Happy birthday, Bey
QUEEN: SUPERSTAR BEYONCE CELEBRATES MANY GREAT MOMENTS
In the 15 years since Crazy In Love was released she has become an icon.
ond-most critically acclaimed album of 2016. Last year NPR said it was the sixth-best album made by a woman.
Pregnancy (2017)
While the Kardashian clan knows how to break the internet, Beyonce knows how to do it in such a way that it becomes one of those moments as historic as Marilyn Monroe’s skirt blowing up, J Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It” poster or Madonna’s cone bra. The announcement photo was even featured on this year’s RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3 where competing drag queens needed to stomp down the runway in a “flower power” outfit. The initial photo was the most liked photo on Instagram for 2017. When Beyonce posted an image of her seated in a bed of flowers in front of a colourful, floral wreath, baring her pregnant stomach in February last year the post amassed over 11.1 million likes in a few hours.
Coachella (2018) announcement
Beyonce became the first black woman to headline Coachella – taking the baton from Lady Gaga, the first female headlining the festival in 2017. Beyonce’s performance was undeniably political, starting with an entire band from black colleges and universities in the US. She added dashes of feminism to the set, thanks to samples of spoken words by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and included her former band members from Destiny’s Child in the performance. No wonder people started calling this year’s festival Beycella – way before her actual performance. –