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Beyoncé and Destiny's Child received 13 nominations for the 2014 World Music Awards. Be sure to vote here!

World's Best Song
Drunk in Love - Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z
Nuclear - Destiny's Child
Part II (On the Run) - Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé

World's Best Album
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Love Songs - Destiny's Child

World's Best Video
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Drunk in Love - Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z
Life Is But a Dream - Beyoncé

World's Best Female Artist
Beyoncé

World's Best Group
Destiny's Child

World's Best Live Act
Beyoncé
Destiny's Child

World's Best Entertainer
Beyoncé

Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande and Bruno Mars are among nominees for this year’s NAACP Image Awards, broadcasting on Saturday, February 22 at 9 p.m. on TV One.

“This has been an incredible year from the artistic community, with phenomenal contributions across the board from the music, television, motion picture, and literature genres that have the power and impact to drive social change,” said Roslyn M. Brock, NAACP chairman.

In music, Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars are nominated for Outstanding Male Artist, while Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe and Mary J. Blige are included in the Outstanding Female Artist category.

Queen Bey also snagged a nod for Outstanding Documentary for Life Is But a Dream.

While Beyonce's self-titled album slides out of the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart this week, its sales continue to grow at a rapid rate.

In just four weeks on the chart, "Beyonce," released on Dec. 13, has now outsold the diva's last album, "4," which bowed on June 28, 2011.

"Beyonce" sold 130,000 copies in the week ending January 5, 2014, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That brings its cumulative sales sum up to 1.43 million -- hopping over the total of "4," which stands at 1.39 million.

The latter album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 310,000 in its first week. It then held at No. 1 for a second frame, selling 115,000. In its third and fourth weeks, it moved 72,000 and 53,000, respectively.

To compare, "Beyonce" debuted at No. 1 with 617,000 in its first chart week (which actually reflected only its first three days of sales), and then moved 374,000 and 310,000 in its second and third weeks at No. 1.

Beyonce's three previous studio albums, "I Am…Sasha Fierce" (released in 2008), "B'Day" (2006) and "Dangerously In Love" (2003), all hit No. 1, and have sold 3.12 million, 3.36 million and 4.91 million, respectively.

As "Beyonce" continues to steamroll competition on the Billboard 200, the set's first two radio tracks are rolling. "Drunk in Love," featuring Jay Z, is the Greatest Gainer on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (8-6) and Rhythmic Songs (24-21) and debuts on Adult R&B Songs at No. 30. Meanwhile, "XO" jumps 32-24 on Pop Songs and enters Rhythmic Songs at No. 34.

Although leading "Beyonce" track "Drunk in Love," featuring Jay-Z, falls 12-17 in its second week on the Hot 100, it continues its assault on R&B/hip-hop radio. The song lifts 9-8 in its third week on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with a 23% gain to 19 million format audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS. The track has claimed the chart's Greatest Gainer award in all three of its weeks on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.

On the all-genre Hot 100 Airplay chart, "Drunk" debuts at No. 45 with 28 million in all-format audience (up 18%). Still, radio accounts for just 14% of the song's total Hot 100 chart points. Sales comprise 47% of its total and streaming, 39%. "Drunk" more than doubles to 122,000 downloads sold (up 102%, according to Nielsen SoundScan), although it's pushed back 21-25 on Hot Digital Songs, and holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (5 million U.S. streams, down 20%, according to BDS).

Meanwhile, more pop-leaning "Beyonce" track "XO" debuts on Mainstream Top 40 at No. 32 (up 94% in plays). It's her first appearance on the chart since "Countdown" dented the list for a No. 38 peak in November 2011 and highest rank on the tally since "Best I Ever Had" reached No. 15 earlier that year.

The fifth and final part of "Self-Titled" mini-documentary is now available on YouTube.

Beyoncé's self-titled album racks up a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200—the longest run at No. 1 for any album since last April. "Beyoncé" sold another 310,000 copies during the week ending Dec. 29, according to Nielsen SoundScan, down 17% compared with the previous week. The album has now sold 1.3 million in its first 17 days of release in the United States.

