Editing Beyoncé (section)

== Wealth ==
Beyoncé is one of the [[List of music artists by net worth|wealthiest musical artists]]. By December 2023, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated her net worth to be $800 million.<ref name=ForbesBey2>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/12/13/beyonc-is-now-worth-800-million/?sh=2d5cb98653c9|title=Beyoncé Is Now Worth $800 Million|date=December 13, 2023|first=Marisa|last=Dellatto|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The magazine named Beyoncé the annual [[Forbes list of highest-earning musicians#Female|highest-earning female musician]] in 2008,<ref name="Forb" /> 2010,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/u2-beyonce-britney-make-forbes-top-earning-musicians-list-957300/|title=U2, Beyonce, Britney Make Forbes 'Top-Earning Musicians' List|first1=Melanie|last1=Fried|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 19, 2010|access-date=May 20, 2025|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727032649/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/u2-beyonce-britney-make-forbes-top-earning-musicians-list-957300/|url-status=live}}</ref> 2014,<ref>{{cite news|last=Varga|first=George|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-dr-dre-heads-forbes-list-of-top-paid-musicians-2014dec11-story.html|title=Dr. Dre is Forbes' top-earning 2014 musician|date=December 11, 2014|newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=May 20, 2025|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727110509/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-dr-dre-heads-forbes-list-of-top-paid-musicians-2014dec11-story.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> and 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/diddy-beyonce-drake-forbes-highest-paid-musicians-2017-list-8062631/|title=Diddy, Beyonce, & Drake Top Forbes' Highest-Paid Musicians of 2017 List|first1=Nerisha|last1=Penrose|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 7, 2017|access-date=May 20, 2025|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727064706/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/diddy-beyonce-drake-forbes-highest-paid-musicians-2017-list-8062631/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Forbes'' began reporting on her earnings in 2008, calculating that the $80&nbsp;million earned between June 2007 to June 2008 made her the second highest-paid musician in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/beyonce/news/90756-beyonce-jay-z-top-earning-couple|title=Beyoncé & Jay-Z Top Earning Couple|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=November 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021150454/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/beyonce/90756-beyonce-jay-z-top-earning-couple|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Forb">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2008/09/19/music-beyonce-timberlake-forbeslife-cx_lr_0922lifestyle.html|title=World's Best-Paid Music Stars|last=Rose|first=Lacey|date=September 22, 2008|magazine=[[Forbes]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407042329/http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/19/music-beyonce-timberlake-forbeslife-cx_lr_0922lifestyle.html|archive-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> On the [[Forbes Celebrity 100|''Forbes'' Celebrity 100]] list, Beyoncé was placed fourth in 2008 and 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/53/celebrities08_The-Celebrity-100_Rank.html|title=The Celebrity 100 {{!}} 2008|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=June 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612170619/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/53/celebrities08_The-Celebrity-100_Rank.html|archive-date=June 12, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0622/celebrity-09-jay-z-sasha-fierce-inside-beyonce-empire.html|title=Inside Beyoncé's Entertainment Empire|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=June 3, 2009|first=Lacey|last=Rose|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606100829/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0622/celebrity-09-jay-z-sasha-fierce-inside-beyonce-empire.html|archive-date=June 6, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> second in 2010,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/53/celeb-100-10_The-Celebrity-100.html|title=The Celebrity 100 {{!}} 2010|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=June 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227125827/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/53/celeb-100-10_The-Celebrity-100.html|archive-date=December 27, 2010}}</ref> and fourth in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/|title=The World's Most Powerful Celebrities|magazine=[[Forbes]]|year=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518033904/http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/|archive-date=May 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> She ranked at number one on the Celebrity 100 list in 2014, earning an estimated $115&nbsp;million.<ref name=forbes14>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/06/30/beyonce-knowles-tops-the-forbes-celebrity-100-list/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/06/30/beyonce-knowles-tops-the-forbes-celebrity-100-list/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyoncé Knowles Tops The FORBES Celebrity 100 List|magazine=Forbes|first=Dorothy|last=Pomerantz|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=July 11, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' named Beyoncé the highest-paid musician of 2016, with estimated earnings of $62.1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/7865108/highest-paid-musicians-2016-money-makers| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.billboard.com/photos/7865108/highest-paid-musicians-2016-money-makers| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Billboard's Top 50 Money Makers of 2016|magazine=Billboard|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=July 14, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was listed as the ''Forbes'' third [[Forbes list of highest-earning musicians#2010s|highest-paid musician of the 2010s]], earning $685&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greenburg|first=Zack O'Malley|date=December 23, 2019|title=From Taylor Swift to Dr. Dre: The 10 Top-Earning Musicians of the Decade |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/23/from-beyonc-to-paul-mccartney-the-10-top-earning-musicians-of-the-decade/|url-status=live|magazine=[[Forbes]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230220635/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/23/from-beyonc-to-paul-mccartney-the-10-top-earning-musicians-of-the-decade/ |archive-date=December 30, 2019|access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref>

In 2012, ''Forbes'' placed Beyoncé and Jay-Z at number one on the "World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples" list, collectively earning $78&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Antunes|first=Anderson|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2012/08/06/the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrity-couples-2/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2012/08/06/the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrity-couples-2/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=The World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=August 6, 2012|access-date=August 12, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The couple made it into the previous year's ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the "highest-earning power couple" for collectively earning $122&nbsp;million in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.essence.com/2010/09/20/jay-z-and-beyonce-guinness-book-of-world-records/|title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Guinness Book's 'Power Couple'|magazine=Essence|date=September 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027140109/http://www.essence.com/2010/09/20/jay-z-and-beyonce-guinness-book-of-world-records/|archive-date=October 27, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Beyoncé and Jay-Z also became the highest-paid celebrity couple in 2016, with combined earnings of $107.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="2016-forbes">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2016/07/11/beyonce-and-jay-z-are-the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrity-couple-of-2016/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2016/07/11/beyonce-and-jay-z-are-the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrity-couple-of-2016/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are The World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couple Of 2016|magazine=Forbes|first=Zack O'Malley|last=Greenburg|date=July 11, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> They officially became a billion-dollar couple in 2017, when ''Forbes'' estimated a combined net worth of $1.16&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2017/05/17/beyonce-and-jay-z-are-officially-a-billion-dollar-couple/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2017/05/17/beyonce-and-jay-z-are-officially-a-billion-dollar-couple/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Officially A Billion-Dollar Couple|first=Zack O'Malley|last=Greenburg|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>