At her 2011 A Night With Beyoncé concert special taping, Bey was two months pregnant with Blue Ivy and suffering from severe nausea as a result — not that anyone in the crowd was any the wiser.

That’s because the Destiny’s Child alum powered through the performance like a true pro, according to her mom, Tina Knowles, who posted a throwback clip of Bey singing “Best Thing I Never Had” at the show on Instagram. “This just came across my feed! It took me down memory lane,” the businesswoman wrote on Tuesday (Jan. 6).

“This is one of the hardest shows we’ve ever done,” Knowles recalled. “Beyonce was about two months pregnant with Blue and as nauseated as she could be. In between songs, she would run back and throw up and come out and do the next song.”

“This is when I knew without a doubt how strong and resilient of a performer she was,” Knowles continued of her daughter. “We couldn’t tell anyone about the pregnancy … As sick as she was, she got through the show and killed her performances. All the band and crew knew was she [was] sick.”

The ITV concert special aired in December 2011, according to IMDb. In August of that year, Bey formally announced that she was expecting her first child with Jay-Z by debuting her baby bump at the VMAs, famously opening her jacket for the big reveal after performing “Love On Top” during the ceremony.

She would go on to welcome twins Rumi and Sir with Jay in 2017.

Knowles often looks back on high points in her daughter’s career on Instagram, and delved more deeply into her experience watching Bey navigate superstardom in the 2025 memoir Matriarch. Published in April, the book would go on to top The New York Times‘ hardcover nonfiction and combined print & E-book nonfiction bestsellers lists.

Also in Matriarch, the designer shared her side of the story of how the public called Bey’s first pregnancy into question after an optical illusion during a TV interview convinced many that it was fake. “The worst thing is that people had no idea how hard it was for Beyoncé to go through multiple miscarriages, and then when finally blessed to carry a baby to term, the world starts heckling you as you both try to make it to the finish line,” she wrote.

“This child was prayed for and prayed over — a wanted, cherished, real baby, and people were making a living off saying she was a lie.”

Parmalee claims a fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Cowgirl” saddles up atop the ranking dated Jan. 10. The single surged 21% to 32.2 million audience impressions in the Dec. 26-Jan. 1 tracking week, according to Luminate (with all songs on the chart up at least 10% as holiday music departed stations’ playlists).

Extended No. 1 runs at radio by country groups are uncommon and “Cowgirl” now stands among the upper echelon of them. The song is the longest-running No. 1 by a group of three or more members in nearly 14 years, since Zac Brown Band’s “Keep Me in Mind” (four weeks, 2011-12). Prior to that, Lady A led for five weeks with “Need You Now” in 2009.

Since Country Airplay launched in 1990, “Cowgirl” ties for the fifth-longest No. 1 run among groups. Here’s a closer look at the longest-leading hits by groups in lead roles:

(Including featured billings, Sons of the Desert join the list, via Lee Ann Womack’s five-week No. 1 “I Hope You Dance” in 2000.)

Meanwhile, Brooks & Dunn continue to set the bar among duos. Of the 11 multiweek Country Airplay leaders by pairs, the act accounts for eight. Florida Georgia Line adds two titles, while Big & Rich contribute the remaining entry:

Among all the Country Airplay chart’s 979 No. 1s historically, Nate Smith’s “World on Fire” (2023-24) and Morgan Wallen’s “You Proof” (2022-23) lead with 10 weeks each in charge.

Taken together, the rankings underscore how rare sustained radio dominance remains for country groups and duos alike, and how Parmalee’s latest now stands firmly among the format’s most durable modern hits.

Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon — which continues to be the record-holder as the album with the most weeks on the Billboard 200 chart — is nearing a milestone 1,000th week on the tally. On the chart dated Jan. 10, the set nabs its 996th nonconsecutive week on the list, as it falls from No. 114 to No. 167.

Those 996 nonconsecutive weeks would be the equivalent of more than 229 months, or more than 19 years, in total.

The Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March of 1956. The Dark Side of the Moon became the longest-charted album in the history of the list in 1983 and has held the title ever since.

The Dark Side of the Moon was released in 1973, hit No. 1 for one week that April, and contains the band’s first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, “Money,” which reached No. 13. Dark Side became the longest-charted album on the Billboard 200 on the chart dated Oct. 29, 1983. That week, it captured its 491st week on the list, surpassing Johnny Mathis’ long-standing record of 490 weeks with Johnny’s Greatest Hits.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

The Dark Side of the Moon had a near-constant presence on the Billboard 200 from its debut on the chart on March 17, 1973, through the Oct. 8, 1988, chart. During that 813-week span, the album spent 741 weeks on the list. After the Oct. 8, 1988, chart, the album would depart the ranking until it returned on the Dec. 12, 2009-dated chart, when rules were updated to allow older albums (termed “catalog”) to chart again. From 1991 through the end of 2009, catalog albums were largely disallowed from charting, and the survey included only then-current and recently-released albums.

