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Was Beyoncé shy as a child? ›

In a video interview with Vogue posted Sunday (May 26), the businesswoman opened up about raising her daughters to embrace their individuality — no matter who tried to break their souls. “Beyoncé, she was very shy,” she shared. “She got bullied a bit.”

A lot of who I am is reserved for the people I love and trust. Those who don't know me and have never met me might interpret that as being closed off. Trust, the reason those folks don't see certain things about me is because my Virgo ass does not want them to see it... It's not because it doesn't exist!”

Queen B is the proud mom of three kids with longtime husband Jay-Z: Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir.

Generally, I'm not an anxious person. I'm quite confident in myself and my abilities, and I try to always think positively despite negative situations arising.

"I was 18 when we first met, 19 when we first started dating," she told Seventeen in 2008 (via MTV News). "There was no rush — no one expected me to run off and get married."

Beyoncé was raised Methodist and attended St. John's United Methodist Church in Houston.

The two besties grew up in Houston and were in Destiny's Child together. Beyoncé stepped out for the New York premiere of Tyler Perry's "Mea Culpa" to support the leading lady and her best friend Kelly Rowland.

In a profile for Variety's “2020 Power of Young Hollywood Issue,” Megan Thee Stallion spoke on her friendship with Beyoncé, upcoming debut album and more. The 25-year-old first met Queen Bee during her and her husband JAY-Z's New Year's Eve party.

Just months after the roll-out of her most recent solo studio album Lemonade, Beyoncé broke the internet when she announced she was pregnant with twins. A few months later on June 13, she gave birth to Rumi and Sir Carter, who turn 5 years old today!

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Jay-Z / Spouse (m. 2008)

Is Rihanna richer than Beyoncé? ›

She is on the Forbes list of billionaires with a net worth of $1.1 billion, which trails Rihanna's net worth of $1.4 billion and puts her as the world's richest female musical artist.

Taylor Swift has a net worth of $740 million, and Beyonce is at $540 million. Other big name musicians on the list include Madonna, Dolly Parton, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. Some other female celebrities to make the cut included Oprah Winfrey, Judge Judy and Reese Witherspoon, to name just a few.

Beyonce's net worth is $500 million dollars as of 2020. Jay Z's net worth as of 2020 is estimated to be more than $1 billion as of June 2020. Therefore we can conclude that between the two of them, Jay Z is richer. Who got famous first: Jay Z or Beyoncé?

Darlette Johnson-Bailey, her childhood dance teacher, has recalled that the young Beyoncé was incredibly shy. “Backstage, she would hold on to me for dear life,” she said in 2018. “Beyoncé was quiet and reserved and didn't say much, but on the dance floor she was a force to be reckoned with.

As a child, Beyoncé started performing in various singing and dancing competitions. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé's debut album, Dangerously in Love (2003).

5. She was a tomboy, too. “Eventually I started participating in competitions, which are really just glorified beauty pageants. I enjoyed the talent part, since I wasn't into dressing up.

Destiny's Child, originally named Girl's Tyme, came together in the early 1990s in Houston. The group initially consisted of six members: Beyoncé and Rowland as well as LaTavia Roberson, Támar Davis, and Nikki and Nina Taylor.