What is your review of Beyoncé (musician)?

I guess I'll take a crack at this. Beyoncé, in my opinion, is not the world's best singer, but has a better voice than most pop singers. She is also a very good performer, as demonstrated by her extremely well-attended tours. read more

In time, though, that moment will feel like a glitch. That space on the mantel will be filled by a National Medal of the Arts, or a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Like no other musician of her generation apart from Kanye West, Beyoncé is performing musicology in real time. It is bigger than any tribute she might receive. History is her stage. read more

Sometimes, Beyoncé (the album) suffers slightly from the need to borrow – curiously, since Beyoncé (the person) is one of pop's most recognisable auditory and visual presences. It's not a bad track at all, but Yoncé has more than a few shades of MIA. read more

But this is a bigger deal because it's Beyoncé, music's glossiest mega-star, working with the likes of Drake, Pharrell and Jay Z. The state-of-the-art videos come from directors like Jonas Åkerlund and Hype Williams. "Flawless" features a speech from Nigerian feminist author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. read more