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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

Continue reading: Kanye West To Receive MTV VMAs Vanguard Award

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

Nicki Minaj is not happy with the MTV Video Music Award nominations. The 32-year-old singer took to Twitter to complain about two of her music videos not receiving enough recognition. Her collaboration with Beyoncé, ‘Feeling Myself’, was completely missed out from nominations and her ‘Anaconda’ video didn’t get a nomination in the Best Video or Choreography categories.

Nicki Minaj has a bone to pick with MTV.

Read More: Taylor Swift Reigns Supreme With Nine MTV VMA Nominations.

Continue reading: Nicki Minaj Complains About Not Receiving Enough MTV VMA Nominations

After over six years away from the big screen, Beyonce could be set for a spectacular movie comeback as a comic book superhero in an upcoming Marvel movie. Yes, in news which is both surprising and perfectly logical, the singer is reported to be in talks with Marvel and Disney bosses over an upcoming as-yet-undecided superhero role.

Can you imagine Beyonce as a big screen superhero?

According to The Daily Star, Beyoncé is being sought after as a possible new recruit for the Avengers, after the franchise’s latest instalment Age Of Ultron managed to take £1.1billion at the box office in just six weeks.

Continue reading: Is Beyonce Set To Join The Marvel Universe In Superhero Role?

Very few people break a trend before Queen of Pop, Madonna but it would seem Princess Pop Taylor Swift has pimped Madge to the post when it comes to video collaborations.

Madonna shows off a lot of friends in her new song, B**ch I'm Madonna

Madonna recently teased a promotional poster on her Instagram for her latest video B**ch I’m Madonna which featured a party of pop perfection including Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Rita Ora.

Continue reading: Madonna Reveals Her Own Line-Up Of Pop Royalty For Latest Video

She may be a global megastar with 17 Grammys and 118 million record sales to her name, but that hasn't stopped Beyonce getting caught up in a dispute about ownership of one of her best-known hits. 

Beyonce has rejected claims she plagiarised 'XO'

The singer has denied stealing her hit single 'XO' from a backing singer, reportedly claiming the track bears no resemblance to the man's song 'XOXO' beyond the similar name, The Mirror reports.

Continue reading: Beyonce Hits Back At 'XO' "Plagiarism" Lawsuit

Jay-Z could be about to suffer some major embarrassment with his streaming service Tidal, as his wife Beyoncé is among the artists whose music could get removed from the platform if a deal isn't reached with record company Sony.

Beyonce's music could soon be gone from Tidal.

According to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek Sony is threatening to pull all of its artists' music from Tidal including that of Beyoncé who one of the compnay’s co-owners. Bloomberg reports that sources have said Jay-Z is yet to reach a deal on a streaming contract with Sony and the record company is reportedly asking for "large advances" in return for giving Tidal the rights to feature its artists' catalogues.

Continue reading: Could Beyonce's Music Be About To Disappear From Jay-Z's Tidal Service?

Ciara accidentally kicked a fan in the face whilst performing in at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta on Wednesday (13th May). The 'Body Party' singer is currently on her Jackie album tour.

Ciara accidentally kicked a fan in the face whilst performing in Atlanta.

Read More: Ciara And Seattle Seahawks Player Russell Wilson Are Dating, Sources Confirm.

Continue reading: Ciara Accidentally Kicks Fan In The Face Whilst Attempting Lap Dance Move

Last night the world’s most famous and fashionable descended upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York for the annual Met Gala, a celebration of fashion that always delivers some seriously out-there looks. This year the Gala’s official theme was ‘China: Through The Looking Glass,’ but on the red carpet the nearly nude look ruled for some, while for others it was all about making an unforgettable fashion statement.

Rihanna in Guo Pei

First let’s look at Rihanna, the singer who literally stole the show last night. Dressed in an awe inspiring yellow Guo Pei gown, Rihanna had jaws dropping all along the Met’s red carpet. Lined with yellow fur and covered in embellishments Ri-Ri’s dress was an internet meme creator’s dream and it ended up being compared to everything from Big Bird to an omelette online.

