During The 56th Grammy Awards red carpet interview, the R&B smash singer/composer/producer The-Dream talked to MTV about keeping Beyoncé’s new album in secret. He said: “She changed how people do delivered records…”. Watch it below:

She surprised us once more! After a lot of speculation about her performance at The 56th Grammys, she opened the event singing along with Jay-Z one of her new album leader singles “Drunk In Love”. Just in case you missed it or if you want to watch it again – of course you want -, we decided to post the video above. Enjoy it:

There is also a new video from Press room that you can watch below:

We are still feeling Drunk in Love for queen B last night on The 56th Grammys. We just added more than 200 stunning photos from the backstage, audience, show and press room to the gallery. Check them out:

PICTURES LINKS:
– 2014 Award Shows: January 26 – 56th Grammy Awards (Press Room)
– 2014 Award Shows: January 26 – 56th Grammy Awards (Performance)
– 2014 Award Shows: January 26 – 56th Grammy Awards (Audience)
– 2014 Award Shows: January 26 – 56th Grammy Awards (Backstage)

Barbra Streisand is up to record a new Duets Album. She has been selecting some of the best singers to be a part of this special project. According to WallyWorld Studios, Beyoncé will be part of it:

Co producing with Kenny “babyface” Edmonds the new Barbra Streisand duets album. Which will feature singers and musicians like Lionel Richie, Babyface, Blake Shelton, Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban, Michael Bublè, Lady Gaga, Bette Midler, Andrea Bocelli, Beyoncé, Billy Joel, John Mayer and many others…

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Source: WallyWorld Studios

In just its sixth week on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Beyoncé’s “Drunk in Love” (featuring Jay Z) jumps 5-1 to mark her sixth leader on the list. She last topped the chart in 2012 when “Love on Top” reigned for seven weeks. In terms of most No. 1s by a female, Mrs. Knowles-Carter moves closer to leader Alicia Keys, who’s taken eight titles to the top.

Here is a look at the female artists with the most No. 1s in the Nielsen BDS-based R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart’s nearly 22-year history:

8, Alicia Keys
6, Beyonce
5, Brandy
4, Aaliyah
4, Erykah Badu
4, Mariah Carey

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What is power? At its base, it’s the ability to reshape the world around you according to your vision. And who in the music industry did so better in the last year than this power couple?

Leveraging their star power to release new albums in unprecedented ways—Jay Z through Samsung and Beyoncé through iTunes—they instantly changed how the industry and fans thought about interacting with music. He gave his album away; she charged a premium price for hers. But they both used the element of surprise to restore the excitement that used to accompany a new release, before that impact was dulled by the endless thunder of carefully plotted promotion.

In short, they proved that content truly is king. Or, in this case, king and queen.
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Me and 40 work on projects and he normally hits me like, “Hey, I might need something for this.” I think at the time we were working on [Drake’s] Nothing Was the Same and then he came and said, “Yo, Beyoncé, we gotta do something.”

So then I had some ideas and he was like, “All right, that’s dope!” We had the idea, then we added some chords and we took it to the studio, Drake added some words to it and the rest is history. It was all done at Jungle City Studios, which is right in [New York City].

Initially, I didn’t really know where it was going to go. I didn’t know it was going to be for Beyoncé’s album. I figured it could have been one out of a hundred tracks she recorded or listened to. So I didn’t know it was going to be ‘that’ joint. I’ve been in the game for a little while so I’ve learned you can’t really expect anything. You usually have to wait until something happens. You can’t really have high expectations in this music industry.

I was just like, “If it happens, it happens.” Then of course it happened sort of out of the blue. I sort of knew when everyone else knew. So when everyone else found out [after Beyoncé did the surprise LP release], that’s when I found out. You have to treat it as business as usual. It’s definitely a boost because in this industry, it’s about relevancy. You’re as dope as your next record or album.

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Check out Beyoncé’s “Mine” (snippet):

Source: SOHH