"Beyoncé" is the first album to spend three weeks at No. 1 since Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" logged three straight frames atop the list (April 6-April 20, 2013). "Beyoncé" is the first album by a woman to notch three weeks at No. 1 since Taylor Swift's "Red" claimed seven weeks at the top (non-consecutively) in late 2012 and early 2013.

"Beyoncé" is also the first album since 2009 to sell more than 300,000 copies in each of its first three weeks. ("Beyoncé" debuted with 617,000, then sold 374,000 a week ago.) The last album to move in excess of 300,000 in its first three chart weeks was Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream." It actually moved more than 500,000 in each of its first five weeks, from the charts dated Dec. 12, 2009, through Jan. 9, 2010.

Finally, with 1.3 million sold in three chart weeks, "Beyoncé" is the fastest-selling album by a woman since Swift's "Red" plowed through 1.6 million in its first two weeks. It debuted with 1.2 million on the chart dated Nov. 10, 2012, and then sold another 344,000 in its second week.

Beyoncé has responded to complaints from a NASA employee and a widow of astronaut who died in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion about her use of a sample from that fated mission in the song "XO," a track on her "visual album," Beyoncé.

"My heart goes out to the families of those lost in the Challenger disaster," she said in a statement, according to ABC News. "The song 'XO' was recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones and to remind us that unexpected things happen, so love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you."

Beyoncé explained that she and her co-songwriters, Ryan Tedder and The-Dream, included the sample "in tribute to the unselfish work of the Challenger crew with hope that they will never be forgotten."

The STS-8 Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff when a booster failed on January 28th, 1986. All seven crew members died in the burst. The Space Shuttle Program went on hiatus for two and a half years after the disaster.

Beyoncé's "XO" begins with a sample of former NASA public affairs officer Steve Nesbitt saying, "Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation." A beep sounds, and Nesbitt continues, "Obviously a major malfunction." Then the song begins.

"Self-Titled" is a mini art feature comprised of several parts that give a glimpse into BEYONCÉ. It details Beyoncé's mind-set and artistic vision throughout the making of the entire project.
Album Available Now

Over the past few days I've been screen capping the music videos from Beyoncé's new album and now all the pictures are available in the gallery.

I also uploaded images of the album packaging and booklet.

Beyonce is on course to score her longest-running No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Based on sales forecasts from industry sources, her new self-titled set should stay put atop next week's Billboard 200 for a third consecutive week.

Sources suggest the album could sell upwards of 250,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Dec. 29. This past week, it spent its second frame at No. 1, moving 617,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the album's first 10 days of release, it sold 991,000 copies.

If "Beyonce" is No. 1 for a third week, it will mark the diva's longest-reigning chart-topper. While all five of her studio albums have reached No. 1, her longest rule atop the list is two weeks (for both "Beyonce" and "4").

The new Billboard 200's top 10 will be revealed on Thursday, Jan. 2.

There are certain indisputable truths in life, and the fact that Beyoncé can pull off just about any look is one of them. In the videos for her eponymous visual album, the star showcased a wide variety of hairstyles, ranging from her pixie that rocked the world to her trademark long waves — and just about everything in between. Eager to get the details on each look, we caught up with Bey’s hairstylist Neal Farinah, who created 15 out of the 17 dynamic looks for her videos, and has been working with Knowles for seven years. “We have had such iconic moments together,” he told InStyle.com exclusively. “I’ve worked on campaign and publication shoots with her, she was the first female artist to headline at Glastonbury, and I had the opportunity to do her hair for both presidential inaugurations. It was a historic moment — she sang for Barack Obama and the First Lady, and it was hard to explain how I felt at that moment, because while I was doing her hair, I feel like I was representing everyone, and I felt proud and very grateful.”