Continue reading: Rihanna, Sarah Jessica Parker, FKA Twigs: The Weird And The Wonderful Met Ball Looks

Appearing on the chat show 'Watch What Happens Live!' last Thursday (30 April), Cynthia Nixon was asked by host Andy Cohen to suggest which 'Sex and the City' characters a variety of famous faces would be. And the results were certainly interesting: the actress was quick to name Queen Elizabeth II as Charlotte, both Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama as Carries, and Beyonce as Samantha.

Cynthia Nixon still keeps in touch with all the 'Sex and the City' ladies

But who does Cynthia think would make a good Miranda, the feisty lawyer she played in the popular HBO series? She reckons Hillary Clinton, Lena Dunham and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would all be a good fit. And then there's Gandhi, who would be - who else - Mr Big, according to Cynthia.

Continue reading: Ever Wondered Which SATC Characters Oprah And Gandhi Would Be?

Two weeks after her mother Tina Knowles tied the knot with Richard Lawson, Beyoncé has shared intimate snaps from the big day, showing off her not one but two bridesmaids dresses. Bey's mother Tina married the 68 year old actor on board a yacht on April 12th, surrounded by the couple’s friends and family.

Beyoncé has been sharing intimate pictures from her mother’s big day.

Beyoncé shared the wedding images on Tumblr, revealing her two bridesmaids dresses for the occasion. In one group photo (which shows the wedding party all sticking their tongues out) Beyoncé is wearing a form-fitting white lace dress with a plunging neckline. The singer also sports a flower headdress, in keeping with the wedding's bo-ho theme.

Continue reading: Beyoncé Shares Pics From Mother Tina's Wedding (Featuring An Adorable Blue Ivy)

The much discussed Tidal revolution seems to already be taking effect. Having purchased the new streaming service as part of a joint venture and re-launching it as an “artist friendly” business model, Jay Z has removed his 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt from Spotify.

The rapper removed his album overnight between Monday and Tuesday, and it is currently unavailable to stream in the US and Canada. It is, for the moment, still accessible for UK users. Instead, North American fans can find it on – you guessed it – Tidal.

Jay Z has removed his debut album 'Reasonable Doubt' from Spotify

Continue reading: Jay Z Removes 'Reasonable Doubt' Album From Spotify, Places It On Tidal

Rihanna has dropped a brand new track, the poetically titled American Oxygen, and in the process, declared her allegiance for Jay Z's new streaming service, Tidal. The track is Rihanna's take on the "American dream," but you've probably guessed this from the title already.

Rihanna has also stepped up in support of Jay Z's new service.

The news here is that Rihanna, just like Beyonce before her and Madonna before that has lent her support for Jay Z's artist-friendly alternative to services like Spotify. On Saturday, Beyoncé also debuted her new track Die With You exclusively on the site. American Oxygen is only available to Tidal subscribers, whose numbers are still disappointingly small. Maybe it's the $10 subscription fee? 

Continue reading: Rihanna Backs Jay Z With New Track "American Oxygen"

Destiny's Child. Stellar Awards. Guys. It happened. The former R&B trio didn't tease their reunion or reveal they were planning anything at all, they just made it happen on Saturday night. Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams took the stage together at Las Vegas' Orleans Arena to perform Williams' Say Yes. Beyoncé and Rowland previously collaborated on the studio version of Williams' single, an EDM-inspired reimagining of the Nigerian gospel song When Jesus Says Yes.

Michelle Williams won big last night - and she had some supportive friends there to back her.

The song was nominated for three Stellar awards, including Urban/Inspiration Single of the Year, Music Video of the Year and Song of the Year, with Williams picking up an extra nod in the Female Vocalist of the Year category for her gospel album Journey to Freedom.

Continue reading: Destiny's Child Surprise Diehard Fans With Stellar Awards Collaboration

More than thirty high-profile women including politicians, executives, activists and celebrities have voiced their support in the fight for women's rights around the world after signing an open letter written by charity ONE.

Beyonce is one of many high-profile women to sign the letter

The letter, titled 'Poverty Is Sexiest,' now bares the signatures of huge stars such as Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, as well as powerful women in business like Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg.

