Beyoncé crowned “pop artist of the 21st century” by Billboard magazine

CULTURE – It seems to make everyone agree. Tuesday December 3, the famous American media Billboardspecializing in the music industry, has finally revealed the ranking of the 25 biggest pop stars of the last 25 years. And at the top of this ranking, just ahead of Taylor Swift, is logically the one nicknamed “Queen B”, the 43-year-old singer Beyoncé.

The Texan is so influential that she will even be entitled to a course on her work at the prestigious Yale University in spring 2025. A course which also already exists at the University of Copenhagen. It is his influence, as well as “its evolution and impact” which pushed the magazine to crown her artist of the century. “There are no flop periods for Bey, no periods where she disappeared for half a decade, no obvious missteps that were not immediately and emphatically corrected. There are only victories of varying degrees for more than two decades,” explain Billboard.

Regarding the figures, Beyoncé is a regular in the Billboard rankings: she topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time on March 18, 2000 with Say My Namewhen she was a member of Destiny’s Child. And more than 20 years later, on March 2, 2024, she took the lead in the Hot 100 for the twelfth time of the century, with Texas Hold ’Emthe first single from the album Cowboy Carterin which the singer pays homage to her native Texas and country music.

An artist who changed the music industry

But more than her record sales, Beyoncé has also had a significant influence on the industry. As reported by The HuffPost USthe pop star changed the way we consume music. While albums were previously released on Tuesdays, the release of his album Beyoncé in 2013 on a Friday, changed the situation. It was also released without any prior announcement or promotion.

The one who won no less than 32 Grammys did not hesitate in 2016 with her single Formation from the album Lemonadeto discuss the situation of African-Americans in his clip. The images evoked Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and police violence in the United States at the time of the movement. « Black Lives Matter ». With Cowboy Carter, here too, she paid tribute to the African-American community by highlighting black country artists, a genre often wrongly associated with white men.

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