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The following text represents only a part of Beyoncé’s broken records in her 12 years career.
1. Female artist who has spent the most weeks at No. 1 this decade (37 wks).
2. Female artist with the most Top 5 hits of the decade.
3. Female artist with the most Top 10 hits of the decade.
4. Female artist with the most Top 40 hits of the decade.
5. Highest paid black actress in the history of cinema.
6. Only artist in history to have all her studio albums win the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album.
7. Only artist in history to have all her studio albums début at the number one spot in the Billboard 200.
8. Female artist with the most Grammy awards won on a single night with six.
9. First and only female artist to have 9 singles in the UK Top 75 off one album.
10. “I am…Sasha Fierce” is the album with the most entries on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart this decade with 7.
11. “I am…Sasha Fierce” holds the record for the most #1 Dance singles off one album with 6.
12. First African-American female and second overall female to win the “Songwriter of the Year” award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards (2001).
13. First and only woman to have a single and album simultaneously topping the main charts in both the U.S. and the UK (2003).
14. Longest stay at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 within a year for a female ever (seventeen weeks with “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”).
15. Handled twice the record of most weeks spent at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in a single year by a female artist (seventeen weeks in 2003 and eight weeks in 2006).
16. First non-athlete, non-model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and the second African-American (the first being Tyra Banks) to do so (2007).
17. “Irreplaceable” is the first song to top twelve Billboard charts simultaneously (December 30, 2006).
18. First artist to have a number-one single (”Check on It”), a number-one film (The Pink Panther), and win a Grammy Award in the same week (February 2006).
19. First female artist to have a number-one single and win a Grammy Awards in the same week twice (”Check on It” and “Irreplaceable”, consecutively).
20. Is the singer with the biggest film début ever with Austin Powers in Goldmember when it grossed $213,307,889 in America alone.
21. Most number-ones by lead female artist this decade ( “Crazy In Love” , “Baby Boy” ,”Check on It” , “Irreplaceable” & “Single Ladies”).
22. First Female to ever be awarded the International Artist Award at the American Music Awards.
23. Destiny’s Child is the biggest selling female group of all time.
24. “Single Ladies” the most viewed video by female artist ever with over 520 million views.
25. The most MTV nominations for a single video ever (“Single Ladies” with 9).
26. Black female artist with the most magazine covers ever (over 300).
27. First black female artist to top the 4 million mark.
28. Female artist with the most Grammy nominations ever with 41.
29. “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” is the first (non-rap) R&B hit to top the 4 million mark in paid downloads.
30. “Independent Women” is the longest-running song by a female group ever.
31. “#1s” is the best-selling greatest-hits album by a female group ever.
32. “Dreamgirls” the most expensive film with an all-black starring cast in cinema history.
33. “Dreamgirls” is the first and only live-action film to receive three nominations for Best Song at the Academy Awards.
34. Biggest jump in Billboard history with “Beautiful Liar” by a black female artist (from number ninety-four to number three).
35. Most #1 records by a female artist in Billboard’s Rhythm chart ever.
36. Most master ringtone certifications (19) by a female solo artist ever.
37. “I am…Sasha Fierce” is the first album by an international artist to top the #1 spot for 27 weeks in Brazil.
38. “Beyonce Heat” is the fragrance with the most units sold in a single day during a personal appearance ever.
39. Beyoncé is the artist with the most BET awards ever (7 awards).
40. Jay-Z and Beyoncé are “2010’s Power Couple”.
41. First and only artist to sing three of the Oscar nominates for the Best Song during the telecast.
42. First non-Hispanic person to make People en Español’s list of the 50 Most Beautiful Latinos.
43. “Single ladies” is the longest charting R&B song in the history of Australian Singles Chart.
44. “Single ladies” is the first R&B song to cross 100 weeks in Australian Singles Chart.
45. First and only female artist ever to have two singles in top 4 on Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.
46. “Dreamgirls” is the musical with the biggest opening day ever.
47. Youngest R&B female artist to be nominated for a Grammy award (18 yrs old).
48. Billboard Female Artist of the Decade
49. Billboard Airplay Artist of the Decade
50. Billboard Ringtone Artist of the Decade
51. Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland are the only artists to reach number one as members of a group (Destiny’s Child) and as solo artists on Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
52. Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland are the only artists to reach number one as members of a group (Destiny’s Child) and as solo artists on Hot Dance Airplay chart.
53. Best selling female artist of the decade in United States.
54. Best selling African-American girl-group in the U.S. of ALL TIME (17 millions).
55. Best selling pop girl-group in the United States of ALL TIME (17 millions).
56. Best selling R&B girl-group in the United States of ALL TIME (17 millions).
57. Female artist with the most Grammy nominations in a single year (tied).
58. Contemporary R&B album with the most digital track sales ever (over 12.4 millions).
59. Youngest female artist to ever be awarded with Legend Award at the World Music Awards.
60. Youngest artist to ever be awarded with Legend Award at the World Music Awards.
61. 3rd artist in the history with the most number ones on the U.S. dance chart.
