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Beyonce seems to have effortlessly risen to the top as the world's highest paid woman in music this year after earning a massive $105 million pre-tax. Adele and Taylor Swift follow close behind, but apparently it's 'Lemonade' that has brought in the big bucks.

Beyonce at the 2016 MTV VMAs

After dropping her number one sixth studio album, Beyonce reignited her legendary status with 'Lemonade' becoming an international meme and nearly everyone's favourite album. Then she embarked on her huge Formation World Tour which raked in $256 million with 49 shows - so her top spot on Forbes' Highest Paid Women in Music list shouldn't really be a surprise.

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In what is probably some of the most perfect casting of the year, it has just been announced that Beyonce is set to star in the CGI remake of Disney's 'The Lion King', alongside the likes of Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Seth Rogen.

Beyonce at a New York City Tidal event

Beyonce really could not be a better pick to play Nala in the new movie, and it will be her first film role in six years. She confirmed the news, after rumours had been circling the internet since March, on her Facebook page, and fans are seriously excited to see her (or rather hear her) back on the big screen, especially in a much adored story like 'The Lion King'.

Continue reading: Beyonce As Nala In 'The Lion King' Reboot Is A Fan's Dream Come True

Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy encouraged her to jump on the remix of 'Mi Gente'.

J Balvin - who recorded the original with Willy Wiliam - has revealed it was actually the pop megastar's five-year-old daughter who pushed the collaborative remix, which was released to raise money for hurricane relief charities after the US was hit by catastrophic storms over the summer, because she heard the original and loved it.

Speaking to Billboard, Balvin said: ''Someone who worked with Beyonce came to the studio to check the vibe and she told me Blue was super in love with the song. So I said: 'Ok, why don't you tell Beyonce if she want to jump in the remix. It happened.''

Continue reading: Beyonce's Daughter Blue Encouraged Mi Gente Remix

Beck says Kanye West has admitted he likes his record 'Morning Phase', despite interrupting his big moment at the Grammy Awards in 2015.

The 'Loser' singer was accepting the prize for Best Album when the superstar rapper stormed the stage and told him he should ''respect artistry'' by handing the trophy over to Beyonce after the release of her innovative project 'Lemonade'.

Now, Beck has revealed he had dinner with Taylor Swift - who was also interrupted by Kanye during an acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 - and she told him that the 'Famous' rapper actually liked his music.

Continue reading: Beck: Kanye West Liked My Album

Camila Cabello thinks Beyonce is the best ''expression of women's empowerment''.

The 'Havana' hitmaker has praised the 36-year-old singer for taking ownership of her own power.

She said: ''Women are powerful and music as a form of expression allows you to take ownership of that. Performances, videos and the poetry of a song are all great mediums for expressing that strength.

Continue reading: Camila Cabello: Beyonce Expresses Women's Empowerement

Beyonce ups her involvement in the hurricane relief efforts by joining J Balvin for a new remix of his number one hit 'Mi Gente', with all proceeds from the sales of the song going to a number of charities that are helping victims of the natural disasters across the Americas.

Beyonce at Tidal event

The 36-year-old 'Formation' singer unveils the new version of the song which features Willy William three months after the original version was released on Scorpio Records and Universal Latin. All funds raised from the song downloads will be donated to the likes of CEMA, UNICEF and Somos Una Voz.

Continue reading: Beyonce Raises Funds For Hurricane Relief With 'Mi Gente' Remix

Everyone needs a friend like Beyonce; luckily for Lady GaGa, she does. While she has been suffering with a bad flare-up of fibromyalgia, Queen Bey has been sending her gifts to help her heal. Nothing outlandish like you'd expect, just the little things that make everyone feel better.

Lady Gaga at Toronto International Film Festival

Lady Gaga is still on her break from touring while she struggles with her chronic pain situation, but she's staying positive with a little help from her best friends. She recently posted on Instagram a shot of herself wearing a cosy hoody from Beyonce's Ivy Park sportswear range with a sweet message.

Continue reading: Lady Gaga Thanks Beyonce For Her Thoughtful Gifts As She Recovers

Jay-Z and Beyonce are certainly set to do their bit for Hurricane Harvey relief with their forthcoming benefit concert that will see the latter return to the stage for the first time since giving birth to twins, and since the Grammys in February. It is set to take place next month.

Beyonce and Jay-Z snapped a a Clippers game

The musical power couple will be showing solidarity for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma with a special concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York that will feature artists from Jay-Z's Roc Nation label.

