Beyoncé videography
American singer-songwriter Beyoncé has appeared in numerous music videos, documentaries and films. She has also directed eight full-length films, including five concert films and two musical films. Her films have grossed over $3.2 billion worldwide at the box office. She first appeared in the 1997 music video for Destiny's Child's "No, No, No", after which she made her film debut as the lead in the direct-to-video musical Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Beyoncé's first solo music video was the soundtrack single "Work It Out" for Austin Powers in Goldmember, which also featured her debut theatrical film role. She released her first music video as a solo artist for "Crazy in Love" from Dangerously in Love.
In 2006, Beyoncé starred in two films: The Pink Panther, which spawned the single "Check on It" and its pink-themed video, and the musical drama Dreamgirls, which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress nomination. Her second solo album B'Day was her first "visual album" project — music videos for thirteen of the album's songs were released via the B'Day Anthology Video Album. Music videos were also released for singles from I Am... Sasha Fierce ; the black-and-white video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" inspired a dance craze. Beyoncé ended the decade with the lead role in the thriller film Obsessed.
The release of 4 was preceded by the music videos for its singles "Run the World (Girls)" and "Best Thing I Never Had". In 2013, Beyoncé voiced the role of Queen Tara in the animated film Epic, and surprise released her self-titled fifth studio album, which included accompanying music videos for every song. Since then, Beyoncé has directed two musical films: Lemonade and Black Is King, which are visual accompaniments of the Lemonade and The Lion King: The Gift albums respectively. She also voiced the role of Nala in The Lion King, which has grossed $1.6 billion to date.
Beyoncé has also directed five of her concert films — I Am... World Tour, Live at Roseland, Live in Atlantic City, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. As of 2024, she has the most nominations for Grammy Award for Best Music Film, at five; Homecoming won the award in 2020. Additionally, On The Run Tour, Lemonade, Homecoming, and Black Is King have each received Primetime Emmy Award nominations; Black Is King won the Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Program award at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards
List of music videos
| Denotes music videos directed or co-directed by Beyoncé |
1999 and 2000s
| Title | Year | Other performer credited | Director | Description | |
| "Happily Ever After" | 1999 | Case | Little X | Beyoncé features as Case's love interest in the music video. | |
| "I Got That" | 2000 | Amil | Jay-Z | Begins with Beyoncé and a director discussing someone they are filming. The rest of the video focuses on Amil and Beyoncé in a car, shopping as female rapper Eve briefly appears in the video. | |
| "Work It Out" | 2002 | First solo soundtrack music video that is 1970s disco inspired. Contains clip of Austin Powers in Goldmember. | |||
| "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" | 2002 | Jay-Z | Beyoncé and Jay-Z play modern day-version of the 1920s bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, escaping from the law. Influenced by True Romance. | ||
| "Crazy in Love" | 2003 | Jay-Z | Jake Nava | Various dance sequences and blowing up a car. According to Beyoncé, the video "celebrates the evolution of a woman". | |
| "Fighting Temptation" | 2003 | MC Lyte Free | Antti Jokinen | Shot in an abandoned mansion nearby Los Angeles, the video features Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte and Free among clips from The Fighting Temptations movie. | |
| "He Still Loves Me" | 2003 | The eponymous choir group from The Fighting Temptations film, led by Beyoncé's character Lilly, perform the song in a theater stage in front of a large audience. Clips from various scenes from the movie are also shown. | |||
| "Baby Boy" | 2003 | Dance sequences at a beach and in a house with English and Japanese-style rooms. | |||
