incredible talent, hard work and creative spirit reflected across diverse genres,” said RIAA President and COO Michele Ballantyne in a statement. “Congratulations on this crowning milestone, Beyoncé, Parkwood Entertainment, Columbia Records — and we see you, BeyHive, streaming on repeat!”

Beyoncé is taking home her first country award after her eighth studio album "Cowboy Carter" garnered a win at this year's 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

The Grammy winner took home the award for top country female artist Thursday at the BMAs. She was also nominated for top dance/electronic artist and top country album.

Tonight's win is Beyoncé's first in the country music category ever. She now has a total of 17 career wins at the Billboard Music Awards.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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."

Beyoncé led the 2025 Grammy Award nominations, with 11 nods, a new one-year record for a woman artist. Bey had previously shared the record with Lauryn Hill, who received 10 nods at the 1999 ceremony. Bey had 10 nods at the 2010 ceremony. This is the fifth time that Bey has been the outright leader for most Grammy nods. In two other years, she shared the lead. These 11 nods bring Beyoncé’s career total to a record 99 nods. She had previously shared the record with her husband, Jay-Z, with 88 nods each.

Full list of Beyoncé's 2025 Grammy nominations
Record of the year: “Texas Hold 'Em”
Album of the year: "Cowboy Carter"
Song of the year: “Texas Hold 'Em”
Best pop solo performance: “Bodyguard”
Best pop duo/group performance: “Levii's Jeans” featuring Post Malone
Best melodic rap performance: “Spaghettii” featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey
Best country solo performance: “16 Carriages”
Best country duo/group performance: “II Most Wanted" featuring Miley Cyrus
Best country song: “Texas Hold 'Em”
Best country album: "Cowboy Carter"
Best Americana performance: “Ya Ya”

The Grammys will take place Feb. 2 at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles.

The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) nominations have been announced, and Beyoncé is up for three awards.

Fans from 23 regions around the world can vote for their favourites on the EMAs website from now until 6 November.

The MTV EMA ceremony will take place on 10 November, for the first time in Manchester at the Co-op Live arena.

Here is the full list of Beyoncé's nominations:

Best song
Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”

Raphael Saadiq discusses his work on Beyoncé‘s Renaissance and Cowboy Carter in the new episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast:

The Cowboy Carter single “Texas Hold ‘Em” actually dates back to the Renaissance sessions.
“When any artist is working on a record,” says Saadiq, “you’d have an idea about what you want to work on, but sometimes you don’t know what sort of album you’re going to go with.”

Another Cowboy Carter standout, “Bodyguard,” started as a potential Saadiq solo track.
“That little bass line, it feels like Fleetwood Mac,” says Saadiq. “Because I love those eras of music.” Beyoncé first heard the track when Saadiq was playing her some songs from his Dropbox. “‘Bodyguard’ came up for a second — like the intro — and I went to the next one, and she was like ‘Go back, go back!’ And then what she added vocally was bars up from what I did. She sounded like Reba McEntire, felt like Aretha. She took what I did and completed it.”

Over the past 30+ years Pharrell Williams has written and produced hits for everyone from *NSYNC (and solo smashes for Justin Timberlake) to Usher, Britney Spears, Busta Rhymes, No Doubt, Clipse, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Robin Thicke and many more.

But in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 51-year-old singer/rapper/producer and fashion designer who is the subject of the upcoming genre-busting LEGO biopic Piece By Piece opened up about some of the mega collaborations that got away, as well as one that he suggested he might be revisiting soon.

When Pharrell, who has worked on a number of albums and singles with Beyoncé over the past two decades — including producing her 2002 debut solo single, “Work It Out” — was asked what it’s been like to see the singer evolve from her Destiny’s Child days to now, the response likely made the Beyhive sit up and take notice.

“So happy for her. And I’m so grateful to be a part of her story and her journey and her trajectory,” said Pharrell of the singer who broke out in yet another direction earlier this year with her chart-topping , country-leaning Cowboy Carter album, on which he co-wrote and co-produced the song “Sweet Honey Buckiin'” featuring Shaboozey. “We’ve had a lot of fun. Get ready, though. Just get ready.”

When asked what we should prepare for, Williams was coy but adamant, reiterating, twice, “Just get ready.”