Continue reading: Jay-Z And Beyonce To Hold Hurricane Benefit Concert Next Month

What's more romantic than getting a crowd of thousands to sing 'Happy Birthday' to your wife on her special day? For Jay-Z, it was all in a day's work when he encouraged the crowd to serenade Beyonce during his set at the 2017 Made In America Festival at the weekend.

Beyonce pictured at Tidal event

Queen Bey celebrated her 36th birthday yesterday (September 4th 2017) and rang in the date in the early hours of the morning after supporting her husband from the crowd at his annual Budweiser Made In America Festival in Philadelphia the previous night.

Continue reading: Beyonce Gets A Chorus Of 'Happy Birthday' At Jay-Z's Made In America Festival

It seems the late, great soul singer Amy Winehouse had offers of help from all corners of the world before her tragic death in 2011 and was even offered a place to stay by rap mogul and producer, Jay Z and his superstar singer wife, Beyonce.

Jay Z once offered Amy Winehouse a place to stay

As the star promoted his new album 4:44, he spoke about the Back to Black hitmaker - who died aged 27 - and became immediately concerned about her state of mind.

Continue reading: Jay Z Urged Amy Winehouse To Stay With Him And Beyonce

Beyoncé is reportedly working ''hard'' on her new music.

The 35-year-old singer is believed to be planning to release new songs as she has been ''inspired'' by the birth of her one-month-old twins Sir Carter and Rumi, who she has with her husband Jay Z.

Speaking about the former Destiny's Child band member to NME Online, a source said: ''Beyoncé is already hard at work, having the twins has inspired her.''

Continue reading: Beyoncé Is Reportedly Working On Her New Music

With the weeks going by, the cast of Jon Favreau's upcoming 'The Lion King' live action adaptation seems to be coming together, but there are still big questions surrounding exactly who'll be filling in to voice Nala. Now rumours of Beyonce taking on the role could be coming a reality, with the singer also said to be in serious discussions to produce the soundtrack for the film.

Could Beyonce join the cast of the new 'Lion King'?

As Simba's friend throughout his younger years and his eventual life partner, Nala is one of the biggest roles for the movie and would certainly be one of the biggest movie snags for Beyonce, who is no stranger to the world of big Hollywood flicks.

Continue reading: Beyonce Close To Closing Deal On Voicing Nala And Producing 'Lion King' Soundtrack?

Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their twins to much fanfare last month, and it appears that the new parents are taking a no-holds-barred approach to raising the babies with a reports suggesting they’ve hired no fewer than SIX nannies to help take care of them.

They welcomed the twins, a boy named Sir and a girl named Rumi, in June this year having announced they were expecting with a lavish photoshoot back in January, and they’ve been living in Los Angeles since. According to a report on Wednesday (July 26th) by OK! magazine, Jay and Bey have hired half a dozen nannies, on $100,000 a year each, to help them take care of the newborns.

With another two nannies for their five year old daughter, Blue Ivy, that makes a total of eight hired hands in their employ.

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Madame Tussauds has some of the greatest wax figures in the world, but, as it turns out, they don't always get it right. Fans have reacted with anger over their latest Beyonce statue, claiming that it actually looks nothing like the singer - not least because the 'skin' is white.

Beyonce at Tidal event

If you didn't know who it was supposed to be, you'd certainly be hard-pushed to guess this waxwork was a black woman - let alone that it is supposed to depict a Beyonce. Indeed, visitors at the Madame Tussauds museum in New York were left baffled by how unrecognisable it was.

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A new waxwork at Madame Tussauds of pop icon Beyonce has caused something of a backlash on social media this week – on the basis that many believe it looks nothing like her.

Unveiled at the Madame Tussauds branch in New York City this week, the likeness of Queen Bey is wearing a glittery playsuit and knee-high boots. However, it got many of her fans up in arms because they believed its skin was too light and had blonde hair, making the model appear too white.

“It's a good thing you're not talking about *Beyonce cause this white woman is definitely not her,” one irate Twitter user said, while others argued it actually looked more like Britney Spears, Shakira or Lindsay Lohan.

Continue reading: Madame Tussauds Defends Beyonce Waxwork 'Whitewashing'

Jay-Z has admitted that his marriage to Beyonce “wasn’t totally built on the 100% truth” in a new documentary clip accompanying the release of his latest album, 4:44.

The 47 year old rap icon dropped his latest studio album as a Tidal exclusive at the end of June, with much of the hype surrounding it focussing on it as a response to his wife’s own critically lauded Lemonade album the previous year.

After tackling race issues in America on ‘Footnotes for ‘The Story of O.J.’’ mini-documentary a few days ago, Jay released another short documentary clip accompanying the album’s title track that included celebrities such as Will Smith, Aziz Ansari and Kendrick Lamar, discussing relationships and the pressure of life in the public eye.

