Mariah was the person who made her want to sing and they're close friends.
Rita and her are close friends as well and Beyoncé has also helped her in the studio. Along with promoting 'Shine Ya Light' on her website
She said she wanted to collaborate with Bruno Mars.
She loves Lauryn Hill and Whitney Houston. Don't know about Shania though.
She acknowledged her enough to model one of her songs after my faves.
Lol please. Ryan Tedder made both songs' melodies. Bey certainly doesn't care about your damn fave.
And the Grammy winning global song Halo came out before the other one. Until someone tried so hard to make a big deal out of nothing.