As if working on 15 of her new videos didn’t keep him busy enough, Farinah was simultaneously working with Beyoncé during her Mrs. Carter World Tour. Filming often took place on the same day as a show, and the multiple hair changes — her pixie and long bob included — always kept fans guessing what she’d try next. “People were seeing her with long hair one day, short hair one day, and they didn’t know what was happening. We’d work on the videos while on tour, so sometimes we didn’t have much time to go back and redo her hair,” he said. “People were speculating, but what she was doing was working on her masterpiece of a visual album.”

We asked Farinah to give us the details behind each of her versatile hairstyles, and to find out the inspiration behind each of the looks, including her long, sexy waves in “Jealous,” and her ombre bob in the artistic “Mine” video.

Just outside the Billboard Hot 100's top tier, Beyonce blasts in at No. 12 with "Drunk in Love." The bow matches her best: she also started at No. 12 in 2006 with "Ring the Alarm" (which peaked at No. 11 in its second week). She last ranked higher with Lady Gaga's "Telephone" (on which Beyonce sports a featured billing), which rose to No. 3 in April 2010. Beyonce last charted higher as a lead act with "Sweet Dreams," which reached No. 10 in November 2009.

"Drunk," from Beyonce's self-titled set which commands the Billboard 200 for a second week, arrives with 58% of its Hot 100 points owed to streaming; the cut enters Streaming Songs at No. 3 with 6.3 million first-week U.S. streams. Sales comprise 28% of the song's Hot 100 points total, and airplay, 14%. It debuts on Digital Songs at No. 21 (61,000) and nears Radio Songs with 23 million in audience (up 150%).

More chart action for Beyonce: "Drunk" enters the R&B Songs chart at No. 1 and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 2. Plus, two other tracks from "Beyonce" debut on the Hot 100: "XO" (No. 66) and "Mine," featuring Drake (No. 99).

In related news, Les Twins revealed that the next leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour will be totally revamped and will feature music from the new album! Check out their post on Instagram.

Beyonce's new self-titled album remains unstoppable on the Billboard 200 chart, as it spends a second week atop the list.

"Beyonce" sold 374,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 22 (down 39%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It bowed at No. 1 on the previous week's chart, after only three days on sale, with 617,000 sold.

The album was released on an off-cycle Friday, Dec. 13. Its debut on the chart a week ago came from sales in the week ending Dec. 15.

Thus, in its first 10 days of release, "Beyonce" sold 991,000 and is (so far) the 12th biggest-selling album of 2013. There is one more tracking week left in the year -- the week ending Dec. 29. It's likely that "Beyonce" will finish 2013 among the top 10 sellers (all of which have sold at least 1 million this year).

"Beyonce's" debut was fueled by sales only from the iTunes Store, as the album was exclusively available through the retailer until the end of last week. After that, the set went on sale through all traditional sellers of music, including brick-and-mortar establishments. (Notably, both Target and Amazon.com declined to sell the CD version of the album.)

Impressively, "Beyonce" sold more copies in its second chart week than the diva's last album, "4," did in its debut on the chart. The latter album was released in 2011 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 310,000. (And, the album was released on a traditional Tuesday, giving the set six days of sales in its debut frame.)

In its second week, "4" sold 115,000 (securing a second, and final, week at No. 1).

Although "Beyonce" became widely available in its second week, its digital sales remain strong (most of those coming from the iTunes Store). Of its 374,000 second week, downloads made up 63% (235,000). It was the top selling digital album of the week, and remains at No. 1 on the Digital Albums chart. (Among the top selling physical albums of the week, "Beyonce" was the No. 3 seller, behind Garth Brooks "Blame It All On My Roots" and One Direction's "Midnight Memories.")

Beyonce took to social media to wish her fans a happy Holiday.

The singer shared new personal pictures on her Tumblr.

She also uploaded the third part of the "Self-Titled" mini-documentary.

Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Taylon got to dance with Beyoncé at the Mrs.Carter Show World Tour in Las Vegas. The singer uploaded a video of their meeting to her YouTube channel.

