Beyoncé Becomes Fifth Musician Billionaire
The Spin
Narrative A
Beyoncé earned billionaire status through a groundbreaking business strategy and artistic excellence, self-managing via Parkwood Entertainment and grossing record-breaking tours like Cowboy Carter. Her success proves women can build empires without sharing profits with management companies, creating a blueprint for financial independence in the music industry.
Narrative B
Beyoncé's billionaire status exposes the hypocrisy of wealthy celebrities claiming victimhood while exploiting workers through sweatshops, stealing from artists and betraying causes for profit. These so-called revolutionaries cosplay activism while hoarding wealth, proving capitalism and ethics don't mix, no matter how much they quote MLK.
Cynical narrative
Forbes finally "confirms" Beyoncé’s billionaire status in 2025 — seven years after her father said she and Mark Cuban had already been certified in 2018 — proving the media loves to dress up old facts as breaking news. Wealth settled for years gets spun as a sudden triumph, while spectacle overshadows reality.