Queen Bey Reigns Supreme

Queen Bey Reigns Supreme

Beyoncé is releasing her new album ‘Renaissance’ on July 29th – after almost breaking the internet when she let slip to fans it was on the way!

This will be the artist’s seventh studio album and comes after a long break; her last album ‘Lemonade’ was released back in 2016.

Ryan Tedder who co-wrote her hit ‘Halo’ is back on board for this new album alongside Raphael Saadiq, who has crafted hits for Mary J Blige and John Legend, among others.

Beyonce said of the new album, which shows her naked on a horse on the album artwork: “With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again. I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half. Sometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare. One chorus can have up to 200 stacked harmonies. There’s nothing like the amount of love, passion, and healing that I feel in the recording studio. After 31 years, it feels just as exciting as it did when I was nine years old. Yes, the music is coming!”

HUMBLE & HIGH EARNINGS

Beyoncé is undoubtedly one of the world´s most talented musicians and a successful businesswoman in her own right. Her net worth is an estimated $500 million, making her one of the highest female celeb earners in the world.

However, Bey’s humble attitude never fails to endear her to fans. She has quoted that her biggest goal in life is just to be happy: “I have a lot of property. I’ve invested my money and I don’t have to make anymore, because I’m set. I’m now able really to be free and just do things that make me happy.”

Although happiness seems to be at the top of Beyoncé’s list, her 7-bedroom mansion in Beverly Hills and a range of luxury cars totalling up to $10 million, must help right?!

CONQUERING THE WORLD

At only 40, Beyoncé has already built her empire and is tipped to stay at the top for the foreseeable future. Her previous album ‘Lemonade’ broke records selling a total of 617,000 copies in the first two weeks of being released. This even beat her album ‘B’day’ that sold 514,000 in the same time period. What’s most impressive is that it was a secret album release and Bey shocked fans by releasing the album exclusively via iTunes, without any pre-release announcements. Beyoncé has also won her fair share of awards, including a total of 28 Grammy’s; the first when she was only 19 when she was part of Destiny’s Child. She has been named the most nominated woman in Grammy history! JAY-Z & BEY

It is thought that if Beyoncé were to ever separate from Jay-Z the divorce would cost a total of $1 billion dollars, being the highest celebrity divorce in history. There has been an ongoing conspiracy that Jay-Z has been having an affair with his young protégée Rihanna back in 2008.

Not only this but at the Met Gala in 2014 a feud between Bey’s sister Solange Knowles and her husband Jay-Z erupted where Solange had actually hit Jay-Z in an elevator. Solange accused her brother-in-law of getting too close for comfort to fashion designer, Rachel Roy. The pap’s captured this moment and even then, Beyoncé, typically maintained her complete professionalism and didn’t batter an eyelid at the paparazzi, instead she remained completely calm and unfazed despite her angered sis.

Beyoncé is famously known for keeping her personal life private and I’m sure this public dispute was her worst nightmare, especially between two people so close to her.

Despite rumours of feuds, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have been happily married for 14 years and have 3 beautiful children, Ivy Blue aged 10 and twins; Rumi and Sur aged 5.

It is unclear whether the music duo are planning on expanding their brood but Jay-Z has been reported as saying he wants “a little basketball team” in the future

and Beyoncé has also stated since a little girl she envisioned herself having 4 kids. Watch this space!

BRAND ICON

Beyoncé has been the face of many brands we know and love including Tiffany, Ivy Park (her streetwear clothing label with Adidas) and Armani Diamonds perfume.

The latter iconic advertisement back seemed to fit well with Beyoncé’s feminist attitude, she quotes: “Diamonds often are a sign of a woman’s strength these days. Now women can buy their own diamonds.”

This strong, female attitude is exactly what Beyoncé has always demonstrated especially through her music, such as ‘Irreplaceable’.

Therefore, to feature in an ad where this is again reconciled, reminds us of Beyoncé’s ultimate goal to be successful in her own right. If the furore around the new album is anything to go by – Beyoncé will soar to even greater heights.

MAKING WAVES WITH TIDAL

Jay Z and Beyoncé’s subscription-based music streaming service called Tidal combines lossless audio and high-definition music videos with curated editorial. A service, which claims to pay the highest royalties to the artists, it has over 90 million tracks and 450,000 music videos.

Among the stars that co-own and support Tidal such as Nicki Minaj, Usher and Madonna it has caused outrage for some artists. 50 Cent explained: “We probably could have [done] something more exciting if they reached out because the people you saw there don’t even own the rights to their own music. So they can’t say it’s just going to come out on Tidal, it has to go everywhere. So why would you actually buy Tidal to get something that would be everywhere else.”

Despite the feuds, Tidal has been a huge global success solely down to the big names involved. Jay Z and Beyoncé know what they’re doing and the die-hard fans out there will always supporting their musical idols. Plus, to so many the artists are the ones that should be rewarded for producing music not the sellers like iTunes and Spotify, which give a comparably small fee to artists from selling or streaming their music compared to Tidal.

BRAND ICON

Beyoncé has been the face of many brands we know and love including Tiffany, Ivy Park (her streetwear clothing wear with Adidas) and Armani Diamonds perfume. The latter iconic advertisement back seemed to fit well with Beyoncé’s feminist attitude, she was quoted as saying: “Diamonds often are a sign of a woman’s strength these days. Now women can buy their own diamonds.”

This strong, female attitude is exactly what Beyoncé has always demonstrated especially through her music, with tracks such as ‘Irreplaceable’.

Therefore, to feature in an ad where this is again reconciled, reminds us of Beyoncé’s ultimate goal to be successful in her own right. If the furore around the new album is anything to go by – Beyoncé will soar to even greater heights.

Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance is out on July 29th at www.tidal.com/beyonce