Continue reading: Jay-Z Admits That His Marriage To Beyonce "Wasn't Built On 100% Truth"

Despite very little news about Beyonce’s new born twins so far - after the star gave birth to them a couple of weeks ago - reports have trickled out that the popstar mother has finally been able to take them home.

Beyonce is now a mum-of-three

TMZ has reported that following a week and a half at UCLA Medical Center, the tiny Carters have been allowed home with their mom and dad - and the famous parents have taken them to an epic rented Malibu estate.

Continue reading: Beyonce And Jay Z Have Reportedly Taken Their New Born Twins Home

The nominations for the 2017 Bet Awards are finally in and sees Beyonce compete with her sister Solange Knowles and Bruno Mars up for a total of five nominations. The ceremony will take place this summer and will also award social media stars, sportspeople and filmstars.

Beyonce pictured at Tidal event

Beyonce has the most mentions with seven nominations, including for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, Video of the Year and Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award for her song 'Sorry' and Album of the Year for 'Lemonade'. She also shares a nomination with Kahlil Joseph for Video Director of the Year ('Sorry' again), with Kendrick Lamar for Best Collaboration ('Freedom') and another one for Best Collaboration with Jay Z and DJ Khaled for the latter's song 'Shining'.

Continue reading: Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Migos And More: The 2017 BET Award Nominations Are In

Cat Stevens says it was challenging coming back into the music industry in the Beyonce and Amy Winehouse era.

The 68-year-old singer/songwriter - who now goes by the name Yusuf Islam after converting to Islam - made a return with his first album under his new moniker for his 12th studio LP 'An Other Cup' in November 2006.

At the time, R&B superstar Beyonce had brought out songs including 'Irreplaceable' and Winehouse - who died in July 2011 from alcohol intoxication aged just 27 - released her critically-acclaimed LP 'Back to Black', and Stevens says it felt like a ''different'' world to return to.

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Queen Beyoncé continues her reign over everything but this time she hasn’t pulled out a phenomenal song or showcased another beautiful bump. Instead Bey has Facetimed a fan suffering from cancer after responding to a social media campaign aimed at getting the meetup to happen.

Beyonce FaceTimed with a young cancer's sufferer

The 35-year-old singer and all-round idol spoke to teenager Ebony Banks who has been battling a rare form of cancer.

Continue reading: Beyonce FaceTimed A Cancer Patient And Made Her Dreams Come True

Pregnant superstar Beyoncé has pulled out of headlining Coachella in April. Speculation has been rife that the expectant mother, who announced she was pregnant with twins earlier this month, would not be able to make the show.

Beyonce will no longer deadline Coachella

The annual festival, due to commence in the Californian desert on 15 and 22 April, revealed the multi-award winning star had been advised to rest by doctors.

Continue reading: Beyonce Pulls Out Of Coachella Headline Slot

At Sunday night’s Grammy awards Adele paid an emotional tribute to George Michael, performing his 1996 single ‘Fastlove’.

During her performance Adele was forced to restart the song to make sure she got it perfect, telling the audience, "I can't mess this up for him.”

But originally the awards envisioned a tribute to Michael that would feature other artists, including Beyonce and Rihanna, singing portions of his most famous songs.

Continue reading: Adele's George Michael Tribute At Grammys Was Originally To Feature Beyonce And Rihanna

In amid the annual music industry bunfight that is the Grammy Awards last night, social media went wild after a few eagle-eyed viewers thought Rihanna shaded Beyonce as she lost out to her for Best Urban Contemporary Album award by disinterestedly applying lip gloss as Bey’s name was read out.

Surprising, as they’re both among the most loved female pop stars in the world at this moment in time and not normally associated with petty spats with other celebs.

Rihanna arriving at the 59th Grammy Awards

Continue reading: Did Rihanna Really Throw Shade At Beyonce With Lipgloss At The Grammys?

Beyoncé has been riding high on a wave of positivity for some time with her phenomenally successful visual album, Lemonade last year and now with the wonderful announcement of her expecting twins with husband, Jay Z. However, the star has been brought back down to earth recently with a lawsuit over the opening to her song, Formation.

The singer is being sued over a sample in her hit track, Formation

The Independent has reported the estate of deceased YouTube star Anthony Barre - known as Messy Mya - filed a suit against the Crazy In Love hitmaker over her samples of his 2010 video, A 27 Piece Huh?

Continue reading: Beyonce Being 'Sued Over Messy Mya Sample' In Formation Track

Five years after they welcomed their first child, Blue Ivy, into the world, Beyonce and her husband Jay Z have revealed that they are expecting twins, after the star announced that she is pregnant for the second time.

The 35 year old star, who is due to headline the Coachella festival in a few months’ time, took to Instagram to reveal the happy news to her fans. Posing in just a bra and underwear with her baby bump, the snap quickly became the most liked photo in Instagram history when she revealed the news on Wednesday (February 1st).

Continue reading: Beyonce Announces She's Pregnant With Twins

Jack White has finally opened up about his rather unexpected collaboration with Beyonce on her hit 'Lemonade' album. The former White Stripes frontman was listed as a producer, writer and guest vocalist on her song 'Don't Hurt Yourself', and he's only now spoken up about it.

Jack White featured on 'Don't Hurt Yourself'

Currently promoting his acoustic compilation album 'Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016', White spoke to NPR's radio show 'All Things Considered' about how Beyonce approached him to work with her on her scandalous surprise album 'Lemonade'.

Continue reading: Jack White Describes 'Incredibly Intense' Collaboration With Beyonce On 'Lemonade'

Jay Z has hit back at conservative pundit Tomi Lahren on his new track with Pusha T titled ‘Drug Dealers Anonymous’. The song was released last night on Jay’s streaming service Tidal and samples Lahren’s viral rant from earlier this year, in which she labelled Jay a drug dealer and criticised wife Beyonce’s Superbowl performance.

Jay Z has dropped new track ‘Drug Dealers Anonymous’.

Before Jay’s verse Lahren is heard saying: "Your husband was a drug dealer. For fourteen years, he sold crack cocaine.” The sample comes from an online video Lahren made for The Blaze in February in which she criticised Beyonce’s Superbowl performance and in particular the use of Black Panther style imagery.

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This year's Met Gala hosted probably one of the best themes its ever seen, with celebrities entering in their droves decked head to toe in futuristic fashion; metallics, latex and dark lipstick galore. Some of the best dressed included Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.

Zendaya dons a bowl-cut wig at the 2016 Met Gala

The 2016 Costume Institute Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art featured an interesting fashion theme: 'Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology'. It was a chance to really get to grips with one's inner sci-fi fox, though many stars were disappointingly minimal with their costume execution.

Continue reading: Beyonce, Blake Lively And Kimye Are Tech-Terrific At Met Gala 2016

If Beyoncé had wanted to increase publicity surrounding her latest musical offering - visual album Lemonade - she couldn’t have done a better job. Without offering up any interpretation, one line, "Becky with the good hair", has got fans going ga-ga about what it means about Queen B’s marriage to Jay Z.

Kim K loves Lemonade despite the traumas it has put her best friend, Rachel Roy, through

And now Kim Kardashian has waded into the debate by declaring Bey her Woman Crush Wednesday and telling everyone she is "sipping on Lemonade".

Continue reading: Kim K Comes Out In Support Of Beyonce Despite Being Best Friends With Rachel Roy

Katy Perry has edged out her fierce rival Taylor Swift to be named as the highest-earning female musician of 2015, with estimated income of $88 million in a 12-month period, according to the annual article by Forbes.

Perry’s Prismatic world tour accounted for the substantial part of her earnings, as she took approximately $1.3 million on every stop on the massive haul. Sponsorship deals tied in with the tour also added to this number, with deals with cosmetics brand Covergirl and fashion accessories company Claire’s as well as her fragrances released in conjunction with Coty.

Katy Perry earned $88 million between June 2014-June 2015, making her the highest-earning woman in music

Continue reading: Katy Perry Tops Forbes List Of Highest-Earning Women In Music

Ciara was treated to one incredible surprise by her boyfriend, NFL player Russell Wilson, when he threw a party to celebrate her 30th birthday. Wilson arranged for Ciara’s family and friends to dress up as their favourite superheroes and he had a few additional surprises in store for Ciara.

Ciara photographed at an appearance at Topshop in Las Vegas, October 2015.

Read More: Ciara And Russell Wilson Are Dating, Abstaining From Sex For Religious Reasons.

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Beyoncé’s dad, Mathew Knowles, is offering a one-off lesson on how to become just like his superstar daughter. Knowles, who managed Destiny’s Child and later his daughter in her solo career, will be offering a one day talk on how to make it big in the music industry.

Beyonce at Vanity Fair's 87th Oscars party in L.A., February 2015.

Read More: Jay Z, Beyonce And Other Pop Stars Sue Paris Clothing Retailer.

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A range of pop stars including Jay Z, Beyonce, Kanye West and Rihanna are suing a Paris-based clothes retailer and manufacturer for “brazenly” selling merchandise such as hats, T-shirts and mobile phone cases bearing their likenesses without their permission.

