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On the cover of Out magazine's annual May Power Issue (on newsstands April 22) is one of the most powerful women in music: Beyoncé Knowles.

The singer, who defied traditional marketing tactics late last year when she released her surprise self-titled video album, is the perfect representation of what it means to be powerful. She’s poised, she’s commanding, and she does it all at her own pace.

Like any powerful person, there’s an army of supporters who follow. Aaron Hicklin, Out magazine’s editor in chief, got unprecedented access inside Parkwood Entertainment, the camp that makes up “team Beyoncé” in order to learn just how the singer landed the industry’s biggest coup.

On Tuesday, April 8, the singer takes over the site with exclusive remixes, never-before-seen photos, and interviews with some of the most powerful people in the industry.

#BeyOut will have fans bowing down to the “XO” singer.

I updated the gallery with some older magazine scans.

What is power? At its base, it's the ability to reshape the world around you according to your vision. And who in the music industry did so better in the last year than this power couple?

Leveraging their star power to release new albums in unprecedented ways—Jay Z through Samsung and Beyoncé through iTunes—they instantly changed how the industry and fans thought about interacting with music. He gave his album away; she charged a premium price for hers. But they both used the element of surprise to restore the excitement that used to accompany a new release, before that impact was dulled by the endless thunder of carefully plotted promotion.

In short, they proved that content truly is king. Or, in this case, king and queen.

For years, Jay Z has been building the most powerful artist-driven empire in music, ever since he founded Roc-a-Fella Records in 1996 to bypass a music industry uninterested in his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. By 2004, he'd become president/CEO of Roc-a-Fella distributor Def Jam, and his concert stage would feature an Oval Office set (in a few years, his friendship with Barack Obama would get him much closer to the real thing). A major investor in Steve Stoute's Translation Advertising, he left Def Jam and founded the multifaceted entertainment group Roc Nation in 2008, in partnership with Live Nation. The company oversees a varied roster that includes Rihanna, Shakira, Stargate, Calvin Harris, Timbaland and Deadmau5, and, in partnership with Creative Artists Agency, has added sports to its oversight. And though he's cashed out his stake in NBA team the Brooklyn Nets, Jay Z remains an influential presence at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which he helped open in 2012 with a series of concerts.img src="https://beyonceonline.org/gallery/albums/scans/2014/Billboard%20February/tn01.jpg" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:10px"

Beyonce has made it onto this year's Variety magazine’s Women’s Impact List!

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It's not that Beyonce does things that other stars don't, it's just that she does them on a level that few of her contemporaries can match, and 2013 has been a banner year in Beyonce exceptionalism. Other stars sign brand endorsement deals for a quick paycheck — Beyonce gets Pepsi to pony up $50 million for a “creative content development fund,” whose purpose seems to be whatever Beyonce wants it to be. When HBO airs a two-hour documentary on her life, she gets to direct it herself. When she goes on a summer stadium tour, it surpasses $50 million in grosses after the first 30 dates. When Beyonce plays the Super Bowl halftime show, she sets Twitter records and the stadium's power grid goes dark in response. When she gives birth to a daughter with husband, Jay Z, it becomes the hip-hop generation's “Baby Ricky” moment.

As a part of The Throwback, Beyonce posted scans from Harper's Bazaar June 2004 issue on her Tumblr. She also added one new picture to her Instagram.

On her Facebook page, she posted about the Global Citizen Festival and World Humanitarian Day:

"Millions of Global Citizens are coming together demanding an end to extreme poverty.

On September 28th, 60,000 people are joining forces in NYC for the Global Citizen Festival. Together we can make a change!
Earn free tickets: https://globalfestival.com/"

"‪#‎BeyGood‬ on World Humanitarian Day 2013.
Share your Charitable stories over the weekend by #BeyGood on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Your story could be featured on Beyonce.com Monday, Auguest 19! ‪#‎WHD2013‬"

Beyonce's Tumblr and Instagram were updated with new photos.

The Grazia magazine cover was sent in by Daniela.

Icon status is an elusive, wild beast.