In GQ’s October cover story, the artist talks business, legacy, art, and family: “It’s not about being perfect. It’s about being revolutionary.”

Beyoncé is breaking out.

Midway through Cowboy Carter, her eighth and most recent studio album, released this past spring, a voice makes the project’s mission statement plain over blaring alarms and a thunderous beat—declaring the concept of genre to be a sense of confinement for those artists whose creativity is too wide-ranging to fit in a neat box. All before Beyoncé herself saunters in comparing herself to Thanos, the Marvel villain known for seeking precious stones of mystical power to claim as his own and assemble into one unified superpower.

There may not be an accompanying music video, but the lyrics conjure a potent visual: Beyoncé, armed with a bedazzled gauntlet, breaking down every stultifying wall, label, or box the industry ever tried to put her in across her 30-year career.

It’s a theme that applies to much of what Beyoncé has been up to for the past decade or so, especially in the last couple of years: a mission of reclamation, recentering Blackness in spaces where our influence has since been de-emphasized, whether in rodeo, on the great American plains, or on sweaty ballroom dance floors.

MTV announced the four social categories and their nominees for its 2024 Video Music Awards.

Voting for the categories will be hosted on MTV’s Instagram Story.

The best trending video category “celebrates the artist’s videos and/or songs inspired fandoms to generate tremendous content related to the video and/or song.” Nominees include Beyoncé, Camila Cabello ft. Playboi Carti, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba and Tinashe. Fans can start voting on Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. ET with voting ending on Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET.

Another category fans can vote on is the show’s most iconic performance in years past. Performances include the memorable kiss that took place onstage during Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna and Missy Elliot’s mash-up performance of “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood”; Beyoncé’s pregnancy reveal after performing “Love on Top”; and Swift’s first VMAs performance with “You Belong With Me.” Voting begins Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET and concludes Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. ET.

The VMAs will return to New York and will take place at Long Island’s UBS Arena on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Beyoncé doesn’t give her music to just anyone.

But the pop supernova made an exception for Zoë Kravitz, who skillfully deploys a fan-favorite “Renaissance” track during the bloody finale of her provocative new thriller “Blink Twice.”

The film follows a social climber named Frida (Naomi Ackie), who takes an impromptu vacation with billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) and his hard-partying posse. But their exotic island paradise gradually turns into a cult-like nightmare, as Frida discovers that Slater and his male cohorts have been drugging and assaulting the women in the group to assert their dominance.

When the women wake up to the men's abuse, they kill them off one by one. And at the end of the film, Frida teams up with new friend Sarah (Adria Arjona) to take revenge on Slater. Armed with knives, they stride into his palatial compound, soundtracked by the woozy opening thrums of Beyoncé’s “I’m That Girl.”

Frida and Slater tussle on the floor, knocking over candles and burning the mansion to the ground. But rather than let him go up in flames, Frida saves the corrupt tech CEO, and with the help of some memory-wiping substances, blackmails him for his fortune. And in the film's final scene, she hosts a swanky gala of her own.

The hypnotic “I’m That Girl,” with its rousing declaration of “ain’t stopping me,” was perfect for the movie’s empowering climax.

The Trump campaign does not have the freedom to use Beyoncé's "Freedom."

Former President Donald Trump's team has taken down a video featuring the singer's song after her record label and music publisher reportedly threatened to send a cease-and-desist letter, Rolling Stone reported on Wednesday.

The video featured the Lemonade track playing as Trump walked off a plane in Michigan. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted the video on Twitter on Tuesday with the caption "Touchdown in Michigan!! @realDonaldTrump." The tweet has since been deleted.

The 2016 song has become Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' unofficial presidential campaign anthem with her running mate Tim Walz, and Beyoncé's team previously gave Harris' camp permission to use it. Harris has used the song since beginning her presidential campaign earlier this summer, walking up to the podium while "Freedom" played in her first appearance after President Joe Biden's endorsement, and as recently as Monday in a new ad also featuring Jeffrey Wright's narration.

Beyoncé's "Freedom" has also been played throughout the ongoing Democratic National Convention, currently taking place in Chicago.

Representatives for Trump's campaign and Beyoncé did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment.