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Happy Birthday Beyoncé - An Ode to the Lemonade Star

In honour of her birthday, we celebrate all things Beyoncé...

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. Where to begin?

Ever since King B rose to prominence in Destiny's Child, she's always been a force to be reckoned with - both as a performer, her on stage skills are second to none,and as a popstar. With each and every album Beyoncé stretches herself artistically and reinvents what it means to be a modern musician. Game-changing surprise releases? Beyoncé's got you sorted. Unashamedly political art? Beyoncé's on board. Genre defyingalbums? Beyoncé's your girl. From 'Destiny's Child'to' Lemonade', the Grammy Award winner has set the bar for all popstars in 2017 and it's a joy to watch her thrive and own her status as a living legend.

Today is the 'Formation' hitmaker's36th birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEYONCÉ!

In honour of this holy day, we decied to celebrate some of the things that make Beyoncé so special.

1) Queen of Vocals

From 'Halo' to 'Love on Top', Beyoncé's vocal prowess cannot be denied. She sings so well that sheshook Céline Dion during aperformance of 'Emotions' with Destiny's Child. Plus her live renditions of singles like '1+1' and 'All Night' are incomparable.

2)Queen of Choreography

In the age of singer songwriter popstardom, choreography is all too rare. Nevertheless, Beyoncé consistently delivers out of this world dancing. From 'Ring the Alarm' at theVMAs to 'Run the World (Girls)' at the BBMAs, she never fails to impress.

3)Queen of Visual Albums

TWO VISUAL ALBUMS. ONE IS AN ENTIRE FILM. WHO ELSE IS OPERATING ON THIS LEVEL?

4)Queen of Politics

As Beyoncé has grown it's been a joy to watch her become more and more confident in her politics. Nowadays she publicly embraces feminism, stands up for Black Lives Matter and uses her art as a means to actively engage with world issues.

5)Queen of Acting

Beyoncé's film career has often been met with derision butstarring roles in 'Dreamgirls' and 'Cadillac Records' prove that she is a talentedactress. Plus her fight scene in 'Obsessed' is everything. Fingers crossed that those Lion King rumours are true.

6)Queen of Fashion

Destiny's Child's early outfits that her mum, Tina Lawson, designedwere mocked a lot but, asBeyoncé points out in her CFDA Awardsspeech, no designers wanted to dress "four black, country, curvygirls"at the time. In 2017, they wish that they could.

7)Queen of Self Reference

From the iconic looks in her 'Grown Woman' Pepsi advert to "Of course sometimes s**t goes down when it's a billion dollars on anelevator", Beyoncé knows the power of self-reference. The intro above and her Boycott Beyoncé merch were also brilliant.

8) Queen of Awards

22 Grammy Awards.24 MTV VMAs.26 BET Awards. Can you keep up?

9) Queen of Philanthropy

Beyoncé may be quiet about her philanthropy but hercharity BeyGood does incredible work year on year. Plus the majority of her 10 (!) tweets are philanthropic. BeyGood is now working to helpthose affected by Hurricane Harveyin Houston, Texas.

10) Queen of Documentaries

As one of the biggest popstars in the world, Beyoncé no longer requires traditional promo. She's stopped doing it. Thankfully in its placeshe films great documentaries about her work and,if fan sites are to believe, we could be getting a new one this year.

11) Queen of Pregnancy Announcements

'Love on Top' at the VMAs. This floral themed photo shoot and its follow up. We are not worthy.

12) Queen of Thank You

"You are Beyoncé!" "Thank you." A more iconic response to being introduced does not exist.

13) Queen of Any Questions

Singing the US national anthem pitch perfectly after lip sync rumours. A moment.

14) Queen of Tottenham and Arsenal

Beyoncé saying 'Tottenham vs Arsenal' is the funniest thing of all time.

15) Queen of Whales

Okay. Maybe this interview is the funniest thing of all time.

Happy Birthday - Beyoncé!

Words: Sam Prance

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