This document provides background information on Beyoncé from various online sources, including articles, interviews and her Wikipedia page. It discusses her career achievements and earnings, highlighting that she was named the top-earning woman in music in 2014. It also covers aspects of her personal life like her pregnancy and family. Key details include her lucrative music tours, endorsement deals with brands like Pepsi and H&M, and her fashion lines catering to women of all sizes.

1. Beyoncé

2. The Guardian Article-http://
www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/05/beyonce-top-earning-woman-
in-music-forbes
Summery- This is an article in the guardian online newspaper website
about Beyoncé being the power women of the year and the top earning
women. She has endorsement deals and an international tour earning
71.8 mill in 12 months. 2013-2014 was the biggest year of Beyoncé
career. She had a best selling new album. Sponsorship with Pepsi and
H&M. She had a hugely profitable tour doing 95 gigs and earning 2.4mill
in each city. Forbes named her most powerful celebrity in the world.
Tags- Beyoncé, topearningwomen, Forbes, powerwomen, money,
Beyoncé tour, Beyoncealbum,

3. Quotes-
“Beyoncé has been named 2014’s top-earning woman in music, doubling her earnings
from the year before. With help from a new album.” Sean Michaels theguardian.com,
Wednesday 5 November 2014 08.26
“Forbes reports that 2013-14 was “the biggest year of Beyoncé’s career”: a bestselling
new album, which is soon to be reissued; clothing and fragrance lines; sponsorships
from H&M and Pepsi; and above all a hugely profitable tour” Sean Michaels
theguardian.com, Wednesday 5 November 2014 08.26
“Of the Forbes list’s top five, only Beyoncé and Katy Perry released albums this year”
Sean Michaels theguardian.com, Wednesday 5 November 2014 08.26
Further Research: From the Billboard Rich List-http://
www.billboard.com/articles/list/5930326/music-s-top-40-money-makers-2014-the-rich-
list It was seen that Beyoncé was 6th highest paid musician in the world.

4. Harpers Bazaar Article-http://
www.harpersbazaar.com/celebr
ity/news/beyonces-baby-love-interview-
1111
Summery- This is an article about
Beyoncé's pregnancy and her
talking about fashion and family life.
The start of this article talks about
Beyoncé wanting to announce her
pregnancy then talks about her
fashion choices through pregnancy.
This then talks about her fashion
features, new lines that she is
working at and what she does with
her family. She talks about how she
wanted to make her pregnancy
personal to her and she still wanted
to be fashionable so created a line
of fashionable pregnancy clothes.
There is then quotes from people
close to her and in her business that
explain what she is like. They talk
about her pregnancy and how
fabulous she is.
Tags- Beyoncé, Beyoncé
pregnancy, baby, blue-ivy carter,
Jay-Z, Givenchy, MTV, Billboard
awards, Glastonbury, Pregnant.

5. Quotes
"I put a lot of thought into how I wanted to unveil it. It was important to me that I was
able to do it myself," Beyoncé Oct 11, 2011 Harper Bazaar interview with Elisa Lipsky-
"KI adriadsnz't want a crazy picture or gossip story to break the news," she continues, "so I
decided to say nothing and proudly show my baby bump. I felt it was more powerful to
see the love and enthusiasm as opposed to saying anything.” Beyoncé Oct 11, 2011
Harper Bazaar interview with Elisa Lipsky-Karasz
“This morning, I woke up and I was like, 'Really? A fashion show?' But I wanted to spend
time with my sister," Beyoncé says after the Vera Wang and Rodarte fashion show.
“It's been so exciting for me! I love figuring out designs that still make me feel edgy and
sexy while pregnant. Flowy fabrics are always flattering," she says, "but I still rock my
stilettos.’ " Beyoncé Oct 11, 2011 Harper Bazaar interview with Elisa Lipsky-Karasz
"Her music is invigorating; it really brightens my mood and fires my imagination,”
Azzedine Alaïa himself in his Paris.
"Beyoncé is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is
sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyoncé has real talent. They are both the kind of
truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have
such talented parents.” Azzedine Alaïa himself in his Paris.