62. Most nominated artist at the Bet Awards ever with 24 nominations.
63. Black female artist with the most EMAs won ever.
64. Female artist with the most wins of EMAs for “Song of the Year” ever (tied with Pink).
65. Black female artist with the most VMAs ever.
66. Black female artist with the most VMAs won for “Best female video” ever (tied with Janet Jackson).
67. 2nd black female artist with the most VMA nominations ever with 5 (1st=Janet Jackson with 6).
68. Destiny’s child is the only group ever to win “Billboard Artist of the Year” twice.
69. Destiny’s child is the female group with the most Billboard awards ever with 16.
70. Artist with the most wins ever in the VMA’s “Best Collaboration” category.
71. Artist with the most nominations ever in the VMA’s “Best Collaboration” category.
72. Youngest black artist to win a Grammy award (19 yrs old – tied with Rihanna).
73. Destiny’s Child is the only artist to consecutively be awarded Best Group at the BET Awards.
74. Destiny’s Child is the most awarded female group of all time (154 awards).
75. Female artist with the most number-one hits in Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart.
76. Youngest black female musician to cover Vanity fair in magazine’s 28 yrs history.
77. Only black female artist in the 00s decade to cover Vanity fair.
78. Only black artist ever to be featured three times on the cover of Vanity fair .
79. Black musician with the most Cosmopolitan covers ever (124 years since its first issue).
80. First and only black woman to ever be awarded with Cosmopolitan’s Fearless Female of the Year honor.
81. Only black musician to cover Allure twice in the past decade.
82. Black musician with the most GQ covers in the last decade.
83. Artist with the most Essence covers the last decade.
84. Artist with the most Ebony covers the last decade.
85. Black artist with the most In style covers in the last decade.
86. Black artist with the most Harpers covers in the last decade.
87. Black musician with the most Bazaar covers the last decade.
88. Black artist with the most Glamour covers the last decade.
89. 1st and only non latin person to cover People’s 50 Los Mas Bellos.
90. 1st and only black artist in history to cover Forbes Magazine.
91. Female artist win the most wins at the TMF Awards ever (3 as leader of DC, 1 solo).
92. Destiny’s child is the most awarded girl-group at the TMF Awards ever (3 awards).
93. 1st artist to ever be awarded with Legend Award at the World Music Awards as a group member and as a solo artist.
94. Black artist with the most nominations in MTV’s history.
95. Black artist with the most wins in MTV’s history.
96. Artist with the most nominations last decade.
97. Artist with the most wins last decade.
98. Only artist in Billboard’s history to top the Hot 100 chart for 10 weeks or more as member of a group and as a solo artist.
99. Most “googled” black female artist in 2010.
100. ”I am…tour” is the most successful tour by a black female artist in the last decade. (vs Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Ciara) .
101. Only artist to have a #1 single in every year of this decade, with a group or as a solo artist.
102. Artist with the most weeks at #1 on Pop Radio chart this decade.
103. First female artist ever to win EMA’s Best video award.
104. “Destiny fulfielld …ain’t lovin’ it” is the highest-grossing tour by a pop female-group of all time.
105. “Destiny fulfielld …ain’t lovin’ it” is the highest-grossing tour by a female group in the 00s.
106. “I am…tour” was the most successful tour by a black female artist of 2009.
107. “I am…tour” was the most successful tour by a black artist of 2009.
108. “The Writing’s on the wall” is the best-selling album by a R&B female-group of the last decade in United States.
109. “The Writing’s on the wall” is the best-selling album by a pop female-group of the last decade in United States.
110. “Survivor” is the best-selling pop album by a female-group of the last decade in United States.
111. Pop female-group with the most RIAA certifications of Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum singles ever.
112. Destiny’s child is Billboard’s Female group of the decade.
113. Most awarded female-group at NAACP Awards in Outstanding Duo or Group cathegory of ALL TIME (5 awards).
114. Most awarded group at NAACP Awards in Outstanding Duo or Group cathegory of ALL TIME (5 awards).
115. “If I were a boy” is the ballad with the most watched music video of all time on the internet by a black female artist .
116. “If I were a boy” is the ballad with the 2nd most watched music video of all time on the internet by a female artist .
117. “Single Ladies” is the most watched music video ever on the internet with over 523 million views.
118. “Single Ladies” is the most watched music video of 2009 on the internet with over 333 million views.
