Released: November 26, 2010

Songwriter: Sean Garrett Beyoncé

Producer: Sean Garrett Beyoncé

[Loud instruments play]

[Beyoncé]
London!
I am...
I am...
I... am... yours
Thank you so much for all that you do, all that you support, all of the love, all of the loyalty
I love you, I will continue to give you everything that I have, every ounce of my being to make sure I entertain you!
God bless you!
I can't wait to see you again
Until next time, holla!

["Halo" plays with Beyoncé singing along]
Halo, halo
I can see your
Halo, halo
I can feel your
Halo, halo
I can see your
Halo, halo
I can feel your
Halo, halo
I can see your
Halo, halo
I can see your
Halo, halo
I can feel your
Halo, halo
I can see your
Halo, halo

Beyoncé

In the twenty-first century, no pop star was as poised, as polished, or as generally fierce as Beyoncé. She scored early success with Destiny’s Child, who started out as a sexier and sassier (if less adult) version of TLC, then steadily became more and more of a vehicle for Beyoncé’s operatic vocals and general diva-tude, which may have been the plan all along.

Whether appearing in TV spots, co-starring in films like Dreamgirls, or killing it every night on stadium tours, Beyoncé was omnipresent in the 2000s. Almost everybody, Beygency member or otherwise, loved shiny, hip-hop-fueled hits like “Crazy in Love”, and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Moving into the 2010s, Beyoncé fights on, gaining more and more traction in pop culture with her work and music.

She has made a significant impact upon the music landscape in general with her recent albums 4 and BEYONCÉ, which explored complex themes like motherhood, feminism, marriage, sexuality, and doubt in a greater depth. With Lemonade, she went a step further—the fierce, intimate exploration of marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness was her most personal and musically daring album yet.