Continue reading: Beyoncé Among Influential Women To Sign 'Poverty Is Sexist' Letter

Kid Rock has angered many of Beyoncé's devoted fans after he criticised the 33-year-old 'Drunk in Love' singer in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. Kid Rock, A.K.A. Robert James Ritchie, said in was "flabbergasted" by Beyoncé's fame and further criticised her physical appearance. His critical comments have not been well received by Beyoncé's fans who have taken to social media to express their outrage.

Kid Rock has criticised Beyonce in a recent interview.

Read More: Kid Rock Set To Embark On $20 Tour This Summer.

Continue reading: Beyonce's 'Bey Hive' Attacks Kid Rock With Stinging Remarks After He Criticises Their Queen

Jay-Z is apparently involved in a legal battle concerning his alleged fathering of a love child over twenty years ago. According to the National Enquirer, leaked court documents suggest that Rymir Satterthwaite, a 21 year old aspiring rapper from New Jersey, filed a request for Hova to undertake a paternity test to prove or disprove that he is his father.

Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, successfully fought against this suit five years ago, but in December 2014 a paralegal named Lillie Coley, believed to be Satterthwaite’s legal guardian, filed evidence that the rapper had submitted false information to the court to get out of taking the test.

Jay-Z appears to be embroiled in a paternity lawsuit dating back several years

Continue reading: Jay Z Hit With Paternity Lawsuit Over Alleged Love Child

Kim Kardashian shared on Instagram how she spent her Valentine's Day morning. The 34-year-old reality star shared a collection of goodies, including nail polish and 'sole mate' socks, which she claimed were her 'Valentine's Day essentials'. Yet Kardashian's husband, Kanye West, was missing from the festivities. This year is the first Valentine's Day for the couple since their marriage in May 2014, so where was the 38-year-old rapper?

So where was Kanye West on Valentine's Day morning?

Read More: So Here's Why North West Cried During Her Dad's Fashion Show (According To Kanye).

Continue reading: Want To Know "One Of The Many Reasons" Why Kim Kardashian Loves Kanye West?

In the spirit of conflict resolution, a hilarious musical mash-up of Beck and Beyonce has appeared online to put a full stop to this week’s Grammys controversy.

The track, entitled ‘Single Loser (Put A Beck On It)’, appeared on SoundCloud late on Thursday. It is discoverable under the artist profile name ‘Beckyonce Knowles-Hansen’, and consists of the vocals of Bey’s 2008 smash hit ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’ set to the music of rocker’s 1994 breakthrough single ‘Loser’.

Beck pictured at the 2015 Grammys, where he won 'Album of the Year'

Continue reading: Amazing Mash-Up Of Beck And Beyonce Appears Online

After creating another publicity firestorm at the Grammys over the weekend, Kanye West has sought to clarify what he meant and taken back some of the things he said about Beck.

When Beck’s album Morning Phase surprisingly won Album of the Year at the ceremony, beating out multi-platinum records by the likes of Beyonce, Pharrell, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, Kanye took to the stage seeming, and afterward denounced both Beck and the Grammys to E! News for not respecting artistry. In that interview, he had said “Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyonce, and at this point, we tired of it,” prompting masses of reaction on social media in the aftermath.

Kanye West clarified his Grammys comments in a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest

Continue reading: Kanye West Backtracks Over Beck Comments At Grammys

During Sunday evening's (Feb 8th) 57th Annual Grammy Awards, held at Los Angeles' Staples Center, Beyoncé performed a mesmerizing and emotional rendition of the gospel song 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord,' but what chose her to sing such a powerful track?

Bey covered the gospal song at the 2015 Grammy Awards

The 33-year-old songstress shed some light on her own personal connection to the song, originally sung by Mahalia Jackson, in a behind-the-scenes video of the preparation leading up to her Grammy performance.

Continue reading: Beyoncé Opens Up About Her Emotional Rendition Of 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord'

The 57th Grammy Awards is due to feature a number of high profile collaborations, but the biggest announcement may be still to come. Rumour has it that Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney will be performing a live rendition of RiRi’s new single ‘FourFiveSeconds’.

The unlikely trio will reportedly take to the stage at the ceremony in Los Angeles next weekend. A source has told ‘The Sun’ newspaper: “Rihanna's seriously pleased to have bagged a big slot at The Grammys and two huge names to kick off her comeback. Paul McCartney's a Grammys regular and it will give Rihanna serious kudos to have a Beatle backing her on stage. It is going to be a huge Grammys moment.”

