American singer-songwriter Beyoncé has appeared in numerous music videos, documentaries and films. She has also directed eight full-length films, including five concert films and two musical films. Her films have grossed over $2.5 billion worldwide at the box office.[1] She first appeared in the 1997 music video for Destiny's Child's "No, No, No", after which she made her film debut as the lead in the direct-to-video musical Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001).[2] Beyoncé's first solo music video was the soundtrack single "Work It Out" for Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), which also featured her debut theatrical film role. She released her first music video as a solo artist for "Crazy in Love" from Dangerously in Love (2003).[3]
Begins with Beyoncé and a director discussing someone they are filming. The rest of the video focuses on Amil and Beyoncé in a car, shopping as female rapper Eve briefly appears in the video.
Shot in an abandoned mansion nearby Los Angeles, the video features Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte and Free among clips from The Fighting Temptations movie.
The eponymous choir group from The Fighting Temptations film, led by Beyoncé's character Lilly, perform the song in a theater stage in front of a large audience. Clips from various scenes from the movie are also shown.
Dance sequences in high-end clothing. A scene was deemed to have "unacceptable interactions" between Beyoncé and Jay-Z, interpreted by some as fellatio.
Black and white simulation of a found home video of Beyoncé in a simple bathing suit lying on the beach under the sun singing some of the song's lyrics.
Students join Beyoncé to perform choreography by Frank Gatson. In the choreography, Beyoncé and the students "mix salsa, dancehall, and the running man." The music video for "Move Your Body" takes place as a four-minute long flash mob. The video begins during lunch hour at what looks like a junior high cafeteria
Leading an army of 200 dancers in the heavily choreographed clip, Beyoncé begins a revolution for females. The video features usage of animals including lions and hyenas.
As Beyoncé prepares for her wedding, she recalls attending her high school prom with her high school sweetheart, who had left her. However, Beyoncé gets the last laugh as she walks down the aisle to marry a better man.
Wearing a black leotard, stockings, high-top sneakers, and a medal-adorned military cap, Beyoncé, together with her five male dancers, perform choreographed moves in a penthouse studio overlooking New York City.
Beyoncé throws a backyard bash with her friends in the colorful, retro-themed video. Featured rapper J. Cole sweeps through in his blue Bugatti to join the old school festivities. Kelly Rowland and Solange make cameo appearances.
Beyoncé dances seductively on a table, on a master's chair and with her female dancers, to a mysterious detective in his office. The black and white video incorporates a film noir style, and has a 1940s-era feel.
The video was filmed in front of a live audience at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Beyoncé performs the song before a colossal screen that projects images of volunteers doing humanitarian work around the world.
The video opens with a close-up shot of Beyoncé's face lip-syncing the song's lyrics. Various shots of the singer in different flowing outfits and sets are featured. Other scenes show dancers with their whole bodies covered in white clothing simulating ghosts.
The video features Beyoncé walking in the corridor of a big mansion meeting various characters in different sexual get-ups inside the mansion's rooms. Critics compared the video of "Haunted" and the singer's look with works by Madonna.
The song's music video was directed by Hype Williams and shot in black-and-white in Golden Beach, Florida at a beach front manse. Beyoncé and Jay-Z frolic at the beach at night.
The video was filmed at a roller skating rink in Houston, Texas and it features Beyoncé's sister Solange, her background dancers and her female band. The singer's style received comparisons to 1980's fashion and music videos in a similar way to the song itself.
The video was filmed in Houston, Texas, as a tribute to the singer's hometown. It features various landscape shots of the city and some of its famous places as well as close-up shots of many people, including ten Houston-based rappers.
Throughout the clip, Beyoncé introduces viewers to her new alter ego Yoncé, whose preferences include Brooklyn, her grill, and "being the hottest girl in the club". The video also features fashion and video models Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn and Joan Smalls.
The black-and-white video features various close-up shots of Beyoncé throughout; she is seen writhing on a bed dressed in lingerie, eating strawberries, having a shower inside a bathtub, playing on a piano, walking along a hotel corridor and lighting up a cigarette atop a car.
The video picks up on the theme of isolation and references two works of art: Michelangelo's sculpture "Pietà" and René Magritte's painting "The Lovers" (1928). Beyoncé is shown wearing a veil and a gown with a mask of her own face on her hand, that she later puts on, simulating a statue's peaceful expression. Among other scenes the video shows a couple kissing with their heads enshrouded by white fabric. Drake also appears in the video.
The video opens with original footage from Star Search, with young Beyoncé and other members of Girl's Tyme being announced by Ed McMahon. It transitions to other scenes shot in black-and-white, showing Beyoncé headbanging and moshing with members of a punk subculture, as well as dancing with a team of street dancers in a graffiti covered alley.
The video was filmed in a former shopping mall and presents a post-apocalyptic street war theme. The video features cameos by Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, as well as Pharrell Williams.
The video was shot in Puerto Rico and shows happy visuals of Beyoncé and a friend doing many amazing things together. The video implies the scenes of the girls together was actually Beyoncé's friend's bucket list, but she has actually passed away.
The clip depicts the three singers at a street party, dancing and singing with a crowd, along with solo appearances of each singer in a forest, wearing white clothes.
The clip was shot in the style of a home-made visual with the singer dancing at various locations: patio, balcony, hotel suite, a bathroom and in front of a Christmas tree.
