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A deep look inside Beyonce’s Guinness World Records
Beyonce made music history countless times, holding an impressive collection of Guinness World Records.
Beyonce ranks as The Female Artist with Most Grammy nominations.
Beyonce Knowles currently reigns as the Most-Nominated Woman in the GRAMMY history, with a total of 66 nominations collected throughout her career.- In 2000, Queen Bey earned her first Grammy nomination, and since then, she been nominated for at least one award every year, except 2013 and 2016.
- In 2010, Beyonce received 10 nominations tying with Laury Hill for the most Grammy nominations in a single year by a female.
- In 2015, Beyonce received six Grammy nominations which, made her surpass the previous record-holder, Dolly Parton. She ranks as the 10th most Grammy-nominated artist overall, right behind Kanye West, who has 69 nominations.
Beyoncé Knowles ranks as The First Female to win the Most Grammys in a single year.
The record for the most Grammy awards won by a woman in one evening is six. Beyonce and Adele are the only female singers to hit this milestone. In 2010, at the 52nd Annual Grammy edition, Beyonce became the first female in history to earn six Grammys in a single year.- Queen Bey received 10 Grammy nominations that year, seven for her third album ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’, which earned her the record-setting of six Grammys.
- Three of those six Grammys were won by the song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”
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The Carters are the World’s Richest Celebrity Couple Ever with A Combined $1.4 Billion Net Worth.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles, hold the Guinness record for the 2019’s highest-earning celebrity couple in the world after earning a combined net worth of $1.4 billion.- The Carters are officially holding the record title for the 2009’s biggest “Power Couple” after earning a combined total of $122 million.
- The Carters who have been married since 2008 and have three kids – earned a record-combined $175 million from June 2013 to June 2014, according to Forbes magazine.
- Since 2019, Shawn Carter ranks as the hip-hop’s first billionaire.
- And since 2017, the music couple owns a $88 million mega-mansion in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles – which ranks as the sixth-highest price for a home purchase in LA history.
Queen Bey held the Guinness record for Most Tweets Per Second.
Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement with Blue Ivy smashed a notable world record. the highest-amount of tweets sent per second. On 28 August, during her live performance at the 2011 MTV Music Awards, Mrs. Carter revealed that she was expecting her first child with her famous rapper husband, Jay-Z. Queen Bey did that while singing “Love On Top,” when she started rubbing her baby bump and said:“I want you to feel the love that’s growing inside me.”
- Her performance helped the 2011 VMAS to grab the Largest Audience in MTV History with 12.4 million viewers.
- Beyoncé’s big revelation created a Twitter record-bump of 8,868 tweets per second.
- Castle in the Sky film dethroned Beyonce’s pregnancy record.
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Queen Bey ranks as the Artist with Most Wins at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Between 2013 and 2018, Beyonce Knowles has won 26 MTV Video Music Awards from 73 nominations. Thanks to her eight trophies won at the 2016 ceremony, Beyonce surpassed Madonna’s previous record of 20 awards, becoming the most awarded artist in VMA’s history.
- Six of those eight awards were won by the video of “Formation,” including Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, and Best Female Video.
- At the same time, she also tied Lady Gaga’s record for the most wins by a female in a single year.
- Four of her songs have won more the one Moonman:
“Crazy In Love,” “Pretty Hurts,” “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” and “Formation.”
In 2014, Yoncè became the 2nd African-American female, and 4th overall, to win the MTV’s highest honor, the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Beyonce set a world record for most simultaneous Hot 100 entries by a female.
Following the release of her 2nd visual album LEMONADE, Beyonce smashed record for the first woman to score 12 simultaneous chart entries on Billboard Hot 100.- Yoncé became the proud holder of this Billboard world record, after all 12 tracks from her LEMONADE album entered on the chart.
- Mrs. Carter surpassed Swift’s record of 11 charted songs which was set on November 2010 and flued by the release of Speak Now album.
- Two years later, in April 2018, Beyonce’s record was surpassed by Cardi B, who charted 13 songs from her album Invasion of Privacy.
- Currently, the world record is held by Billie Eilish, with 14 entries.
“Formation” at No.10;
“Sorry” at No.11;
“Hold Up” at No.13;
“6 Inch,” featuring The Weeknd at No.18;
“Don’t Hurt Yourself,” featuring Jack White at No.28;
“Freedom,” featuring Kendrick Lamar at No.35;
“Pray You Catch Me” at No.37;
“All Night” at No.38;
“Daddy Lessons” at No.41;
“Sandcastles” at No.43;
“Love Drought” at No.47;
“Forward,” featuring James Blake at No.63.
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BEYONCÉ ranks as The Fastest-selling album on iTunes.
Beyonce’s self-titled album has brought her a new world record title for the fastest-selling album in the history of the iTunes Store (both US and worldwide).- BEYONCÉ sold 828,773 digital album copies worldwide in its first three days, overpassing the previous record set by Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience (580,000) in March 2013.
- BEYONCÉ album was released exclusively on iTunes in the early hours of 13 December 2013, without any prior announcement.
- BEYONCÉ visual album debuted at #1 on the iTunes Store chart in 104 different countries, and in six days since its release, it has sold one million digital copies on iTunes Stores globally.
For a decade, “Amor Gitano” was ranked as The Highest-Selling Spanish Single Ever.
“Amor Gitano,” a 2007 duet between Beyonce and Alejandro Fernández, was for a decade the best-selling Spanish single ever until was overthrown in 2017.- Yonce’s collaboration has sold 480,000 copies in Spain (320,000 ringtones + 160,000 digital downloads).
- Currently, the duet song “Amor Gitano” ranks as the 2nd Best-Selling Spanish single ever, after in 2017 was surpassed by “Despacito” (500,000 sold copies).
