It’s her birthday: 33 reasons why we love Beyoncé

It’s not every day we get to say happy birthday to a 17th times Grammy Award winner. Sure, she won’t hear us singing “Las mañanitas” but we’ll sing it nonetheless. Here are 33 reasons why we love international super star Beyoncé Knowles.

1- She discovered her natural talent since an early age and has worked really hard to make an extraordinary career out of it.
2- Her religious faith is very important to her, but she doesn’t go around trying to get anyone to join in.
3- She got her first movie track at age 16 (the original Men in Black)
4- Destiny’s Child album, The Writing’s in the Wall, sold more than eight million copies worldwide

5- Not only can she sign, Beyoncé can also act (Remember Austin Power’s Foxxy Cleopatra?)
6- Beyoncé became Mrs. Carter in 2008

7- She remains her very powerful self
8- Daughter Blue Ivy Carter is simply adorable
9- Her singing talent was discovered in a dance class she attended She was 7
10- She can sing and run at the same time, for more than a mile.

11- Despite media rumors (can’t a girl have some intimacy) she loves her family and puts them first
12- In 2011 she was named “Highest Paid Performance Per Minute in the World”
13- She suffered from and overcame depression
14- She actively supports US First Lady Michelle Obama in her campaigns against child obesity

15- She is hot
16- In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland founded the Survivor Foundation to provide transitional housing for victims in the Houston area
17- She dances like is nobody’s business, wearing 8 + inch heels
18- Her live show is truly breath taking

16- She is close friends with the first lady…and the president
17- Between June 2013 and June 2014 Beyoncé earned $350 million, making her the highest paid black musician in history
18- Beyoncé loves pizza (we do too)

19- She got the word “bootylicious” into the Oxford English Dictionary
20 Quite the mix, Beyoncé is Native America, African, Irish, and French
21- She was friends with DC pawls since age 8
22- Her mami, Tina, designed DC outfits
23- She is so down to earth; her favorite activity is chilling at home with her hubby
24- Queen Bey and Jay-Z earned the Guinness World Record as the Highest Earning Couple in 2010 ($122 million)

25- Her pregnancy announcement won her the Guinness Record title for most tweets per second
26- Blue Ivy became the youngest person to land the Billboard charts (her cries were recorded for Jay-Z track “Glory)
27- Beyoncé was the ambassador for the 2012 World Humanitarian Day
28- Sasha Fierce was an alter ego she created to help her get over stage shyness
29-Beyonce’s “Partition” music video

30- She rocked the iconic “We Can Do It” poster

31- She looks flawless E-V-E-R-Y time

32- She plays the voice of Queen Tara in the animated film Epic

33- She rules

Happy birthday queen Bey!!