6. Further research-http://
www.mtv.com/news/1671035/beyonce-maternity-
clothes/
by Jocelyn Vena 9/20/2011
This is an article on MTV news website about
Beyoncé and her fashion through her pregnancy.
She is saying that she is having so much fun
shopping for maternity clothes and being pregnant
and trying to be fashionable. She is talking about
her new line and how she is still trying to rock the
clothes. Her mum is being really supportive and is
over the moon about the new baby on the way.

7. Summery- This is an article about Beyoncé living in Paris and
moving there and her reasons behind it it also comments on the
clothes she is wearing and that she moved there as she loves
the city and she is taking a year break out of making music.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-
2827652/Beyonce-bootylicious-skintight-leather-hotpants-
Paris-amid-reports-Jay-Z-moving-
Tags; Beyoncé,
France, Paris,
fashion, JayZ,
Music, Instagram,
Beyonceinsta.
France.html

8. Quotes
“To be spending the next in FranceR”a chel Levy for Mail Online
“The 33-year-old singer showed off her derriere in skintight leather hot
pants in an Instagram snap posted from Paris on Sunday.” Rachel Levy for
Mail Online
“Beyoncé is keen to put down roots there because her mum's side of the
family are part-French and they adore the laid back lifestyle and culture. So
next year, they'll put music on the back-burner and enjoy France.”
Anonymous source from the Daily Star.
“They want to have some time doing very little, enjoying Blue Ivy and chilling out.
They are hoping she will pick up the lingo too. And of course, it will be great for
their French. 'They're hoping to conceive their second child out there and taking a
year out will allow Beyoncé to have a quiet, stress-free pregnancy.” Anonymous
source from the Daily Star.
Further research-'It's special to us because we got engaged here, and this is where
Blue Ivy was conceived': The Picasso Baby rapper said they loved Paris during their
final On The Run Tour stop last month’ Jay-Z Daily mail.
Napoleon signed his abdication there! Beyoncé and Jay Z also looked at a townhouse
next to the Élysée Palace, built in 1722, where President François Hollande resides
They want little Blue to learn French': Mr. & Mrs. Carter toured Millionaire's Row -
located in the city's 16th arrondissement - which boasts museums, sport stadiums, and
prestigious schools for their two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy

9. Summery- This is an article in the New York Daily
times is about possible photo shopping accusations
in Beyoncé's recent images that she had uploaded
on to the internet. Fans have said the curtain look
distorted where her hips are. This shows that she
may of photo shopped her hips to look bigger. She
has also had accusations on other images, like her
holiday images where her thighs look distorted
compared to other images of her thighs.
Tags- Beyoncé, 99problems, JayZ, Slimmer waist, photoshop,
distortion, Beyoncé shoot, image, social media.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/b
eyonce-accused-retouching-photo-create-slimmer-waist-
article-1.2007346

10. “How did they know? The curtains behind the “Drunk in Love” singer curve inwards near
her waist and hips, suggesting that the image in that area has been altered.”
“In September, she shared birthday bikini photos on Instagram that show her
walking down a staircase, with fans noticing that the stairs between her thighs
tilted at a diagonal angle, which suggested that the photo had been altered.”
“taken two months ago also shows evidence of retouching. The picture, which shows
the star seated, seems untouched at first glance, but a closer look reveals that the
iPhone on the table looks distorted, which indicates that the photo could have been
retouched near her thigh.”
“Blue Ivy’s mom shared vacation pics that showed her golfing in a red, two-piece
bathing suit. The singer’s legs looked noticeably slimmer in one photo compared to
another from her golf outing, with many fans believing she retouched the photo to
create a thigh gap.”
BY Kirthana Ramisetti
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 6:05 PM

11. Further research-
These are the supposed images of Beyoncé photo shopping herself. But as you can see the iPhone on the
table does look distorted so It could be possible that she did photoshop this image. The second image the stair
does look slightly distorted but this could be because of the angle the image was taken.

