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- After her appearance at the V Festival in Britain, Beyoncé was reportedly said to have spent nearly £1,500 at a Nando's branch in Essex. The bill posted on Twitter included 48 whole chickens, 24 portions of coleslaw, 58 portions of chicken wings and 48 portions of fries. The branch manager confirmed that a member of her entourage had placed the order by phone.
- Beyoncé won four awards at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Miley Cyrus won Video of the Year for “Wrecking Ball”.
- Beyoncé won Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards for “Formation”. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, she brought four mothers of shooting victims onto the red carpet. During the evening, she and her production designer, choreographer, director, cinematographer, and editor won a total of eight awards, which according to the source represented a record number of wins in a single evening.
- Beyoncé reached No. 1 on the UK chart with her seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” which was also her first solo studio album since 2016's “Lemonade” and the first installment of a planned trilogy. The album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming her seventh consecutive album to top the chart.
- The album Renaissance reached No. 1 on the US chart, making Beyoncé the first solo female artist whose first seven albums reached the top of the chart.
- Beyoncé was at number one on the UK chart with her seventh studio album Renaissance, the first part of her planned trilogy. The album was supported by the Renaissance World Tour in 2023, which became the highest-grossing tour in history by a Black artist, and a concert film was also made. Renaissance became her seventh consecutive album to debut at number one in the US chart.