Also, Beyonce's new album is now available at her official store in two different bundles. Be sure to check them out: 1, 2.

Beyoncé attended a release party and screening for her new self-titled album 'Beyoncé' at the School of Visual Arts Theater on December 21, 2013 in New York City.

Beyoncé's self-titled surprise album opens at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums marking her fifth leader on the list. The iTunes exclusive (through Dec. 18) set sold 617,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, her best sales week yet. All four of Beyoncé's previous studio albums also reached the summit -- "Dangerously in Love" (2003), "B'Day" (two weeks in 2006), "I Am... Sasha Fierce" (two weeks in 2008) and "4" (five weeks in 2011).

Beyonce is also on track to score a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart. Industry sources forecast her self-titled album to sell around 260,000 -- if not more -- in the tracking week ending Sunday, Dec. 22.

This coming week's sales tally for "Beyonce" will include digital and physical sales from non-iTunes retailers. The physical CD started to reach stores between Dec. 18 and Dec. 20, while Amazon MP3 started selling the digital album yesterday (Dec. 20). Starbucks is also in the mix, as a representative for the coffee giant says the album will be ready for customers on Saturday (though some stores may have it on Friday). It will be available in more than 7,000 Starbucks stores in the U.S. for $16.95.

While Target is notably not carrying the album, as earlier reported, all other major sellers of music seem to be -- except for Amazon.com at the moment. The etailer is not selling the physical CD as of Dec. 20, though the album is available through third-party sellers in the store. (However, Amazon MP3 is, as noted above, selling the album.)

In related news, more choreographers, makeup artists, directors and producers were interviewed about the making of the album. Be sure to check out the articles below:

• Beyonce's 'Blow' Choreographer Reveals What She's Like On Set
• Introducing Sir John: The Makeup Artist Behind Beyoncé's Many Video Transformations
• We Talked to @LILINTERNET About Directing Beyoncé's "No Angel" Video
• Framingham High Grad Produces Beyonce's "Rocket" Success
• Bay area producer worked on Beyonce's surprise album

Pepsi is proud to present the world premiere of Beyoncé “Grown Woman.” Watch Beyoncé transform as she grows from a young singer at home, to the icon she is today.

Earlier this year Pepsi was the first to bring you one of her new songs "Grown Woman" as part of our global television commercial starring Beyoncé. Now we also bring you a special free viewing of the groundbreaking, visually stunning music video for "Grown Woman" from her brand new self-titled visual album, exclusively on pepsi.com.

In the gallery you'll also find new stills from Pretty Hurts, Haunted and Partition.

Beyonce's self-titled album is aiming for a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters.

The set debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart this week with 617,000 sold in the week ending Dec. 15, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Label sources suggest it could sell another 260,000 to 280,000 in the week ending Dec. 22.

The new Billboard 200's top 10 will be revealed on Thursday, Dec. 26.

That second-week sales sum would include physical CD copies of the album, as well as digital downloads from other retailers outside of iTunes. The album bowed exclusively in the iTunes Store on Dec. 13, and debuted atop the chart this week after only three days on sale.

iTunes is the only seller of the album through Dec. 18. The physical version of the album should start to reach U.S. retailers sometime between Dec. 18 and 20. (The arrival day varies, depending on how far -- and fast -- the CDs travel from the distribution center to retailers.)

If "Beyonce" sells 260,000 in its second frame, that would bring its cumulative total to 877,000 -- making it among the top 20 biggest-selling albums of 2013. It's currently ranked No. 24 on the year's best-seller list.

The good news keeps coming for Mrs. Carter: Apple and Columbia Records tell The Huffington Post that Beyonce's self-titled album has sold over 1 million copies in the worldwide iTunes Store.

The millionth sale came around 11:15 am PST on Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the matter told HuffPost.

The RIAA has yet to certify the album platinum, though that's expected to happen soon.

In related news, Beyonce will attend a special screening of her visual album at a secret location in Manhattan on Saturday, December 21. Go here to find out how you can get a ticket.