12. Tags: Beyoncé, The
View, Miss Tina,
Interview, 2014, TV,
YouTube, Fashion
line, Affordable
clothes, Knowles,
Beyoncé's mum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWf0Z
B-980U
Summery- This is an American TV show interview on Beyoncé. It is the show
the View and Beyoncé and her mother Tina came on the show and was
interviewed by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg about their new fashion line that
they have created together about beautiful affordable clothes for real women.
They showed two types of models a size 2 and a size 12. This was to show
women that they can be any size to wear the clothes. They show this on the
show. They talk about Beyoncé's world tour and how she stays looking
beautiful and like a real women. I think this is a really important aspect as it is
inspiring to young women that they can be any size to look beautiful

13. “I went to one of your concerts and it was one of the most amazing concerts you had
ever put on.” Interviewer 1,- the View Show. July 21st
“When you see the crowds reacting to Beyoncé like they do how does that feel to be a
mom? Its an amazing thing to see, after all the hard work she has done.” Interview
viewer 2- Miss Tina. The View Show
“My mom is such a Mom at my concerts. I'm just like I can’t focus.” Beyoncé T-he View
show
“The costumes for Beyoncé were designed by Terry Muggler.” Miss Tina, The View show
“I have to be so put together and on.” Beyoncé- the View Show
“When I go home I just do anything that I want to do.” Beyoncé- The View Show
“People faint at your concerts. I can’t give enough and I want people to know that we are
the same. I just want to hug them and be able to touch them.” Beyoncé the View show.
“I am not body conscious because being curvy make me feel more like a real women, I
feel happier with curves.” Beyoncé the View Show
“These are all affordable dresses and I think that is important for women to know that
our clothing fits any shapes and sizes.” Miss Tina- The View Show

14. Summery- This is a page about Beyoncé on the famous internet website of
Wikipedia, She has at least four pages of information about her life. It goes
from her early life to her music career, to sponsorships, to what she is
currently doing now. You can find literally anything you want to know on this
website. You can find out what songs she has released to how much money
she earned in one year. It is somewhere where people to go to find literally
anything they want to know. It’s starts with talking about Beyoncé generally
like her full name and her birth place and when she was born then is
sectioned which this picture on the right shows, goes from early life all the
way to references and external inks. This page is very useful for something
like I am working on because it has a lot of useful information that I can use
for my work when I need it.
Tags: Beyoncé, Wikipedia,
information, Beyoncé Knowles,
Jay Z, Blue Ivy Carter.
http://en.wikipedia.or
g/wiki/Beyonc%C3%
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15. Quotes-
“Managed by her father Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best-selling
girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé's debut album,
Dangerously in Love (2003), which established her as a solo artist worldwide; it sold
11 million copies, earned five Grammy Awards and featured the Billboard Hot 100
number-one singles "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy”. Wikipedia.
“A self-described "modern-day feminist, her songs are often characterized by themes of
love, relationships, and monogamy, as well as female sexuality and empowerment. On
stage, her dynamic, highly choreographed performances have led to critics hailing her
as one of the best entertainers in contemporary popular music.” Wikipedia
"At the moment I would be inspired by Ed Sheeran or Rudimental or Lana Del Rey. You
know, there's always new people who are coming in and inspire you because they do a
song and you think "oh man I wish I had thought of that". Or Beyoncé she's always
ahead so you're always inspired by her.” Steve Wright in the Afternoon. BBC Radio 2
"Azealia Banks: 'I'm Very Inspired by Beyoncé'"
Further Information- Beyoncé was in the Media Magazine talking about how she is a
feminist, you can find this on Wikipedia as well. It talks about her music be inspiring to
women such a ‘Girls run the world’ She is someone to be inspired by because she is not
really skinny and fake she is women who promotes being a real women and this is why
she is such a strong feminist character.

