I’m not the biggest Beyonce fan but I have to say that she gave the performance of her life yesterday when the R&B singer closed down the 2011 Glastonbury Festival in England. She pretty much silenced critics who said she wasn’t suitable for the main headliner spot by delivering a high-energy, brilliant and emotional concert. Beyonce also became the first woman in over 20 years to headline the music festival and the first African-American female ever. She delivered an extensive set list that included hits from her back catalogue, a Destiny’s Child medley, some covers and new tracks from her latest album “4”. Check out some of her performances below.
Beyonce – Crazy in Love – Performance Video
Beyonce – Best Thing I Never Had/End of Time – Performance Video
Beyonce – Run the World (Girls) Performance Video
Beyonce – Halo – Performance Video
Not because of her personality, mind you, but it looks like there were other factors that were beyond Beyonce’s control in making friends. This is what the singer said on the matter: ”Socially I did miss out. I left school at 14 and had a tutor. I was never exposed to people long enough to make friends so my family became my friends.” Well, she does indeed have her family now and given her success, Beyonce probably has a lot more friends than she can handle and even more on the way. Everybody probably wants to be friends with her now.
Beyonce is featured on the cover of the July issue of Dazed & Confused magazine. The summer music special features the 29-year old R&B singer/actress in what the magazine calls “a scorching hot trailer park fantasy”. When asked about taking her little time away from the music industry, Beyonce said “I needed some time to live. I’ve been signed to the same label since I was 12 years old and never had more than a month and a half off since I was 13. I’ve worked so hard for so many years and just felt like, ‘Well, why not?’” She definitely deserved that break but it’s also great to see and hear her new music.
Beyonce – Dazed & Confused Cover – Photo
It seems that the singer’s upcoming single was written by none other than Diane Warren. However, not only does Beyonce’s new song have such a prolific writer, but Diane Warren considers it her best to date. This is what she had to say about her newest creation: “I just wrote something a week and a half ago that Beyoncé recorded and I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written. She sang it amazingly. I think it’s a career song and probably my favorite thing I’ve ever written … right now. I think it’s really, really going to touch people.” Well this is certainly good news, especially considering the fact that most of Beyonce’s latest releases haven’t exactly brought much pleasing feedback.
The rapper and highly successful business man has recently revealed how he managed to become the cool musical idol that he is today. This is what Jay-Z had to say on the matter: “I’m around great women, starting with my mom. Women keep men cool. The hotter the chick the cooler the guy… that sounds like a really bad rap line!” So Jay-Z is not only very subtly complimenting his mother on her good looks, but he’s also saying that if it weren’t for Beyonce, he’d still be stuck rapping away in some obscure studio. One can see the point that Jay-Z is trying to make here.
The 10th Annual BET Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah,
Drake, Trey Songz and P. Diddys Dirty Money were among the scheduled performers. See the winner list below:
BET Awards Winners Full List
Best Female R&B Artist
Alicia Keys *WINNER*
Beyonc
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Trey Songz *WINNER*
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Usher
Best Gospel
Marvin Sapp *WINNER*
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Vickie Winans
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Drake *WINNER*
B.o.B.
