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Queen Bey

A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
By Veronica Chambers
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Queen Bey celebrates Beyoncé, an icon known not just for her music but also for her cultural influence encompassing beauty, glamour, power, and feminism. The book explores her extraordinary career, from record-breaking album releases to her critically acclaimed performances, including her historic 2018 Coachella show. As a multi-faceted artist and businesswoman, Beyoncé's impact extends beyond entertainment into social and political spheres, illustrating her role as an influential figure in modern culture.
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Readers interested in music biography, pop culture, feminism, and the life of one of the most influential artists of our time will find this book compelling. It is especially suited for older teens and adults who appreciate essay collections that explore cultural icons through multiple perspectives.

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From the editor of the bestselling anthology The Meaning of Michelle, a celebration of one of the greatest stars of our time, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

From the editor of the bestselling anthology The Meaning of Michelle, a celebration of one of the greatest stars of our time, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

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Beyoncé.

Her name conjures more than music; it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, romance, and sex appeal. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty, but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She is consistently provocative, political, and surprising.

As a solo artist, she has sold more than 100 million records.

She has won 22 Grammys and is the most nominated woman in the award's history.

Her 2018 performance at Coachella wowed the world. The New York Times wrote: "There's not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful, and radical performance by an American musician this year or any year soon."

Artist, businesswoman, mother, daughter, sister, wife, black feminist, Queen Bey is endlessly fascinating.

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"This collection of critical appreciations, compiled by a Times editor, assesses its superstar subject on the basis of her music, fashion, feminism, business skills, and more." – The New York Times Book Review

"[An] insightful essay anthology." – InTouch Magazine

"As if you needed another reason to love Beyoncé, this anthology of essays in appreciation of the superstar will give you at least 20 more. Chambers...weaves together voices of the famous, brilliant and thoughtful." – AMNewYork

"A pop culture must-have in libraries that serve older teens and new adults." – School Library Journal

"Reading this book feels...a lot like attending a sorority gathering when the sisters shout out their love, admiration, and respect for a polished performer who epitomizes the best of contemporary African American female culture and values." – New York Journal of Books

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ISBN: 9781250231451

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 February 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Picador USA

Illustration: Includes a 24-page full-color photograph insert

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 234g

Pages: 224

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Biography & Memoir Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Veronica Chambers

About the Author

Veronica Chambers is a prolific writer and the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Mama's Girl and the editor of the bestselling The Meaning of Michelle, a Time Nonfiction Top Ten of the Year. She's been a senior editor at the New York Times Magazine, Glamour, and Newsweek. A JSK Knight Fellow at Stanford in 2017, she lives with her family in Hoboken, NJ.

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