39 Fun Facts and Achievements in honor of #BeyDay: A thread

1. Beyoncé kickstarted her career as lead singer of Destiny’s Child who went on to sell more than 60 MILLION records worldwide becoming one of the most successful girl groups of all time. #BeyDay

2. Beyoncé is one of the best selling artists of all time having sold more than 160 MILLION singles and 30 MILLION albums worldwide as solo artist! #BeyDay

3. Beyoncé is the most awarded living artist having won more than 600 awards throughout her career. She is the most awarded at the MTV VMAs, BET Awards and Soul Train Awards. #BeyDay

4. Beyoncé is the most awarded black female artist at the Grammy Awards with 24 wins. She also holds the record for most nominations among female artists (70). #BeyDay

5. Beyoncé became the first black woman (2nd overall) to win Songwriter Of The Year in 2001 at the ASCAP Music Awards for co-writing the Survivor album by Destiny’s Child — at just 20 years old. #BeyDay

6. Following the success of Destiny’s Child’s Bootylicious — which was co-written by Beyoncé, the term “bootylicious” (already used by Snoop Dogg at the time) was popularized and added to the Oxford English Dictionary. #BeyDay

7. Destiny’s Child scored their first #1 album with Survivor which also spawned the record breaking, longest running #1 song by a girl-group, Independent Women. #BeyDay

8. For the iconic Dangerously In Love album cover, Beyoncé quickly agreed to wear the jeans of the photographer (Markus Klinko), seeing that she didn’t like the skirt she wore. #BeyDay

9. In July 2003, Beyoncé became the first woman to simultaneously top the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and Billboard 200 Albums AND the UK Singles and Albums Chart. #BeyDay

10. 2007, Beyoncé became the 2nd black woman to claim the coveted cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, after Tyra Banks. She’s also the first singer and non-model non-athlete to star on a cover. #BeyDay

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11. Beyoncé’s “Amor Gitano” with Alejandro Fernández became the best selling song of all time in Spain (more than 450,000 units sold) before being surpassed by “Despacito” in 2017. #BeyDay

12. In 2007, Beyoncé received the International Artist Award Of Excellence at the American Music Awards becoming the first female artist to receive this award and one of only two! [Whitney Houston (2009) being the other]. #BeyDay

13. Beyoncé’s 2008 album, “I Am...Sasha Fierce”, was rumoured to be titled Virtuoso Intellect, but was changed shortly before the album release. #BeyDay

14. Beyoncé was named the Top Female Artist of the decade by Billboard in 2009 having earned the most top 10 hits (13) and impressive chart success. She was also named the Top Radio Artist of the decade. #BeyDay

15. Beyoncé was named the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s decade by the Recording Industry Association of America ( @RIAA). #BeyDay

16. In 2010, Beyoncé made history becoming the first female artist to win 6 Grammy Awards in one night — she was previously tied for this record with 5 wins in one night in 2004. #BeyDay

17. In 2010, Beyoncé became the 2nd black female artist to win Song Of The Year at the Grammy Awards, after Alicia Keys. They remain the only black female artists to have won this award! #BeyDay

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18. Beyoncé ventures into the cosmetics industry in 2010 with the launch of her perfume, Heat, which went on to become the best selling celebrity branded fragrance line earning more than $400 MILLION at retail worldwide! #BeyDay

19. In 2011, Beyoncé received the inaugural Millennium Award at the Billboard Music Awards for her impressive commercial success throughout the decade being the Top Female Artist. #BeyDay

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20. Beyoncé became the first solo female artist to headline Glastonbury Festival in over 20 years in 2011 and generated more than 2 million views breaking a record for most viewed performance according to BBC! #BeyDay

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21. Beyoncé announces her pregnancy at the 2011 MTV VMAs, which set a Guiness record for most mentions on Twitter per second (8,868). #BeyDay

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22. Beyoncé headlines the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show garnering 110 MILLION views. The show led to a blackout and generated more than 250K tweets per minute becoming the most tweeted about moment in Twitter history. #BeyDay

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23. Beyoncé (her 5th studio album) became the fastest selling album in iTunes history in 2013 selling more than 800,000 copies in 3 days and more than 1 million in 5 days. A surprise release did that! #BeyDay

24. Beyoncé’s self-titled became the first album by a black woman to sell over 2 million copies in the US in the 2010s — the first since Beyoncé’s own I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008).

Beyoncé’s own Lemonade (2016) is the last album by a black woman to achieve this feat. #BeyDay

25. In 2014, Beyoncé became the highest earning black musician in history and was listed among TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world for a second consecutive year. #BeyDay

26. Australian company @elenberg_fraser’s 226-metre-high skyscraper in Melbourne was inspired by Beyoncé’s “Ghost” music video. #BeyDay

27. Following the surprise release of Beyoncé’s self-titled album on Friday December 13th, 2013 the IFPI announced Fridays as the global record release day.

“Changed the game with that digital drop” #BeyDay

28. Beyoncé became the first black woman to be on the cover of the September issue (biggest of the year) of US Vogue in 2015 and once again in 2018 — photographed by the first black photographer in the 125-year history of the magazine. #BeyDay

29. Beyoncé launches Ivy Park in 2016 in collaboration with Topshop. She has since bought out the 50% and now has full ownership of her brand — which relaunched with Adidas this year. Beyoncé became the first black woman to have full ownership of an athleisure brand. #BeyDay

30. Beyoncé became the first artist in history to have their first six studio albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart.

She would extend this record if her long awaited 7th studio album debuts at #1 too. #BeyDay

31. In 2017, Beyoncé became the 2nd black female artist to win a prestigious Peabody Award in Entertainment for her groundbreaking 6th studio album, Lemonade. #BeyDay

32. Beyoncé announces her second pregnancy at the start of Black History Month, which became the most liked picture on Instagram at the time exceeding 10 million likes. #BeyDay

33. Beyoncé is often credited for the cultural shift towards female pop singers rapping and creating the rap-singing style. Pitchfork also mentions her contribution in changing the sound of Pop radio with her hip-hop assisted style. #BeyDay

34. Beyoncé made history in 2018 becoming the first black woman to headline Coachella. Her set also became the most viewed in Coachella history, and its accompanying “Homecoming” documentary earned Beyoncé her 24th Grammy. #BeyDay

35. In 2018, Beyoncé extends her lead as the highest grossing black artist in touring history — exceeding $1 BILLION in revenue from 8 concert tours. #BeyDay

36. On March 5th, 2020 Beyoncé was named one of the 100 women who defined the last century by TIME magazine and named the Woman Of The Year of 2014. #BeyDay

37. Beyoncé announces BLACK PARADE on Juneteenth, which celebrates the voices and joy of Black people and has since started the Black-owned businesses impact fund in partnership with the NAACP. #BeyDay
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38. July 2020, Beyoncé released the visually stunning #BLACKISKING which became the most acclaimed program on Disney+ with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 98% based on 55 reviews and a score of 84/100 on Metacritic. #BeyDay

39. Beyoncé is honored at the 2020 BET Awards with the Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic efforts done through the @BeyGood foundation. #BeyDay