碧昂斯：流行樂女王

導讀：碧昂斯是歐美樂壇無可爭議的流行天后，她的一舉一動都是鎂光燈的聚焦點。對于你來說，碧昂斯意味著什么呢？是時尚偶像，還是好音樂的標簽？

Pop diva， feminist icon， or working mother—no matter what you think of Beyonce Knowles， one thing is for certain： we are now living in the age of Beyonce.

Beyonce sang the US national anthem at Obama’s inauguration ceremony， performed at the Super Bowl.

And these events weren’t her official comeback. Her fifth album is the real deal.

Most of her songs had her name in the writing credits. But for the past decade， during which Beyonce’s career has soared， there have been less of these idiosyncratic girl-power hits.

Does that mean Beyonce’s musical talent is gone？ If you listened to Countdown or the other songs on her last album， it is clear that Beyonce can still put together a masterpiece if she wants to.

Everyone knows she can make good music， but it’s the style， the showmanship and the attitude that make her the Queen B of today. If she were a man， it would be easier for people to see Beyonce as both a musician and a god， like Justin Timberlake or Michael Jackson.

The biggest reason that Beyonce isn’t a musical artist is because she doesn’t want to be thought of in that way， or doesn’t really care.

Singers like Prince or Michael Jackson were clearly invested in their musical reputation and epic， historic music. But in Beyonce’s case much of her recent music has not been so unforgettable.

For now Beyonce seems to be elsewhere. Perhaps she’s looking forward. Or maybe she’s realized that while there are plenty of music geniuses， there’s only one Beyonce.

流行樂天后、女性偶像、職業母親——不管你眼中的碧昂斯·諾斯是哪一種，有一點可以肯定的是：我們正處在碧昂斯時代。

碧昂斯曾在奧巴馬的就職典禮上演唱美國國歌。也曾在“超級碗”中獻上精彩表演。

而這些都不算是碧昂斯的正式復出。她的第五張專輯才是真正宣告天后的回歸。

碧昂斯參與了自己歌曲的大部分創作。但在過去的十年間，也就是在碧昂斯的事業騰飛期，這類具有獨特少女氣勢的力作卻減產了。

這意味著碧昂斯的音樂才華不再了嗎？如果你聽過上張專輯中的《倒數》或者其他歌曲，你就會清楚發現，碧昂斯仍能隨心所欲地交出一份佳作。

眾所周知，出產好音樂對她來說輕而易舉，但正是她的風格、表現力以及音樂態度，才成就了今天的天后碧昂斯。如果她是男歌手，可能會輕而易舉地成為像賈斯汀·汀布萊克或邁克爾·杰克遜那樣的音樂家以及流行神話。

碧昂斯并未成為音樂大師的最大原因在于她并不希望人們這樣看她，或者，她根本就不在乎人們的看法。

對于像普林斯和邁克爾·杰克遜這樣的歌手，顯然人們寄望于他們的音樂名望，以及具有劃時代影響力的鴻篇巨制。但是對于碧昂斯而言，她新近的大部分音樂可能并沒有達到名垂青史的程度。

碧昂斯現在似乎在關注別的東西，或許她在展望未來，或許她意識到雖然音樂天才層出不窮，而碧昂斯卻只有一個。