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best Group
Young Money *WINNER*
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Best New Artist
Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Wale
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind *WINNER*
Beyonc f/ Lady Gaga Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars Nothin On You
Drake & Trey Songz Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem Forever
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous Say Aah
Video of the Year
Beyonc f/ Lady Gaga Video Phone *WINNER*
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars Nothin On You
Melanie Fiona It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West Run This Town
Video Director of the Year
Hype Williams *WINNER*
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
YoungStars Award
Keke Palmer *WINNER*
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Viewers Choice Nominees
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy Hard *WINNER*
Beyonc Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Monica Everything To Me
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd Bedrock
Centric Award
Monica *WINNER*
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Sade
Best International Act
Dizzee Rascal (UK) *WINNER*
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
KNAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Best Actress
MoNique *WINNER*
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor
Idris Elba *WINNER*
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington
Sportswoman of the Year
Serena Williams *WINNER*
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
LeBron James *WINNER*
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
Tiger Woods
Best Movie
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire *WINNER*
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jacksons This Is It
The Blindside
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga Video Phone
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars Nothin on You
Drake featuring Trey Songz Successful
Drake featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Eminem Forever
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Trey Songz featuring Fabolous Say Aah
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Video of the Year
Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga Video Phone
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars Nothin on You
Melanie Fiona It Kills Me
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z featuring Rihanna, Kanye West Run This Town
Viewers Choice
Beyonce Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
Monica Everything to Me
Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy Hard
Trey Songz featuring Fabolous Say Aah
Young Money. Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga, featuring Lloyd Bedrock
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
KNAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
YoungStars
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
After speculation that Beyonce was getting songwriting credit where it wasn?t due, producer Rob Fusari is talking about how the R&B singer ripped off his idea for the Destiny?s Child track ?Bootylicious?. Rob talked to Mathew Knowles after he presented his idea about the song. Mathew said ?People don’t want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J. No offense, but that’s not what sells records. What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything.? But that doesn?t mean that Beyonce has to take all of the credit. That?s some pretty shady work. What do you think?
Beyonce?s dad Mathew Knowles has been ordered to support his supposed mistress Alexsandra Wright?s son Nixon even before the paternity test takes place on March 1. A Los Angeles judge ordered the R&B singer?s dad/manager to pay $8200 a month dating back until February 1 as well as 100 percent of uninsured medical costs. I have this gut feeling that he is the dad of the newborn. Not only has Mathew not denied it but he also gave Alexsandra $10,000 back in January to cover other pregnancy costs. That should pretty much count as an admission that the kid is his.
Beyonce recently shot a guest spot in Alicia Keys? new music video ?Put it in a Love Song? in the Morro da Conceicao slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this past Tuesday. The song is from Alicia?s latest album ?The Element of Freedom?. Speaking of Beyonce, the R&B singer is also rumored to star in the remake of the classic ?A Star is Born?. Russell Crowe may play the aging, alcoholic musician who mentors and falls in love with Beyonce?s character. I?m all for the classics but I?m not sure about the remake of that movie. Beyonce is definitely no Barbra Streisand.
Beyonce made an amazing sweep at the 2010 Grammy Awards as the 28-year old powerhouse singer picked up a record six Grammy awards this past Sunday. That?s the most wins by a female in one night at the Grammys! She won Song of the Year for ?Single Ladies?, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for ?Halo?, Best Female R&B Performance for ?Single Ladies?, Best Traditional R&B Performance for ?At Last?, Best R&B Song for ?Single Ladies? and Best Contemporary R&B Album for ?I Am? Sasha Fierce?. Congratulations to Beyonce! I wonder where she?s going to put all of those Grammy awards.
Full List:
Album of the Year:
* “I Am…Sasha Fierce” – Beyonce Knowles
* “The E.N.D.” – Black Eyed Peas
* “The Fame” – Lady GaGa
* “Fearless” – Taylor Swift
Record of the year:
* “Halo” – Beyonce Knowles
* “I Gotta Feeling” – Black Eyed Peas
* “Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
* “Poker Face” – Lady GaGa
* “You Belong with Me” – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year:
* “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” – Beyonce Knowles
* “Poker Face” – Lady GaGa
* “Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
* “Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
* “You Belong with Me” – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
* “I Gotta Feeling” – Black Eyed Peas
* ” We Weren’t Born to Follow” – Bon Jovi
* “Never Say Never” – The Fray
* “Sara Smile” – Daryl Hall & John Oates
* “Kids” – MGMT
Best Rap Solo Performance:
* “Best I Ever Had” – Drake
* “Beautiful” – Eminem
* “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z
* “Day ‘N’ Nite” – Kid Cudi
* “Casa Bey” – Mos Def
Best Rock Album:
* “Black Ice” – AC/DC
* “Live From Madison Square Garden” – Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
* “21st Century Breakdown” – Green Day
* “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” – Dave Matthews Band
* “No Line on the Horizon” – U2
Best New Artist:
* Zac Brown Band
* Keri Hilson
* MGMT
* Silversun Pickups
* The Ting Tings
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
* Adele – “Hometown Glory”
* Beyonce Knowles – “Halo”
* Katy Perry – “Hot N Cold”
* Pink – “Sober”
* Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
* John Legend – “This Time”
* Maxwell – “Love You”
* Jason Mraz – “Make It Mine”
* Seal – “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
* Stevie Wonder – “All About the Love Again”
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
* Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen – “Sea of Heartbreak”
* Ciara & Justin Timberlake – “Love Sex Magic”
* Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat – “Lucky”
* Willie Nelson & Norah Jones – “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
* Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat – “Breathe”
Best Pop Vocal Album:
* Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D.”