A complaint was filed on Tuesday (October 6th) at a federal court in New York alleging that the company ElevenParis has ignored warnings previously issued by the artists to stop the items in question from being sold. According to Reuters, the retailer’s actions “have caused and are causing immediate irreparable harm” to the plaintiffs.

Beyonce and Jay Z are two of the stars behind the legal challenge

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Jay-Z has just announced a huge concert titled Tidal X: 10/20, which will feature headline performances from the man himself as well as Prince and Beyonce. The gig is to celebrate Tidal hitting 1 million subscribers and will take place on October 20th at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Jay-Z has announced a major Tidal X 10:20 concert to take place in Brooklyn.

Also announced so far are Usher, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, T.I., Damien Marley, Fabulous, Thomas Rhett, Indochina, DJ Cipha Sounds and DJ Reflex. The show will also feature Tidal Rising acts including Benjamin Booker, Hit-Boy, Bas, Jidenna, Justine Skye and Raury.

Continue reading: Jay-Z Announces Massive Tidal: X 10/20 Concert Featuring Prince, Beyonce And Nicki Minaj

Ed Sheeran must have felt like he was dreaming on Saturday night, when he got to join Beyonce onstage at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival for a duet of her hit song ‘Drunk in Love’. Sheeran frequently covers the track but this was the first time he had performed his stripped down acoustic version with Queen Bey herself.

Ed Sheeran joined Beyonce at this year’s Global Citizen Fest.

Beyonce brought out Sheeran mid-way through her set which had already included Destiny’s Child classics and a remix of ‘Crazy in Love’. But the New York crowd went wild for the Sheeran duet, which was a highlight of the already star studded festival.

Continue reading: Ed Sheeran Joins Beyonce For 'Drunk In Love' Duet At 2015 Global Citizen Festival

Beyoncé’s performance at Budweiser’s Made in America Festival on Saturday (5th September) was carefully orchestrated to include messages of female empowerment. The 34-year-old singer, who had celebrated her birthday the evening before, headlined the first day at the Festival held at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Beyonce at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in L.A., February 2015.

Read More: Kim Kardashian Narrowly Beats Beyonce To Become The Queen Of Instagram.

Continue reading: Beyonce Includes Feminist & Positive Body Image Messages In Her Made In America Performance

In case you missed it, earlier this week, Kanye West announced he plans to run for President of the United States in 2020. This isn’t the first time West has shocked audiences with his outlandish claims so, in celebration of West’s oratory, we’ve compiled a short list of his most wonderfully bizarre speeches to date.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the VMAs in Los Angeles on 30th August.

Read More: Kanye West Will Perform 808s & Heartbreak Album In Full During L.A. Show.

Continue reading: Kanye West’s VMA 2015 Speech & Four Other Of His Most Bizarre Speeches

Kanye West is to be the recipient of this year’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday (August 30th).

According to a statement from MTV, ‘Ye is being honoured with the award on account of his “career-spanning groundbreaking videos, legendary VMA performances and continued impact on music, art, fashion and culture.”

Kanye West performing at Glastonbury 2015

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Kim Kardashian has just surpassed Beyoncé to become the Queen of Instagram, with over 44 million followers as of Monday (August 24th). The reality star has narrowly beaten Beyonce to take the crown, breaking her previous record of 43.95 million. According to the Daily Mail, just two weeks ago Kim was ranked in the number two spot with 42million followers, meaning that she has gained over two million followers in just 14 days.

Kim Kardashian has now got more Instagram followers than Beyoncé.

Last week Kim had celebrated hitting the 42 million followers mark on the photo sharing site, posting a cleavage-centric pic. Kim's Instagram feed is usually filled with her favourite type of image, the 'selfie', which she loves taking so much that earlier this year she published a whole book dedicated to them titled ‘Selfish’. The book contained over 350 pages filled with selfies of the 34 year old from over the years.

Continue reading: Kim Kardashian Narrowly Beats Beyonce To Become The Queen Of Instagram

Hugh Jackman and Stephen Colbert have been announced as some of the big name hosts of next month’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park.

The Global Citizen Festival, which was launched in 2012 as part of 15 year campaign to end extreme poverty worldwide by 2030, made the announcement via its website on Thursday morning (August 13th).

Salma Hayek, Olivia Wilde, Kerry Washington and Deborra-Lee Furness, Jackman’s wife, have also been confirmed as emcees for the free-ticket event which takes place in Central Park on September 26th this year.

Continue reading: Hugh Jackman Among Hosts Of Global Citizen Festival 2015