The albums with the second-and-third-most weeks on the Billboard 200 are Bob Marley and The Wailers’ Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers (920 weeks) and Journey’s Greatest Hits (890 weeks). Legend was released in 1984 and spent 113 weeks on the chart in 1984-91, before returning in 2009 after rules changed to allow catalog albums to chart again. Journey’s Greatest Hits was released in 1988 and spent 92 weeks on the chart in 1988-90, returning in 2009. Both have been on the chart almost constantly since their return at the end of 2009.

Because of how the Billboard 200 chart is now compiled, with streaming activity blended with album sales and track sales, albums tend to spend a longer time on the list than before thanks to continued streaming activity — especially those albums loaded with popular songs (like best-of collections such as Legend and Journey’s Greatest Hits). The Billboard 200 began utilizing streaming information in its methodology in December 2014. Before, the chart was based solely on traditional album sales.

Additional reporting by Paul Grein.

6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez, and formerly known as Tekashi 6ix9ine) turned himself in on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 6) to begin a three-month sentence for violating the terms of his supervised release tied to his racketeering case.

Adin Ross livestreamed the final hours of Tekashi’s freedom as they traveled to Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where the “Gummo” rapper will serve his time alongside other famous inmates including Luigi Mangione and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

6ix9ine, Ross and other members of their crew arrived in a sprinter van with Akon’s “Locked Up” hilariously playing in the background as Tekashi was escorted by federal corrections officers inside the jail.

“That’s actually so f—ked sad. I don’t give a f—k, bro. That’s horrible,” Ross stated as his rap friend entered the MDC.

6ix9ine was sentenced to three months behind bars on Dec. 5 for violating his probation. The Brooklyn native was found with cocaine and MDMA and also admitted to assaulting a man who taunted him about snitching during a recent trip to a Florida mall.

Back in 2018, 6ix9ine was arrested on weapons, drugs and racketeering charges for his involvement in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. After pleading guilty to nine charges, he agreed to cooperate with authorities and testify against his former associates as part of the Nine Trey RICO case in 2019.

Tekashi received a lighter sentence of two years behind bars following his cooperation, and was released in 2020 due to his risk of COVID-19 during the pandemic. He was sentenced to five years of supervised release.

This isn’t his first time being imprisoned on probation violations. The 29-year-old violated his supervised release in 2024 after being caught with methamphetamine, failing to appear for drug tests and taking an unapproved trip to Las Vegas.

For those, Judge Engelmayer sentenced him to 45 days behind bars and another year of supervised release, which saw him released once again in December 2024.

Zendaya is the latest star to receive a wax figure of their likeness courtesy of Madame Tussauds, which unveiled its latest addition to the New York City location on Wednesday (Jan. 7).

Described in the release as “stunningly realistic,” the statue depicts the singer-actress in a black two-piece gown, modeled after the one she wore at a Dune: Part Two fan event in Mexico City in February 2024. And though Zendaya was not yet engaged to Tom Holland at the time of that event, Madame Tussauds went ahead and added a recreation of her horizontal oval diamond ring to the figure.

“Zendaya has earned her place among today’s most recognizable and respected stars,” said Tiago Mogadouro, general manager of Madame Tussauds New York. “This figure is a tribute to her lasting impact on both entertainment and fashion.”

The tribute comes more than a decade after Zendaya first helped the museum unveil two wax clones of herself in 2015. One of the initial figures — for which the Golden Globe winner personally sat for hundreds of measurements — went on display in San Francisco, while the other went to Madame Tussauds Orlando.

“This is a major, major honor and it’s so cool to have it in the Bay, where I’m from,” she said in a statement at the time. “This is the best trip ever. I get to be home and be with my people … and also my twins!”

In 2026, Zendaya has a lot of exciting projects coming up, including the highly anticipated, long-awaited third season of Euphoria. In addition to starring in the show, the Disney Channel alum collaborated with Labrinth to contribute original music to the drama’s second season in 2022.

Zendaya also stars alongside Robert Pattinson in Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama, which is set to arrive in April, and she will play Athena in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, coming in July.

The latest figure is now available for fans to visit in NYC. See photos of the new Zendaya wax statue below.