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A countdown of Beyoncé’s 10 biggest tracks
With a music career spanning 30 years, the Texas-born artist has made us cry, dance and fall in love
What you think of Beyoncé doesn’t matter, so enjoy the music
Beyonce takes no sit-down interviews and responds to no one on social media. The goal? To have us focus on the music, which we should all do
An ode to the matriarch
‘Women like my grandmother held up half the sky with simple food, the spirit of celebration and an open kitchen door’
Letters to the editor: March 3 to 9 2017
Readers write in about white men, the far right, and forex trading regulation.
Dear Becky: I’m not your negro
Black women are still castigated by white feminists for having agency over their bodies.
Beyoncé’s Lemonade sparks a dance-craze sensation
Singer’s new visual album has already inspired its own sold-out Manhattan dance class.
Is it anti-woman to slut-shame the woman a man cheats with?
Beyoncé puts flaws of infidelity ‘on blast’: Kagure Mugo discusses the age-old tradition of slut-shaming, highlighted recently in Lemonade
What Beyoncé did next: Introducing Ivy Park
Get into formation: American singer Beyoncé Knowles has launched a performance wear clothing label named Ivy Park.
Beyond Beyoncé: Politics of a pop-culture icon
Beyoncé is often overlooked in terms of her cultural contributions and artistic value, but is, in many respects, all things to many black women.
Role model? South Africa’s obsession with Beyoncé
Beyoncé is the standard upon which all black women are expected to aspire, argues the writer.
What people couldn’t stop talking about on Facebook this year
Among the global sizzlers are Beyoncé, whose sister smacked her hubby, Kim Kardashian for posing nude and Pharrell Williams’s ‘Happy’ hit.
Pregnancy rumours fly as Beyoncé’s Antwerp show hits a bump
Singer Beyoncé was forced to cancel her show in Antwerp, Belgium, because of dehydration and exhaustion, her representatives Sportpaleis have said.
Beyoncé, Jay-Z Cuba visit raises Republicans’ red flag
US pop star Beyoncé and her rapper husband Jay-Z’s fifth wedding anniversary celebration in Havana has sparked criticism from the Republican Party.
Why is Beyonce calling herself Mrs Carter?
Beyonce has taken on her husband’s surname for her latest world tour. So what’s in a name?
Beyonce sings with a reunited Destiny’s Child at Super Bowl half-time
Singer Beyonce strutted her way through football’s Super Bowl half-time show and thrilled fans by reuniting with her former Destiny’s Child bandmates.