See, no matter how many times you don a black bodysuit and the bedazzled gloves you lovingly hand-stitched to reenact the by now ubiquitous wedding dance floor song "Single Ladies"—pause for a minute to appreciate how many 11-year-old girls have done that in the last four years—you'll never be as good as Beyoncé.

And that's what's to love about the great Queen Bey. She's a machine. She's untouchable. And she makes us feel fierce, by proximity.

Beyoncé's Midas touch is something she's well aware of, and she's advanced it strategically, indulging and delighting her vehemently devoted fans while embracing what spectacle—a staple of her performances—affords her: "the license to live vicariously, to visualize, to fantasize. To be bigger than yourself, bigger than life."

Over the course of her career, she's sculpted, coiffed, and polished her image to build a persona so globally recognizable, so singularly powerful, that it's departed from being anything remotely attainable to become something revered and ethereal. And perfect—which is what she says she strives for.

Even on Instagram, so named for its spontaneity, Beyoncé presents a clean, curated image that evenly projects each facet of her persona: In one photo, she bares her enviable midriff, further solidifying the organic sex appeal that gave life to the Oxford-approved term bootylicious; in another, she posts handwritten thank-you notes to her fans for their support in her philanthropic efforts. And lest you start to feel too distanced from her, there are reminders that she can be ghetto fab like the rest of us: a late night snack of Aiki noodles with Tabasco sauce, photographed on what looks like a fold-out card table. (And its intended effect is achieved: If you actually doubt that @Beyoncé could/would eat a cup of noodles, you ain't as real of a fan as you think. #teamhood #teamdirtysouth #teamquickmeals wrote one fan.)

A short interview with Beyonce about Chime For Change appeared in the latest issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine. Check out the scan in the gallery. Credit goes to cheleny.

In the gallery you can see scans of the English and Polish version of H&M magazine with Beyonce on the cover.

You can also watch two new H&M commercials under the cut.

In the gallery you can see one new picture from Vogue UK photoshoot, as well as the preview of their cover story with Beyonce.

UPDATE: Full scans are now available in the gallery.

The clue is in the hip-shaking, woman-empowering pop songs.

But now Beyonce has confirmed what we knew anyway – she is “a modern-day feminist”.

The stunning megastar, 31, says women should be able to dote on their husbands and children, be clever, successful and sexy and still call themselves feminists.

And, appearing on the cover of Vogue’s May issue in a midriff-baring top and sequinned pencil skirt, the singer, said to be worth £190million, more than proves the point.

“Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything?” the mother-of one asks readers of the fashion bible.

“I’m just a woman and I love being a woman. If you’re attractive then you can’t be sexy, and you can’t be intelligent? What is all of that?... I don’t know .

“That word can be very extreme. But I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality, and that we have a way to go and it’s something that’s pushed aside and something that we have been conditioned to accept. But I’m happily married. I love my husband.”

The lucky man is 43-year-old hip-hop mogul Jay-Z – real name Shawn Carter – and their daughter is Blue Ivy, one.

“I feel like Mrs Carter is who I am, but more bold and more fearless than I’ve ever been,” Beyonce says. “It comes from knowing my purpose and really meeting myself once I saw my child.

Calling all Sasha Fierce fans: It’s YOUR chance to ask her a question!

Submit your question for Beyoncé and it may appear in an upcoming issue of PARADE magazine or online at Parade.com.

Send questions to personality@parade.com. The subject line must read 'Ask Beyonce' and be sure to add your name and address in the body of the email. Check the May 19 issue of PARADE or parade.com/beyonce to see if your question has been answered!

Beyoncé is the cover girl for SHAPE magazine's April 2013 issue and, during her photo shoot for the magazine, she revealed how she keeps her body in tip-top shape. The new mom also spoke about how she has incorporated dance into her work-out routine to help drop the 57-pound weight gain she experienced while pregnant with Blue Ivy. For more behind-the-scenes footage of Beyoncé's fun shoot, check out the video below!

According to Confidential magazine, Beyonce is going to cover the April issue of Shape magazine. Can't wait!