119. Beyonce’s version of the National Anthem was named by Billboard the best performance by a black artist this decade.
120. Most nominated artist of the decade for Soul Train Awards’ with 13 nominations (tied).
121. Destiny’s child’s Survivor is the album with the highest first week’s sales figures of any female group in the SoundScan era (more than 663,000). There are 20 years since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data. Since then, there were a lot of successful female groups like : Dixie chicks , TLC, Spice girls, Bananarama or Pussycat dolls.
122. Destiny’s child’s Survivor holds the record for the highest first week’s sales of any album in Columbia Records history (a history of 23 years, in which artist like AC/DC, Mariah Carey, Ray Charles, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Prince or Alicia Keys released music).
123. Destiny’s Child is the first U.S. female group to have a #1 studio album on the UK charts (in the 43-year history of the UK chart).
124. Destiny’s Child is the first U.S. pop female group ever to have a #1 album on the UK charts.
125. Destiny’s Child is the U.S. female group with the most #1 UK singles of all time.
126. “Independent woman” is the 1st #1 song on the UK charts by an American female group since 1987.
127. “Say my name” is the longest-running #1 song ever by a female-group in Philippines (7 wks at the top position).
128. Survivor was the 3rd best-selling album worldwide of 2001 with 7.8 million copies sold during the year.
129. 2nd black female artist with the most Grammy Awards in a lifetime.
130. 3rd female artist with the most Grammy Awards in a lifetime.
131. “I am…Sasha Fierce” is the 3rd best selling album in Brazil of all-time.
132. 2nd female artist ever with the most cumulative weeks at number one in Billboard’s Hot 100.
133. 2nd black female musician ever to cover Vanity fair (28 yrs since it’s first issue).
134. 1st black musician last decade with a Vogue Italia cover.
135. 2nd artist of the last decade to cover Forbes magazine.
136. 2nd black female musician in history to cover Vogue magazine US (in 128 yrs).
137. 2nd most “googled” black artist in 2010 (after Michael Jackson).
138. 2nd most successful tour by a black female artist in the last decade.
139. 5th female artist in history to place six songs from one album within the top 40 in Hot 100 chart.
140. 2nd most successful tour by a female-group ever with 70.8 million dollars grossed (only behind TLC’s “FanMail tour” with 72.8 million dollars).
141. “The Writing’s on the wall” is the 2nd best selling album by a female-group of the last decade in United States.
142. 2nd R&B female-group with the most RIAA certifications of Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum singles ever with a total of 10 (after TLC with 13).
143. 2nd female-group with the most RIAA certifications of Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum singles ever with a total of 10 (after TLC with 13).
144. 3rd female artist ever with the most RIAA certifications of Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum singles ever with a total of 32 certifications (after Madonna and Mariah,both with 35). So Beyoncé needs only one hit to be the most awarded female artist in U.S. ever.
145. 2nd black female artist ever with the most RIAA certifications of Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum singles ever with a total of 32 certifications (after Mariah with 35).
146. 2nd female artist with the most weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 chart ever with 36 wks ( 1st is Mariah with 79).
147. 3rd most Grammy nominated artist in history with 39 nods.
148. “Single ladies” is the 3rd most watched music video of all time.
149. Named 5th on Vh1’s 100 Greatest Female Artists of All Time.
150. Named 4th on Vh1’s 100 Greatest Black Female Artists of All Time.
151. Beyonce’s performance of the National Anthem was named the 5th best of all time by Billboard.
152. Beyonce’s performance of the National Anthem was named by Billboard the 2nd best of all time by a black female artist.
153. Beyonce’s performance of the National Anthem was named by Billboard the 3rd best of all time by a female artist.
154. Beyonce’s version of the National Anthem was named by Billboard the 2nd best performance of the decade.
155. 5th Female artist with the most Billboard awards ever.
156. Destiny’s child is the 2nd group with the most Billboard awards ever.
157. 3rd most awarded artist in Soul Train Awards’ history with 5 awards (tied).
158. 5th most nominated artist in Soul Train Awards’ history with 13 nominations (tied).
159. 4th most nominated female artist in Soul Train Awards’ history with 13 nominations (tied).
160. 2nd most awarded female artist for Soul Train Awards this decade.
161. 2nd most awarded artist for Soul Train Awards this decade.
162. Destiny’s Child is the 2nd U.S. female group to have a #1 album on the UK charts (since Diana Ross & the Supremes hit that slot 24 years ago with a “Greatest Hits” package.).
163. “Say my name” is the 2nd song ever by an R&B group to reach the #1 position on the ARIA Singles Chart ( the 1st is TLC’s “No scrubs”, a one year difference).
164. I Am… Sasha Fierce is the first international female album in history to be certified 2x Diamond in Brazil.
165. “Survivor“ is the best selling album by an R&B girl group of the 00s decade.;
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