| "Me, Myself and I" | 2003 | Aftermath of a break-up played in reverse. | |||
| "Naughty Girl" | 2004 | Dancing flirtatiously with Usher in a retro-looking club. | |||
| "Check on It" | 2005 | Bun B Slim Thug | Dance sequences in pink outfits and backgrounds, reflecting The Pink Panther. Contains 1950s influences. | ||
| "" | 2006 | Beyoncé, as Xania, performs the song on a small stage with two back-up dancers. Officially released on The Pink Panther film DVD. | |||
| "Déjà Vu" | 2006 | Jay-Z | Sophie Muller | Dance sequences in high-end clothing. A scene was deemed to have "unacceptable interactions" between Beyoncé and Jay-Z, interpreted by some as fellatio. | |
| "Ring the Alarm" + | 2006 | Sophie Muller | Beyoncé being dragged into an interrogation room. Pays tribute to Basic Instinct. | ||
| "Irreplaceable" + "Irreemplazable" | 2006 | Beyoncé kicking out her cheating boyfriend out of her mansion. | |||
| "Listen" + | 2006 | Modern-day stage scenes intercut with footage from Dreamgirls. | |||
| "Listen" + | 2006 | Beyoncé performs the song against a blank background among interspersed scenes from a photo shoot within her film Dreamgirls. | |||
| "Beautiful Liar" | 2007 | Shakira | The two singers dance in front of contrasting backgrounds, before belly-dancing and giving a look-alike effect. | ||
| "Upgrade U" | 2007 | Jay-Z | Melina Matsoukas | Referencing designer brands. In some scenes, Beyoncé impersonates Jay-Z. | |
| "Kitty Kat" | 2007 | Melina Matsoukas | Beyoncé, dressed as a feline, plays with and rides a gigantic cat. | ||
| "Green Light" | 2007 | Melina Matsoukas | Beyoncé and her backing band, Suga Mama, dancing using musical instruments as props. Influenced by Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" music video. | ||
| "Flaws and All" | 2007 | Beyoncé Cliff Watts | "Silly and goofy" black-and-white video revealing a personal side of Beyoncé. | ||
| "Get Me Bodied" + | 2007 | Instructional dance-oriented video featuring cameo appearances by Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams and sister Solange Knowles. Displays 1960s influences and pays tribute to Sweet Charity. | |||
| "Freakum Dress" | 2007 | Beyoncé and various women "of different ethnicities, sizes, shapes, ages" dance in instantly-changing colorful metallic dresses. | |||
| "Suga Mama" | 2007 | Beyoncé portrays a man and transitions to womanhood. Features pole dancing and mechanical bull riding. | |||
| "Still in Love (Kissing You)" | 2007 | Beyoncé Cliff Watts | Black and white simulation of a found home video of Beyoncé in a simple bathing suit lying on the beach under the sun singing some of the song's lyrics. | ||
| "If I Were a Boy" + "Si Yo Fuera un Chico" | 2008 | Gender role-reversal, outlining things that men do that hurt their girlfriends. Co-starring NFL player, Eddie Goines. | |||
| "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | 2008 | J-Setting choreography inspired by Bob Fosse's "Mexican Breakfast". | |||
| "Diva" | 2008 | Dancing in a warehouse, before blowing up a car. Also includes snippet of "Video Phone". | |||
| "Halo" | 2008 | Light scenery, illustrating love between Beyoncé and her partner, played by Michael Ealy. | |||
| "Ego" + + | 2009 | Beyoncé Frank Gatson | "Stripped down" choreography in front of a black brick wall and around a chair. | ||
| "Broken-Hearted Girl" | 2009 | Reminiscing on a former romance on a beach. | |||
| "Sweet Dreams" | 2009 | Dance sequences in asymmetrical dresses and robot-style costumes. | |||
| "Video Phone" | 2009 | Lady Gaga | Firing toy firearms and chair dancing. The video's opening is inspired by the film Reservoir Dogs. |
2010s
| Title | Year | Other performer credited | Director | Description | |
| "Telephone" + Clean edit | 2010 | Lady Gaga | Continuation of "Paparazzi". Beyoncé bails Gaga out of jail and murders her love interest, played by Tyrese Gibson. Pays homage to Kill Bill, Caged Heat and Pulp Fiction. Features cameo appearance by Semi Precious Weapons. | ||
| "Put It in a Love Song" | 2010 | Unreleased, though known visuals show a Brazilian Carnival theme. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro. | |||