Live performance video filmed during the concert in Paris, France of the On the Run Tour. Minaj joins Beyoncé onstage to perform the "Flawless (Remix)". Both singers perform dressed in clothes designed by Versace's Versus.
The video was shot in October 2015 at various Indian cities including scenes in the Bassein Fort in Vasai, Mumbai. The video features Beyoncé in elaborate Indian attire in various settings. Indian actress Sonam Kapoor also makes an appearance.
Shot in New Orleans, Louisiana, the video features references to Hurricane Katrina, antebellum, and Louisiana Creole culture, besides dealing with police brutality and racism.
Filmed in black-and-white, the video features multiple cameo appearances by celebrities Serena Williams, Ibeyi, Amandla Stenberg, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Zendaya. Originally part of Beyoncé's Lemonade film that premiered on HBO, an official music video was uploaded to her YouTube channel in June 2016.
Originally part of the Lemonade film, the video features Beyoncé destroying multiple cars and security cameras using a baseball bat. According to Mashable, Beyoncé also makes reference of Oshun, a Yoruba goddess.
Also part of the film Lemonade, it features scenes of a tearful Beyoncé together with Jay Z who is seen embracing her, and laying together with her. Gerrick D. Kennedy from Los Angeles Times describes it as "the most intimate of displays for pop's most intensely private couple".
A troubled Beyoncé lies down in the middle of an empty football stadium. The singer leads a group of black women walking through water while the sun is setting.
Directed by Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Anthony Green, and was executively produced by Beyoncé, it was filmed during her 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncérevue, which was held at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City in August 2011.
Recordings of ten live performances from The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013–14). Included as a bonus disc on the Platinum Edition reissue of Beyoncé (2013).
A two-disc DVD that contains a complete concert from the 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé revue, bonus offstage footage, a 20-page booklet and seven music videos from Beyoncé's 4 album.
Featuring her song "Crazy in Love" and actor Gary LeRoi Gray, the commercial sees Beyoncé sip a Pepsi can after asking for directions at a rural gas station.
In the commercial, Beyoncé faces off Britney Spears and P!nk in a Roman arena as gladiators. However, they throw their weapons and instead of fighting, sing a rendition of Queen's "We Will Rock You".
After practicing a martial art with Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé leaves with Lopez to a Pepsi bar, where they defeat a group of men in a fight. English footballer David Beckham and a rendition of "Wild Thing" by The Troggs are featured in the commercial.
In the ad, Beyoncé tells Ellen DeGeneres to "have your people call my people" for her concert tickets. DeGeneres begins a search to "find my people" who can get her into the show before relying on her American Express card.
Beyoncé stars alongside Eva Longoria and Elizabeth Banks. The ad features the spokespeople talking about the brand's new make-up. The company stated that this new makeup features a creamy yet ultra-light texture that glides onto skin – mimicking skin tone and texture – while providing the same flawless, natural finish of a liquid makeup.
Nintendo hired Beyoncé to push its wares on the mainstream market. In the spot, she adores the upcoming DSi handheld and quirky music game Rhythm Heaven.
Beyoncé also teamed up with the "Show Your Helping Hand" hunger relief initiative and General Mills Hamburger Helper. The goal was to help Feeding America deliver more than 3.5 million meals to local food banks. "Halo" was used as the backing music for the commercial.
Beyoncé shot two commercials for Style Savvy, a new fashion video game for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi. Five designs from the real-life Deréon clothing line co-created by Beyoncé herself and her mother/designer Tina, were later available for download in Style Savvy.
Features Beyoncé writhing against a bathroom wall in a barely-there red dress to the strains of her cover of "Fever". In the UK it was deemed unsuitable for airing at a time when younger children may be viewing television.
Promoting Chime for Change, a Gucci campaign that works to empower women around the world. An early instrumental of "Pretty Hurts" can be heard in the background of the commercial.
Beyoncé starred in a commercial alongside actor Tony Hale for Verizon during Super Bowl LVIII, with Beyoncé attempting various tactics to "break the internet". Snippets of single "My House" are interspersed throughout.
Beyoncé Introduces Team USA at 2024 Paris Olympics - NBC Sports
During NBCUniversal's primetime coverage of the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, Beyoncé introduces some of the athletes representing the U.S. at the 2024 Paris Olympics, featuring a remixed version of her single «YA YA» from her album, Cowboy Carter.
^An alternative version of "Me, Myself and I" leaked onto the internet on May 29, 2010. Unlike the original video this version does not go in reverse and includes a couple wardrobe changes and added scenes.[24]
^An alternate video for "Halo" leaked onto the internet in May 2010. It shows Beyoncé driving down windy roads to find her love interest only to discover that he has been killed by police. This version of the video contains clips of the original but most are replaced with her love interest getting mauled by dogs and Beyoncé finding him dead and thinking back on kinder memories.
^Two alternate versions of the "Ego" video were released; a video for the song's remix with Kanye West shows scenes of the rapper in a room with a followspot,[52] while the "fan-exclusive" cut features different camera angles.
^The music video was shot in February 2010. A teaser was leaked in March 2011 (more than a year later), but the video remains unreleased. According to Keys' publicist "Presently, there are no plans to release the video."[60]
^Miller, Sidney (November 27, 2008). "I Am... Sasha Fierce". Black Radio Exclusive. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.