Rihanna will apparently launch her comeback at the Grammys alongside Kanye and the Beatles legend

Continue reading: Rihanna, Kanye And Macca Rumoured To Perform Together At Grammys

Babies, babies are everywhere... well, maybe. The question of the hour is, is Beyonce carrying a second child? Photos were recently snapped of the ***Flawless Queen B at the beach with Blue Ivy. Yonce is buried up to the neck in sand, but what immediately attracted everyone’s attention was a very prominent mound of sand atop her belly region.

Beyonce looking statuesque and very not pregnat at the Billboard Women in Music awards less than a month ago. 

You see what we’re getting at here, right? Now Beyonce is the calibre of performer, who can afford to not announce anything and just post a cryptic InstaPhoto, leaving everyone to guess. But this one’s pretty obvious, right? Right?

Continue reading: Beyonce Gets Cryptic On Instagram: Is She Pregnant Or What?

Beyonce has given fans a special Christmas treat this year, sharing intimate snaps from her Icelandic holiday with husband Jay-Z earlier this month. The couple visited the wintery paradise ahead of Christmas to celebrate the rapper’s 45th birthday. 

Continue reading: Beyonce Shares Snaps From Magical Iceland Holiday With Husband Jay-Z

The photo sharing site Instagram has decided to remove millions of profiles which were believed to be posting spam. The website's action, dubbed the 'Instagram rapture', has left a number of legitimate users disgruntled at their seeming lack of online popularity and the purge has seriously affected celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber and Akon.

Kim Kardashian is now the second most followed Instagram user.

Read More: Instagram Explains Decision For Pulling Rihanna's Account Offline.

Continue reading: Instagram's Own Account Worst Hit By 'Insta Rapture', But Which Celebrity Accounts Have Lost The Most Followers?

Beyoncé's hit track 'Drunk In Love,' featuring her hubby Jay Z, from her self-titled fifth studio album is getting targeted with infringement allegations by an Hungarian singer whose vocals are heard at the beginning of the song.

Beyonce is being sued by a Hungarian singer called Mitsou

Monika Juhasz Miczura, better known as Mitsou, claims she never gave permission for her vocals to be used in the duet track, and has now filed a Manhattan Supreme Court suit asking for unspecified damages from the 33-year-old songstress.

Continue reading: Beyoncé Sued Over 'Drunk In Love' Vocals

Ok, before you read this article, we have to agree on one thing: this is a no Nicki Minaj hate zone. That means that you have to read it with an open mind and hopefully appreciate the  majesty that is Nicki Minaj’s hair, music, makeup... everything, really.

Minaj performed three songs in all: 'Bed Of Lies' with Skylar Grey and a medley of 'Only' and 'All Things Go'. Through the magic of the internet, you can now watch all of those online. Somewhere. Not here because, you know. Copyright is a thing. NME has clips of the whole thing, though. Don’t say we never did anything for you.

Um... excuse you?

Continue reading: Nicki Minaj Rocks SNL Ahead Of "The Pinkprint" Release

Beyoncé, the queen of surprises releases, has done it again, unexpectedly dropping the video for new track ‘7/11’ on Friday night (November 21st). The track features on the singer’s next release, Beyoncé The Platinum Edition, which hits shelves on November 24th.

'7/11' shows a different side to Beyoncé

The video is in stark contrast to the glossy, high budget, mini movies which Beyoncé has become known for. Instead for ‘7/11’ the costumes and choreographed routines have been dropped in favour of a more fun, low key video.

Continue reading: Beyonce Unveils Awesome Low-Key Video For '7/11'

Superstar soul singer, Solange Knowles, 28, married her fiancé of five years, video director Alan Ferguson, 51, in New Orleans on Sunday, November 16. Close family and friends including the bride’s superstar sister and brother-in-law, Beyonce, 33, and Jay Z, 44, were there to celebrate the union.

Singer Solange Knowles married her long-term love, Alan Ferguson, in an intimate ceremony on Sunday

It seems white was a theme running strong throughout the ceremony with the bridal party arriving on white bicycles with Solange donning a plunging white pantsuit and cape and Alan looking sophisticated in an all-white suit.