| "Why Don't You Love Me" + | 2010 | Beyoncé Melina Matsoukas | In the 1950s-influenced video, Beyoncé, as "B.B. Homemaker", does household chores. Pays homage to Betty Draper. | ||
| "Move Your Body" | 2011 | Students join Beyoncé to perform choreography by Frank Gatson. In the choreography, Beyoncé and the students "mix salsa, dancehall, and the running man." The music video for "Move Your Body" takes place as a four-minute long flash mob. The video begins during lunch hour at what looks like a junior high cafeteria | |||
| "Run the World (Girls)" | 2011 | Leading an army of 200 dancers in the heavily choreographed clip, Beyoncé begins a revolution for females. The video features usage of animals including lions and hyenas. | |||
| "Best Thing I Never Had" | 2011 | As Beyoncé prepares for her wedding, she recalls attending her high school prom with her high school sweetheart, who had left her. However, Beyoncé gets the last laugh as she walks down the aisle to marry a better man. | |||
| "1+1" | 2011 | Beyoncé Laurent Briet Ed Burke | Unlike Beyoncé's past efforts which incorporated the heavy dance routines, the video experiments with psychedelic visual effects and lighting. | ||
| "Countdown" + Alternate edit | 2011 | Beyoncé Adria Petty | The video pays homage to different entertainment icons of the 1950s—1990s including Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy, Michael Jackson, Patricia Field, The Beatles, as well as films and musicals like Dreamgirls, Fame and Flashdance the Musical. Also borrows inspiration from choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. | ||
| "Love on Top" | 2011 | Beyoncé Ed Burke | Wearing a black leotard, stockings, high-top sneakers, and a medal-adorned military cap, Beyoncé, together with her five male dancers, perform choreographed moves in a penthouse studio overlooking New York City. | ||
| "Party" | 2011 | Beyoncé Alan Ferguson | Beyoncé throws a backyard bash with her friends in the colorful, retro-themed video. Featured rapper J. Cole sweeps through in his blue Bugatti to join the old school festivities. Kelly Rowland and Solange make cameo appearances. | ||
| "Dance for You" | 2011 | Beyoncé Alan Ferguson | Beyoncé dances seductively on a table, on a master's chair and with her female dancers, to a mysterious detective in his office. The black and white video incorporates a film noir style, and has a 1940s-era feel. | ||
| "I Was Here" + | 2012 | Kenzo Digital Sophie Muller | The video was filmed in front of a live audience at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Beyoncé performs the song before a colossal screen that projects images of volunteers doing humanitarian work around the world. | ||
| "Pretty Hurts" | 2013 | The video shows Beyoncé as a contestant competing in a beauty pageant trying to achieve physical perfection. | |||
| "Ghost" | 2013 | Pierre Debusschere | The video opens with a close-up shot of Beyoncé's face lip-syncing the song's lyrics. Various shots of the singer in different flowing outfits and sets are featured. Other scenes show dancers with their whole bodies covered in white clothing simulating ghosts. | ||
| "Haunted" | 2013 | The video features Beyoncé walking in the corridor of a big mansion meeting various characters in different sexual get-ups inside the mansion's rooms. Critics compared the video of "Haunted" and the singer's look with works by Madonna. | |||
| "Drunk in Love" | 2013 | Jay-Z | The song's music video was shot in black-and-white in Golden Beach, Florida at a beach front manse. Beyoncé and Jay-Z frolic at the beach at night. | ||
| "Blow" | 2013 | The video was filmed at a roller skating rink in Houston, Texas and it features Beyoncé's sister Solange, her background dancers and her female band. The singer's style received comparisons to 1980's fashion and music videos in a similar way to the song itself. | |||
| "No Angel" | 2013 | @lilinternet | The video was filmed in Houston, Texas, as a tribute to the singer's hometown. It features various landscape shots of the city and some of its famous places as well as close-up shots of many people, including ten Houston-based rappers. | ||