16. Tags- Beyoncé, Aceshowbiz, Biography, Profile,
Destiny's Child, release singles, information,
celebrities, fame, Beyoncé Knowles biography.
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/be
yonce_knowles/biography.html
Summery- Aceshowbiz is like another Wikipedia page but it focuses a lot
more on celebrities and fame aspects. This is a profile for Beyoncé, It gives
you all the details of Beyoncé's biography. It is has a lot less information than
Wikipedia but it is a lot more purely about her life. It does not contain as much
information as Wikipedia. As you can tell. It starts off with a few quick bits of
information. Then it goes on to paragraphs of information that starts off with
her birthday 4th September and goes on to her being in Destiny’s child. It talks
about her being in school and the signals that she has released. This is
smaller which you want to read me as it does not look so much complicated
and so much that you don’t want to read it.
There is a menu so you
can view different areas
about Beyoncé.

17. For my primary research I created a
questionnaire on Survey Monkey. That
asked questions about Beyoncé like
What is you favorite song etc… I first of
all asked them what their name was and
where their was from this was to give
me an idea of the type of people
answering my questions. I created 10
questions to explore the different
feedback that I wanted. I wanted to see
what her fans thought about her.
These were my most interesting
results. The majority of Beyoncé fans
were in between the ages of 18-24,
This shows she has a lot of younger
fans. Which is interesting when you
compare it to the style icon questions
as the majority of the responses said
she was her fashion icon. This is
interesting because the age range that
is the most popular are young and
easily influenced which shows that
Beyoncé is a big influence to young
people. They talk about stuff that she
wears and how she looks great. It is
refreshing to see young people relate to
someone who is such a strong
This shows that Beyoncé does influence young people with her
fashion choices. She is quite conservative compared to artists like
Rihanna. I think this is a positive aspect to her being a role model.

18. I distributed my survey out on social media
because this is where I was going to find the fans
the most. So I did this on websites like Twitter
and Facebook. As you can see I uploaded a
tweet/status to explain what I was doing and so I
would get the trust from people. So they knew it
was not spam. Distributing the survey this way I
got some responses of different ages I got older
people who had seen it on facebook. Then
younger people on Twitter. Although I did get
some people who just messed around with the
answers so I did not count these answers in my
research because they were just invalid.
I got a lot of the same answers for ‘Why do you like
Beyoncé?’ To sum up most people said they like her
because she is an amazing singer and she is an
inspiration. This is what most people say and I think
most of her fans would think this to. She is well
known for being an amazing role model and an
exceptional singer and this part of my research backs
this up. I got some invalid answers of some people
messing around and says ‘she’s my wife.’ I have
ignored this because I can not really go by this.
The responses used words like talented performer,
achieving, amazing and vocalist and dancer. These
words just sum up what they see in Beyoncé which
supports her and what young people think about her.

19. The most popular music video is Crazy in love but
then again this is a classic. Then you have her new
material like single ladies and Drunk in love. Which I
like because this shows that people have a mixture
and this shows that she is a very talented artist to
have more than one music video and song that
people find that is their favorite. As there is a
relationship between the age of the people that
responded and her audience they have chosen the
less serious songs such as Drunk in love and Crazy
in love. These are her more upbeat and fun songs.
This question effected the age of my responders as
they mostly said they discovered her when they were
a child. Most people founded her through Destiny's
Child. Another popular answer was they found her
through social networking and this is how they follow
her. She isn't as popular on social media than
following her on other platforms as she rarely is on it.
The most popular answer is people saying they
discovered her when she did her old music which is
why our young generation admire her as they have
grown up with her.

20. Most people have replied saying that she has been
an inspiration to them. The most popular answer
was that she has through sense of empowerment.
As she is such a powerful women. They used the
words ‘strong’ and ‘best’. I think these are pretty
good answers when describing Beyoncé because
she is an inspiration to a lot of young girls including
myself and I am really passionate about this. This
answer backs up that she is inspiration to other
young people as well.
The song that was most popular for summing her up
was ‘Girls run the world’ and this sums up my
research in general. It shows that Beyoncé is an
strong women figure in our society. It shows that her
strong feminism approach is influenced by our
audience. She is a strong feminist and this song
sums her up as she wants women to run the world.
She is a strong women and this is what the song
reflects. I am happy with this answer. People have
also said that she has many songs that sum her up
which shows her talents.