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Beyonce by the Numbers: A deep look at Queen Bey’s amazing career

Beyonce has put up some amazing stats in her career.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Beyoncé accepts Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for “Renaissance” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Beyoncé accepts Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for “Renaissance” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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It’s Queen Bey time.

The multiplatinum superstar is out on the road in support of her seventh studio album, 2022’s “Renaissance,” which is her first full-length solo outing since 2016’s “Lemonade.”

As she makes her way across the country, we’re offering up a little something we’re calling “Beyonce by the Numbers.”

It’s a stats-and-figures-based look at the career of this amazing entertainer, who, in basically every category imaginable, ranks among the most popular music superstars of all time. We’ll also dish up some details about the current tour.

Here we go!

2.1 billion

That’s as in dollar, folks. Yes, the Renaissance World Tour could reportedly bring in about $2.1 billion in ticket sales, according to a Forbes article. That would make it the top-grossing road show of all time — some $500 million more than the trek that currently sits at the No. 1 spot, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

200 million

Beyonce has sold more than 200 million albums during her career, which squarely places her among the best-selling music artists of all time.

The group Destiny's Child holding several Grammy trophies.
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: R&B group Destiny’s Child pose with their Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, “The Writing’s on the Wall”, and Best R&B song, “Say My Name”, backstage at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles 21 February 2001. AFP PHOTO/Vince BUCCI (Photo credit should read Vince Bucci/AFP via Getty Images)

60 million

Prior to launching her solo recording career, Beyonce was part of the amazing group Destiny’s Child. That great vocal outfit was also a smash hit, selling some 60 millions albums over the years.

700

How does generate the top-grossing tour of all time? Well, a good start is by charging as much as $700 for tickets, which is reportedly what some fans are paying to see Beyonce this time around. (Currently, prices on Ticketmaster are listed as $171-$601, subject to change.)

88

The star led the field with nine nominations at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in February, pushing her career total to 88. The latter figure tied the all-time record for nominations with, appropriately enough, Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z.

32

With her four victories at the 2023 show, Beyonce passed Georg Solti for having the most Grammy wins in history. The singer now has 32 Grammys, compared to the Hungarian-British conductor’s total of 31. Next on the list is Quincy Jones with 28.

Singer Beyonce at the premiere of "Lion King."
US singer/songwriter Beyonce arrives for the world premiere of Disney’s “The Lion King” at the Dolby theatre on July 9, 2019 in Hollywood. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

10

By our count, Beyonce has starred in 10 feature films, including 2006’s “Dream Girls,” 2008’s “Cadillac Records” and, our personal favorite Bey movie, the tense psychological thriller “Obsessed” from 2009.

9

The Renaissance World Tour is the ninth road show in Bey’s solo career, including the two she’s done with hubby Jay-Z (2014’s On the Run and 2018’s On the Run II) as well as the co-headlining Verizon Ladies First Tour with Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott in 2004.

8

That’s where Beyonce ranked — eighth — on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2023 list of the 200 greatest singers of all time, trailing only (in ascending order) Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Mariah Carey, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Whitney Houston and — at No. 1 — Aretha Franklin.

7

With the success of her most-recent studio album, 2022’s “Renaissance,” Beyonce became the first solo artist to have their first seven studio albums debut at No. 1 in the U.S.

5

This month’s shows will be the fifth time that Beyonce has played at the Santa Clara stadium. She last performed there with husband Jay-Z with the On the Run II Tour in 2018. She also brought her solo Formation Tour to the venue for two nights in 2016. She made her Levi’s Stadium debut earlier that same year as part of the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show.

1

Queen Bey ranks as the No. 1 winner of all time at several award shows, including MTV Video Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards, BET Awards and the Soul Train Music Awards.