| "Yoncé" | 2013 | Ricky Saiz | Throughout the clip, Beyoncé introduces viewers to her new alter ego Yoncé, whose preferences include Brooklyn, her grill, and "being the hottest girl in the club". The video also features fashion and video models Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn and Joan Smalls. | ||
| "Partition" | 2013 | The concept of the video was meant to illustrate the lyrics of the song. It depicts Beyoncé's sexual fantasies as a rich and bored housewife. | |||
| "Jealous" | 2013 | Beyoncé Francesco Carrozzini Todd Tourso | The video for "Jealous" is considered to be a sequel to the previous clip on the album, "Partition". | ||
| "Rocket" | 2013 | Beyoncé Ed Burke Bill Kirstein | The black-and-white video features various close-up shots of Beyoncé throughout; she is seen writhing on a bed dressed in lingerie, eating strawberries, having a shower inside a bathtub, playing on a piano, walking along a hotel corridor and lighting up a cigarette atop a car. | ||
| "Mine" | 2013 | Drake | Pierre Debusschere | The video picks up on the theme of isolation and references two works of art: Michelangelo's sculpture Pietà and René Magritte's painting The Lovers. Beyoncé is shown wearing a veil and a gown with a mask of her own face on her hand, that she later puts on, simulating a statue's peaceful expression. Among other scenes the video shows a couple kissing with their heads enshrouded by white fabric. Drake also appears in the video. | |
| "XO" | 2013 | The music video was filmed on Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster. | |||
| "Flawless" | 2013 | The video opens with original footage from Star Search, with young Beyoncé and other members of Girl's Tyme being announced by Ed McMahon. It transitions to other scenes shot in black-and-white, showing Beyoncé headbanging and moshing with members of a punk subculture, as well as dancing with a team of street dancers in a graffiti covered alley. | |||
| "Superpower" | 2013 | The video was filmed in a former shopping mall and presents a post-apocalyptic street war theme. The video features cameos by Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, as well as Pharrell Williams. | |||
| "Heaven" | 2013 | Beyoncé Todd Tourso | The video was shot in Puerto Rico and shows happy visuals of Beyoncé and a friend doing many amazing things together. The video implies the scenes of the girls together was actually Beyoncé's friend's bucket list, but she has actually passed away. | ||
| "Blue" | 2013 | Beyoncé Ed Burke Bill Kirstein | The video is an intimate and touching diary of two-year-old Blue Ivy vacationing with her parents in Rio de Janeiro. | ||
| "Grown Woman" | 2013 | The video shows old footage of the singer as a child and teen and then re-enacting the footage in the present day as an adult. | |||
| "Run" | 2014 | Jay-Z | The music video was revealed to be a "faux-trailer" entitled "RUN", with "Part II (On the Run)" playing in the background. The video, which features multiple celebrity cameos including Don Cheadle, Guillermo Díaz, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kidada Jones, Rashida Jones, Blake Lively, Emmy Rossum and Sean Penn, shows Beyoncé and Jay-Z out on a Bonnie and Clyde expedition, filled with action, crime, love and guns. | ||
| "Say Yes" | 2014 | Michelle Williams | The clip depicts the three singers at a street party, dancing and singing with a crowd, along with solo appearances of each singer in a forest, wearing white clothes. | ||
| "7/11" | 2014 | Beyoncé | The clip was shot in the style of a home-made visual with the singer dancing at various locations: patio, balcony, hotel suite, a bathroom and in front of a Christmas tree. | ||
| "Flawless (Remix)" | 2014 | Live performance video filmed during the concert in Paris, France of the On the Run Tour. Minaj joins Beyoncé onstage to perform the "Flawless ". Both singers perform dressed in clothes designed by Versace's Versus. | |||
| "Feeling Myself" | 2015 | Todd Tourso | Released exclusively on the streaming service Tidal, the video features Minaj and Beyoncé partying in a pool. | ||
| "Bitch I'm Madonna" | 2015 | Madonna | Beyoncé is featured miming the lyric "Bitch, I'm Madonna" in the video. | ||
| "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | 2015 | Naughty Boy Arrow Benjamin | Charlie Robins | The video depicts a woman and a man chasing each other underwater, portrayed by freedivers Guillaume Néry and Alice Modolo. | |
