happy daze
daily dos
wed 11/18/2009
Beyonce and Lady Gaga play with guns in a new video, "Video Phone."
dial my heart
daily dos
mon 11/16/2009
Beyonce and Lady GaGa trade duets: Telephone, which appears on GaGa's The Fame Monster and Video Phone, which appears on Beyonce's I Am… Sasha Fierce (Deluxe). (via Idolator)
Mariah Carey vs. Beyonce
versus
tue 11/3/2009
| name | Mariah Angela Carey. | Beyoncé Giselle Knowles. |
| hometown | Long Island, New York. | Houston, Texas.. |
| birthdate | March 27, 1970. | September 4, 1981. |
| style | R&B and pop. | R&B and pop. |
| nickname | Mimi. | Bee. |
| early start | Was once a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr. | Was a member of Girl's Tyme which eventually became Destiny's Child. |
| discovered by | Future ex-husband Tommy Mottola, who signed her to Columbia records. | R&B producer Arne Frager. |
| ethnicity | Father is Afro-Venezuelan and mother is Irish-American. | Father is African-American and mother is Creole. |
| breakthrough single | Vision of Love. | Crazy In Love. |
| platinum debut | Mariah Carey (1990). | Dangerously In Love (2003). | studio albums to date | Eleven. | Three. |
| current single | Obsessed. | Sweet Dreams. |
| most recent release | Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. | I Am...Sasha Fierce (Deluxe Edition). |
| collaborations | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Nelly, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Snoop Dogg, T-Pain and Young Jeezy. | Jay-Z, Sean Paul, Missy Elliot, Luther Vandross, Shakira and Kanye West. |
| famous boyfriend/s | Luis Miguel, Tommy Mottola, Derek Jeter, Nick Cannon. | Jay-Z. | marital status | Married to actor Nick Cannon. | Married to rapper Jay-Z. |
| fashion | M by Mariah Carey perfume and cosmetics. | House of Deréon clothing. | featured in the critically acclaimed movie | Precious. | Dreamgirls. | box office bomb | Glitter. | Obsessed. | philanthropy | The Fresh Air Fund. | The Survivor Foundation. | made headlines when | She suffered an emotional and physical breakdown. | Her skin was lightened in advertisements. |
| the critics | Rolling Stone: "Mariah Carey embraces her extremes: She's either grinding out R&B-hop or singing syrupy ballads, talking dirty or cuddling with a Hello Kitty." | The Boston Globe: "The beauty of Beyoncé Knowles is that she's a blank slate… who becomes whatever we want her to be depending on the outfit, the hairstyle, the song, the beat." |
| webprops | 577,839 friends on official MySpace. | 1,472,397 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Trying to stay a step ahead of a stalker in Obsessed. | Shaking her booty in black and white in All The Single Ladies. |
cleaning house
daily dos
thu 8/13/2009
Beyonce asks how "something deadly can feel so right" in a new song, "Poison."
Halo or Battlefield?
song showdown
tue 8/11/2009
"I can feel your halo, halo, halo, I can see your halo, halo, halo, I can feel your halo, halo, halo, I can see your halo, halo, halo."
Song: Halo
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Produced by: Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Beyonce and Ryan Tedder
Beyonce breaks down the walls around her heart over thumps, claps and synths.
OR
"Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?"
Artist: Jordin Sparks
Song: Battlefield
Album: Battlefield
Produced by: The Runaways and Ryan Tedder
A misunderstanding leads to a war in Jordin Sparks' bombastic single.
give and go
daily dos
mon 5/25/2009
All Beyonce needs is a chair and two partners in a new video, "Ego."
tick talk
daily dos
tue 12/30/2008
Beyonce drops another black and white video, "Diva," and another, new video, "Halo," featuring actor Michael Ealy.
choose your difficulty
daily dos
tue 12/16/2008
Beyonce, Gnarls Barkley, Radiohead and Weezer are a few of the artists featured in Spin Magazine's 20 Best Music Videos of 2008.
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