The glorious career of “pop queen” Beyoncé through the numbers

With her powerful voice and seductive appearance, Beyoncé is increasingly asserting her position as “queen” of the world’s contemporary music industry through the titles she has achieved.

2.1 billion USD tour revenue

According to a recent Forbes report, Beyoncé’s 2023 tour, titled “Renaissance World Tour,” is expected to bring in about $2.1 billion in ticket sales once it ends.

That means the “Renaissance World Tour” will become the highest-grossing road show of all time, about $500 million more than the current No. 1 tour, the Eras Tour by Taylor Swift. The “Renaissance World Tour” is Beyoncé’s ninth solo tour, seven years after 2016’s “The Formation World Tour.”

Currently, Beyoncé’s tour is taking first place in the ranking of the Largest-grossing tours of all time by a female artist, with 16.5 million USD (about 393 billion VND/night).

200 million discs

Starting her career with the group Destiny’s Child – one of the most popular girl groups of all time, Beyoncé’s career was easier than that of many other colleagues. The solo singles Crazy in Love, Déjà Vu, Irreplaceable, Beautiful Liar… all became hits of the year. After Destiny’s Child disbanded, Beyonce’s career continued to advance like a kite.

At the age of 41 with 26 years in her career, Beyoncé has released 7 albums, each of which is considered different and innovative compared to the previous one. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Beyoncé has sold more than 200 million records worldwide as a solo artist and more than 60 million records as a member of the girl group Destiny’s Child. These numbers make her one of the best-selling artists of all time.

32 Grammy awards

At the 2023 Grammy Awards, the moment Beyoncé’s song Break My Soul was named winner of the “Best Dance/Electronic Recording” category caused a stir on social networks. Although this category is not the Big 4 award of the awards ceremony, it contributes to helping Beyoncé become the artist with the most Grammy awards in history, with 32 gold statues.

Beyoncé is increasingly asserting her position as the “queen” of the world’s contemporary music industry through the titles she has achieved.

9 tours

The “Renaissance World Tour” is the ninth road tour of Bey’s solo career, including the two tours she did with husband Jay-Z “On the Run” in 2014 and “On the Run II ” in 2018) as well as the Verizon Ladies First Tour with Alicia Keys. and Missy Elliott in 2004.

8/200 greatest singers of all time

Beyoncé ranked 8th on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2023 list of the 200 greatest singers of all time, behind only Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Mariah Carey, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Whitney Houston and at number 1 is Aretha Franklin.

7 studio albums

With the success of her most recent studio album, 2022’s Renaissance, Beyoncé became the first solo artist to have her first seven studio albums debut at #1 in the US.

Beyoncé ranked 8th on the list of the 200 greatest singers of all time.

Ranked 6th in the list of Person of the Year

Billboard ranked her among the greatest artists of all time. Time magazine listed her among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2013 and 2014. Forbes also named her “The most powerful female artist in entertainment” in 2015. In 2016, Beyoncé appeared in the top spot. 6th on the list of Person of the Year.

Beyoncé’s influence not only impacted popular culture but also became a symbol of success for black people in America. Her music does not focus on one subject but is aimed at a wide audience.

Through each album, Beyoncé honors a different object in American society. Women, the black community, the popular class and even LGBTQ people, weak people in society are all the subjects that Beyoncé targets in her music.

Own 400 million USD thanks to music

Regarding her personal life, Beyoncé also has an admirable marriage with rapper and music producer Jay-Z. Before getting married, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were listed by Time magazine as one of the most powerful couples in the 100 most influential people in 2006. Forbes called them “Hollywood’s top-earning couple”.

According to a report, the total asset value of both is up to 1.9 billion USD. Accordingly, Beyoncé alone owns about 400 million USD thanks to her music, tours and image copyrights. In addition, she also owns a significant stake in Tidal, the online music streaming service founded by Jay-Z.