| "Hymn for the Weekend" | 2016 | Coldplay | The video was shot in October 2015 at various Indian cities including scenes in the Bassein Fort in Vasai, Mumbai. The video features Beyoncé in elaborate Indian attire in various settings. Indian actress Sonam Kapoor also makes an appearance. | ||
| "Formation" | 2016 | Shot in New Orleans, Louisiana, the video features references to Hurricane Katrina, antebellum, and Louisiana Creole culture, besides dealing with police brutality and racism. | |||
| "Sorry" | 2016 | Beyoncé Kahlil Joseph | Filmed in black-and-white, the video features multiple cameo appearances by celebrities Serena Williams, Ibeyi, Amandla Stenberg, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Zendaya. Originally part of Beyoncé's Lemonade film that premiered on HBO, an official music video was uploaded to her YouTube channel in June 2016. | ||
| "Hold Up" | 2016 | Jonas Åkerlund | Originally part of the Lemonade film, the video features Beyoncé destroying multiple cars and security cameras using a baseball bat. According to Mashable, Beyoncé also makes reference of Oshun, a Yoruba goddess. | ||
| "All Night" | 2017 | Includes footage from Beyoncé's home movies, including her and Jay Z's wedding day and spending family time with their daughter. | |||
| "Sandcastles" | 2017 | Also part of the film Lemonade, it features scenes of a tearful Beyoncé together with Jay Z who is seen embracing her, and laying together with her. Gerrick D. Kennedy from Los Angeles Times describes it as "the most intimate of displays for pop's most intensely private couple". | |||
| "Love Drought" | 2017 | A troubled Beyoncé lies down in the middle of an empty football stadium. The singer leads a group of black women walking through water while the sun is setting. | |||
| "Family Feud" | 2017 | Jay-Z | Ava DuVernay | The video features multiple cameo appearances by actors Trevante Rhodes, Michael B. Jordan, Thandie Newton, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera, David Oyelowo, Brie Larson, Rashida Jones, Mindy Kaling, Rosario Dawson, Omari Hardwick, Storm Reid, Emayatazy Corinealdi, Constance Wu, Janet Mock, Niecy Nash, Irene Bedard, Susan Kelchi Watson, Henry G. Sanders, etc. Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy are filmed in a church. | |
| "Apeshit" | 2018 | The Carters | Ricky Saiz | On the Run II Tour and filmed in the Louvre in Paris in May 2018. | |
| "Feels Like Summer" | 2018 | Childish Gambino | Ivan Dixon, Greg Sharp, Justin Richburg | Did a cameo appearance in animated form while wearing a shirt paying tribute to rapper Fredo Santana. She also appeared alongside Jay-Z in animated form. | |
| "Spirit" + "Bigger" | 2019 | rowspan="2" | Jake Nava Jon Favreau | The music video was filmed at Havasu Falls, a waterfall in Havasu Creek, located in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States. | |
| - | 2019 | - | Jake Nava Jon Favreau | The music video was filmed at Havasu Falls, a waterfall in Havasu Creek, located in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States. | - |
2020s
| Title | Year | Other performer credited | Director | Description | |
| "Already" | 2020 | Shatta Wale Major Lazer | Ibra Ake Dafe Obro Meji Alabi | First music video released from Beyoncé's visual album, Black Is King. | |
| "Brown Skin Girl" | 2020 | Blue Ivy SAINt JHN WizKid | Jenn Nkiru | Second video released from Black Is King. The video features appearances from Kelly Rowland, Naomi Campbell, and Lupita Nyong'o. | |
| "Mood 4 Eva" | 2020 | Jay-Z Childish Gambino Oumou Sangare | Beyoncé Dikayl Rimmasch | Third video released from Beyonce's visual album, Black Is King. | |
| "Otherside" | 2021 | Emmanuel Adjei Beyoncé | Fourth video released from Beyonce's visual album, Black Is King. | ||
| "Beywatch" | 2024 | Set to an abridged version of "Bodyguard", the low-budget promo video pays homage to Pamela Anderson, with Beyoncé referencing Anderson's costumes in Baywatch, Barb Wire and at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The video, released on the Election Day, also encourages the viewers to "Vote". |