The American superstar Beyonce propelled herself to the top of sales in the United States with a title taken from the album
Renaissance
, a first for the artist for nearly 15 years.
It was her single
Break My Soul
which
climbed to
the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts on Monday. The title
Single Ladies
had done just as well at the end of 2008.
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Second best result of the year, behind Harry Styles and his
Harry's House
.
This new triumph of the soon to be 41-year-old artist was slightly tarnished by a controversy last week on social networks: Beyonce will have to re-record the title Heated after criticism of a slang word considered an insult to people with motor disabilities.
"Queen" Beyonce sings
"Spazzin' on that ass, spazz on that ass"
.
The term "spaz" in English, derived from the adjective "spastic" ("spastic"), may be used to make fun of people with cerebral palsy and may be loosely associated with the terms "cretin", "disturbed" or even "bumbling".
In the United States, the word "spaz" is rare and seems rather to describe a person deemed "out of control" or who acts in an "erratic" way.
Musical event of the summer, Beyonce released her seventh solo album six years after Lemonade, which became a classic.
Fans (270 million subscribers on Instagram) found their “Queen B” in full “Renaissance”, in this 16-track album intended for a world that is starting to party again after the pandemic.
