# Beyonce Beyoncé is an American pop singer whose career fed a string of internet meme moments between 2006 and 2016, from the Single Ladies dance parodies and Kanye's 'Imma let you finish' VMA interruption to the 'haters to the left' catchphrase and the surprise Lemonade HBO drop. ## Overview Beyoncé Knowles moved from Destiny's Child into a solo career that fed a string of internet meme moments from the mid-2000s onward[1]. The Beyoncé meme is a cluster of formats rather than one template, spanning the Single Ladies dance parodies[2], the 'Imma let you finish' VMA interruption, and the 'haters to the left' catchphrase pulled from her 2006 single 'Irreplaceable'[4]. Her fanbase, known as the Beyhive, showed up on the gossip board Lipstick Alley before August 2006 and was added to Urban Dictionary in November 2011[5]. Beyoncé embraced the name in early 2011 by adding a Beyhive fan-photo section to her personal website[1]. ## How It Spread The Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) music video premiered on MTV's Total Request Live in October 2008, choreographed by Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight[1]. A November 2008 Saturday Night Live sketch with Justin Timberlake in a leotard set off tens of thousands of copy-cat clips, and when the official YouTube upload landed a year later it drew 75 million views in its first month[2]. The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards added another Beyoncé moment when Kanye West grabbed the mic from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech to declare Beyoncé had 'one of the best music videos of all time,' spawning the 'Imma let you finish' image-macro template; Beyoncé later invited Swift back onstage to finish her speech after winning Video of the Year for Single Ladies[4]. In October 2013 a Beyoncé photoshoot outside an old house in Brunswick, Melbourne turned into the #BeyonceInBrunswick hashtag, with local fans mimicking her poses and Melbourne comedy duo Richard Higgins and Matt Kelly launching a single-topic image-macro blog the same day[4]. Beyoncé dropped her self-titled fifth album on iTunes without warning in December 2013 and released Lemonade as an hour-long HBO special on April 23, 2016[1]. ## How to Use The Single Ladies dance is typically performed by three dancers in matching black leotards, hitting the sharp arm-flick and hip-swivel on the 'if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it' hook[2]. Fans often use the Beyhive tag when rushing to Beyoncé's defense online, and the tag doubles as a badge of fan identity on social platforms[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Beyonce? Beyoncé is an American pop singer, and 'Beyoncé' online also refers to a cluster of internet meme moments tied to her career, including the Single Ladies dance parodies[2] and the Beyhive fandom[5]. ### Where did Beyonce come from? The first Beyoncé fan site, Beyoncé World, was set up by a fan named Rick in June 2003[3], and her official Beyonce.com launched in February 2006[1]. ### What does Beyonce mean? Online, 'Beyoncé' functions as shorthand for the singer plus the viral moments she seeded, from the Single Ladies choreography[2] to the 'haters to the left' catchphrase pulled from her 2006 single 'Irreplaceable'[4]. ### How do you use Beyonce? Fans typically post Single Ladies parody clips[2], remix her lyrics, or invoke the Beyhive tag when defending her online[5]. ### Is Beyonce still popular? The Beyhive has stayed active as a fan identity since its Lipstick Alley origins before August 2006[5], and Single Ladies parodies are treated as classic internet material[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.beyonce.com]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY]() 3. [http://www.beyonceworld.net]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/beyonce]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beyonce]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/beyonce Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library