Yonce’s pregnancy photo was The Most Liked Image on Instagram.
Beyonce held the world record for the most-liked image on Instagram after posting a stunning photo of herself, announcing that The Carter family was blessed with twins. On 17 January 2017, Beyonce posted a picture of herself holding her baby bump, and in less than 8 hours, the photo gained 6,335,571 likes, beating Selena Gomez’s previous record.- Her double pregnancy announcement attracted more than 5 million likes in its first 3 hours.
- Currently it gathered 11,171,261 Instagram likes.
- The first uploaded image of the twins Rumi & Sir Carter is her 2nd most-liked Instagram photo with 10.3M likes.
- On 18 February 2018, Beyonce’s Instagram record was surpassed by Kylie Jenner’s daughter birth announcement. Currently, Stormi’s first picture on Instagram amassed over 18,7M likes.
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Beyonce ranks as The Artist with Most VMA nominations for video of the year.
Since 16 July 2018, Beyonce Knowles holds the record for the most MTV Video Music Award nominations for video of the year with 7.- The song “APES**T” by The Carters brought Beyonce her seventh nomination for Video of the Year, becoming the most nominated artist in that category.
- Beyonce received her seventh nomination as one half of the Carters (her husband-and-wife project with Jay-Z).
- This marks the second time when Beyonce Knowles and her husband Jay-Z, have been nominated for Video of the Year as a duo – the first time being in 2014, for the song “Drunk in Love.”
Beyoncé ranks as The First act to debut at #1 with their first six studio albums (USA).
In 2013, when her self-titled album debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 chart, Yoncé became the only woman to have her first five studio albums debut at #1. Three years later on 14 May 2016, Beyonce Knowles’s sixth studio album, LEMONADE debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 Chart, earning her an outstanding Music World Record:- Currently, Beyonce ranks as the first act ever to debut at #1 with their first six studio albums.
- Accordingly to Nielsen, LEMONADE earned 653,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 28.
Beyonce’s all six studio albums with their debut-date at #1:
”Dangerously in Love” – 12 July 2003;
”B’Day” – 23 September 2006;
”I Am… Sasha Fierce” – 6 December 2008;
”4” – 16 July 2011;
”Beyoncé.” – 28 December 2013;
”Lemonade” – 14 May 2016. Beyonce previously charted 4 other albums on the tally: Live at Wembley (#17 in 2004), Irremplazable EP (#109 in 2007), Above And Beyonce: Video Collection (#35 in 2009) and Beyonce: More Only EP (#8 in 2014).
”Dangerously in Love” – 12 July 2003;
”B’Day” – 23 September 2006;
”I Am… Sasha Fierce” – 6 December 2008;
”4” – 16 July 2011;
”Beyoncé.” – 28 December 2013;
”Lemonade” – 14 May 2016. Beyonce previously charted 4 other albums on the tally: Live at Wembley (#17 in 2004), Irremplazable EP (#109 in 2007), Above And Beyonce: Video Collection (#35 in 2009) and Beyonce: More Only EP (#8 in 2014).
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Beyonce was ranked as the Top-earning female musician on Forbes (2014).
In 2014 Beyoncé Knowles broke a world record after earning $115 million, enough to secure the #1 spot on Forbes’s 100 Celebrity list and to make her the top-earning female singer.- According to Forbes, Beyoncé played 95 concerts (The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour) in the tracking period (2013 – 2014), with each show bringing an average of $2.4 million.
The First Woman With Four Simultaneous Top 10 Hits on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
With four simultaneous songs in the Top 10s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in a single week, Beyonce Knowles became the first and only woman to earn that many concurrent Top 10s.- This is the 3rd Guinness World Record won by Beyonce with her sixth album, Lemonade.
- Queen Bey tied the record, previously held by Drake, Eminem, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, and 2 Chainz.
- Currently, the record is held by Cardi B, which scored five simultaneous songs Top 10s on the chart, surpassing Beyonce’s claim.
The four songs which reached Top 10s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart simultaneously on 14 May 2016 were “Formation” (6), “Sorry” (7), “Hold Up” (8), and “6 Inch” (featuring The Weeknd) (10).
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Blue Ivy is The Youngest chart entrant (US).
Blue Ivy Carter, the firstborn child of The Carters, is the youngest artist in history to enter the Billboard charts. At only 2 days old, Blue Ivy has been credited as a collaborator on her father’s rap song, “Glory.” The heart-touching ode written by Jay-Z for his daughter features Blue Ivy’s first seconds of life – her breathing, cries, and coos. There are few subtle coincidences with the number 7. Blue Ivy Carter was born on 7 January 2012, and Papa Jay released the track “Glory” on 17 January. The song debuted at #74 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, marking Papa Jay’s 107th career entry on the chart.
Highest-grossing music tour by a duo (2018).
Beyonce and Jay-z’s second tour as a duo, On the Run II, grossed $253.5M from 48 shows in 2018. In 2018, On the Run II Tour by The Carters was ranked by Forbes as the highest-grossing music tour by a duo, and the 3rd highest-grossing music tour of the year.- Right after Ed Sheeran’s ÷ Tour ($429.4 million) and Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour ($345.7 million).
- Per total, The On the Run II Tour sold 2.169,50 tickets with an average of 55,617 tickets per show; each show’s average earning was $6,514,120.69.
- Few days after the tour began, The Carters surprise-released their first joint album “Everything Is Love.”
- The tour’s biggest payday was the two-night shows at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which grossed $14.1 million.
- The Carters launched their joint tour on 6th June 2018 at Cardiff’s Stadium (UK).
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