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MAKO by Beyoncé was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 18 November 2011 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Beyoncé. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Music and voice - Beyoncé revealed new process

Speaking on her songwriting process, Beyoncé said that in the past, she would start with lyrics and then look for an accompanying melody. Now, as she works with other songwriters, she explained, "It starts with the title or the concept of what I'm trying to say, and then I'll go into the booth and sing my idea. Then we work together to layer on."

The concepts can come from anywhere. "Even the silliest little thing that you hear on the radio, it comes from something deeper," she said. Recalling her Destiny's Child hit "Bootylicious," Beyoncé noted that the song was inspired by comments about her weight "and me being, like, 'I'm a Southern woman, and this is how Southern women are.' My motivation is always to express something or to heal from something or to laugh and rejoice about something."

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-working-with-justin-timberlake-pharrell-on-new-album-20130110 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.80.163 (talk) 15:15, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1.6 The Lenox Hill incident

Are you kidding me? Put a rumor, as a theme in this article..? The Hospital already denied this... Unbelievable! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.80.163 (talk) 21:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank god someone removed! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.80.163 (talk) 21:14, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's gone. — Statυs (talk, contribs) 21:19, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added back in after removal because it looked like a section blanking, but I looked into it and you're right. Completely my mistake, it definitely doesn't belong. --Kierkkadon^{talk/contribs} 21:22, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! That's ok, no problem! Why anyone update what I leave here about Public Image "GQ", and Music and voica section? Isn't appropriat? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.80.163 (talk) 21:30, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe people are just lazy. Sign up for an account and you'll be able to do it yourself.

— Statυs (talk, contribs) 21:40, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013: Upcoming fifth studio album and films and maybe Legacy..?

BEYONCÉ National Anthem PERFORMANCE MEGA SUCCESS IN THE MEDIA

BILLBOARD: Beyonce just gave one of the best, now it's time to see the worst national anthem performances of all time - https://twitter.com/billboard/status/293411834231414784

COSMOPOLITAN: https://twitter.com/Cosmopolitan/status/293410675810770945

IDOLATOR: Only for Beyonce could a performance of the Star-Spangled Banner at Barack Obama‘s Second Inauguration Ceremony be seen as a WARM-UP for her next gig, which just happens to be the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Today (January 21), in front of roughly 800,000 people and accompanied by the US Marine Band, Bey captivated the nation with a stirring rendition of the National Anthem. To all future sporting event performers — this is how it’s done. - http://idolator.com/7401332/beyonce-sings-at-president-barack-obamas-inauguration-watch

GUARDIAN: https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/293411997419192321

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/21/beyonce-national-anthem-barack-obama-inauguration/

GAWKER: http://gawker.com/5977695/beyonce-president-of-the-united-beyonces-rips-out-earpiece-mid+song-and-still-delivers-flawless-performance (VERY INTERESTING THIS ARTICLE - MUST SEE)

INDEPENDENT: Beyoncé's bold performance steals Obama's inauguration show - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/beyoncs-bold-performance-steals-obamas-inauguration-show-8460815.html

WASHINGTON POST: The only voice that really soared at midday was Beyonce’s, while singing the national anthem. - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/01/21/obama-inaugurala-flat-partisan-and-pedestrian-speech/

NY POST: Beyonce showed why she’s Queen B with a flawless rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” - http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/beyonce_stuns_with_impressive_anthem_bs9NHpAVDxHJdg5MhiuVyL

PIERS MORGAN CNN: And THAT'S why she's the No1 performer in world music.....incredible! - https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/293410563697029121

CNN: EXCLUSIVE CNN-FACEBOOK SOCIAL WATCH: Social media is reflecting rare reverence today - the top three trending terms on Facebook are "President Obama," "country” and “America”... but Hollywood heat still trumps pomp and circumstance. The top moment in terms of volume of traffic on Facebook today was not around Obama’s inaugural address, it was rather around Beyonce’s singing of the national anthem. - http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/21/cnns-gut-check-for-january-21-2013-1/

PLEASE YOU MUST DO SOMETHING WITH THIS ALL INFORMATION, THIS IS HISTORICAL FOR HER! A HUGE MARK! I HOPE THIS APPEARS IN SOME WAY IN THE APPROPRIATE SUBTITLE IN THIS BEYONCÉ ARTICLE! THANKS! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.69.173 (talk) 00:55, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Oz 22:45, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013

On January 21, 2013, Knowles performed and lip-synced ????????

Once again I see ridiculous things to appear in this article, is very unfortunate! This is just a rumor! We don't know if it was quite like this more it seems that this article is made by people who hate the artist themselves say that they record in the studio for the music to be saved! You should not make this type of interventions and it is no longer the first time This article for me has no longer credibility! I had enough! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.69.173 (talk) 19:41, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Your right, this looks like a rumour. — Oz 22:45, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I made this edit which cites reliable sources that she lip-synched. Gh82xc56 (talk) 23:13, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Length

11,000 words? Sca (talk) 22:12, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]