Continue reading: Solange Knowles Weds Her Long-Term Love

For the second year in a row, Beyonce has been unveiled as the highest-earning female in the music industry, according to the annual Forbes list. With the help of her most recent album, her enormously successful world tour and a host of endorsement deals, she’s more than doubled her earnings from the previous year.

Beyonce came top of the Forbes rich list of female music stars for the second year in a row

The artist referred to in the list as Beyonce Knowles Carter was top of 2013’s list with an income of $53 million, and this year she’s into nine figures with $115 million. Yikes!

Continue reading: Beyonce Revealed As Highest Earning Female Music Star

We knew something was coming our way from camp Beyonce soon and we right, as Queen Bey has officially announced the release of the Beyonce Platinum Edition Box Set. The four disc set will hit shelves on November 24th and feature a DVD of a concert from her 'Mrs. Carter Show' World Tour.

There's two new Beyonce tracks coming our way!

The box set might now exactly count as a new Beyonce album, but it will feature two new tracks ‘7/11’ and ‘Ring Off’. As well as four new remixes, including the Nicki Minaj collaboration ‘Flawless’.

Continue reading: Beyonce Announces 'New' Album! Well, Sort Of

If there’s one thing better than dressing up for Halloween, its looking at everyone else's amazing costumes. But in Hollywood, with unlimited funds and stylists this must be quite the sport come October 31st. So we’ve trailed through all the celebrity pictures from last night and found the ones you just have see. So can you guess who was who this Halloween?

Bow to the queen, Heidi Klum

First we have to start with the undisputed queen of Halloween Ms Heidi Klum, who this year hosted her annual Halloween party in NYC, as the most colourful and beautiful of all the butterflies. This one must have taken absolutely ages as the transformation video Heidi posted to twitter showed. But doesn't she look amazing?

Continue reading: The Stars Do Halloween: From Katy Perry To Beyonce And Kim Kardashian Our Favourite Celeb Costumes

So there’s SXSW for the hipsters, Coachella for the fashionable crowd… and then there’s the Global Citizen music festival, which has a different vibe altogether. Held in Central Park, the third annual event featured the likes of Beyonce, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, No Doubt, Sting and fun. The star-packed festival is free to attend and sets itself the ambitious goal of “erasing poverty by 2030.”

After their On The Run success, Bey and Jay graced the Central Park stage in honor of a good cause.

So here’s how it works. The acts all performed for free, with brief speeches by the likes of Jessica Alba, Hugh Jackman and Olivia Wilde speaking in between performances. It was an exercise in raising awareness and putting pressure on world leaders to enact more effective policies on equality. Attendees were also encouraged to take the pledge, which would earn them points to put towards VIP entry.

Continue reading: Musicians, Celebrities And World Leaders Unite To Fight Poverty At Global Citizen Festival

Beyonce gave fans at her Paris concert an extra special treat on Friday night when rapper Nicki Minaj joined her on stage for a rendition of their duet ‘Flawless’. The performance marked the first time the pair had appeared on stage together, despite releasing the duet last month.

Nicki joined Beyonce on stage in Paris

Dressed in a patterned Versace leotard and a spiked headpiece, Queen Bey was joined on stage by the diminutive ‘Anaconda’ singer who sported a matched catsuit and high ponytail. The performance closed the Paris concert which was part of Beyonce’s ‘On the Run’ tour with husband Jay-Z.

Continue reading: Beyonce And Nicki Minaj Team Up For Flawless Performance In Paris

Beyonce has treated fans to a special look at just what went into making her MTV VMAs performance so spectacular by sharing a backstage video. In the four minute clip, the highs and lows of rehearsals are put on display as Beyonce and her dancers are shown trying to perfect the gruelling routine. First published on her Facebook page, the singer captioned the video, “Flashback Friday! A behind the scenes look at the days leading up to the 2014 MTV VMAs”.

Beyonce shows off her impressive collection of MTV Awards

At the event, held last month, Queen Bey delivered a show stealing 15 minute performance of songs from her self titled album. But the rehearsal process was a difficult as you’d imagine, with the singer's temper being put to the test on one occasion.

Continue reading: Beyonce Shares Backstage Video From MTV VMAs Featuring An Appearance From Blue Ivy