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Is Beyoncé BROKE? "Jay-Z & Beyoncé have taken out a $58M mortgage on their Bel Air mansion, bringing their total borrowing on the property to a whopping $110M." Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' tour is set to conclude on Saturday and all the earnings will be used to pay her HUGE DEBT.

#1 Most streamed black female artist on each streaming platform:

Shakira & The Weeknd to Headline 2025 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park (New York) on Sept 27.

16 years ago, Rihanna cited Madonna, Mariah Carey, Bob Marley and Janet Jackson as her biggest musical idols and inspirations.

Tricky Stewart, producer and writer of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”, revealed in a recent interview that “Single Ladies” wouldn't have happened without Rihanna’s “Umbrella”.

Rihanna has surpassed 130 million album units sold worldwide. She remains the #1 Best-selling black female artist of the 21st century.

🚨 Shakira and Tyla’s collaboration “REPEAT” is set to be released next month.

Rihanna was the most streamed black female artist on Spotify Global Chart, surpassing SZA, despite her last album being released nearly 10 years ago.

Timeless albums! “The Fame Monster” by Lady Gaga and “Good Girl Gone Bad” by Rihanna are the most streamed pre-2010s female albums on Spotify so far in 2025.

Black female artists with the most eligible certifications in the US:

Rihanna (21.2M) was the most streamed Black female artist on Spotify yesterday, surpassing SZA (19.2M).

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Female artists with the most RIAA Diamond singles in history:

Rihanna (#1) and Nicki Minaj (#2) are the best-selling black female artists of all time in the US. They are also the most streamed black women on Spotify and YouTube.

Shakira is once again the #1 most certified artist in Mexico, surpassing Karol G.

Most streamed black female artists of the 2020s decade so far, across all credits:

Female artists with the most music videos surpassing 2 Billion views on YouTube:

Shakira is the #1 most streamed artist in 🇺🇾 and flooded Spotify Uruguay after she SOLD OUT the ENORMOUS Estadio Centenario (60K) in Montevideo. She is the first act in HISTORY to sell out this gigantic stadium TWICE, a third show is being negotiated due to UNPRECEDENTED demand.

Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles is getting a lot of public backlash after she threw shade at Nicki Minaj in her latest Instagram post. The 71-year-old grandmother was silent when Kanye West attacked her grandchildren Rumi and Sir Carter a few months ago.

Beyoncé's 71-year-old mother, Tina Knowles has thrown shade at Nicki Minaj in her latest Instagram post.