Artist Profile 2 - Beyoncé

2. Career Beginning
• Beyoncé started out as part of a hit girl group
Destiny’s Child, along with Kelly Rowland, LaTavia,
LaToya and later Michelle Williams, the group started
out in 1990 and have made many hits like
“Independent Woman” “Survivor” and “Say My Name”
• In 2003 Beyoncé became a solo artist with the album
“Dangerously In Love” more commonly known by the
hit “Crazy In Love” with her now husband Jay Z, the
album reached the number 1 spot in the UK, USA and
Australia
• She later went on to make more studio albums,
“B’Day”, “I Am… Sasha Fierce”, “4” and “BEYONCÉ”.
She married her husband JAY Z in 2008 and had her
baby named Blue Ivy in 2012

3. • In December 2013 Beyoncé unexpectedly released her
5th studio album named BEYONCÉ
• The album was randomly put on iTunes at midnight on
Friday 13th December causing a hysteric response on
social media and in the news. The album became the
fastest selling album in the history of iTunes and was
said to pave a new way of releasing music to avoid
pirate copies. The album was released to retailers one
week later
• Beyoncé has said the reason she chose to unexpectedly
release the album is because she wanted people to be
excited about every song on the album, not just the one
song
• There were also music videos to every song on the

4. Image and who she works with
• Beyoncé is known for her great stage
presence and performances. When on stage
she is known as her “alter-ego” “Sasha
Fierce”
• Beyoncé has worked with artists like Lady
Gaga, JAY Z, Shakira, Alicia Keys, Justin
Timberlake, Pharell, Drake, Frank Ocean,
Kanye West and Nicki Minaj
• She is signed to the label Columbia

5. How is it funded?
• Beyoncé is an extremely successful
woman, according to Forbes she is the 7th
richest female artist in the world.
• Her success has led to her creating
continuous music, albums and tours, and its
funded through various ways
• Her money comes from album and
merchandise sales
• Also her money comes from sponsorships,
for example she has worked with retailers
like H&M and American supermarket Target
by releasing the Deluxe Version of her
album exclusively at Target, lots of artists
do this.
• Her is produced and written by various
people, some artists, including herself

6. Fans
• Having not tweeted in over a
year, Beyoncé still has a huge
following of over 13 Million
followers on Twitter and 65
Million fans on Facebook
• Every single album she has
made has reached number 1 in
the USA, making her have 5
consecutive US Billboard
number 1s
• She has done 6 tours (one
being a joint tour with JAY Z)
• She has preformed more times
in the London O2 Arena than
anywhere else in the world
• Her 2009 I Am… World Tour
made over $120,000,000

7. 3 Shocking Events
2011: She reveals she’s pregnant at 2011 MTV Video Music Awards

8. 3 Shocking Events
2013: She releases surprise album exclusive to iTunes

9. 3 Shocking Events
2014: Her sister, Solange is seen beating her husband JAY Z in an elevator

10. Quotes and influence
• Beyoncé sees herself as a feminist, which
is clear on her latest studio album. The
album has a song called “Partition” in
which at the end there is a speech about
feminism in French which is extremely
raunchy
• She also has a sample of a speech about
feminism in her song Flawless, which is
about women, and men showing off and
flaunting themselves.

11. Quotes
“Who I am on stage is very different to who I
am in real life.”
– this is clear from her “alter-ego” Sasha
Fierce, she is acting when on stage or
preforming

12. Quotes
“I wanted to sell 1 million records, so I sold 1
million records. I wanted to go Platinum, so I
went Platinum. I’ve been working non-stop
since I was 15”
-This shows she’s determined and
extremely proud of her work, she has a goal
and she worked for it.