* Colbie Caillat – “Breakthrough”
* Kelly Clarkson – “All I Ever Wanted”
* The Fray – “The Fray”
* Pink – “Funhouse”
Best Dance Recording:
* Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow”
* David Guetta & Kelly Rowland – “When Love Takes Over”
* Lady GaGa – “Poker Face”
* Madonna – “Celebration”
* Britney Spears – “Womanizer”
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
* Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
* Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
* Lalah Hathaway – “That Was Then”
* Ledisi – “Goin’ Thru Changes”
* Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
* Anthony Hamilton – “The Point of It All”
* Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
* Musiq Soulchild – “Sobeautiful”
* Pleasure P – “Under”
* Charlie Wilson – “There Goes My Baby”
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
* Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”
* India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild – “Chocolate High”
* Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige – “Ifuleave”
* Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters – “Higher Ground”
* Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby – “Love Has Finally Come at Last”
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
* Beyonce Knowles – “At Last”
* Anthony Hamilton – “Soul Music”
* Boney James & Quinn- “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”
* Ann Nesby – “Sow Love”
* Calvin Richardson – “Woman Gotta Have It”
Best R&B Song:
* Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”
* Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
* Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
* Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
* Pleasure P – “Under”
Best R&B Album:
* Anthony Hamilton – “The Point of It All”
* India.Arie – “Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics”
* Ledisi – “Turn Me Loose”
* Maxwell – “BLACKsummers’night”
* Charlie Wilson – “Uncle Charlie”
Best Contemporary R&B Album:
* Beyonce Knowles – “I Am…Sasha Fierce”
* Jamie Foxx – “Intuition”
* Pleasure P – “The Introduction of Marcus Cooper”
* Trey Songz – “Ready”
* T-Pain – “Thr33 Ringz”
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:
* Beastie Boys & Nas – “Too Many Rappers”
* Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack A Bottle”
* Fabolous & Jay-Z – “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
* Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”
* Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amazing”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
* Beyonce Knowles & Kanye West – “Ego”
* Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down”
* Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
* The Lonely Island & T-Pain – “I’m On A Boat”
* T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”
Best Rap Song:
* “Best I Ever Had” – Drake
* “Day ‘N’ Nite” – Kid Cudi
* “Dead And Gone” – T.I. & Justin Timberlake
* “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z
* “Run This Town” – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Best Rap Album:
* “Universal Mind Control” – Common
* “Relapse” – Eminem
* “R.O.O.T.S.” – Flo Rida
* “The Ecstatic” – Mos Def
* “The Renaissance” – Q-Tip
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
* Miley Cyrus – “The Climb” (From “Hannah Montana: The Movie”)
* Paramore – “Decode” (From “Twilight)
* A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash – “Jai Ho” (From “Slumdog Millionaire”)
* Beyonce Knowles – “Once in a Lifetime” (From “Cadillac Records”)
* Bruce Springsteen – “The Wrestler” (From “The Wrestler”)
